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Update on the Digital Agenda for Europe
1. Amsterdam, 12 November 2012
Update on
the Digital Agenda
for Europe
Carl-Christian Buhr
http://bit.ly/cc_buhr, @ccbuhr
(All expressed views are those of the speaker.)
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3. 101 Actions
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda
Advising on...
ICT Research Policy
e-Infrastructures
Open Access/Digital
Science
Cloud Computing
Data Protection
etc. http://bit.ly/cc_buhr,
@ccbuhr
http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU,
@NeelieKroesEU
4. Partners
European Parliament
Member States
http://europarl.europa.eu/
Council of
the European Union http://consilium.europa.eu/
5. Outline
1. DAE: State of Play
2. Waiting for the Budget
Connecting Europa Facility
Horizon 2020
3. Cloud Computing Strategy
4. Sneak preview
6. DAE: State of Play
Digital Agenda
Scoreboard
Good progress:
• 38 actions completed
• 49 on track
• 14 actions behind
schedule
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-
agenda/en/scoreboard
7. Waiting for the Budget...
November 2012: European Council
to decide on
Multi-Annual Financial Framework
(2014-2020)
Proposal: EUR 1033 bn, 1.08% GNI
9. Why?
Broadband->Competitiveness
Correlation Fixed Broadband Penetration and Competitiveness
5.8
5.6 Sweden
Finland
Japan US UK Germany Netherlands
5.4 Denmark
WEF's Global Competitive Index score
5.2 Belgium
Austria France
5 Luxembourg Korea
4.8 Ireland
4.6 Estonia
Czech Rep. Spain
Poland Portugal Lithuania Italy
4.4 Cyprus
Hungary Slovenia Malta
4.2 Bulgaria Latvia
Slovakia
Romania
4
0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45
Fixed broadband lines per 100 population
10. Why?
Broadband: More to do
45,0%
40,0%
35,0%
30,0%
25,0%
20,0%
15,0%
10,0%
5,0%
0,0%
RO BG SK PL LV PT EL HU IT LT CZ IE SI ES CY AT EE EU FI MT UK LU SE BE DE FR DK NL
Basic High-speed
11. CEF Digital
CEF => EUR 50bn for
– Transport (30bn)
– Energy (9bn)
– ICT: broadband & digital public
service infrastructures (9bn)
12. CEF Digital: Broadband
– At least EUR 7bn
– For 2020 targets (>= 30Mb/s for
all, 50% households >= 50Mb/s)
– Via the EIB
– To attract long-term investors
– Largely budget-neutral
13. CEF Digital: Services
Europeana, eID, eProcurement,
eBusiness, eHealth, Data.eu,
Safer Internet, multilingual
services, European backbone,
eJustice etc.
– Hubs connecting Member State
systems
– To use & to drive broadband
– Digitising = modernising public
services
– Via grants & procurement
14. CEF Digital: Politics
Digital CEF: State of Play
– Council & EP discussions
nearing close
– Substance largely stable
– Waiting for the budget
15. CEF Digital delivers
Letter by 12 PMs (UK, NL, IT, EE, LV, FI, IE,
CZ, SK, ES, SE, PL) 20 February 2012
“create a truly digital single market by
2015. (…) We must (…) build modern
infrastructure to provide better broadband
coverage and take-up and extend and promote
e-government services to simplify the start
up and running of businesses and aid the
mobility of workers”
European Council 1-2 March 2012
”In particular, efforts will continue in
order to (…) complete the Digital Single
18. Horizon 2020: State of Play
Council agreed Rules for
Participation
Parliament to vote in November
Notable issues: Open Access to
results
Waiting for the budget
19. Cloud Computing Strategy
„Unleashing the Potential of Cloud
Computing in Europe“
Supply side: new opportunities for
telcos, equipment, services providers
Demand side: Productivity potential for
all; quicker and less risky IT for
new users (e.g. start-ups)
20. Cloud: Actions
Key Actions
• Cutting through Jungle of Standards
• Safe & Fair Contract Terms
• European Cloud Partnership
Plus: Digital Single Market, Access to
content online, Simplifying transactions
(e.g. eID), Trust and Confidence (e.g.
Privacy), Focus R&D&I, International
Dialogue, Data Protection
21. Sneak Preview
Cyber Security
Strategy
Legislative Proposal
Telecoms: Regulation for Investment
Public Works Initiative
Formalise 12 July Announcement
Net Neutrality
22. Selected Pointers
The Digital Agenda for Europe
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/scoreboard
Connecting Europe Facility
Official documents: http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/connecting-europe-facility
Digital EU needs digital investment: http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/neelie-kroes/cef-digital/
Connecting Europe: Fast Broadband for All: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-731_en.htm
Horizon 2020
Official documents: http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/
Blog: http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/neelie-kroes/horizon-2020-an-e80-billion-wake-up-call-for-innovation-in-europe/
R&D in ICT. Time for radical change?: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-636_en.htm
Cloud Computing Strategy for Europe
Official documents: http://www.ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/cloudcomputing/docs/com/com_cloud.pdf
Library: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/cloudcomputing/index_en.htm
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