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&lt;div class=&quot;disclaimer&quot;&gt;The eTEN European Community programme finished at the end of 2006 as the funding cycles of the programme were completed. eTEN was supporting the deployment of trans-European e-services in the public interest. The programme aimed to accelerate the take-up of services to sustain the European social model of an inclusive, cohesive society. eTEN’s six themes included eGovernment, eHealth, eInclusion, eLearning, Services for SMEs and Trust &amp;amp; Security.&lt;br /&gt; As projects will continue through 2007, 2008 and 2009, a newsletter will be published monthly for the time being in order to provide support for the ongoing projects funded under the former eTEN programme. This newsletter is currently distributed to 3,200 recipients. You can subscribe to receive regular free copies at &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/eten&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;eTEN  		website&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/eten/newsletters/200704_newsletter.pdf&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to view this newsletter in pdf format.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;h1 style=&quot;clear: both&quot;&gt;eTEN Project of the Month April&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt; 	&lt;img class=&quot;img_logo&quot; src=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/eten/images/newsletter/apr_2007/etn.gif&quot; alt=&quot;etn_logo&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; width=&quot;123&quot; height=&quot;66&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; /&gt;
&lt;p&gt; European companies need to exchange customs and trade information with different economic actors and they have to comply not only with national but also with European regulations. However, every country has its own customs and administrations procedures. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The aim of this call is to implement a single network providing integrated  services in support of business and innovation in Europe. Building on the  strengths and achievements of the current Euro Info Centres and the Innovation  Relay Centres, the new network aims to enhance the competitiveness and  innovation capacity of European companies, in particular SMEs. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Call for proposal&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/images/pdf1.gif&quot; alt=&quot;PDF format - 77 KB&quot; width=&quot;16&quot; height=&quot;16&quot; /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;EU PROGRAMMES. A new generation of EU programmes for education and training, youth, culture and citizenship for the period 2007-2013 has been approved and is in operation from the beginning of 2007. &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/newprog/index_en.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Read more here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;CALL FOR PROPOSALS. A general call for proposals 2007 for the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) is now open. The programme covers the 2007 to 2013 period and applies to all types and levels of education and vocational education and training. The main deadlines are: Erasmus University Charter, 28 February 2007; Jean Monnet Programme, 15 March 2007; Comenius, Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci, Grundtvig, 30 March 2007; and Transversal Programme and Accompanying Measures, 30 April 2007. &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/newprog/index_en.html#call&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;For more information, click here&lt;/a&gt;. See also how to participate in &lt;a href=&quot;http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/static/en/llp/infodays_en.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;LLP Info Days&lt;/a&gt;, to be organised in Brussels on 29 January and 12 and 19 February 2007. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;REPORT. The EU ICT Task Force report entitled &amp;quot;Fostering the Competitiveness of Europe&amp;#39;s ICT Industry&amp;quot; was published in November 2006. The report states that fostering the competitiveness of Europe&amp;#39;s ICT Industry and addressing the obstacles is a fundamental necessity if the Lisbon objectives are to be achieved. The EU ICT Task Force has examined these obstacles and made concrete recommendations that will lead to their removal. &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/policy/doc/icttf_report.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Read the report here&lt;/a&gt; (PDF). &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;FP7 - SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME 2007-2013&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Deadline&lt;/strong&gt;: Multiple&lt;br /&gt; 	&lt;strong&gt;Call Title&lt;/strong&gt;: FP7 &amp;quot;Call for organisations to propose FP7 independent  	experts&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt; 	&lt;strong&gt;Thematic Priority&lt;/strong&gt;: All fields &lt;br /&gt; 	&lt;strong&gt;Eligible organisations to participate&lt;/strong&gt;: Universities, Institutions,  	Organizations&lt;br /&gt; 	&lt;strong&gt;Entity responsible&lt;/strong&gt;: European Commission &lt;br /&gt; 	&lt;strong&gt;Further Info&lt;/strong&gt;: 	&lt;a