Amsterdam, 12 November 2012

Update onthe Digital Agenda for Europe

Carl-Christian Buhr

(All expressed views are those of the speaker.)

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DAE

101 Actions

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http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

101 Actions

Advising on...

ICT Research Policye-InfrastructuresOpen Access/Digital ScienceCloud ComputingData Protectionetc.

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Partners

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European Parliament

Council of the European Union

Member States

1. DAE: State of Play

2. Waiting for the BudgetConnecting Europa FacilityHorizon 2020

3. Cloud Computing Strategy

4. Sneak preview

Outline

DAE: State of Play

Good progress:

• 38 actions completed

• 49 on track

• 14 actions behind schedule

Digital Agenda Scoreboard

http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/scoreboard

Waiting for the Budget...

November 2012: European Council

to decide on

Multi-Annual Financial Framework (2014-2020)

Proposal: EUR 1033 bn, 1.08% GNI

Image credit: http://www.taxbrackets.org/images-of-money/

Connecting Europe Facility

Making the Digital CEF happen

Why?Broadband->Competitiveness

Correlation Fixed Broadband Penetration and Competitiveness

4

4.2

4.4

4.6

4.8

5

5.2

5.4

5.6

5.8

0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45

Fixed broadband lines per 100 population

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DenmarkNetherlands

KoreaLuxembourg

Sweden

Germany

FranceBelgium

UK

Finland

Malta

USJapan

Austria

Estonia

Ireland

Slovenia

Cyprus

Spain

Italy

Czech Rep.

Hungary

LithuaniaPortugal

LatviaSlovakia

Poland

Bulgaria

Romania

Why?Broadband: More to do

0,0%

5,0%

10,0%

15,0%

20,0%

25,0%

30,0%

35,0%

40,0%

45,0%

RO BG SK PL LV PT EL HU IT LT CZ IE SI ES CY AT EE EU FI MT UK LU SE BE DE FR DK NL

Basic High-speed

CEF Digital

CEF => EUR 50bn for

– Transport (30bn)

– Energy (9bn)

– ICT: broadband & digital public

service infrastructures (9bn)

CEF Digital: Broadband

– At least EUR 7bn

– For 2020 targets (>= 30Mb/s for

all, 50% households >= 50Mb/s)

– Via the EIB

– To attract long-term investors

– Largely budget-neutral

CEF Digital: Services

– Hubs connecting Member State

systems

– To use & to drive broadband

– Digitising = modernising public

services

– Via grants & procurement

Europeana, eID, eProcurement, eBusiness, eHealth, Data.eu, Safer Internet, multilingual services, European backbone,

eJustice etc.

CEF Digital: Politics

Digital CEF: State of Play

– Council & EP discussions

nearing close

– Substance largely stable

– Waiting for the budget

CEF Digital delivers

Letter by 12 PMs (UK, NL, IT, EE, LV, FI, IE, CZ, SK, ES, SE, PL) 20 February 2012“create a truly digital single market by 2015. (…) We must (…) build modern infrastructure to provide better broadband coverage and take-up and extend and promote e-government services to simplify the start up and running of businesses and aid the mobility of workers”

European Council 1-2 March 2012”In particular, efforts will continue in order to (…) complete the Digital Single Market by 2015, in particular by adopting measures to boost confidence in on-line trade and by providing better broadband coverage, including by reducing the cost of high-speed broadband infrastructure”

Horizon 2020

Simpler and betterresearch & innovation

Successor to FP7 2014-2020

EUR 80bn, 3 pillars:

1. Excellence (ICT 4bn)

2. Competitiveness (ICT 8bn)

3. Societal Challenges (ICT ca.

4bn)Health, Transport,

Energy, Food, Climate, Security & Innovation

& Inclusion

Horizon 2020: State of Play

Council agreed Rules for

Participation Parliament to vote in November Notable issues: Open Access to

results Waiting for the budget

„Unleashing the Potential of Cloud

Computing in Europe“

Supply side: new opportunities for

telcos, equipment, services providers

Demand side: Productivity potential for

all; quicker and less risky IT for

new users (e.g. start-ups)

Cloud Computing Strategy

Key Actions

• Cutting through Jungle of Standards

• Safe & Fair Contract Terms

• European Cloud Partnership

Plus: Digital Single Market, Access to content online, Simplifying transactions (e.g. eID), Trust and Confidence (e.g. Privacy), Focus R&D&I, International Dialogue, Data Protection

Cloud: Actions

Cyber SecurityStrategyLegislative Proposal

Telecoms: Regulation for InvestmentPublic Works InitiativeFormalise 12 July AnnouncementNet Neutrality

Sneak Preview

Selected Pointers

The Digital Agenda for Europehttp://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/scoreboard

Connecting Europe FacilityOfficial documents: http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/connecting-europe-facility

Digital EU needs digital investment: http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/neelie-kroes/cef-digital/Connecting Europe: Fast Broadband for All: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-731_en.htm

Horizon 2020Official documents: http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/

Blog: http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/neelie-kroes/horizon-2020-an-e80-billion-wake-up-call-for-innovation-in-europe/R&D in ICT. Time for radical change?: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-636_en.htm

Cloud Computing Strategy for EuropeOfficial documents: http://www.ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/cloudcomputing/docs/com/com_cloud.pdf

Library: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/cloudcomputing/index_en.htm

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