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Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about egovernment activities in Europe.
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- EU Agency identifies incentives and challenges for cyber security information sharing in Europe
- The EU 'cyber security' Agency ENISA, i.e. the European Network and Information Security Agency, launched a new report on barriers to and incentives for cyber security information sharing. The report shows e.g. that the economic incentives are much more important for practitioners than what academic literature indicate.
Added: 10 September 2010
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- European Commission event 'Transparency & Openness' to run on 8 December in Brussels
- This event, an initiative of DG INFSO, aims to discuss the redesigning of governance to foster transparency and openness. Additionally, the use of ICT will be discussed in an effort to create a sustained culture of transparency in public services and participation of the public in governance activities.
Added: 29 November 2011
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- European Journal of ePractice - Call for Papers
- The European Journal of ePractice has recently opened a new call for papers for three issues, with submission deadline on the 30th of April 2012. These issues include: Digital strategies for Government and Business; eGovernance and Social Media; and New Business Models in eGovernment.
Added: 30 March 2012
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- European Interoperability Framework (EIF) for European public services - in pdf format (1622kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). European Commission, 2010. Annex 2 to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of Regions 'Towards interoperability for European public services' "... The purpose of the European Interoperability Framework (EIF) is: • to promote and support the delivery of European public services by fostering cross-border and cross-sectoral interoperability; • to guide public administrations in their work to provide European public services to businesses2 and citizens; • to complement and tie together the various National Interoperability Frameworks (NIFs) at European level. This non-technical document addresses all those involved in defining, designing and implementing European public services. The EIF should be taken into account when making decisions on European public services that support the implementation of EU policy initiatives. The EIF should also be considered when establishing public services that in the future may be reused as part of European public services..."
Added: 12 April 2012;
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- eGovernment - Better public services for everyone
- European Commission. "The eGovernment topic covers a wide range of public services that are delivered using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). eGovernment has two important roles, the first is as the interface between governments and the citizens and businesses they serve, the second is to provide common interfaces and shared data between collaborating government departments..."
Added: 24 October 2007;
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- Opening public data boosts economy as well as transparency
- EurActiv, Published 16 May 2013. "Updating the 2003 public information directive to increase the amount of public data that Europeans can access may be perceived as a transparency measure, but it is likely to bring real financial benefits and boost skills in a growing IT sector, writes Dinand Tinholt. Dinand Tinholt is global account director of the European Union at Capgemini Consulting, where he is involved in the EU's large-scale pilots in the field of pan-European interoperability, e-Government, standardisation, cross-border services and digital Infrastructures..."
Added: 16 May 2013;
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- eEnviPer: Environmental Permits for the 21st Century - case study
- by Wiebke Herding. ePractice.eu, Country of the case: Croatia , Greece , Italy , Serbia , Turkey, Posting Date: 29 April 2013. "Through the €4 million project eEnviPer, the European Union invests in modernising local and regional environmental permit processes. Environmental permits are a requirement for many economic activities across Europe, including intensive farming, power stations, waste treatment and manufacturing. However, the process can often be complicated or seem inaccessible to both those implementing the permitting process, and to those seeking to apply for permits. eEnviPer provides an integrated web-based platform for the application, administration and consultation of environmental permits, making the environmental permitting process more transparent, more accessible and more efficient. Ultimately, eEnviPer helps to reduce the environmental impact of economic activities through the environmental permits process in a cost-effective manner..."
Added: 9 May 2013;
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- Electronic Identities in Europe: overview of E-ID solutions connecting citizens to public authorities - in pdf format (281kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). UL Transaction Security, April 2013. Whitepaper by Iona Bour, Technical Consultant for the ID Management Competence Center. "With the development of eGovernment services, it became handy for citizens to be able to prove their identity online. By doing so, they have access to online accounts associated with their real-life identity, from where they can conduct various transactions with public authorities and possibly also with private parties. Europe shows a great diversity of electronic identity (in short: eID) implementations, varying from the traditional username-password combinations to the more sophisticated smart card solutions..."
Added: 25 April 2013;
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- eID solutions connecting European citizens to public agencies
- SecureID News, April 24, 2013. "As countries the world over continue to implement electronic government services for citizens, the need to prove identity online is becoming a vital necessity. A white paper from UL Transaction Security details the current state of eID in Europe and the growing number of implementations across the continent. The white paper, 'Electronic Identities in Europe', begins by explaining the three main methods of eID currently being used: password-bases systems, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Attributed Based Credentials (ABC)..."
Added: 25 April 2013;
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- EU watchdog: Data collection can't fly under 'user experience' flag
- Big data projects run the risk of breaking EU data protection laws, by Jennifer Baker (IDG News Service). CIO, 10 April, 2013. "Improving users' experiences is no justification for using consumer information in big data projects, according to Europe's top data protection officials. The Article 29 Working Group, which includes the data protection supervisors from the European Union's 27 member states, said that consumers' "specific, explicit consent" is almost always required if companies want to use their information in big data projects..."
Added: 17 April 2013;
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- Commission welcomes Member States' endorsement of EU Open Data rules
- European Commission, Press Release, Reference: IP/13/316, Brussels, 10 April 2013. "The European Commission welcomes endorsement by the EU Council's 'Coreper' committee (EU Committee of Member States' Permanent Representatives) of the Commission's effort to open-up public sector data for re-use across Europe (see IP/11/1524). Once fully implemented into national law, the revision of the 2003 Public Sector Information Directive would make all generally accessible (that is, non-personal) public sector information available for re-use. Developers, programmers, businesses and citizens will be able to get and re-use public sector data at zero or very low cost in most cases. They will also have access to more exciting and inspirational content, for example including materials in national museums, libraries and archives..."