href=&quot;http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS&amp;amp;ACTION=D&amp;amp;SESSION=&amp;amp;RCN=26822&quot; title=&quot;Further info on FP7 Call for organisations to propose FP7 independent experts&quot;&gt; 	Link&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;FP7 - SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME 2007-2013&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Deadline&lt;/strong&gt;: Multiple&lt;br /&gt; 	&lt;strong&gt;Call Title&lt;/strong&gt;: FP7 &amp;quot;Call for individuals to establish database of FP7  	experts&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt; 	&lt;strong&gt;Thematic Priority&lt;/strong&gt;: All fields&lt;br /&gt; 	&lt;strong&gt;Eligible organisations to participate&lt;/strong&gt;: Individuals&lt;br /&gt; 	&lt;strong&gt;Entity responsible&lt;/strong&gt;: European Commission&lt;br /&gt; 	&lt;strong&gt;Further Info&lt;/strong&gt;: 	&lt;a href=&quot;http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS&amp;amp;ACTION=D&amp;amp;SESSION=&amp;amp;RCN=26823&quot; title=&quot;Further info on FP7 Call for individuals to establish database of FP7 experts&quot;&gt; 	Link&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;the IST 2006 evaluation closes 5 January, so please &lt;a href=&quot;mailbox:///Y%7C/MOZILLAMAILS/Junk?number=198903119#survey&quot;&gt; 	help us make the next event even better&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt; 	&lt;a href=&quot;mailbox:///Y%7C/MOZILLAMAILS/Junk?number=198903119#reports&quot;&gt;conference reports  	have begun appearing online&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;registration to the ICT Proposers Day (Köln, 1 February), the  	followup event to IST 2006, is 	&lt;a href=&quot;mailbox:///Y%7C/MOZILLAMAILS/Junk?number=198903119#koln&quot;&gt;now open to all&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Don&amp;#39;t Forget: visit the 	&lt;a href=&quot;http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/&quot;&gt;new ICTs in FP7 site on CORDIS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Attention all Exhibitors: email your best photos, accompanied by  	your Exhibit&amp;#39;s stand name, to 	&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:infso-ist2006-expo@ec.europa.eu&quot;&gt; 	infso-ist2006-expo@ec.europa.eu&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;survey&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;IST 2006: What Did &lt;em&gt;You&lt;/em&gt; Think? Survey closes 5  January&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Over 4,500 delegates ... almost 50 conference sessions ...160 exhibits ...  another 105 networking sessions and workshop, featuring thousands of comments and  suggestions from around the world ... over 2,700 votes for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/istevent/2006/exhibition/award/index_en.htm&quot;&gt; best IST 2006 Exhibit &lt;/a&gt;and over 21,000 votes for the  &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/istevent/2006/competitions/websites/index_en.htm&quot;&gt;best IST project website&lt;/a&gt; ... sounds good, &lt;strong&gt;but what did you think? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt; 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	  	 			 				  			  			 				 					 						 						The European Union is funding a consortium that will test the quality of open source software. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Software Quality Observatory for Open Source Software (SQO-OSS) has been awarded €1.6 million under the EU&amp;#39;s Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). The total cost of the project is estimated to be €2.47 million. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;SQO-OSS will be developing a suite of software quality assessment tools to analyse and benchmark the quality of source code and prove its suitability for enterprise deployment. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By helping European software developers improve the quality of their code and providing scientific proof of the quality of OSS, the consortium hopes to increase the enterprise-level adoption of OSS and support European small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and projects competing with large global corporations. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The €2.47m project will introduce innovative software quality metrics and will combine these metrics through the use of data mining and artificial intelligence to provide clear quality evaluations for users and developers. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Paul Adams, research manager for Sirius Corporation, said: &amp;#39;The early stages of the project are concerned with the generation of new metrics for the assessment of software quality. Because of the nature of open source, we are not only restricted to evaluating source code, we can also investigate mailing list information, CVS and SVN usage, bug-fix databases, etc. Potentially all outputs from the development process could be assessed for their effect on quality. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#39;Because of this large knowledge generation phase, coding shall not begin until the end of the first year of the project. However, it is our firm intention to get usable tools available as soon as possible.&amp;#39; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The project will be led by the Athens University of Economics and Business.