The document summarizes Carl-Christian Buhr's presentation at the ITAPA conference in Bratislava on October 24, 2012 about the status of the Digital Agenda for Europe. It provides an overview of the Digital Agenda Scoreboard and progress on 101 actions. It also discusses upcoming budgets and initiatives, including the Connecting Europe Facility, Horizon 2020, and the EU's Cloud Computing Strategy. The presentation aimed to outline key priorities and next steps in building the digital single market.

1. Medzinárodný kongres ITAPA
Bratislava, 24 October 2012
The Digital
Agenda for Europe:
Where do we stand?
Carl-Christian Buhr
http://bit.ly/cc_buhr, @ccbuhr
(All expressed views are those of the speaker.)
http://slidesha.re/itapa2012 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/de/

2. 101 Actions
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda
DAE
http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU,
@NeelieKroesEU

3. Partners
European Parliament
Member States
http://europarl.europa.eu/
Council of
the European Union http://consilium.europa.eu/

4. Outline
1. DAE: State of Play
2. Waiting for the Budget
CEF
Horizon 2020
3. Cloud Computing Strategy
4. Sneak preview

5. DAE: State of Play
Digital Agenda
Scoreboard
Good progress:
• 38 actions completed
• 49 on track
• 14 actions behind
schedule
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/scoreboard

6. Waiting for the Budget...
November 2012: European Council
to decide on
Multi-Annual Financial Framework
(2014-2020)
Proposal: EUR 1033 bn, 1.08% GNI

7. What‘s CEF?
Transport 30bn, Energy 9bn, ICT 9bn
High-speed broadband & services to
complete the Digital Single Market
State of Play
Council & EP: Substance largely stable
Ongoing strong outreach for ICT budget

8. CEF Digital delivers
Letter by 12 PMs (UK, NL, IT, EE, LV, FI, IE, CZ, SK, ES, SE,
PL) 20 February 2012
“create a truly digital single market by 2015. (…) We must
(…) build modern infrastructure to provide better broadband
coverage and take-up and extend and promote e-government
services to simplify the start up and running of businesses
and aid the mobility of workers”
European Council 1-2 March 2012
”In particular, efforts will continue in order to (…)
complete the Digital Single Market by 2015, in particular
by adopting measures to boost confidence in on-line trade
and by providing better broadband coverage, including by
reducing the cost of high-speed broadband infrastructure”

9. What‘s Horizon 2020?
Competitiveness, Excellence, Challenges
Clearer structure, simpler processes
EUR 80bn (ICT 16bn) for R&D&I support
State of Play
Substance almost clear, budget
discussion looming

10. Cloud Computing Strategy
„Unleashing the Potential of Cloud
Computing in Europe“
Supply side: new opportunities for
telcos, equipment, services providers
Demand side: Productivity potential for
all; quicker and less risky IT for
new users (e.g. start-ups)

11. Cloud: Actions
Key Actions
• Cutting through Jungle of Standards
• Safe & Fair Contract Terms
• European Cloud Partnership
Plus: Digital Single Market, Access to
content online, Simplifying transactions
(e.g. eID), Trust and Confidence (e.g.
Privacy), Focus R&D&I, International
Dialogue, Data Protection

12. Sneak Preview
Cyber Security
Strategy
Legislative Proposal
Telecoms: Regulation for Investment
Public Works Initiative
Formalise 12 July Announcement
Net Neutrality

13. Ďakujem za
pozornosť!
Otázky?

14. Selected Pointers
The Digital Agenda for Europe
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/scoreboard
Connecting Europe Facility
Official documents: http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/connecting-europe-facility
Digital EU needs digital investment: http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/neelie-kroes/cef-digital/
Connecting Europe: Fast Broadband for All: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-731_en.htm
Horizon 2020
Official documents: http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/
Blog: http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/neelie-kroes/horizon-2020-an-e80-billion-wake-up-call-for-innovation-in-europe/
R&D in ICT. Time for radical change?: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-636_en.htm
Cloud Computing Strategy for Europe
Official documents: http://www.ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/cloudcomputing/docs/com/com_cloud.pdf
Library: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/cloudcomputing/index_en.htm
Contacts
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