Wenn im Zuge des Wandels der Industrie- zur Informationsgesellschaft die Verbreitung von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie (IKT) in nahezu allen Bereichen des gesellschaftlichen und politischen Lebens fortschreitet, wenn mehr und mehr Informationen und Dienste über die neuen Medien...

As the Information Society turns from a concept to a European reality, the question of ensuring the accessibility and inclusiveness of such a society besomes impossible to ignore. EU policy makers are called on to draw up a coherent answer to this question but are facing considerable...

The dissertation is about Compound Indicators, DIDIX, Regional divide, Digital Divide, eInclusion of older Europeans and the Riga Index. It is a Workshop towards a European Approach for Monitoring eInclusion.

The dissertation is about what is the eInclusion@EU project about, what is eInclusion policy about, how to support the policy process by means of eInclusion monitoring and what to achieve during today.

The study is a continuation of the earlier benchmarking exercise for eEurope 2002. It involved two surveys:a head teacher survey of more than 10,000 head teachers to obtain information on the schools and asurvey of more than 20,000 classroom teachers to focus on their use of ICT for educational...

On January 13 and 14, 2005 a FP7 preparation workshop on technological research in the eInclusion domain was held at the premises of the European Commission in Brussels. A group of experts from various European Member States as well as representatives from the European Commission participated in...

In a recent Communication1, the European Commission has outlined a new strategic framework, i2010 – European Information Society 2010, laying out broad policy orientations in relation to ongoing Information Society developments. The framework promotes an open and competitive digital economy...

The dissertation is about eInclusion and Active Ageing inWork and Employment.

The paper draws upon initial results of the eInclusion@EU project. It presents a conceptual framework for the location and prioritisation of issues in including societal at-risk groups in eService provision. The framework is designed to enable the evidence-based formulation of policy...

Written during the second half of 2004 for debate at the 11th Economic Forum in Krynica,Poland, this report is one of three contributions to the FISTE project which aim to documentand identify research and policy issues to support the achievement of the Lisbon Objectives.These issues result from...