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Raising multimedia awareness

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Within the framework of the INFO2000 Programme, DG XIII has established a network of MIDAS-NET nodes. The core objective of the 23 MIDAS-NET nodes in 18 European countries (EU Member States plus Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland) is to increase local and regional awareness and use of emerging multimedia information services and applications in Europe.
MIDAS-NET consists of 108 organisations throughout the EU and EFTA countries, which together carry out awareness-raising initiatives to further develop the opportunities for European producers of multimedia content. MIDAS-NET nodes have answered thousands of helpdesk queries, have sent out thousands of documentation packs to target groups. These nodes have also organised hundreds of events, reaching more than 50 000 individuals and attended hundreds of exhibitions demonstrating MIDAS-NET to wide audiences.
The many activities of this INFO2000 network have been aimed at SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises), user groups in trade and industry, and citizens, through libraries. Most nodes are also contacts for the MLIS Programme, enabling citizens and SMEs to participate in the multilingual information society.
A sample of these activities is displayed at the MIDAS-NET Stand, as announced at the entrance desk of the IST Exhibition and on the Web [www.midas.at/ist98]

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