update on the digital agenda for europe
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Presentation at the Netherlands eScience Center, 12 November 2012, Amsterdam.TRANSCRIPT
Amsterdam, 12 November 2012
Update onthe Digital Agenda for Europe
Carl-Christian Buhr
(All expressed views are those of the speaker.)
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http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda
DAE
101 Actions
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http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda
101 Actions
Advising on...
ICT Research Policye-InfrastructuresOpen Access/Digital ScienceCloud ComputingData Protectionetc.
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Partners
http://europarl.europa.eu/
http://consilium.europa.eu/
European Parliament
Council of the European Union
Member States
1. DAE: State of Play
2. Waiting for the BudgetConnecting Europa FacilityHorizon 2020
3. Cloud Computing Strategy
4. Sneak preview
Outline
DAE: State of Play
Good progress:
• 38 actions completed
• 49 on track
• 14 actions behind schedule
Digital Agenda Scoreboard
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/scoreboard
Waiting for the Budget...
November 2012: European Council
to decide on
Multi-Annual Financial Framework (2014-2020)
Proposal: EUR 1033 bn, 1.08% GNI
Image credit: http://www.taxbrackets.org/images-of-money/
Connecting Europe Facility
Making the Digital CEF happen
Why?Broadband->Competitiveness
Correlation Fixed Broadband Penetration and Competitiveness
4
4.2
4.4
4.6
4.8
5
5.2
5.4
5.6
5.8
0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45
Fixed broadband lines per 100 population
WEF
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loba
l Com
petit
ive
Inde
x sc
ore
DenmarkNetherlands
KoreaLuxembourg
Sweden
Germany
FranceBelgium
UK
Finland
Malta
USJapan
Austria
Estonia
Ireland
Slovenia
Cyprus
Spain
Italy
Czech Rep.
Hungary
LithuaniaPortugal
LatviaSlovakia
Poland
Bulgaria
Romania
Why?Broadband: More to do
0,0%
5,0%
10,0%
15,0%
20,0%
25,0%
30,0%
35,0%
40,0%
45,0%
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
CEF Digital
CEF => EUR 50bn for
– Transport (30bn)
– Energy (9bn)
– ICT: broadband & digital public
service infrastructures (9bn)
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
CEF Digital: Services
– Hubs connecting Member State
systems
– To use & to drive broadband
– Digitising = modernising public
services
– Via grants & procurement
Europeana, eID, eProcurement, eBusiness, eHealth, Data.eu, Safer Internet, multilingual services, European backbone,
eJustice etc.
CEF Digital: Politics
Digital CEF: State of Play
– Council & EP discussions
nearing close
– Substance largely stable
– Waiting for the budget
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 Market by 2015, in particular by adopting measures to boost confidence in on-line trade and by providing better broadband coverage, including by reducing the cost of high-speed broadband infrastructure”
Horizon 2020
Simpler and betterresearch & innovation
Successor to FP7 2014-2020
EUR 80bn, 3 pillars:
1. Excellence (ICT 4bn)
2. Competitiveness (ICT 8bn)
3. Societal Challenges (ICT ca.
4bn)Health, Transport,
Energy, Food, Climate, Security & Innovation
& Inclusion
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
„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)
Cloud Computing Strategy
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
Cloud: Actions
Cyber SecurityStrategyLegislative Proposal
Telecoms: Regulation for InvestmentPublic Works InitiativeFormalise 12 July AnnouncementNet Neutrality
Sneak Preview
Selected Pointers
The Digital Agenda for Europehttp://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/scoreboard
Connecting Europe FacilityOfficial 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 2020Official 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 EuropeOfficial 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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