1. | Introduction to Trans-European Information Policies | 7 |
1.1. | Appearance of Trans-European Information Policies | 7 |
1.2. | Telecommunications policy in Europe | 10 |
1.3. | Information Market Policy | 13 |
1.4. | Information Society Policy | 15 |
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2. | European Policy on the Information Market | 18 |
2.1. | Introduction | 18 |
2.2. | Frameworks | 23 |
2.3. | IMPACT Program | 24 |
2.4. | INFO 2002 | 27 |
2.5. | Telecommunications policy | 28 |
2.6. | Actual policy on the information market | 31 |
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3. | European Policy on the Information Society | 34 |
3.1. | Introduction | 34 |
3.2. | White Book of development, competitiveness and employment | 36 |
3.3. | Bengemann report | 38 |
3.4. | The First European Action Plan on the Information Society | 41 |
3.5. | Actual Policy on the Information Society | 42 |
3.6. | Initiatives of G7/G8 Countries for the Information Society | 45 |
3.7. | OECD Initiatives on citizen-government relations | 48 |
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4. | Regional Information Policy | 49 |
4.1. | Structural Funds | 49 |
4.2. | Initiative of Regional Information Society | 51 |
4.3. | Teleregions net | 53 |
4.4. | European Net of Local Rules (ELANET) | 54 |
4.5. | Local and Regional Information Society | 56 |
4.6. | Centre of Information Society Activities | 56 |
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5. | Information Policy Issues in local and regional administration | 58 |
5.1. | Introduction | 58 |
5.2. | Public Information sector | 59 |
5.3. | European Digital Cities EDC? | 68 |
