IfG.CC - The Potsdam eGovernment Competence Center

The European Commission proposed the new IDABC (Interoperable Delivery of pan-European eGovernment Services to Public Administrations, Businesses and Citizens) programme to deliver pan-European eGoverment services to public administrations, businesses and citizens. This Decision comes one day after the European eGovernment Conference held in Como, Italy. As Member States' governments increasingly provide on-line services to their citizens and enterprises, e.g. on-line tax declaration, the new programme will focus on the need for administrations, businesses and citizens to interact electronically with administrations across national borders.

In line with the Commission's eEurope Action Plan 2005 ”An information society for all”, the delivery of pan-European eGovernment services via interoperable networks will support the management of the single market and facilitate increased mobility across borders. They will also support the Community decision-making process and help businesses and citizens take part in the construction of an enlarged European Union. The IDABC Programme will be launched on 1 January 2005 subject to its formal adoption by the European Parliament and the Council.

The new IDABC Programme will include projects of common interest, that will help with implementing Community legislation and with improving interinstitutional co-operation. It will also include horizontal measures supporting interoperability.

Without interoperable systems and content, efficient, electronic cross-border communication will not be possible. And yet this is a pre-requisite for the delivery of eGovernment services at the pan-European level. Therefore, the programme will develop and deliver infrastructure services based on European interoperability guidelines, to support the exchange of data and services.

Such interoperable networks and services will allow Europe's businesses and citizens to interact electronically across Europe's borders with administrations in Member States other than their own thus bringing another dimension of the single market closer to reality.

More information: DG Information Society

Quelle: Eurofunding