Broadband access to Internet policy within Polish estrategy

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Broadband access to Internet policy within
Polish e-strategy

• Kazimierz Bartczak
• Ministry of Infrastructure

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Introduction to e-Strategy of Poland

• The national e-strategy (documents)
• e-Polska the Information Strategy of the
  Republic of Poland for years 2004-2006 (January
  2004)
• the National Strategy for Development of
  Broadband Access to the Internet for year
  2004-2006 (December 2003)

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e-Polska

• It is a vision of informatisation development in
  Poland for three years, supplemented by detailed
  action plans
• it takes as a guide the ideas contained in
  eEurope2002, e-Europe 2003, e-Europe 2005
• it takes as a basic assumption do everything
  needed in the area, which promises a successful
  implementation of planned projects within three
  years

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The contents of the document e-Polska

• introduction
• European context of e-Polska Action Plan
  implementation
• description of the vision of informatisation for
  the coming three years
• description of the main areas of ICT application
  (A,B,C)
• description of the priorities and activities to
  be taken
• description of projects
• overview of currently taken initiatives in
  informatisation
• possible sources of financing the projects

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List of activities in e-Polska (1)

• A1 Broadband Internet for schools
• A2 Broadband Internet for public administration
• A3 Access infrastructure development
• A4 Teleinformatics infrastructure for science
• A5 Security in the networks
• B1 The gate of Poland portal for e-administration
  services
• B2 The gate of Europe support for using EU
  funding of projects

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List of activities in e-Polska (2)

• B3 Central databases and national registers
• B4 Polish contents on the Internet
• B5 Tele-education
• B6 Tele-medicine services
• B7 e-commerce
• B8 introducing of terrestrial digital TV and
  Radio
• C1 ICT in schools
• C2 Digital division prevention
• C3 Computer and Internet promotion in the
  society

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National broadband strategy document

• The document contains
• introduction
• status quo of broadband services and technologies
  in Poland
• objectives and rules of broadband strategy
• broadband services offer (e-government, e-health,
  e-learning, e-business)
• broadband technologies survey
• public administration role in broadband
  development
• financing of broadband development

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Broadband strategy document



Broadband objectives

• The strategy contains three objectives (a)
  building broadband access infrastructure
  (b)
  creation of broadband content and services
  
  ( c) active role of the public administration
  in the area

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Role of public administration

• legislation
• investments
• new techniques (digitalisation of TV networks)
• promotion

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Financing of IS activities

• Structural funds (Operational Programmes)
• governmental and self-governmental budgets
• private funds within PPP
• funds of NGO and other organisations of civil
  society

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Structural Funds for 2004-2006

• Operational Programmes (OPs) are
• Competitiveness OP-Measure 1.5 development of a
  system of entrepreneurs access to information
  and public services on line, ERDF support 115
  Euros
• Integrated Regional OP Measure 1.5 Information
  Society Infrastructure, total 140 Meuros, incl.
  ERDF support 93 Meuros
• Human Resources Development OP, Priority 2/
  Development of the knowledge-based society

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Thank you

• kbartczak_at_mi.gov.pl