European Commission Communication "A Digital Agenda for Europe"

The areas for action put forward by the Commission for the Digital Agenda are as follows and include, among others, the actions indicated:

• A dynamic digital single market
  Open access to content
  Simplify online and cross-border transactions
  Create confidence in digital technology
  Strengthen the single market in telecommunication services
• Interoperability and standards
  Improve standardisation in the ICT area
  Encourage better use of standards
  Improve interoperability through cooperation
• Confidence and security
  Implement a strengthened, high-level policy as regards network and information security, including modernisation of ENISA and the creation of a CERT for EU institutions
  Fight cyber attacks on I.T. systems
• Fast and ultra-fast access to the Internet
  Ensure broadband has universal coverage and increasingly faster speeds
  Encourage the installation of New Generation Networks(NGN)
  Monitor implementation of provisions on the Internet’s open and neutral character
• Research and innovation
  Increase R&D activity and efficiency in ICT
  Boost innovation in ICT taking advantage of the single market
  Support initiatives in the ICT sector for open innovation
  Induce more private investment through pre-commercial procurement and public-private partnerships
  Simplify access to EU funds for ICT research, making them more attractive to SMEs and young researchers
  Develop a new generation of Internet-based applications and services
• Improve digital literacy, qualifications in this area and inclusion in the digital society
  Promote literacy and digital qualifications
  Develop instruments to identify and recognise professional and user ICT competences
  Stimulate development and supply of inclusive digital services
• Benefits provided by ICT to society in the EU
  Stimulate ICT use in protecting the environment
  Boost ICT-based sustainable health care and support for dignified and independent living
  Promote cultural diversity and creative content
  Expand online government, especially ensuring mutual recognition of electronic identification and authentication in the EU, the creation of cross-border online services, and interconnection of public procurement capabilities in the single market
  Speed up adoption of intelligent transport systems and greater mobility
• International aspects of the Digital Agenda
  Ensure Europe plays a leading international role as regards the Internet
  Work with third countries to improve conditions for the international trade in digital goods and services