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The project will:  &lt;br /&gt;- Deliver a plug-in based quality assessment platform, featuring a web and an IDE front-end; &lt;br /&gt;- Develop a set of software metrics that will take into account quality indicators from data that is present in an Open Source project&amp;#39;s repository; &lt;br /&gt;-Publish a league of Open Source software applications, categorised by their quality; &lt;br /&gt;- Release its output under the BSD licence to stimulate business interest. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Professor Diomidis Spinellis, the Project Leader, said: &amp;#39;An industry matures when its products become standardised commodities. Through the objective evaluation of open source projects, SQO-OSS will provide many smaller and less known projects with the visibility and respectability they deserve.&amp;#39;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;Latest News&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;dt&gt;PRESS RELEASE&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1164&amp;amp;format=HTML&amp;amp;aged=0&amp;amp;language=EN&amp;amp;guiLanguage=en&quot;&gt;Commission invited business leaders to Brussels to discuss  the European Institute of Technology and the Role of the  Business Sector in Education, Science and Innovation in  Europe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/dt&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(8 September 2006)&lt;/em&gt;A meeting of business leaders was held in Brussels on 7 September at the initiative of the President of the Commission Jose Manuel Barroso. Representatives from some of the most R&amp;amp;D-intensive European enterprises in key technology sectors, as well as major business organisations, agreed to take part in the meeting organised by the European Commission&amp;#39;s Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA). Vice President Verheugen, Commissioners Figel&amp;#39; and Kroes also attended the meeting, which focused on the role of the business sector in education, science and innovation in Europe, linked to the Commission&amp;#39;s flagship project, the European Institute of Technology.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Title:       Call for tenders to study links between IST-RTD and growth&lt;br /&gt;Link  to record:       &lt;a href=&quot;http://cordis.europa.eu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=tenders.simpledocument&amp;amp;TEN_RCN=26321&quot;&gt;http://cordis.europa.eu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=tenders.simpledocument&amp;amp;TEN_RCN=26321&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quality  validation date:       2006-09-11&lt;br /&gt;Record control number:        26321&lt;br /&gt;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;Title:        Call for tenders to analyse assistive technology industry&lt;br /&gt;Link to  record:       &lt;a href=&quot;http://cordis.europa.eu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=tenders.simpledocument&amp;amp;TEN_RCN=26323&quot;&gt;http://cordis.europa.eu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=tenders.simpledocument&amp;amp;TEN_RCN=26323&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;h4&gt;Calls for Tender/Grants of Directorate general for Employment, Social Affairs &amp;amp; Equal Opportunities&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;h5&gt;Calls for Proposals 2006&lt;/h5&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/emplweb/tenders/tenders_en.cfm?id=925&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Open Call for Proposals VP/2006/018&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &amp;quot;ENEA preparatory action on active ageing and mobility of elderly people&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/emplweb/tenders/tenders_en.cfm?id=725&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Restricted Call for Proposals VP/2006/015&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &amp;quot;European inspection and information campaign on manual handling of loads in 2007 - phase I&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/emplweb/tenders/tenders_en.cfm?id=505&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Open Call for Proposals VP/2006/014&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &amp;quot;2006 European Year of workers&amp;#39; mobility - towards a European labour market - Pilot Projects&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <link>http://www.consen.info/node/688</link>
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&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; color=&quot;#003577&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Call for Proposals; deadline 31 October 2006&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.ircscotland.net/images/spacer.gif&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;8&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#003577&quot;&gt;&amp;#39;Intelligent Energy&amp;#39; Europe (IEE) is a main means of converting EU policy for smart energy use and more renewables into action on the ground, addressing today&amp;#39;s energy challenges and promoting business opportunities and new technologies. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#003577&quot;&gt;IEE supports European projects, one-off events and the setting up of local/regional energy agencies with a total budget of Euro250 million, covering up to 50% of the costs. