7: ICT for Social Challenges

Digital technologies have enormous potential to benefit our everyday lives and tackle social challenges. The Digital Agenda focuses on ICTs capability to reduce energy consumption, support ageing citizens' lives, revolutionises health services and deliver better public services. ICTs can also drive forward the digitisation of Europe's cultural heritage providing online access for all.

Objective(s):

69: Assess whether the ICT sector has complied with common energy and emmission measures

70: Support partnerships between the ICT sector and major emitting sectors

71: Assess contribution of smart grids and define minimum functionalities to promote interoperability

72: Launch Green Paper on Solid State Lighting (SSL)

73: Member States to agree common additional functionalities for smart meters

74: Member States to include specifications for total lifetime costs for public lighting in public procurement

75: Give Europeans secure online access to their medical health data

76: Propose a recommendation to define a minimum common set of patient data

77: Foster EU-wide standards, interoperability testing and certification of eHealth

78: Reinforce the Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) Joint Programme

79: Propose a sustainable model for financing the Europeana digital library

80: Propose measures to support cultural and creative industries

81: Issue recommendation on promoting digitisation of European cinema

82: Implement the Audiovisual Media Services Directive on cultural diversity

83: Propose a Council and Parliament Decision on mutual recognition of e-ID

84: Support seamless cross-border eGovernment services in the single market

85: Review the Public access to Environmental Information Directive

86: Implement cross-border eEnvironment services

87: Issue White Paper on inter-connecting e-procurement capacity in EU

88: Create and implement an ambitious eCommission 2011-2015 action plan

89: Member States to make eGovernment services fully interoperable

90: Member States to ensure that Points of Single Contact function as fully fledged eGovernment centres

91: Member States to agree a common list of key cross-border public services

92: Apply the Intelligent Transport System Directive in support of interoperability and rapid standardisation

93: Adopt the Air Traffic Management Solutions for (SESAR)

94: Propose a directive for the deployment of e-Maritime services

95: Propose a directive setting out technical specifications for telematic applications for rail passenger services

96: Member States to fulfil obligations under European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS)

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