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[FYI] FP5 and "Action Plan on Promoting safer use of the Interne
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CORDIS RTD-NEWS/c European Communities, 1999.
Record Control Number: 12901
Date: 1999-05-04
Category: Programme implementation
General Information:
Researchers and companies now have the opportunity
to make a significant contribution to the
development of a safer Internet, thanks to the
European Commission's "Action Plan on Promoting
safer use of the Internet" and the Fifth Framework
Programme (FP5).
The main objective of this Action Plan is "to
stimulate practical measures to help deal with
illegal and harmful content on the Internet". It
aims to achieve this within four years, with a
budget of 25 million euro and is made up of four
action lines:
- Creating a European network of hotlines, and
supporting self-regulation; - Developing filtering
and rating systems; - Encouraging awareness
actions; - Support actions.
The Commission (DG XIII/E.5) issued its first
calls for proposals under the Action Plan in April
1999. By funding this work, the Commission expects
to stimulate a flexible rating system for European
content, as well as third-party systems covering a
variety of European cultural and linguistic needs
in the field.
Meanwhile, the Commission is working hard to raise
awareness of the Action Plan among interested
parties around Europe. A first information day was
held in Luxembourg on 19 April 1999, when the
first calls for proposals were outlined.
"In the area of filtering tools, it is a question
of applying existing technology and improving the
existing applications. Since many existing
applications were developed in the United States
and are based on use of the English language,
particular attention must be paid to the needs of
European users, both cultural and linguistic",
explained Richard Swetenham from DG XIII/E.5.
"The purpose of filtering and rating is to put the
user in control, in particular where the user is
responsible for children", according to Mr
Swetenham.
A first expert conference on a European system of
content rating is being held in Brussels on 18 and
19 May.
By stressing the need for international
cooperation, the Commission aims to emphasise that
the issue at stake is a global problem. Therefore,
cooperation with international organisations and
countries outside the European Union will be
encouraged.
"The Austrian and US Governments and the
Commission are organising a conference on the
Internet and illegal content in Vienna later this
year. Differences in national laws are sometimes a
handicap in dealing with Internet crime. Work is
proceeding on an international convention on
cybercrime under the auspices of the Council of
Europe, and the Commission is actively involved in
that", explained Mr Swetenham.
In the field of user empowerment, FP5 will play a
role. The Information Society Technologies
programme will fund research into intelligent
filtering under the "Multimedia Content and Tools"
Key Action, and this will be included in the
second IST programme call scheduled for September
1999.
"This IST call will cover areas such as the next
generation of information management tools and
technologies", said Franco Mastroddi from DG
XIII/E.5.
Examples of these tools and technologies are:
- Automatic design, management and access to
richer forms of data and large, complex,
multimedia objects, based on metadata and mark-up
standards; - Automated agents, multimedia brokers
and brokerage architectures and models between the
human and content sources.
Data Source Provider: European Commission, DG XIII
Document Reference: Based on the "Action Plan on
Promoting safer use of the Internet" and interview
with Richard Swetenham, European Commission, DG
XIII/E.5.
Programme Acronym: FRAMEWORK 5C; IST
Subject Index Codes: Other Technology; Scientific
Research; Safety; Social Aspects; Information,
Media; Telecommunications
Contact Person:
For further information, please access the
following website:
URL: http://www.echo.lu/iap/
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