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#003577&quot;&gt;The programme currently supports more than 200 international projects, 30+ local/regional energy management agencies, and almost 40 European events in the areas of &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;New and renewable energy sources&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Energy efficiency, notably in buildings and industry&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Energy aspects of transport&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Co-operation with developing countries &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#003577&quot;&gt;A new call for proposals has been published in May 2006 - a great funding opportunity for European projects, events and the creation of new local/regional energy agencies. The deadline for proposals is 31 October 2006. Since 2005, the programme is implemented by the new Intelligent Energy Executive Agency (IEEA).  Further information on IEE is available on &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/index_en.html&quot;&gt;http://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/index_en.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;B-Brussels: effectiveness of IST-RTD impacts on the EU innovation system&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2006/S 138-147587&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;stdoc&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt; &lt;strong&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Contract notice&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Section I: Contracting authority&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Name, addresses and contact point(s):&lt;/strong&gt; 				 &lt;br /&gt;European Commission, attn: Ms Susan M Binns, BU 31 0/52, B-1049 Brussels. Tel.  		 (32-2) 296 81 19. Fax  		 (32-2) 296 66 13. E-mail: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:infso-c3@ec.europa.eu&quot;&gt;infso-c3@ec.europa.eu&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Further information can be obtained at:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;ojspara&quot;&gt;European Commission, Lisbon Strategy and Policies for the Information Society, attn: Mr Frank Cunningham, BU31 00/52, B-1049 Brussels. Contact point: Mr Frank Cunningham. Tel. (32-2) 296 81 19. Fax (32-2) 296 66 13. E-mail: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:infso-c3@ec.europa.eu&quot;&gt;infso-c3@ec.europa.eu&lt;/a&gt;. URL: &lt;a href=&quot;javascript:openURL(&amp;#39;http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/information_society/evaluation/index_en.htm&amp;#39;)&quot;&gt;http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/information_society/evaluation/index_en.htm&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;B-Brussels: study on the efficiency of public spending in support of research and development activities&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2006/S 123-130482&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;stdoc&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt; &lt;strong&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Contract notice&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Section I: Contracting authority&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Name, addresses and contact point(s):&lt;/strong&gt; 				 &lt;br /&gt;European Commission, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, Unit ECFIN/E2, attn: Mrs Fabienne Ilzkovitz, BU-1 02/174, B-1049 Brussels. Fax  (32-2) 299 35 02. E-mail: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:ecfin-public-spending@cec.eu.int&quot;&gt;ecfin-public-spending@cec.eu.int&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;ojspara&quot;&gt;General address of the contracting authority (URL): &lt;a href=&quot;javascript:openURL(&amp;#39;http://europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/tenders/tenders_tenders_en.htm&amp;#39;)&quot;&gt;http://europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/tenders/tenders_tenders_en.htm&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman, Times, serif&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;Opportunities for accessing European grants&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;  &lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot;&gt;  &lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&quot;&gt;Europe for Business can help you to assess whether your project is eligible for EU funding and to prepare your funding proposal&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h3 class=&quot;feed-item-title&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemshortdetail.cfm?item_id=2728&quot;&gt; SMEs: EU wants to triple early-stage capital investments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;feed-item-body&quot;&gt;   &lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Innovative SMEs can only grow if they have proper    access to risk capital. This is not always the case in the EU. To tackle this    problem the Commission has unveiled a set of measures to help small companies    get easier access to external financing so that they can start-up and expand.    The Commission’s initiative includes measures to generate more risk capital    investments, to develop bank finance for innovation and to make existing    financing systems more SME friendly.&lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot;&gt; Watch   &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/video/video_prod_en.cfm?ref=051114&quot;&gt;   videoclip : 04:57, High/low res&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;h3 class=&quot;feed-item-title&quot;&gt;     &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemlongdetail.cfm?item_id=2730&quot;&gt;     Enterprise and Industry DG: Grants Awarded in 2005&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;feed-item-body&quot;&gt;       Enterprise and Industry DG has published the list of grants awarded in        2005. Detailed information is available on Grant programme 2006.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;h3 class=&quot;feed-item-title&quot;&gt;     &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemshortdetail.cfm?item_id=2727&quot;&gt;     Info Day on EPISTEP and ENIAC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;feed-item-body&quot;&gt;       The EPISTEP Project, together with the Israel National Nanotech Initiative        (INNI), are holding an info event for SMEs to highlight the importance of        the European Technology Platform for Nanoelectronics (ENIAC) to future        Research Funding in Nano-electronics and how organisations may be able to        access this funding in the upcoming FP7 Framework Program. EPISTEP is an        innovative project supported by the EU &amp;quot;Research and Innovation&amp;quot; strand of        the 6th Framework Programme to enhance SME participation in IST European        Technology Platforms (ETP) in the Sixth and Seventh Framework Programme.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;h3 class=&quot;feed-item-title&quot;&gt;     &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemshortdetail.cfm?item_id=2726&quot;&gt;     EGEE Industry Day&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;feed-item-body&quot;&gt;       The objective of the Industry Day is to offer a snapshot overview on how        easy and cost effective it is to dynamically build large computing and        data protection grids by exploiting Enabling Grids for E-science (EGEE)        technology. It takes place in conjunction with the International Summer        School on Grid computing. The EGEE Industry Forum (IF) is an integral part        of the EU co-financed Project EGEE -Enabling Grids for eScience and one of        the platforms designed to give business and industry the opportunity to        learn about EGEE and find out how their industrial applications can be        deployed on EGEE Grid Infrastructure.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;h3 class=&quot;feed-item-title&quot;&gt;     &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemshortdetail.cfm?item_id=2722&quot;&gt;     Newsletter : EU Communication Technologies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;feed-item-body&quot;&gt;       This newsletter provides updated information on the activities organised        in Communications Technologies in the framework of the Information Society        Technologies research of the European Commission. The June 2006 issue is        now available.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;h3 class=&quot;feed-item-title&quot;&gt;     &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemshortdetail.cfm?item_id=2723&quot;&gt;     Telecoms: Commission tables plans to boost competition among telecoms      operators and build a single market for services that use radio spectrum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;feed-item-meta&quot;&gt;       &lt;span class=&quot;feed-item-date&quot;&gt;Fri, 2006-06-30 13:15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;feed-item-body&quot;&gt;       The Commission is launching on 29 June a public consultation on policy        options for updating the EU’s telecom rules of 2002, the &amp;quot;regulatory        framework for electronic communications&amp;quot;. Electronic communications        include fixed voice telephony, mobile communications and broadband - a        market worth more than €270 billion in the EU in 2005. Reporting on the        functioning of the framework, the Commission notes substantial progress        since 2002 in opening up national telecom markets to competition and        proposes to phase out ex-ante regulation in at least 6 of the existing 18        telecoms market segments, including those for national and international        calls. For those markets where competition is not yet effective (such as        the crucial broadband supply market), the Commission wants EU rules        applied more effectively, so as to step up competition throughout the        single market. The Commission thereby takes a clear stance against the        idea of “regulatory holidays” for incumbent operators. The Commission also        advocates moving towards a common, more market-based, approach to        allocating the radio spectrum needed for innovative services and devices        to work EU-wide. The Commission’s target is for the new rules to be fully        transposed into national laws by 2010.