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Commission calls on Member States to increase awareness of Europe's single emergency number"112"

11/02/2011

To mark "European 112 Day" on 11th February, the European Commission is urging Member States to step up their efforts to increase public awareness of the existence of 112, the number which can be used in all EU Member States to reach emergency (...)

Digital Agenda: Commission to step up efforts to safeguard children online

08/02/2011

On the occasion of Safer Internet Day 2011, the European Commission today announced that it will step up talks with ICT industry and children's organisations to encourage the design of safer products to help keep children safe online (...)

"Comité des Sages" calls for a "New Renaissance" by bringing Europe's cultural heritage online

10/01/2011

The report of the Comité des Sages (high-level reflection group) on Digitisation of Europe's cultural heritage was delivered today to Neelie Kroes, European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda, and Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner (...)

Digital Agenda: simple smart phones and remote controls help elderly and disabled to manage their homes

06/01/2011

With more than two and a half million Euros of EU funding, researchers from the Czech Republic, Germany, Portugal, Spain and Sweden have developed a solution to give elderly and disabled people easier control over the various electronic appliances (...)

Commission signs eHealth agreement with US Department of Health

17/12/2010

Vice-President of the European Commission Neelie Kroes and United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Washington to promote a common approach on the interoperability of (...)

Review shows strong SME interest and government backing for ICT to assist the elderly

16/12/2010

The European Commission today presented a report on the progress of the Ambient Assisted Living joint programme (AAL JP) which highlights very high levels of involvement by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in projects, strong levels of (...)

ENIAC and ARTEMIS public-private partnerships delivering, but need more industry and Member State commitment

16/12/2010

The European Commission has today endorsed a report by a panel of independent experts which calls on EU industry and Member States to reinforce their support for ARTEMIS and ENIAC, two public-private partnerships (established as Joint Undertakings) (...)

eGovernment Action Plan - what would it do for me?

15/12/2010

A five-year eGovernment Action Plan has just been presented by the European Commission to deliver innovative online public services to citizens and businesses and increase the take-up of these services across Europe (see IP/10/1718 and MEMO/10/680) (...)

Digital Agenda: eGovernment Action Plan to smooth access to public services across the EU

15/12/2010

The European Commission has outlined an ambitious programme to work with Member States' public authorities to expand and improve the services which they offer via the Internet (...)

Pilot projects show the way in easy access to online public services across the EU

15/12/2010

The five-year eGovernment Action Plan 2011-2015 presented by the European Commission today (see IP/10/1718) builds on experience gained with the 2006 European eGovernment Action Plan (see IP/06/523) and in particular on the results of several (...)

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