ICT Policy Support Programme

Period: 2007 - 2013

Budget: EUR 728 million

The ICT Policy Support Programme is one of three subprogrammes within the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP), the other two being the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme and Intelligent Energy-Europe Programme (IEE).

This programme will function as the successor of the previous e-TEN , Modinis and e-Content programmes. It will support the new integrated strategy i2010 – European Information Society 2010 , which aims to foster growth and jobs in the information society and media industries by promoting an open and competitive digital economy and emphasizing ICT as a driver of inclusion and quality of life.

Actions under the ICT-policy support programme will:

• Underpin regulatory and research actions of the Commission to stimulate emerging digital economy based on the convergence between network services, media content and new electronic devices

• Provide a bridge between research investment and wide adoption, by providing a testing ground for pan-European electronic services in both the public and private sectors

• Reinforce European cultural and linguistic identities by support for the production and distribution of European digital content

• Assist the development of an open and inclusive European Information Society through stimulating innovative approaches to inclusion, quality of life and public services.

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