Ken Ducatel - future i2010

Web 2.0 developments in current and post-i2010

Public Services 2.0Brussels, 16 March 2009

Ken Ducatel, Head of Unit

Lisbon Strategy and i2010DG Information Society and Media

The i2010 priorities

II. support Inclusion, better public services and quality of life through the use of ICTs

I. create a Single European Information Space that promotes an open and competitive internal market for information society and media services

II. strengthen Innovation and investment in research and promote the use of ICTs by businesses

Web 2.0 in Main priorities:

– Future networks and the Internet: Web 2.0 as key driver for NGNs

– Towards a true Single Market: Content Online Platform

– Competitiveness through innovation and research: Future Internet Research in FP7

– User perspective: High growth in take up of Web 2.0 applications. Role of eParticipation.

i2010 Mid-term Review April 2008

• Growth of Web 2.0 poses many questions• DG INFSO actively seeking answers in

current and planned studies• Some examples: • EU Policy towards the future of networks and Internet

- The ubiquitous network society (on-going)• User created content (on-going)• A survey of digital identities among young people

(planned 2009)• eGovernment scenarios for 2020 and the preparation

of the 2015 Action Plan (planned 2009)• Module in Eurostat survey on ICT use by individuals

(“use of advanced services”)

Web 2.0 in i2010 Policy development

The Road to post-i2010

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An i2010 conference in November 2009, prepared by the Swedish Presidency, will be the starting point of a post-i2010 strategy

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Swedish Presidency event

• Title ‘The Visby Agenda – creating impact for an eUnion 2015’ – 9-10 November 2009 in Visby/Gotland

• SE Study to support the conference• “Which are the most important policy questions

that the EU faces in the area of ICT and the information society to about 2015, and what trends underlie or affect these new questions?”

• Interim report July – final report September 2009

• INFSO is working closely with SE and with the i2010 High Level Group to prepare the conference –workshop by the SE contractor 14 May in Brussels

• Laying the ground for the next EU Information Society strategy

• Consulting within EC, with MS, other stakeholders: Could use Web 2.0 to reach out?

• One of key principles is that the Information Society should empower all EU citizens and businesses

• Eight themes have been identified so far. Most, if not all, are Web 2.0 relevant

Web 2.0 in Post i2010

Themes for the post-i2010 debate

(1) Future networks and the future

internet

(2) Doing business online in the Single Market

(4) Better quality of life for all (5) Services of

public interest

(6) Creative content and the role of users

(7) ICT for sustainable growth

(8) Economic impact of ICT

(3) ICT innovation and research

On the web…

http://www.europa.eu/i2010