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Information from the European Commission

IST 2001: "Techonologies Serving People"
(12/12/01)

The four volumes of this work are available for download on the links below in acrobat (pdf) format:

IST Work Programme 2002
(10/12/01)

The IST Workprogramme 2002 is available for download in both acrobat (pdf) or ms word (doc) formats.

  • Click here for the acrobat version;
  • or here for the ms word version.

8th IST Call published on 16th November 2001
(20/11/01)

  • Go here to find out more information about the 8th IST Call.

Call for tender to be published in OJ nr S212 on 3 November 2001:
"Feasibility study on facilitating access to information on national research programmes, activities and policies in the IST area, in preparation for FP6"
Fax: +32 2 296 62 72
(05/11/01)

Work Programme 2002 DRAFT version 10.10.2001
(13/07/01)

  • Go here to view the 2002 draft version of the work programme.

7th IST-BIS call for an Initiative on 2.5-3G Mobile Applications and Services
(23/10/01)

  • More information about this call can be obtained here.

Opportunity to Sponsor IST 2001 event
(23/10/01)

  • Click here to download the MS Word file containing information about this opportunity.

7th IST Call published on 7 July 2001
(13/07/01)

  • Go here to find out more information about the 7th IST Call.

High-level Conference on eGovernment Applications
(13/07/01)

The Belgian Presidency and the European Commission will jointly organise a European conference on eGovernment applications, 29-30 November 2001, in Brussels. The aim of the conference is to illustrate eGovernment in practice and how citizens and businesses can reap real benefits from interactive... (more)

An initiative on 2.5-3G Mobile Applications and Services
(08/06/01)

The European mobile communications sector has been very successful notably through the development of the second generation (GSM) mobile telephony with European users having fully embraced the services that this technology provides (65% of the EU population currently subscribe to GSM). As the technology evolves... (more)

IST2001 Düsseldorf: Open Call for Tenders
(18/05/01)

B-Brussels: preparation, setting up and organization of the IST 2001 (Information Society Technologies) event to be held at the ''Congress Center Düsseldorf'' from 3.12.2001 to 5.12.2001... (more)

IST - FP6 web-based Consultation (cordis)
(20/03/01)

The commission proposal for the 6th Framework programme (FP6) was announced on 21 February 2001. The field of Information Society Technologies (IST) is one of the main thematic priorities of this proposal. (more)

IST Programme Advisory Group / ISTAG (cordis)
 (20/03/01)

ISTAG provides the Commission with independent advice concerning the strategy, content and direction of research work to be carried out under the IST Programme. The following links will provide details of all FP5 Advisory groups, their mandate and membership.

Istag activities are divided into calendar sections as follows:

You can also download the final report regarding the ISTAG Scenarios for Ambient Intelligence in 2010:

Join the select European IST Prize Winners' Club

Make your IT product and your company benefit from the global fame of the European IST Prize. A total amount of  €700,000 is awarded:

  • Twenty Winner Prizes of  €5,000 each
  • Three Grand Prize Winners of  €200,000 each
  • European IST Prize Trophy Exhibition at the annual IST event

The application period for the 2002 European IST Prize is now open in 31 countries.
Closing date: 15 May 2001 (more)
The socio-economic dimension of the IST programme
  • This site offers a comprehensive view on the socio-economic dimension of the IST programme, through a collection of information and links on socio-economic aspects and activities within the IST programme and related actions... (more)
2001 Calls - IST Indirect RTD Actions (2001/C 27/18) & Proposals on IMS/RTD (2001/C 27/17)
Euro-China 2002 Co-operation Forum on Information Society
IST KA1: "Systems and Services for the Citizen" 6th Call Information Day - Friday 2nd of February, 2001
Open call for tenders
SATS Final Report
IST Programme directorates
Future Calls for Tender for Support Services related to the IST Programme
IST Workprogramme 2001
IST Programme Calls
Regional Healthcare Networks
5th Framework Programme - 4th Call
Framework Programme is not enough
Evaluation Report on EU research programmes
5th Framework Management Site at CORDIS
Flash Eurobarometre 80 - MIS Special Medecins Generalistes (in French/en Français)
A poll by EOS Gallup Europe on assignment of EC-DG Education and Culture - June 2000
eEurope 2002 Action Plan (Feira, 19/20 June 2000)
"The Emerging European Health Telematics Industry" - Market Analysis (by Deloitte & Touche)
on assignment of European Commission-Directorate General Information Society - February 2000

This report results from a study realised on behalf of DG Information Society of the European Commission. This study had as objective to make an assessment (current status and short to medium time forecast) of the level of usage of IT&C products and services in the healthcare sector within Europe. The main orientation is to detect major technology trends and identify key user requirements in the healthcare sector as a basis for further community actions. The study focuses on all types of healthcare environments (hospital, healthcare professionals, home care and community services and healthcare management, ...).

For further information, contact:
Baudouin Lejeune (Deloitte & Touche) Email: blejeune@deloitte.com
Peter Fatelnig (European Commission DG Information Society

"eEurope" - Information Society for All 
Cross-Border Litigation over European Patents
Biomedicine and Health Publications now available on-line
Spotlight on results of IST99 in Helsinki
ISTAG - Commission IST Advisory Group
Information from the 6th Concertation Meeting
European Commission: Preparing a Technology Business Plan 
How to follow what's going on

Here is a selection of some of the most important official web sites of the European Union institutions with a summary of the type of information that can be found on them.

Name

WWW Address

Comments
EUROPA europa.eu.int "The" EU server (all institutions). News, policies, institutions, documents ... Multilingual official public information.
CORDIS cordis.lu Everything on R&D and industrial policies: call for tenders, projects, partners, publications, events, 4th and 5th Framework focus .... Also look at: "R&D related links".
I'M EUROPE www.echo.lu DGXIII's site: Info2000, TAP, TEN, ...
Under TAP: calls, events, documents, guidelines, model contract, forms ...
ISPO www.ispo.cec.be All from DGIII and XIII on the "Information Society": calls, projects ... Also look at G7 projects, GIP (Global Inventory Project).
5th FWP IST www.cordis.lu IST Web providers access to information and resources concerning the implementation of the IST programme as a whole, being a gateway to more detailed information services for the various activities.

  CORDIS = Community Research and Development Information Service
  ISPO = Information Society Project Office
  TAP = Telematics Applications Programme
  EU = European Union
  DG = Directorate General
  IST = (user friendly) Information Society Technologies

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