Latest News
- PRESS RELEASE
- Research & innovation: Commission calls for partnerships to tackle societal challenges
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(21 September 2011) An invitation to public and private actors to join forces at European level to apply research and innovation solutions to major challenges facing society has been issued by the European Commission today. The Commission Communication draws on first experience from pilot projects and outlines steps that will lead to more, and more effective, public-private and public-public partnerships.
See also: Commission calls for partnerships – frequently asked questions
- NEWS ARTICLE
- Pre-announcement: Call for the e-inclusion 2012 awards
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(11 October 2011) The European Commission has established the e-Inclusion Awards to raise awareness, encourage participation and recognise excellence and good practice in using ICT and digital technology to tackle social and digital exclusion across Europe. The scheme ran for the first time in 2008. The 2012 eInclusion awards will underline the work done by intermediaries and encourage the dissemination of good training practices in the special award category "we are the champions". The other award category is "I am digitally driven" and will highlight the impact of digital skills on life prospects, with special focus on employability, re-skilling, visible improvement in socio economic situation of groups at risk of exclusion). Method of participation to the call will be submission of audiovisual material. Key criteria for selection will be: 1) demonstrated positive impact of the initiatives presented on individuals' employability and wellbeing; 2) creativity and quality of the material submitted in support of the entry. The story told should inspire and encourage other organisations and individuals to take part in e-inclusion initiatives. Selection criteria, conditions for participation and details on how to enter will be announced shortly in this newsletter. See also below separate news item on the call for tenders for the organisation of the Awards scheme.
- NEWS ARTICLE
- The European Disability Forum's toolkit on the Telecoms Package
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(12 October 2011) EDF presents its Telecoms Package Toolkit to support the efforts to bring a real change for persons with disabilities to equally access e-communications. This Toolkit lists the provisions related to e-accessibility for persons with disabilities in the EU Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications Networks and Services (the Telecoms Package) and gives insights on how they could be understood to enable a full and common understanding throughout the EU. This toolkit is primarily targeted at EDF member organizations to enhance their capacity in following up on the transposition into national legislation and the implementation of the Telecoms Package; but, it could also be useful to anyone who wishes to better understand the disability-related provisions in the Telecoms Package. The toolkit is available on alternative format upon demand.
Contact: Nadège Riche, EDF Policy Officer
- EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- Final Conference - ImPaCT in Europe Project - Connect, Personalise, Care: Person Centred Technology for Greater Quality of Life
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9 November 2011 - 10 November 2011 Brussels, Belgium
This European Conference is organised in the framework of the project ImPaCT in Europe - Improving Person Centred Technology in Europe sponsored by the Lifelong Learning Programme of the Directorate General of Education and Culture. The conference's programme has been designed to deliver an agenda bringing together key people from across Europe to demonstrate how assistive technology can significantly support independence for people with disabilities in a person centered way. The conference is aimed at policy makers at all levels, service deliverers, organisations of end users and care professionals, researchers and other European stakeholders. Key speakers hail from all relevant stakeholder groups to debate issue from all perspectives and to reach a consensus on how to bring the Person Centered Technology (PCT) agenda forward.
- EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- Beyond Silos - The Why and How of ICT in Integrated Care Service Provision
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23 November 2011 Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Today's healthcare and social care services are usually delivered independently, leading to inefficiencies, duplication of resources or reduced levels of quality of care. Older people are particularly affected by this situation since they often need both types of services, such as support with daily living activities and chronic disease management. ICT has the potential to support integrated service delivery to achieve high quality independent living and wellbeing for older people across Europe and elsewhere. Against this background, the conference will look beyond today's care silos at strategies, processes and business models to reach this goal.
- CALL FOR TENDERS
- E-Inclusion Awards 2012 scheme
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A call for tenders will be sent soon to a miminum of 5 candidates identified by the European Commission for a service contract of a maximum value of € 60.000. The objective of the contract is to run and deliver the Awards Scheme, to mobilise the stakeholders, to map the field with best practices in given categories and to promote them. If you are interested to carry out such a scheme please contact einclusion(at)ec.europa.eu.
Contact: einclusion(at)ec.europa.eu.
See also: Doing business with the European Commission: Tips for potential contractors
New in the Library
- SPEECH
- Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, Digital Inclusion: putting Europe into top gear
Innovation for Digital Inclusion Conference, Gdansk, 5 October
- SPEECH
- Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, Caring about caring
Meeting of the European Parliament Interest Group on Carers, European Parliament, Brussels, 11 October 2011
- BROCHURE
- ICT for Societal Challenges
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11 October 2011
Thanks to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)it will be possible in the future to provide all citizens, regardless of their location, with better and personalised healthcare, achieving at the same time relevant cost savings for patients and the society at large. Citizens and business' interactions with public authorities will be faster and more effective, also across the borders. A greater number of people will be able to live safely and independently, and those from disadvantaged groups will be able to get fully involved in society. Last but not least, ICT will help tackling environmental issues, such as energy saving, in the perspective of a sustainable growth. This booklet lists projects that illustrate these benefits and show the strong potential in addressing and solving societal challenges.
See also: PDF of the brochure for downloading
- ARTICLE
- The Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme: ICT hand in hand with social innovation
In this interview published by Insight publisher (www.projects.eu.com) two of the Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme's most senior figures, Lena Gustafsson, President of the AAL's Association and Silas Olsson, acting Director of the AAL's central management unit in Brussels, provide a unique insight into the work being done to develop ICT solutions to help our growing older population in Europe live longer, independent, active and healthy lives.
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