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GREEN PAPER LIVING AND WORKING IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY: PEOPLE FIRST

1. People first in the Information Society - executive summary

• 1.1. Working in the Information Society (Chapter 3)
• 1.2. Employment in the Information Society (Chapter 4)
• 1.3. Cohesion: Living in the Information Society (Chapter 5)
• 1.4. Guiding principles for the Information Society (Chapter 6)

2. Why a Green Paper? - invitation to a political, social and civil dialogue

3. Working in the Information Society

• 3.1. The concerns: skill revolution and job insecurity
• 3.2. The facts: a new world of work
• 3.3. The first challenge: to build knowledge and raise awareness of new forms of work organisation
• 3.4. The second challenge: to ensure that SMEs take full advantage of the IS
• 3.5. The third challenge: to modernise the institutions of working life
• 3.6. A new concept for security
• 3.7. A new culture of anticipation
• 3.8. Questions for further reflection

4. Employment in the Information Society

• 4.1. The concerns: jobless growth and the end of work?
• 4.2 The facts: steady employment growth since 1960
• 4.3. The first challenge: prevent beggar-thy-neighbour policies
• 4.4. The second challenge : more effective management of the job transformation process
• 4.5. The third challenge: to overcome the skill gap
• 4.6. Overhauling education and training to match the ICT-revolution
• 4.7. The platform: the new priorities in the convergence programmes
• 4.8. Questions for further reflection

5. Cohesion: Living in the Information Society

• 5.1. The concerns: concentration or cohesion?
• 5.2. The facts: public policies make the difference
• 5.3. The first challenge: to make the best of the new regulatory framework
• 5.4. The second challenge: the human resource base
• 5.5. The third challenge: empowerment and integration
• 5.6. Consolidating progress
• 5.7. Questions for further reflection

6. The Information Society - the European way