My big idea for the Digital Agenda

[Laurentiu Bunescu]

STAKEHOLDER DAY
My big idea for the Digital Agenda

European Commission, Brussels, 25 October 2010

What is your big idea for the Digital Agenda, Europe's new strategy for digital economy? What can you do to make a part of the Digital Agenda happen? The new strategy was published in May and it is now time to discuss how to put it into practice.

The overall aim of the Digital Agenda is to deliver sustainable economic and social benefits from a digital single market based on fast and ultra fast internet and interoperable applications.

The 101 actions announced in the Digital Agenda are not just a "to do" list for the European Commission – it is a call to everyone to join in! Join the debate together with Vice-President Neelie Kroes on how to make the Digital Agenda a reality.

Propose an idea

Why not propose an idea? The best ideas will get the chance to be presented at the conference. How do you want to get involved in building Europe's digital society and, in particular, which initiatives do you want to take to implement one (or more) of the 101 Digital Agenda actions? Alternatively, do you have ideas or initiatives that are not directly covered by the listed actions, but which would contribute to meeting the overall aims of the Digital Agenda?

Send your idea through our online form
by Friday, 24 September 2010

The best ones will get the chance to be presented at the conference.

Purpose

To create a broad movement to make the Digital Agenda evolve as a dynamic instrument to meet the challenges of the information society: copyright, broadband, privacy, security, health, research, etc.

• listen to your ideas
• bring together NEW and old players on the digital arena
• inspire you to make your ideas a reality
• hear what obstacles need to be removed to build the digital society
• identify communities which are willing to work with the European Commission towards the Digital Assembly in June 2011.

Participate

If you would like to participate in the event, propose an idea (see above) - authors of the best ideas will be invited to the event.
You can also watch the conference live - webstream in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Polish.

Programme

The programme features thematic workshops corresponding to priority areas of the Digital Agenda, followed by a plenary session with Vice-President Neelie Kroes, Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, and Robert Madelin, Director General for Information Society and Media.

[Ian Clifford]

We are waiting to hear a response to the following "big idea"

On 04/03/10 Telecentre-Europe organized the first pan-European Get online day. It was supported by our national telecentre network partners, NGOs, libraries, schools, and information access points. It aimed to bring offline people online for the first time. More than 50,000 people were reached on the day itself, that’s 14 hours at one person every second! It spanned 42 European nations, and during that week 68,253 people were reached, including over 3,000 unemployed people. Telecentre-Europe wants to run the Get online day again in 2011 and every year. We want to increase its visibility and include as many networks of telecentres as possible to reach as many offline Europeans as possible. Our big idea supports the sixth strand of the Digital Agenda; Digital literacy, skills and inclusion.