Merkur Day 2004

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ICT Business New chances for Europe and its
regions
Merkur Day 2004 Naklo, Slovenia, 22 October 2004
TAPANI MIKKELI European Commission, Enterprise
Directorate-General D4 e-business, ICT
industries and services
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European initiatives for promoting e-Business

• eBSN

• e-Business W_at_tch

• e-Business Legal Portal

• e-Marketplaces portal

• eSAP

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Objectives of eBSN

• Better co-ordination among e-business policy
  initiatives in Europe

• Promote the exchange of best practice in the
  field of e-business policies in favor of SMEs

• Discuss the new challenges in this field with a
  view to adapting e-business policies

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eBSN structure
Member States, Acceding and Candidate Countries,
EEA/EFTA States
eBSN Steering Group
Business, academia

• e-business watch function
• e-business legal portal
• e-marketplaces portal
• Thematic workshops
• Best practice promotion
• Others

eBSN Members
eBSN Portal
Enterprise Programme Management Committee
eEurope Advisory Group
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Policy challenges
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eBSN-ing in practice

• Promoting effective methods of ICT uptake

• Enhancing best practice exchanges

• Facilitating networking

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eBSN-ing in practice

• Learning from others

• Identifying and reusing best practise

• Finding new potential partners

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eRegions Best Practice for networking?

• Governments/regional policy makers

• Universities of the regions involved

• Businesses both from supply and demand side of
  ICT uptake

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Legal initiatives

• New calls for tenders
• Validity and recognition of e-documents

• Benchmarking national legal practices

• Unfair business practices in B2B e-marketplaces

• Costs and benefits of reverse auctions

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For more information

• e-mail tapani.mikkeli_at_cec.eu.int
• entr-ict-e-commerce_at_cec.eu.int
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/ict/index.htm
  
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/ict/policy/e-
  bus-snfsme.htm
• http//www.ebusiness-watch.org
• http//www.ebusinesslex.net/index.asp
• http//www.emarketservices.com