Flagship initiatives
One of the key proposals of i2010 is a series of flagship initiatives
illustrating the potential of ICT to improve quality of life.
Those initiatives are: the
Intelligent Car,
Ageing Well in
the Information Society,
European Digital Libraries
and
ICT for sustainable
development (in preparation).
Intelligent Cars: quiz
Actions
The Commission's main action for 2008-2009
is to:
Other priority
areas
Actions implemented so far are reviewed
in the
i2010 Annual Reports, where you can also
find a
list of i2010 actions implemented since
the launch of the initiative (up to March
2008).
Recent highlights
Now Online: "Europeana", Europe's Digital
Library
(20/11/2008) Europeana, Europe’s multimedia
online library opens to the public today. At
www.europeana.eu,
Internet users around the world can now access
more than two million books, maps, recordings,
photographs, archival documents, paintings and
films from national libraries and cultural
institutions of the EU's 27 Member States.
Europeana opens up new ways of exploring
Europe’s heritage: anyone interested in
literature, art, science, politics, history,
architecture, music or cinema will have free and
fast access to Europe's greatest collections and
masterpieces in a single virtual library through
a web portal available in all EU languages. But
this is just the beginning. In 2010, Europeana
will give access to millions of items
representing Europe's rich cultural diversity
and will have interactive zones such as
communities for special interests. The
Commission also plans to involve the private
sector in the further expansion of Europe's
digital library.
Cars that talk: Commission earmarks single radio frequency for road safety and traffic management
(05/08/2008) As part of its overall fight against road accidents and traffic jams, the Commission decided today to reserve, across Europe, part of the radio spectrum for smart vehicle communications systems (so called co-operative systems).
(03/06/2008) EU puts European emergency number 112 on the map before the summer holidays
(21/5/2008) Public consultation on "Information and Communication Technologies enabling energy efficiency"
(13/05/2008)
Commission casts ICT in green role
Intelligent Car
The European Commission outlined new plans to
accelerate the drive for safer, cleaner and smarter cars in September
2007. The Commission
will start negotiations with European and Asian automotive industry
associations later in 2007 to reach an agreement on offering the
pan-European in-vehicle emergency call system (eCall) as a standard
option in all new cars from 2010. It will also further promote the
take-up of other life-saving technologies and investigate how technology
can help make cars greener and smarter.
Press pack
Questions and Answers on the Intelligent Car Flagship
Check out the
Intelligent Car website (iCar) where you will find:
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current and future technologies
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European research to make road transport safer
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what the Commission is doing in this field (
brochure)
... and play the iCar Quiz to assess your knowledge!
More language versions available:
Deutsch,
Español,
Français,
Italiano,
Polski
Ageing Well in the Information Society
Responding to the needs of Europe's growing ageing population, the
Commission adopted a European Action Plan for "Ageing Well in the
Information Society" in June 2007. This Action Plan is accompanied by a
new joint European research programme raising to over €1bn the research
investment on information and communications technologies (ICT) targeted
at improving the life of older people. These new EU initiatives will
contribute to allowing older Europeans to stay active for longer and
live independently.
European Digital Libraries
The Digital Libraries Initiative aims at making
Europe's diverse cultural and scientific heritage
(books, films, maps, photographs, music, etc.) easier
and more interesting to use online. It builds on
Europe's rich heritage combining multicultural and
multilingual environments with technological advances
and new business models. The initiative consists of two
strands,
cultural and
scientific.
ICT for sustainable growth
In addition to funding research projects in the
area of ICT for sustainability, the Commission is
also preparing a new i2010 flagship initiative on
ICT for sustainable growth, with the aim to
accelerate the adoption and deployment of ICT-based
solutions for sustainable development.
This will contribute directly to the EU Sustainable Development Strategy, the Lisbon Agenda and EU Action Plans on Resource and Energy Efficiency.
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For more information, see the pages on ICT for sustainable growth and ICT for sustainability on the Information Society thematic portal
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For relevant research activities, see ICT for sustainable growth - CORDIS