INFO2000 draft work programme 1996-1999
The European Commission, DG XIII, has published a draft work programme for the Community's INFO2000 programme aimed at stimulating the development of a European multimedia content industry and encouraging the use of multimedia content in the emerging Information Society. The programme, which is expected to be finally approved by the Council of Ministers in April 1996, aims to develop a European information content industry capable of competing on a global scale, and able to satisfy Europe's needs for information. The programme has a proposed budget of ECU 100 million over the four years from 1996 to 1999, and will have four action lines: - Stimulating demand and raising awareness; - Exploiting Europe's public sector information; - Triggering European multimedia potential; - Support actions. The work programme describes in detail the work planned under each action line, and also details the relationships between INFO2000 and other Community programmes.