EUROPEAN UNION, back

Europe and the global information society Recommendations to the European Council

Chapter I: The information society - new ways of living and working together

• A revolutionary challenge to decision makers
• Partnership for jobs
• If we seize the opportunity
• A common creation or a still fragmented Europe?
• What we can expect for...
• The social challenge
• Time to press on
• An Action Plan
• New markets in Europe's information society

Chapter II: A market-driven revolution

• A break with the past
• Ending monopoly
• Enabling the market
• Towards a positive outcome

Chapter III: Completing the agenda

• Protection of intellectual property rights (IPR)
• Privacy
• Electronic protection (encryption), legal protection and security
• Media ownership
• The role of competition policy
• Technology

Chapter IV: The building blocks of the information society

• The opportunity for the Union - strengthening its existing networks and accelerating the creation of new ones
• New basic services are needed
• Blazing the trail - ten applications to launch the information society
  • Application One: Teleworking
  • Application Two: Distance learning
  • Application Three: A network for universities and research centres
  • Application Four: Telematic services for SMEs
  • Application Five: Road traffic management
  • Application Six: Air traffic control
  • Application Seven: Healthcare networks
  • Application Eight: Electronic tendering
  • Application Nine: Trans-european public administration network
  • Application Ten: City information highways

Chapter V: Financing the information society a task for the private sector

Chapter VI: Follow-up

An Action Plan - summary of recommendations