1. Grazyna Wojcieszko eGovernment Unit Directorate General Information Society & Media European Commission eGovernment in Europe

2. 2 2 eGovernment in EU context outline of the presentation Policy R&D and Innovation Good Practice And Implementation Policy Structural Funds

3. 3 3 A European Information Society for growth and employment DG INFSO

4. 4 4 i2010: Three priorities A Single European Information Space A Single European Information Space i. The completion of a Single European Information Space which promotes an open and competitive internal market for information society and media Innovation and investment in research Innovation and investment in research ii. Strengthening Innovation and Investment in ICT research to promote growth Inclusion, better public services and quality of life Inclusion, better public services and quality of life iii. Achieving an Inclusive European Information Society that promotes growth and jobs in a manner that is consistent with sustainable development and that prioritises better public services and quality of life  eGovernment Action Plan europa.eu.int/i2010

5. 5 5 Manchester Ministerial Declaration 24 Nov 2005 No citizen left behind – inclusion by design   By 2010 all citizens become major beneficiaries   By 2010 innovative ICT, trust, awareness, skills for inclusion ICT for efficient and effective government   By 2010 high user satisfaction   By 2010 adm burden reduction, efficiency, transparency, accountability Delivering high impact services   By 2010 100% e-procurement available   By 2010 deliver other high impact services for growth and jobs Trusted access by means of eIDM * across the EU   By 2010 interoperable eIDM for public services across the EU   By 2010 electronic document recognition framework * Electronic identification and authentication management for public services

6. 6 6 e-Identification and e- Authentication map in Signposts 2010 eID Terminology Definition of eID Authentication Model & Levels Personal Data Ownership Model eID Role Management Equal Treatment of national eIDs Common eID Framework Federated eID Management EU provisions: Recognition of national eIDs 2009200820072006 ADAPTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE eGovernment eID and Authentication

7. 7 7 Electronic Documents Recognition map in Signposts 2010 eDoc Format Standard(s) Recognition of eDocs Permanent Document ID Long Term Archiving Model Long Term Archiving Guidelines MS rules on eArchiving ADAPTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE 2009200820072006 Authentication of eDocuments

8. 8 8 eGovernment in EU context Policy R&D and Innovation Good Practice And Implementation Policy Structural Funds

9. 9 9 IDABC Programme http://europa.eu.int/idabc Objectives Identifying, supporting and promoting the development and establishment of eGovernment services Target groups Administrations, Business and Citizens History Experience since 1995, IDABC is a follow-up to IDA and IDA II Programmes Duration 5 years (2005-2009) Global budget 148.7 million EUR Actions are Commission-driven and implemented via public procurement Managed by Enterprise and Industry Directorate General (idabc@cec.eu.int)

10. 10 eTEN basics Projects mount demonstrations & trials of TransEuropean services in the public interest undertaking a validation of the conditions to mount a sustainable service deployment Projects mount demonstrations & trials of TransEuropean services in the public interest undertaking a validation of the conditions to mount a sustainable service deployment Topics include eGovernment, eHealth, eInclusion, eLearning, Services for SMEs Topics include eGovernment, eHealth, eInclusion, eLearning, Services for SMEs Build on R&D results & good practices and supports the implementation of Information Society policy Build on R&D results & good practices and supports the implementation of Information Society policy Current inventory of ~100 projects, annual budget of ~45M€ Current inventory of ~100 projects, annual budget of ~45M€ Goto europa.eu.int/eten Goto europa.eu.int/eteneuropa.eu.int/eten

11. 11 Research Programmes Timeline FP6 FP7 New Financial Perspectives 70 or 40 or …? 2003 2004 2005 2007 - 2010 ? 2006 WP03-04 Call1 Call2 Call3 Call4 Call5 Call6 (?) WP05-06 Adoption Proposals on FP and SPs Communication: "Preparing the future: reinforcing European research policy" (16/06/04) WP + Calls 2007 – 2013 ? 16270 16270 M€

12. 12 IST R&D Programme Co-funding collaborative research: Running since about 10 years, FP4, FP5 (80 projects), now FP6 14 FP6 projects started in 2004 for ± 45 M € funding 23 new FP6 projects for ± 60 M€ funding Examples: Eurovet – EU veterinary policy E-Poll/Cybervote – Trusted e-voting GUIDE – Architecture for cross-border eID INTELCITIES – City planning and democratic debate DEMONET – Network for eParticipation (*) ITAIDE – Living Labs in eCustoms (*)

13. 13 E-POWER Contract No: IST-2000- 28125 Start Date: 01 September 2001 Duration: 24 months EC Funding: 1 871 040 €

14. 14 FP5 eGovt R&D projects E-POWER European Programme for an Ontology based Working Environment for Regulations and Legislation E-POWER developed a method and supporting tools to translate legislation and other regulations into executable (formal) specifications. Based upon industrial standards like Catalysis and UML/OCL. The translation process is supported by natural language processing (NLP).

