EPRI Newsletter 2005 - Issue 4

After the successful 7th EPRI conference upon the Invitation of the Swedish Riksdag, the 8th EPRI conference will be hosted by the Senate of the Czech Republic. The unique scenery of Prague is the setting for the conference “At the cross point of eGovernment & eDemocracy: How ICT in the parliamentarian environment is setting standards in participation and usage”. It will take place on 15-16 March 2006 in the historic rooms of the Senate.  Don’t miss the opportunity to register for the conference at www.senat.cz/epri2006, which will be available in the middle of January.

 

The conference is organised and hosted by the Czech Senate with support from the EPRI secretariat. The EPRI website www.epri.org will keep you informed about the conference organisation including Agenda, registration procedure etc.

For any further questions about the 8th EPRI conference please do not hesitate to contact Ms. Sandra Himmel (Sandra.himmel@tsa.de or phone +49 39203 8 2552).


EPRI knowledge base
At http://www.epri.org/epriweb/contents/knowledge_base.php the newly developed EPRI knowledge base will inform members of the EPRI community on ICT and its implementation and use in a democratic and parliamentary workflow. The EPRI knowledge base combines individual with organisational knowledge in the field of Parliamentarians and Information Communication Technology.

The new tool allows displaying knowledge not only as a conventional sequel of information but it uses a new associative and holistic approach of giving information and putting it into its context. Members of the EPRI community are invited to participate in the textual enlargement of the knowledge base by contributing with their individual knowledge and experiences. So please take a look at the EPRI knowledge base and contribute to its further development.

In case of any suggestions or contributions please do not hesitate to contact Ms. Sandra Himmel (Sandra.Himmel@tsa.de  or phone +49 39203 8 2552)

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IST News

Results of the Ministerial eGovernment Conference 2005
The Ministerial eGovernment Conference has resulted in a strong impetus to bring forward the European eGovernment agenda towards 2010. The Ministerial eGovernment Conference took place on 24-25 November in Manchester and was co–organised by the UK Presidency and the European Commission. The Conference facilitated discussion on the ambitious goals for eGovernment in the context of the European Commission’s i2010 Initiative. Also representatives of the EPRI Community participated in this event and took the opportunity to formulate a position paper and thus to influence the eGovernment agenda. The position paper is available at http://www.epri.org/epriweb/8th_EPRI_conference/Downloads.php. The results of the whole Ministerial Conference are available at http://www.egov2005conference.gov.uk/ .

Trust in the Net
The seminar will bring together high-level actors from industry, research, governments, public administrations and user organisations to discuss longer-term research actions to fight malware and spam and thus to improve trust in the Internet for business and citizens. The seminar will produce recommendations on:

• Research priorities in the seventh framework programme as part of   the  “Strategy for a Secure Information Society” announced in i2010;
• Testbeds and validation actions that can advance trust in the Internet;
• Types of partnership to be pursued and promoted in order to ensure the effectiveness of such actions as well as maximize the impact of the future research.