1.

Introduction to Trans-European Information Policies

10

1.1.

The emergence of information policy in Europe

10

1.2.

Telecommunications policy in Europ

13

1.3.

Information market policies

16

1.4.

Information society policies

17

2.

European Information Market Policy

21

2.1.

Introduction

21

2.2.

The Framework programmes

26

2.3.

The IMPACT programme

27

2.4.

INFO2000

29

2.5.

Telecommunications policies

30

2.6.

Current information market policies

33

3.

European Information Society Policy

37

3.1.

Introduction

37

3.2.

White Paper on growth, competitiveness and employment

39

3.3.

The Bangemann report

40

3.4.

Europe's first action plan on the information society

43

3.5.

Current EU information society policies

44

3.6.

G7/G8 information society initiatives

46

3.7.

OECD initiatives on government-citizen relationships

49

4.

Regional Information Policies

52

4.1.

The structural funds

52

4.2.

The Regional Information Society (RISI) Initiative

54

4.3.

The Tele-Regions network

56

4.4.

The European local authorities network (ELANET)

57

4.5.

The LOCREGIS project

58

4.6.

Information Society Activity Centre (ISAC)

59

5.

Information Policy Issues in Local and Regional Government

61

5.1.

Introduction

61

5.2.

Public sector information

62

5.3.

European digital cities

70

5.4.

Electronic commerce

76

5.5.

Communications between administrations

80

6.

Information Policies: Central and Eastern European Countries

86

6.1.

Introduction

86

6.2.

The PHARE programme

88

6.3.

Participation of CEECs in the Framework programmes

89

6.4.

Information society initiatives in the CEECs

91

6.5.

Some observations on Poland

94