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Opis akcji poprzecznych

Akcje poprzeczne (cross-programme actions CPA)

Action Line Descriptions

CPA. Cross-programme Actions

CPA.1 Integrated applications platforms and services

 Objective: To develop tools and integrate synergetic bundles of services in a coherent way in regions and cities to demonstrate and quantify their value to citizens and business. These actions will be expected to integrate and subsequently demonstrate relevant systems and services from all four Key Actions, and to serve as showcases for the Information Society in Europe. Work will cover the development of digital service platforms focusing on the optimisation of integrated services for public and private organisations, through new working processes, technical paradigms for integration, adapted marketing and commercial approaches and infrastructure adaptation. It will also cover the development and demonstration of tools and platforms integrating sectorial services. Special emphasis will be given to innovative integration paradigms and complementarity between services. The integrated application sites will be expected to be complementary and interconnected, and also a focus for national or regional information society development.

CPA.2 Dependability in services and technologies

 Objective: To develop technologies, methods and tools that will meet the emerging generic dependability requirements in the information society, stemming both from the ubiquity and volume of embedded and networked systems and services as well as from the global and complex nature of large-scale information and communication infrastructures, from citizens, administrations and business in terms of technologies (hardware and software), tools, systems, applications and services. The work must reflect the wide scalability and heterogeneity of requirements and operating environments. There will be an emphasis on risk and incident management tools. The scope includes self-monitoring, self-healing infrastructures and services.

CPA.3 Design-for-all for an inclusive information society

 Objective: To apply and demonstrate design-for-all principles in the development and piloting of mainstream IST-based products and services to ensure that they better address the needs of the widest range of user categories. The work should consider human factors related to the transition from an interaction paradigm that is computer-centric to novel interaction environments, and focus on methods and technologies for the provision of high-quality interactivity and accessibility tailored to individual user requirements. It should target the adoption by 2002 of design-for-all standards for consumer devices and on-line services. The work should demonstrate the impact of applying design-for-all principles on the development of usable and acceptable products, interactive applications and services in the information society. The work should be complemented by accompanying measures, notably for the development of a design corpus containing recommendations, tools and methods to raise awareness of universal design and for the establishment and dissemination of best industry practice.

CPA.4 New indicators and statistical methods

 Objective: To develop and demonstrate new methods and tools for the collection, interchange and fusion of statistical data, for establishing quality assurance, for processing and analysis, including knowledge extraction and statistical modelling, for information dissemination and user-friendly presentation, in particular via the Internet, so as to produce more timely and higher-quality information whilst reducing response burdens and costs. Demonstrations should focus on statistical indicators related to new work and business, to education and training, to sustainability and the quality of public services to support the monitoring of the social and economic benefits of IST activities, and on promoting advanced statistical systems for improving the information base of policy making. The action is expected to assist in increasing knowledge of the new “immaterial” economic and social phenomena. It is also expected to support the European Statistical System, through transfers and best practice, and provide a co-ordinated approach to the dissemination and exploitation of emerging statistical analysis techniques.

CPA.5 Geographic Information

 Objective: To contribute to the establishment of a European Geographic Information Infrastructure (EGII) based on a large-scale, heterogeneous and distributed collection of geo-spatial data and services. Research and development is to focus on new models, metaphors, concepts and use of technology, including GNSS, and should promote the general accessibility, user-friendliness and acceptability of GI. Work should also cover legal and ownership issues. Technology testbeds are to be developed, and full-scale demonstrations undertaken on infrastructural, system integration and interoperability issues. Trials should concern the robustness and stability of GI-based systems, the development of new interface paradigms, the creation of enduring information environments for real-world problem solving, and the involvement of large user groups.




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