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;h3 class=&quot;feed-item-title&quot;&gt;     &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemshortdetail.cfm?item_id=2717&quot;&gt;     e-Government report : Online public services are increasingly interactive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;feed-item-body&quot;&gt;       The maturity of online public services in the EU keeps improving and they        have now reached an overall level of sophistication where full two-way        interaction between citizens and governments is the norm. Nearly 50% of        services allow the citizen to conduct the whole process on-line, says the        latest e-Government survey carried out for the Commission. This in turn        leads to better, more efficient and effective service provision. The        sophistication index has risen by 6% in the year to April 2006 in the EU        15 Member States, but by 16% in the EU10, reflecting the considerable        efforts made in recent years. Austria leads the online public service        league, followed by Malta and Estonia. Since 2001, this survey has        measured the share of public services fully available on line in the EU,        plus Iceland, Norway and Switzerland. Many billions of euros could be        saved for European taxpayers every year through administrative        modernisation across the 25 EU Member States, as outlined in the European        Commission’s eGovernment Action Plan of April 2006.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;h3 class=&quot;feed-item-title&quot;&gt;     &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemshortdetail.cfm?item_id=2721&quot;&gt;     ENGAGE Indonesia 2006&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;feed-item-body&quot;&gt;       This will be the second in a series of collaboration conferences organised        by the Specific Support Action ENGAGE under the 6th Framework Programme.        The Research Networking event (Sept 11-13, 2006) aims to bring together        Southeast Asian and European researchers from academia and industry in        order to establish new partnerships and promote opportunities for joint        research initiatives in the ICT sector. The technical themes of the event        will be focused on the challenge areas currently identified for the new        Framework Programme FP7, as well as on national and regional (ASEAN)        research priorities in the Information Technology area. The conference        will be complemented by a full day Business Event (Sept 14, 2006), which        is geared towards ICT businessmen and entrepreneurs and focuses on        practical questions related to business collaborations between Europe and        Southeast Asia, including open opportunities for EU funded collaboration        in the context of the new FP7.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;h3 class=&quot;feed-item-title&quot;&gt;     &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemshortdetail.cfm?item_id=2716&quot;&gt;     Examples of reducing administrative burdens on enterprises&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;feed-item-body&quot;&gt;       This memo lists some examples of good practice to make life easier for        enterprises when dealing with environmental legislative and administrative        rules. Some of these initiatives involve the use of information technology,        one-stop-shops and communication between regional public authorities and        companies with a view to collecting environmental data for reporting        purposes.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;h3 class=&quot;feed-item-title&quot;&gt;     &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemshortdetail.cfm?item_id=2715&quot;&gt;     Stimulating entrepreneurship - On-line catalogue of good practice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;feed-item-body&quot;&gt;       The European Charter for Small Enterprises supports small enterprises, in        particular by improving their legislative and administrative framework.        During its six years of existence, the Charter has become a core document        of SME policy. It is now the reference frame for 44 countries and it is        also used at regional policy-making level. The Commission has produced an        electronic catalogue and brochure containing 40 examples of good practice        to promote entrepreneurship, whittled down from the 155 submitted by        Member States, Norway, Bulgaria and Romania.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;h3 class=&quot;feed-item-title&quot;&gt;     &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemshortdetail.cfm?item_id=2714&quot;&gt;     New guide to European Commission SME policy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;feed-item-body&quot;&gt;       The European Commission is keeping SMEs at the top of its political agenda        and at the centre of policy making. The message is: “The EU is good for        SMEs, and SMEs are good for Europe”. This new on-line guide to European        Commission SME policy, published to accompany SME Day on 12 June 2006,        provides a detailed yet easily accessible guide to measures affecting SMEs,        both those already in place and the many planned improvements.