Factors and Impacts in the Information Society:
a Prospective Analysis in the Candidate Countries
ICEG European Center and its partners in the consortium have been awarded a contract from the European Community represented by the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) of the Joint Research Center (JRC) to carry out a project on Factors and Impacts in the Information Society: a Prospective Analysis in the Candidate Countries.
The purpose of the project is to give a comprehensive overview of the level of development of the information society technologies (IST) in the 13 candidate countries, to assess the ways IST will effect future economic and social development, present alternative scenarios for the future development of IST, and provide policy recommendations concerning the acceleration of the growth of IST in candidate countries.
The first part of the project consists of preparing 13 national monographs related to the possibilities and potential of the Information Society Technologies (IST afterwards) in the Candidate Countries and their expected positive and negative effect on these economies and the enlarged EU 25+ in general.
The second part of the project covers the combination of the 13 Candidate Country studies to an integrated and prospective report assessing and discussing the future outlook for the Information Society in the Candidate Countries and in Enlarged Europe 25+. This synthesis report would present policy conclusions for both the current and future expected members of the enlarged Europe.
More information about the project is available from Renata Anna Jaksa at rajaksa@axelero.hu.Partners
(Brief description of the participating institutions and of the Institute for Prospective Studies, as well as hyperlinks to their web sites)Meetings
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