EMF News
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Submitted by carmen on Wed, 01/09/2010 - 09:59
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The European Seal of e-Excellence rewards ICT and Digital Media companies with an excellent track record in innovation marketing. Awarded annually since 2003 by the EMF and its Partner Organisations, the Seal is widely known for recognizing companies with:
1. innovative products and services;
2. excellence in the marketing thereof.
Apply through the Seal website: www.seal-of-excellence.org |
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Submitted by idoia on Wed, 11/08/2010 - 11:36
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The framework of the Belgian Presidency of the EU, Wallonia organises
in collaboration with the European Commission a conference focusing on
the needs of “Small and Medium-sized Enterprises” in the field of
“Research” and “Innovation”. |
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Submitted by idoia on Thu, 22/07/2010 - 12:46
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Stakeholders in the programme (e.g. actual and potential project
partners) are asked about the functioning and achievements of FP7. This
input will be used to draft the Interim Evaluation of the Seventh
Framework Programme. Deadline for submission of opinions is 27th August 2010.
Go to the consultation
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Submitted by idoia on Thu, 22/07/2010 - 12:40
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The Belgian priorities for the next 6 months are in line with recently
published policy documents of the EU, amongst others "Europe 2020" and
the “Digital Agenda”. |
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Submitted by idoia on Tue, 20/07/2010 - 12:26
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DG Information Society and Media of the European Commission have
published the new ICT Work Programme for 2011-2012 . This Work Programme
defines the priorities for calls for proposals that will result in
projects to be launched in the period 2011-12. |
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Submitted by phw on Tue, 13/07/2010 - 13:24
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EMF is working with trade associations and training institutions to improve the quality of education and training programmes for internet-related jobs. We are currently trying to assess the needs of companies active in the sector. YOUR HELP is crucial to provide adequate information to training organisations about YOUR needs and requirements. PLEASE RESPOND to our questionnaire. |
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Submitted by phw on Mon, 12/07/2010 - 20:22
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Europe should reinforce its relationship with Latin America, argues the EMF in a position paper published on 29 June 2010. |
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Submitted by phw on Mon, 12/07/2010 - 15:34
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The European Commission published A Digital Agenda for Europe, its new 5-year strategy for the ICT sector, on 18 May 2010. EMF has reviewed and discussed it internally. It now releases a position paper with its comments and contributions to the debate.
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Submitted by idoia on Mon, 12/07/2010 - 14:51
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Submitted by idoia on Wed, 07/07/2010 - 11:03
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The European Commission organises an information day to brief interested stakeholders on the ICT Work Programme 2011/12 with respect to objectives 1.3 "Internet-connected Objects" and 7.3"Virtual Factories and Enterprises" within the context of the "Factories of the Future" Public-Private Partnership. The event will also feature a workshop for potential proposers to exchange their ideas and to network.
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Submitted by idoia on Wed, 07/07/2010 - 10:59
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Eurobarometer, the European opinion survey organization, just released a new survey on science and technology. This was presented by EurActiv as "lazy researchers to blame for declining EU science optimism" and by the European Commission as “80% of Europeans say they are interested in scientific discoveries and technological developments, compared to 65% interested in sport”.
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Submitted by idoia on Fri, 02/07/2010 - 16:45
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The report analyses the transformation of the Indian economy thanks to its competitive information technology services sector. It updates a previous report presented in December 2008.
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Submitted by idoia on Fri, 02/07/2010 - 16:39
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The OECD publishes a report on "The future of news and the Internet". The report analyses amongst other topics the evolving newspaper publishing industry, its economics in the downturn, the economics of the newspaper industry or the future of news creation and distribution.
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Submitted by idoia on Fri, 02/07/2010 - 16:31
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Votewatch.eu has released a report based on statistical analyses of all recorded votes of Members of the European Parliament in the July 2009-June 2010 period. It address issues such the frequency in which a political group votes with the majority, emerging voting alliances, and the extent to which the political groups are cohesive.
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Submitted by idoia on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 16:33
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DG Information Society launched a new website specifically dedicated to the Digital Agenda, the European Commission’s new ICT strategy for 2010-15. The website provides information related to themes such as ICT and Society, Telecommunications and Networks, Multimedia and Digital Content, Research in ICT. It also provides key documents about the Digital Agenda. |
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Submitted by idoia on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 16:26
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A short documentary film of the YOUp@ Youth in Action EU Project illustrating a 5 days event among 24 young people from Spain, Slovenia and the United Kingdom is now on-line.
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Submitted by idoia on Thu, 17/06/2010 - 17:31
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The Final Document of the YOUp@ Youth in Action EU Project, adopted by
the assembly of young participants on 28 May 2010 in Eibar ,
Spain is available at www.youpa-project.eu. |
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Submitted by idoia on Wed, 16/06/2010 - 14:33
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on 8 June 2010 that the European Commission was right to set price caps on mobile roaming.
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Submitted by idoia on Tue, 08/06/2010 - 11:46
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FIA Ghent will be part of the Future Internet Conference Week, aseries of events concerning different aspects of the Future Internet.
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Submitted by idoia on Tue, 08/06/2010 - 11:28
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The Future Internet public-private-partnership (PPP) event will give a detailed briefing about the FP7 ICT work programme 2011/12. It will be focused spetially in the objective 1.7 to 1.10 . The workshop will also be a platform for potential proposers to exchange their ideas and to network.
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