Added: 11 April 2013;
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- European Commission sets up working group with governmental data portals
- Submitted by Michiel De Keyzer. European Commission - Joinup, March 21, 2013. "The European Commission invites metadata experts who directly or indirectly work for a governmental data portal to participate in a Working Group that will define a common model for exchanging information about data sets between data portals in Europe. There are a growing number of governmental data portals in Europe but currently there is no consensus on how to exchange information about datasets listed on these portals. As a consequence businesses and citizens face difficulties in finding and re-using public sector information, in particular if the datasets are in another Member State where language barriers may apply and the structure of government is unfamiliar..."
Added: 11 April 2013;
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- Europe Digital Future in Focus 2013 - Key Insights from 2012 and What They Mean for the Coming Year - Report
- comScore, Inc., March 2013. "2012 has been an exciting year for digital as consumers become more platform agnostic in the way they consume content - shifting between computers, tablets, smartphones as well as gaming platforms and emerging devices. Key media events in Europe such as the 2012 Olympics, have further illustrated the speed at which the online media landscape is fragmenting. We have entered the dawn of a 'Brave New Digital World' where multi-platform media consumption is becoming the norm. To help businesses navigate this changing digital landscape, comScore has created this report, that provides an analysis of the latest trends from 2012 what they will mean for the year ahead. The report also includes individual scorecards, which shows the top 20 sites + the leading local news/information, retail and banking sites for all 18 European countries measured by comScore..." [Requires registration to download the report]
Added: 4 April 2013;
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- comScore Releases '2013 Europe Digital Future in Focus' Report
- Russia Has Europe's Largest Internet Audience, Whilst Turkey Counts the Youngest Users. Highest Penetration in Europe: 2 in 3 Dutch Internet Users Visited Banking Sites. London, UK, comScore, 21 March 2013 – "comScore, Inc... a global leader in digital measurement and analytics, today released the 2013 Europe Digital Future in Focus report. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the European market and identifies the prevailing trends in web usage, online video, mobile and search. There is also a special scorecard section, which shows the top sites for all 18 European countries measured by comScore as well as an overview of top news, retail and online banking sites per market..."
Added: 4 April 2013;
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- Proposed broadband infrastructure sharing could save €60 billion, says EC
- New law also aims to cut red tape, by Jennifer Baker (IDG News Service),CIO, 26 March, 2013. "Europe's Digital Agenda Commissioner on Tuesday proposed a new law aimed at making broadband rollout cheaper and easier. The new regulation could save up to ¬60 billion (US$77.8 billion) on the overall cost of deploying fast broadband by cutting red tape and giving telcos better information about existing infrastructure, according to European Commission estimates. According to the Commission, civil engineering, such as the digging up of roads to lay fiber, accounts for up to 80 percent of the cost of deploying high-speed networks..."
Added: 28 March 2013;
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- Less digging = cheaper broadband. Commission proposes rules to cut broadband installation costs
- European Commission, Press Release, Brussels, Reference: IP/13/281, 26 March 2013. "The European Commission today proposed new rules to cut by 30% the cost of rolling out high-speed Internet. Civil engineering, such as the digging up of roads to lay down fibre, accounts for up to 80% of the cost of deploying high-speed networks. Today's proposal may save companies €40 to 60 billion. High-speed broadband is the backbone of the telecoms and wider Digital Single Market, the Commission is attempting to build. Its rollout is currently slowed down by a patchwork of rules and administrative practices at national and sub-national levels. "In most places, today's rules hurt Europe's competitiveness," said European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes. Today's draft regulation builds on best practices in place today in Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden and United Kingdom, but leaves organisational issues very much to the discretion of Member States..."
Added: 28 March 2013;
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- Less digging = more broadband. What does this mean for ...
- Reference: MEMO/13/287 Brussels, European Commission, 26 March 2013 - IP/13/281. "Context - The European Commission wants European citizens and businesses to have access to Internet of at 30 Mbps and that at least 50% of European households subscribe to Internet connections above 100 Mbps by 2020. In 2013 the Commission is rolling-out a 10 point broadband plan (SPEECH/13/80) to achieve this, which will be built in the summer on by a full blueprint for a single market for ICT In many cases, reaching these targets means rolling out new broadband infrastructure or upgrading existing connections. This is expensive, especially in rural areas. The Civil engineering costs for up to 80% of the cost of installing broadband networks and the Commission's draft Regulation could save between 40 and 60 billion euro or up to 30% of the total investment costs..."
Added: 28 March 2013;
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- Speech: The big data revolution
- Neelie Kroes - Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, Reference: SPEECH/13/261 EIT Foundation Annual Innovation Forum /Brussel, Event Date: 26 March 2013. "There is no doubt that we have entered the era of big data. Some reckon that, currently, every two days, we create as much information as was created from the dawn of civilisation to 2003. Every two days! And it's growing at 40% per year. We can't miss out on that kind of growth opportunity. And this is an opportunity. In terms of economic value alone, this is a market worth tens if not hundreds of billions of euros per year. At a time when Europe desperately needs growth, this is exactly where we should be looking to create new jobs and new opportunities. That's why I've called data the new oil. Because it's a fuel for innovation, powering and energising our economy. Unlike oil, of course, this well won't run dry: we've only just started tapping it. It is ICT that enables this revolution. ICT that gives us, for the first time ever, the tools to share, manipulate and use data, on a scale which once we could only have dreamed of..."
Added: 28 March 2013;
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