Global information infrastructure - Industry recommendations to the G7 meeting
The European Association of Manufacturers of Business Machines and Technology Industry (EUROBIT), in collaboration with the US Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) and the Japan Electronic Industry Development Association (JEIDA), has prepared recommendations on the Global Information Infrastructure (GII) for the G7 ministerial meeting which will take place in Brussels on 25-27 February 1995. The three associations recommend that for GII to be successfully developed, governments and the private sector should work together in the following six areas: - Interoperability; - Privacy and trust in the information society; - Intellectual property rights; - Universal access; - Access to R&D and new applications; - Market access. The creation of a Global Information Infrastructure (GII) will transform the world into a global information society. Throughout Europe, Japan and the United States and other areas of the world including the developing countries, the continued evolution of the GII will lead to an increase in jobs, productivity and competitiveness. As information technology becomes ever increasingly available and accessible, a better standard of living will be realized. The information technology (IT) industry believes that the private sector and the providers of the information technology products and services will drive the development of the GII. The IT industry also believes that the governments around the world can most efficiently advance this development by primarily working towards increased access to markets for critical GII products and services. The IT industry fully supports GII polices that adhere to the following principles: - Private sector leadership driven by competition; - Global interoperability; - Privacy and data security; - Achievable international access; - Intellectual property rights protection; - International cooperation in research and development and in new applications and open access to government-funded R&D programmes; - Removal of barriers to trade and investment; - Support for GII projects in developing countries.