15. 15 FP5 eGovt R&D projects FP5 eGovt R&D projects e-Court Electronic Court: judicial IT-based management of Criminal Trials Start date: 01/06/2001 End date: 30/11/2003 Project cost: 2776476 EURO Project Funding: 1660989 EURO

16. 16 FP5 eGovt R&D projects FP5 eGovt R&D projects e-Court research problems Advanced Information Retrieval: It represents a flexible multilingual Information Retrieval System (IRS ) Advanced Information Retrieval: It represents a flexible multilingual Information Retrieval System (IRS ) Database management: It defines the information repository for containing multimedia documents (audio and video clips, text, pictures, etc.) Database management: It defines the information repository for containing multimedia documents (audio and video clips, text, pictures, etc.) Workflow management concepts to the judicial management process Workflow management concepts to the judicial management process

17. 17 FP5 eGovt R&D projects FP5 eGovt R&D projects e-Court : Achieved Benefits For the judicial administration Reduction of costs and timing of recordings (material support, archives, transmission workload and times) and trials. Access control to information using previously decided security rules (user profile) Uniformity of the used data format (standard XML for the hearing recordings and transcriptions) Strong consensus about the e-Court project contents For judges, public prosecutors and lawyers Optimised access to trial documents and statements in different ways (Internet, Intranet, Cd-rom, etc.) Reduced access time to information Improved sharing and distribution of information

18. 18 FP6 eGovt R&D projects (±40 M€ funding) 1st call GUIDE: identity management GUIDE: identity management TERREGOV: one-stop integration platform TERREGOV: one-stop integration platform EMAYOR: security levels administration-citizen EMAYOR: security levels administration-citizen EPRI Knowledge: IST for Parliamentarians EPRI Knowledge: IST for Parliamentarians COSPA: open source for office productivity COSPA: open source for office productivity HOPS: inclusive access with voice technology HOPS: inclusive access with voice technology USEMEGOV: mobile eGovernment USEMEGOV: mobile eGovernment INTELCITIES: open cross-border platform INTELCITIES: open cross-border platform FLOSSPOLS: open source study FLOSSPOLS: open source study QUALEG: automatic handling citizen queries QUALEG: automatic handling citizen queries ONTOGOV: semantics for life-cycle design of public services ONTOGOV: semantics for life-cycle design of public services SAFIR: multimodal, multilingual, voice interaction SAFIR: multimodal, multilingual, voice interaction eUSER: benchmarks in eGov, eHealth eUSER: benchmarks in eGov, eHealth

19. 19 Innovating with EU eGovernment Research “ ICT for Innovative Government” eParticipation Formulation and enactment of democratic decisions, scalable large scale dialogues, new forms of interactivity, Active Citizen,… Intelligent, personalised eGovernment services for all Intuitive interaction, inclusion, multi-channel service delivery platform, context-awareness, privacy protection & enhancement, Adaptive and proactive eGovernment Knowledge-based, process models, tools for administrative management, technologies for transparency, diversity, multi-level governance,.. Secure cross-border eGovernment Very large scale, heterogeneous, cross-border architectures/ infrastructures; pan-European eGovernment eID,…

20. 20 FP6 eGovt R&D projects 4 call FP6 eGovt R&D projects 4 call Automated Legal Intelligent System ALIS Facilitate compliance with laws and regulations Facilitate evolution of legal and regulation systems Handy access to relevant information A system of reasoning adapted both to the user and the case under consideration

21. 21 FP6 eGovt R&D projects 4 call FP6 eGovt R&D projects 4 call Automated Legal Intelligent System ALIS: theoretical level ALIIS combines the recent advances in game theory, artificial intelligence and law & regulation corpus structuring semantics, in order to build efficient modelling tools

22. 22 FP6 eGovt R&D projects 4 call FP6 eGovt R&D projects 4 call European project for Standardized Transparent Representations in order to Extend Legal Accessibility ESTRELLA Open platform for intelligent legal knowledge systems enabling citizens and businesses to easily access, understand and apply complex legislation and regulations   to develop a Legal Knowledge Interchange Format (LKIF), building upon emerging XML-based standards of the Semantic Web, including RDF and OWL, and Application Programmer Interfaces (APIs) for interacting with LKIF legal knowledge systems.

23. 23 PROPOSED DECISION OF THE EU PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL 7 th FP on EU R&D (2007 to 2013) Applications Research: “ICT meeting societal challenges: New systems and services in areas of public interest improving quality, efficiency, access and inclusiveness”… “ICT meeting societal challenges: New systems and services in areas of public interest improving quality, efficiency, access and inclusiveness”… ….“for governments; efficiency, openness and accountability, for a world-class public administration and links to citizens and businesses, supporting democracy” ….“for governments; efficiency, openness and accountability, for a world-class public administration and links to citizens and businesses, supporting democracy”

24. 24 More… europa.eu.int/i2010 eGovernment research website europa.eu.int/egovernment_researchgrazyna.wojcieszko@cec.eu.int