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;h3 class=&quot;feed-item-title&quot;&gt;     &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemshortdetail.cfm?item_id=2713&quot;&gt;     e-Skills Preparing a Long-Term Strategy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;feed-item-body&quot;&gt;       This event is organised by several European Commission        Directorates-General in co-operation with the European Centre for the        Development of Vocational Training and leading ICT companies. It will        provide a platform for the presentation and examination of the work of the        ICT Task Force and the new e-skills and e-learning expert group. The        outcome of the discussions will be used to prepare a long-term strategy        for ensuring adequate e-skills in Europe. This could take the form of a        Commission action plan on &amp;quot;e-skills for competitiveness, employability and        workforce development&amp;quot; in early 2007.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;h3 class=&quot;feed-item-title&quot;&gt;     &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemlongdetail.cfm?item_id=2711&quot;&gt;     Health and ageing in the knowledge society&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;feed-item-body&quot;&gt;       In this working document of the High Level Group on the Employment and        Social Dimension of the Information Society (ESDIS) the health impact of        the introduction of ICT in the workplace and its potential for an ageing        society is analysed.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;h3 class=&quot;feed-item-title&quot;&gt;     &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemshortdetail.cfm?item_id=2708&quot;&gt;     Study on co-regulation measures in the media sector&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;feed-item-body&quot;&gt;       The final report &amp;amp; the executive summary are now available in English in        the Library&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;h3 class=&quot;feed-item-title&quot;&gt;     &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemlongdetail.cfm?item_id=2712&quot;&gt;     European Mobile Broadcasting Council (EMBC) - Opening meeting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;feed-item-body&quot;&gt;       European industry is setting up the European Mobile Broadcasting Council        (EMBC) in order to develop a common vision for the development and        implementation of mobile broadcasting in the EU. This initiative is a        response to Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding&amp;#39;s        call in Hannover on 8 March 2006 to develop recommendations for the        introduction of mobile broadcasting in Europe. Participation in EMBC is        open to any stakeholder, who has an interest in introducing mobile        broadcasting successfully to the EU.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;h3 class=&quot;feed-item-title&quot;&gt;     &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemshortdetail.cfm?item_id=2710&quot;&gt;     How skilled are Europeans in using computers and the Internet ?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;feed-item-body&quot;&gt;       This publication takes a look at Europeans&amp;#39; inclusion in the information        society, more specifically at their &amp;quot;e-skills&amp;quot; to use information and        communication technologies, using the results of the 2005 Community survey        on ICT usage in households and by individuals&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;B-Brussels: study on availability of access to computer networks in rural areas&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2006/S 134-143270&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Contract notice&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Name, addresses and contact point(s):&lt;/strong&gt; 				 &lt;br /&gt;European Commission, attn: Mr Martin Scheele, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 130, Office L130 8/29, B-1049 Brussels. Tel.  		 (32-2) 296 39 70. Fax  		 (32-2) 296 42 67. E-mail: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:Agri-G4@ec.europa.eu&quot;&gt;Agri-G4@ec.europa.eu&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;ojspara&quot;&gt;General address of the contracting authority (URL): &lt;a href=&quot;javascript:openURL(&amp;#39;http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/eval/index_en.htm&amp;#39;)&quot;&gt;http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/eval/index_en.htm&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;margin-right: 10px&quot; class=&quot;text&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The ICT Task-Force is one of several initiatives  taken under &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/enterprise_policy/industry/index_en.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Click here for more information about the Commission&amp;#39;s industrial policy, as announced in the Communication on Industrial Policy of October 2005&quot;&gt;the Commission&amp;#39;s industrial policy&lt;/a&gt; that aim to help create a more favourable  environment for business in the EU. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;margin-right: 10px&quot; class=&quot;text&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The Task-Force is complementary to the  Commission&amp;#39;s other ICT-related initiatives, such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu.int/information_society/eeurope/i2010/index_en.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Click here for more information on the i2010 initiative, launched by the Commission in July 2005&quot;&gt;i2010&lt;/a&gt;, and will help draw together and integrate various activities aiming  to strengthen Europe&amp;#39;s ICT sector.&lt;/p&gt;
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