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- NEWS ARTICLE
- Draft report of the first meeting of the High level Steering Group on the Pilot European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing
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(20 May 2011) The European Commission has set up a high level Steering group to assist with preparatory work for the pilot partnership. This high level Steering Group is jointly chaired by Vice President Neelie Kroes and Commissioner John Dalli and includes Member States, regions, industry, health and social care professionals, elderly and patient organisations and other interest groups. The Steering group is mandated with drawing up recommendations for a Strategic Implementation Plan, on the basis of which initiatives would be launched for piloting the partnership. The first meeting of Steering Group was held on 2 May 2011 and was facilitated by David Byrne, a former European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy. It is the first time that in Europe all the stakeholders are joining forces at this scale to commit advancing innovation in active and healthy ageing.
- NEWS ARTICLE
- eHealth developments in Europe over the next 12 months
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(10 June 2011) What will have changed between now and next eHealth Week in May 2012 with regards to eHealth adoption in Europe — especially given this year′s bold call for action?
Contact: ehealth@ec.europa.eu
See also: Other articles on EU eHealth activities - NEWS ARTICLE
- Call for Papers: Accessibility of Broadcast Multimedia
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(22 June 2011) The International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting has published a Call for Papers for a special issue on "Accessibility of Broadcast Multimedia". Potential topics include, but are not limited to: The use of television to combat eExclusion; User feedback on accessibility services; Initiatives for raising awareness of access services; Accessible TV remote controls and accessible navigation in general; Smart accessibility, for example, interfaces that self-adapt to user needs; Delivery platforms for access services; Hardware agnostic access services; Business models for access services; Development tools and guidelines for access services; Standardization issues and initiatives related to accessibility; National directives and enforcement of the provision of accessibility and their effectiveness; Technical and user forums for promoting accessibility and their impact; Application of web accessibility guidelines to digital broadcast media; Application of web content accessibility guidelines to digital broadcast media; Initiatives aimed at building accessibility into HTML5; Roadmaps for the realization of accessibility. Deadline for manuscrips: 1 November 2011.
- NEWS ARTICLE
- Roadmap for Accessible User Interfaces
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(22 June 2011) A roadmap is being developed for research on accessible user interfaces. The roadmap will include: (a) Clear proposals on what technologies need to be supported (eg eye tracking, voice/gesture reckoning, wearable devices, smart displays). (b) Clear inputs on what methodologies have to be investigated (eg adaptive UI design, accessibility evaluation guidelines for devices, services and applications). (c) Clear contributions on what kind of tools should be developed (eg automatic accessibility verification/design tools, accessible user interface description languages). This roadmap is one of the inputs to the thinking and direction of future research funding by the European Commission in this area, and the aim is to gather input from a diverse range of stakeholders.
- NEWS ARTICLE
- European Disability Forum and partners launch campaign for Accessible websites
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(23 June 2011) On the occasion of the 1st Digital Agenda Assembly EDF and its partners launched their campaign for Accessible websites. 95% of public websites remain inaccessible. Concretely, this means that older people and persons with disabilities cannot access vital information online and perform the same everyday tasks as non-disabled people can. The European Commission has committed to improving web-accessibility by 2015: The Digital Agenda for Europe, one of the flagships of the Europe 2020 Strategy, and the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 mention a legislative proposal that would "ensure that public sector websites and websites providing basic services to citizens are fully accessible by 2015". By concluding the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the EU committed to take action to ensure equal access to information to persons with disabilities.
- EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- eHealth Week 2012 - World of Health IT Call for Papers - deadline 01/09/2011
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20 June 2011 Copenhagen, Denmark
The WoHIT 2012 Programme Advisory Committee has opened the Call for Papers. New for 2012, submissions must specifically address one of the 7 session themes selected. Successful submissions will closely address the selected session's theme and provide practical information to assist European healthcare professionals in the betterment of healthcare through the effective use of information technology. Session abstracts submitted should not exceed 200 words and should be concise, noting the achievement, resulting benefits and the speakers who can effectively deliver the presentation. More information on the website.
Contact: Submissions should be made by e-mail no later than September 1st 2011
See also: eHealth Week 2012 - CALL FOR TENDERS
- Benchmarking deployment of e-health among general practitioners II — SMART 2011/0033
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(Deadline: 10/08/2011) The objective of this study is to measure the use of ICT by primary care physicians in the EU-27, Croatia, Iceland, Norway and Turkey; through the organisation of a survey to collect the necessary data and indicators to describe the main relevant dimensions of the phenomena: use of internet and other ICT based applications by primary care physicians, for their work, including communication with patients and the electronic exchange of information with primary and secondary care and other health actors, with nurses, carers, insurance and pharmacies. The results of that study will be used as a key baseline for the second eHealth action plan (eHAP) 2012-2020. They will be also an input for the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP-AHA). The role of general practitioners is very important for the diffusion of relevant innovation into health care systems. The study is also expected to identify the main differences between European countries so to allow an evidence based dialogue and an effective coordination between national policy efforts and the common European initiatives. The results will provide a substantial input to the 2013 Digital Agenda Scoreboard.
Contact: Stefano Abruzzini
- CALL FOR PROPOSALS
- Call for projects contributing to exchange of good practices to implement: 1) the skills dimension of the flagship initiative "An Agenda for New Skills and Jobs" and 2) the flagship initiative "Youth on the Move"
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(Deadline: 29/07/2011) PROGRESS is the EU employment and social solidarity programme, set up to provide financial support for the attainment of the European Union's objectives in employment, social affairs and equal opportunities as set out in the Social Agenda, as well as to the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy. The present call for proposals will cover two different policy domains. The main objectives are to encourage mutual learning at all levels and enhance transferability of the most effective policies to: 1) implement the skills dimension of the flagship initiative "An Agenda for New Skills and Jobs" and 2) implement the flagship initiative "Youth on the Move".
- CALL FOR PROPOSALS
- Call for proposals: "Supporting Public Procurement Of Innovative Solutions: Networking And Financing Procurement"
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(Deadline: 27/09/2011) The present call for proposals aims at supporting public procurers in purchasing new and improved solutions, products and services in areas of grand societal challenges as defined by Innovation Union communication. This objective is to be realised through establishing trans-national networks to enable Contracting Authorities (as defined by Directives 2004/18/EC and 2004/17/EC) and organizations supporting innovation procurement: to offset the additional risks and costs, to collaborate to create a critical mass, to test the feasibility and implementation modalities of a future EU support scheme.
Contact: entr-cip-11N02C00@ec.europa.eu
See also: eHealth Procurers forum
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