16 November 2009 The Progress Study is a qualitative progress evaluation of the i2010 eGovernment Action Plan, 2006-2010. The objectives of the study were to undertake a qualitative analysis of progress towards achieving the goals of the Action Plan, and to evaluate its stimulus effect across the Member States.
See also: Full study

16 November 2009 Telemedicine can help increase accessibility to healthcare for patients living in remote geographical areas, allow patients with chronic diseases to be monitored at home and involve patients in the management of their own healthcare. However, despite the potential benefits identified and the potential for growth of the market, the use of telemedicine applications in everyday medicine is still relatively low. One of the reasons identified is the lack of legal clarity. In view of enhancing legal clarity regarding telemedicine services, the Commission will publish in 2010 a Staff Working Paper on Community legal framework applicable to telemedicine.
Contact: ehealth@ec.europa.eu
See also: Telemedicine - Member States' actions to be supported at EU level

Opening speech at the Internet Governance Forum Sharm El Sheikh, 15 November 2009

BEUC multi-stakeholder forum on "Consumer Privacy and Online Marketing: Market Trends and Policy Perspectives", Brussels, 12 November 2009

12 November 2009 This report takes stock of the discussions during the ePractice workshop on public services 2.0. It brought together the best experiences from all over Europe with the aim to raise awareness and better understanding between governmental officials about why and how to promote web 2.0 in government and share the knowledge on web 2.0 initiatives.
See also: http://www.epractice.eu/publicservices

'Visby Agenda: Creating impact for an eUnion 2015, Visby/Gotland, Sweden, 9 November 2009

6 November 2009 This study, launched by the European Commission, analyses the state of the art of multichannel delivery of public services throughout Europe, and the progress made towards achieving the goal to ensure that 'no citizen is left behind'. It provides useful recommendations and identifies further actions which will be needed over the next few years.

29 October 2009 In this edition, the project ComoEstas addresses the ICT impact in the management of chronic diseases, Experiences with diaries on headache diagnosis and monitoring, Medication Overuse Headache (MOH) pathogenesis and pathophysiology and lists the Project progresses up to August 2009. Reports are available on the project website. The newsletter is also available in spanish (http://www.newsenlinea.com.ar/como.estas/news.02.es/).
Contact: giuseppe.nappi@mondino.it
See also: ComoEstas project

EDPS-ENISA Seminar 'Responding to Data Breaches', Brussels, 23 October 2009

Special Panel “Global Economic Recovery” at the European Ideas Network Summer University, Vienna, 16 October 2009