roland haber on behalf of the european commission econtent european digital content on the global...
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More and more people are connecting to the global networks According to Nua.com 605 million people have internet access ( Q3 2002) 190 million of those live in Europe, and the number is growingTRANSCRIPT
Roland HaberOn behalf of the European Commission
eeContentContentEuropean Digital ContentEuropean Digital Contenton the on the Global NetworksGlobal Networks
• The rationalThe rational
• The eContent programmeThe eContent programme
• The focus in 2003 - 2004The focus in 2003 - 2004
AgendaAgenda
More and more people are connectingto the global networks
Users
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2001
2002
2003
2004
Users
According to Nua.com 605 million peoplehave internet access (Q3 2002)
190 million of those live in Europe, and the number is growing
The ability to deliver rich content over the networks is increasing
Even if the latest stock market downturns has slowed down the technology sectors
Europe hasEurope hasRich content baseRich content base
Long publishing Long publishing traditiontradition
Assets in Assets in linguisticlinguistic
and cultural and cultural customisationcustomisation
World World ranking playersranking players
......but it but it isis
Lagging in Lagging in e-publishinge-publishing
• improving access for all to high-quality digital content on the global networks
• in a multiplicity of languages, catering for different cultures
• supporting the increased availability, use and distribution of European digital content
The objectives of the The objectives of the eeContent programmeContent programme
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How will the eContent programme
reach these ambitions?
Improving access to and expanding the use of public sector information
Enhancing content production in a multilingual and multicultural environment
Increasing dynamism of the digital content market
Action Line 1Action Line 1 Action Line 2Action Line 2 Action Line 3Action Line 3
100 million Euro100 million Euro
Call 3Call 1 Call 2 Call 424-26 million
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
40%-45% 40%-45% 10%-15%
Call 3
Action line 1 Improving access to and expanding use of
public sector information
Call 4
What is public sector information?– Legal/administrative data.Legal/administrative data.– Financial/economical data, Financial/economical data, – Culture, archives, entertainment, information Culture, archives, entertainment, information
materialmaterial– Geographical data including land and property Geographical data including land and property
information, traffic information, environmental information, traffic information, environmental datadata
– Services at local level such at education, health etc. Services at local level such at education, health etc. – Science and technical informationScience and technical information– And more……………………………..And more……………………………..
Action line 1 Public sector information
Important for citizens:• Bringing citizens closer to administrations • Important in the democratic processImportant for business:• Essential to make business strategies• Crucial for taking advantage of the internal market
rightsAnd in particular for the content industries:• Source for new information products (aggregation)
Action line 1 Public sector information
Action line 1 Public sector information
(1.1) Cross-border information services based on public sector information.
What the Commission is looking for?
- The cross-border nature of the information service
- The added-value nature of the information service
- The business case,
- Re-use aspect
(1.2) Establishment of European digital data collections based on public sector information
What the Commission is looking for?Projects that will show:– Coverage of a considerable part of Europe
- Scalability
– Impact of the action on the digital content market;
– Involvement of Candidate Countries where appropriate
Action line 1 Public sector information
Action Line 2Producing Content in a multilingual
and multicultural environment
Call 3
Call 4
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.
Action line 2 Multilingual and multicultural environment
What the Commission is looking for?(1) Partnerships for multilingual and multicultural contentbetween various actors in the content and language industries:
localisation of applications and services addressing multimedia content accessible through various platforms and devices
Action line 1 Public sector information
What the Commission is looking for?(2) 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
Action line 2 Multilingual and multicultural environment
Action Line 3Increasing dynamism of the digital
content market
Call 3
Call 4
Action line 3 Increasing dynamism of the digital content market
Objective
To support the European content market by horizontal actions that increase the effectiveness of the main action lines of the programme.
Action line 3 Increasing dynamism of the digital content market
(3.1) Exchange of good practicesTo stimulate the exchange of best-practices throughout Europe on the re-use of public sector information and the linguistic customisation of content.
What the Commission is looking for?- case studies,print and electronic publications, and
presentations at major public event.
- Thematic networks to improve the learning processes and the exchange of good practices on the re-use of public sector information at European level
Action line 3 Increasing dynamism of the digital content market
(3.3) Management of rights for digital contentStimulate an environment for the acceptance of right clearance solutions for digital content, with a special attention given to material originating from the public sector.
What the Commission is looking for?Actions aiming at creating a dialogue between:
- content creators, - collecting societies, - content industry players and - consumer organisations. Identification of emerging business models and pricing schemes.
Ideal eContent project
eContent co-funded project =
available technology + right partnerships + innovative idea with a business model
Based on:•Re-use of public sector information•Linguistically&culturally customised content
Contact points & infoContact points & info http://www.cordis.lu/econtent
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