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The EU is committed to promote human rights in all areas of its external action without exception, in particular, using the link between new technologies and human rights as important avenues for promoting democracy.

The study looked into the current practices of public authorities to procure ICT systems and services and developed guidelines to help them overcome lock-in.

ICT 2013 conference will feature top ICT professionals from industry, academia & research. Speakers from across the ICT sector will address a range of issues from cloud computing, broadband, ICT infrastructures, ICT skills, cyber security, long term visions on the future and much more. Experts will present details on how to participate in the next EU's Research Programme - Horizon 2020.

The young ambassadors will contribute to the event in different roles: Session reporters will be following selected conference sessions and write summaries of the highlights, which will be published on the blog; Conference highlighters will follow the conference and report online; Exhibition watchers will highlight the most attractive exhibits; Social media managers will help to coordinate the information and content produced by different ambassadors. Deadline Wednesday 3rd July 2013, 16:00 CET.

To assess the challenges faced by the media in the countries of the Western Balkans and Turkey, the European Commission is organising a second SpeakUp! conference on 20 June in Brussels.

19 June 2013 - 16.00 is the deadline for submiting your proposal for ICT 2013 exhibition in Vilnius. 150 stands are available to showcase the latest findings in advanced research, technologies, new systems, innovation in services & business and ICT products just coming to market.

Radio Frequency Identification Technology (RFID) can contribute to better and more responsible waste handling. In conjunction with investment in service innovation this can result in a competitive advantage for businesses and societies on global markets, and thus contribute to sustainable future economic growth and employment important for Europe's future. However, RFID technology produces itself electronic waste that enters the waste stream. The report evaluates both perspectives.

After more than a year of negotiating, MEPs agree a deal to ensure free movement by preventing Member States from randomly reintroducing border controls.

Archiving has long been considered a passive process: put the things you want to keep in a cool, dry place and forget about them until needed. But in the digital era, in which photos, videos, documents and other content are on hard drives, flash disks or on servers in ‘the cloud’ rather than in boxes in a cellar, archiving requires a much more active approach. EU-funded researchers are addressing the problem.

'Photonics' is the technology of generating, transmitting and processing light - just as electronics does with electrons and electricity.

Public hearing: A Single Telecom Market for Growth and Jobs in Europe, Brussels

Graphene Flagship Project will be presented by Prof Jari Kinaret (Director of Graphene Flagship Consortium) Openings speech (day 1) by Wolfgang Boch, Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology and Head of Flagship Unit, European Commission

Giving a boost to the EU-US relations in the field of ICT – American Chamber of Commerce EU conference, Brussels

The European Commission will launch soon a call for tenders for a service contract of a maximum value of EUR 60.000. The purpose of this call for tenders is to provide a comparative overview of various ICT solutions to achieve energy savings in buildings (piloted under CIP-ICT-PSP).

We need an EU Anti-Bullying Day to become a symbolic milestone in our efforts and to remind to all Europeans that bullying and cyberbullying is a problem with no borders, no specific technological or platform connection, no easy solutions, write MEPs Phil Prendergast and Seán Kelly.

The European Commission is poised to publish new payments rules covering ‘interchange’ fees, which are charged on card transactions. These could unfairly hit Visa and MasterCard, leaving rivals American Express and Paypal unfair market advantage, says the president of MasterCard Europe.

Using cash instead of debit and credit cards costs Germans around €150 per person each year, according to an academic study from Steinbeis University in Berlin on the ‘Cost of Cash’.