Promoting IT to combat social exclusion - Commission requests study of policy measures
The European Commission's Employment and Social Affairs DG has published a call for tenders for a thematic study to analyse policy measures to promote access to information technology combating social exclusion. The aim of this contract is five fold: - to identify clearly the risks of increased poverty and social exclusion that the rapid growth of the knowledge society and information and communication technologies (ICT) can bring and to identify those most at risk in this regard; - to identify new opportunities for preventing and overcoming poverty and social exclusion that are created by the rapid growth of the knowledge society and ICT; - to identify policy measures and programmes that are successful in helping to avoid the new risks of exclusion arising from developments in ICT and in what particular national or local context; - to identify policies and programmes that are effective in using the potential for ICT to promote increased social inclusion of those at risk of poverty and social exclusion, particularly those at high risk; - to outline the key elements necessary for the development of more coherent and strategic and integrated approaches which ensure that policies in relation to ICT reinforce other policies to promote social inclusion, particularly in the context of developing national action plans to promote social inclusion.For further information, please contact: European Commission Directorate-General Employment and Social Affairs Call for tenders VT/2004/040-info rue Joseph II 27 1/33, B-1049 Brussels Fax: +32-2 295 65 61. E-mail: Empl-e2@cec.eu.int To see the full details of the call, please consult the Ted supplement to the Official Journal: http://ted.publications.eu.int(opens in new window)