Transcript Digital Content in the EU
eContent
European Digital Content on the Global Networks
Judith Pretty On behalf of the European Commission
More and more people are connecting to the global networks
According to Nua.com 605 million people have internet access (
Q3 2002 )
Users 2004 2003 2002 2001 Users 0 50 100 150 200 250
190 million of those live in Europe, and the number is growing
The ability to deliver rich content over the networks is increasing
Europe has
Rich content base Long publishing tradition Assets in linguistic and cultural customisation World ranking players
...
but it is
Lagging in e-publishing
EU Actions for digital content
eContent: Digital content and language diversity on the global networks
Regulatory framework: Copyrights in the Information Society Access and exploitation of public sector information
Research: IST Programme, FP 6
Audio-visual and Culture: Media Plus programme Framework programme for Culture
The objectives of the eContent programme
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improving access for all to high-quality digital content on the global networks
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in a multiplicity of languages
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supports the increased availability, use and distribution of European digital content
Market orientated programme
The objectives of the eContent programme
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improving access for all to high-quality digital content on the global networks
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in a multiplicity of languages, catering for different cultures
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supporting the increased availability, use and distribution of European digital content
Action Line 1 Improving access to and expanding the use of public sector information
100 million Euro
Action Line 2 Enhancing content production in a multilingual and multicultural environment Action Line 3 Increasing dynamism of the digital content market
2001
40%-45% Call 1
2002
Call 2 40%-45% Call 3
2003
10%-15% Call 4 €29 million
2004 2005
Call 4
Action line 1
Improving access to and expanding use of public sector information
Action line 1 Public sector information What is public sector information ?
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Legal/administrative data.
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Financial/economical data, Culture, archives, entertainment, information material
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Geographical data including land and property information, traffic information, environmental data
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Services at local level such at education, health etc. Science and technical information And more……………………………..
Action line 1 Public sector information
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Important for citizens: Bringing citizens closer to administrations Important in the democratic process
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Important for business: Essential to make business strategies Crucial for taking advantage of the internal market rights
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And in particular for the content industries: Source for new information products (aggregation) PSI Directive now adopted
Call 4
Action Line 2
Producing Content in a multilingual and multicultural environment
Action line 2 Multilingual and multicultural environment
Objective
To ease access to and ensure a wider availability of high quality networked content across markets and communities, by encouraging co-operation between the European content and language industries.
What the Commission is looking for?
Projects strengthening the linguistic infrastructure in Europe: Networking of existing regional and national resources and their access and use by content actor Development of new multilingual resources for less widely spoken languages Covering an adequate number of languages
Call 4
Year 2004
Who can participate?
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Countries
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(31) 15 EU Member states
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EFTA Countries: Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland Candidate countries:
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Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Malta, Cyprus
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Accession countries:
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Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey Other countries and international organisations can participate without funding Organisations
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Public, Private, Non-Profit
What eContent is not:
• No technology research & development • No eGovernment • No pure translation
eContent keywords:
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Business dimension – close to market Partnerships
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Public-private Content – language industries
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Readily available technology
Name of the game
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Candidate Countries a political priority In proposal submission and selection Candidate Countries on equal footing with Member States No particular measures undertaken towards participation in running projects High subscription rate: fair competition and excellent quality promoted throughout Europe
Ideal eContent project
eContent co-funded project = available technology + right partnerships + innovative idea with a business model
Based on:
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Re-use of public sector information
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Linguistically&culturally customised content
Contact points & info
http://www.cordis.lu/econtent