Med e UROPA CONTRACT EDC-2236 MEDEUROPA/26927 1. Introduction Main Objectives and Added Value 2. Starting Point and Results Current state of the art.

MedeUROPA

MedeUROPACONTRACT EDC-2236 MEDEUROPA/26927

1. IntroductionMain Objectives and Added Value

2. Starting Point and ResultsCurrent state of the artTransition from Aquí Europa to MedEuropaInnovationsTechnical Features Expected Results

3. Participants

4. Financial statements

Aquí Europa CBE (Coop. Bancaire pour l’ Europe)Cives EuropeCestel

Preparatory Action

MedeUROPA

within the framework of the European Commission’s e-Content programme.

1. Introduction

Preparatory Action’s Main Objetive:

Facilitate access of all social stakeholders to practical information on the European Union. This information will come from the public sector in combination with private sources, and will be distributed by means of a multilingual digital suppport.

• Approximate the EU to the citizens

• Provide quality clear information

• Build a network of public and private organisations

• Expose practices on taking advantage of the public information and making it profitable in Internet

• Set the bases of the future commercialisation of European digital contents

Actions to achieve this objective will be directed to:

MedeUROPA will achieve its

objectives through:

The know-how and contents already obteined with the pilot experience Aquí Europa

The creation of Medeuropa software based on the digital editing experience of Aquí Europa

The multilinguism will allow the different agents within the European scene to approach each other at all levels.

Therefore:

MedeUROPA will develop as a

HIGH VALUE ADDED product to, in a clear and structured way, provide public information on the EU to the users

Added Value

European Added Value

Presence in Brussels, European capital

Personalised service: Multilinguism and data processing

Multidisciplinary staff

Added Value understood as:

Geographical scope

Technological Innovation

MedeUROPA’s Preparatory Action will be based on the know-how adquired by Aquí Europa, first specialised Spanish digital information service on the EU.

http://www.aquieuropa.com

2. Starting Point and Results

•Quick Information•In-depth Information•Quality of own contents•Easy access to EU information sources

Its main features are:

Transition from Aquí Europa to Medeuropa

Aquí Europa will give to MedeUROPA:

The “tailor-made newspaper” model with the possibility to offer online services of data bases

The experience of integrating journalists with experts in other disciplines

Fresh news and data bases

Succesful experience in mass-media agreements which multiply distribution

Creation of an editing software

2. Starting Point and Results

www.MedeUROPA.net will offer:

News and Current Issues: Medeuropa Digital

EU TodayEurofoldersThe euro

Ayudas y oportunidadesGeneral InformationAEFIN

Calls for Tender

Bids

Partnership contacts and consulting

Agendas

The EU in Internet

Inside Europe

UEDICCIO

Innovations

MedeUROPA will include many improvements such as:

Multilingual search tools to improve access to information via languages or topics

Inclusion of a home page to present the Preparatory Action

Feedback possibilities for questions or suggestions

During the marketing phase, it will allow the development of safe e-commerce under Community law

2. Starting Point and Results

Main Technical Features

Security

2. Starting Point and Results

Easy use

Great flexibility and configurability

The MedeUROPA site is based on an Internet data bases system, managed through an interface which will guarantee:

GENERAL DATA BASE

SECONDARY

DATA

BASES

MANAGEMENT DATA BASES

PROGRAMMES

CALLS FOR TENDER

BIDS

PARTNERSHIPCONTACTSS

AGENDA

INTERNET

BUSSINES

PARTNERS

USERS PASSWORDS PROFILES

Manager: User Interface

MedeUROPA

3. Participants

CIVES EUROPE

Project’s leader partner.

http://www.aquieuropa.com

Edits the only European information service on

EU issues written in Spanish, with contents

updated daily, and news offices in Brussels and

Madrid.

MedeUROPA’s Italian Partner, which englobes

Banca del Piemonte

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena

Banca Popolare di Sondrio

Banca Popolare San Angelo

Cassa di Risparmio de Foligno

San Paolo IMI Bank

IMI Bank ( Lux )

With services on:

Consultancy on community tools

Financial engeneering

Public Market Services:

Specialised Information about: los mercados

Help for multilateral agreements

Industrial Partnership Contacts

Information and Promotion

Regular publications “bolletttino -ImpresaEuropa”

MedeUROPA’ S French-speaking partner

With a number of relevant publications in Belgium, such as:

The community information system “Janus”

“Agora” Bulletin

AIACE

“El Sol de Bélgica”

and the press agency Europe Today

CIVES EUROPE

MedeUROPA’s technological partner

Marketing and development of data transmission products, particularly those related to Internet and Computer and Telephone Integration (CTI).

MedeUROPA

Counts on a € 633 907 budget, with a community assistance of € 316 955.

Budget’s assignment:

Aquí Europa 330.261€

Cestel 148.582€

CBE €57 869

Cives Europe €97 195

4. Financial Statements

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