1. The Central European Platform on Digital Content Hans-Peter Ritt Project Manager

2. Preparing for eContent plus I, II, III Prague, Budapest and Bratislava

3.  Increase the mutual knowledge and contacts within Central Europe  Develop co-operations: r+d, production, distribution, funding,...  Achieve successful participation in the eContentplus-Programme  Become an attractive partner to other regions in Europe Joint Central European initiative of AT, CZ, HU, SK

4. Initiated and directed by 4 Ministries: ATFederal Ministry of Economics and Labour CZMinistry of Informatics HUMinistry of Economy and Transport SKMinistry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications Carried out by the Team of Intermediaries CCSS, Cross Czech, MATISZ, MTE, SPPR, WKO Accompanied by the Advisory Board of national experts: industry and academia Co-ordinated by the Project Management Multi-national co-operation on different levels

5. Linking the actors: AT-CZ-HU-SK, public-private-intermediaries Elements: 1.Orientation on the specific content-area 2.Orientation on the markets: facts, forecasts, strategies, „how to do“ 3.Orientation on the EC-Programme eContentplus 4.Matching and Collaboration Orientation- and Matching- Days

6. Schedule of Orientation- and Matching-Days I.9/10. February 2006, Prague Geographic Information Systems II.6./7. April 2006, Budapest Digital Libraries: Scientific/ Scholarly Content III.21/22. September 2006, Bratislava Educational Content IV.1./2. February 2007, Vienna Digital Libraries - Cultural Content

7. www. econtentplus.net

8. 1.Quick Information on the Programme eContentplus 2.How to get involved: Information, Registration, Matching-Needs 3.Info-Point: News, Contacts and Mailing-List 4.The eContent markets in Central Europe Information-Portal

9. Pool of information on the Central European eContent markets Documents / Overviews Calendar of Events: Content-related Conferences and Events Database “Nodes and Hubs”: relevant Organizations and Contacts eContent in Central Europe

10. www.econtentplus.net central@econtentplus.net Project Management Hans-Peter Ritt, milestone. Use the possibilities!