Parliament Magazine Feature

Commissioners Antonio Tajani, Neelie Kroes, Androulla Vassiliou, and László Andor together with four MEPs: Paul Rübig, Edit Herczog, Pilar del Castillo Vera, and Helga Trüpel and leaders from ICT industry and have come together to communicate their common vision on the importance of e-Skills to European competitiveness, job creation and productivity growth, in a special feature in this month’s Parliament Magazine.

Please find the digital version here for your reading pleasure: http://www.theparliament.com/digimag/eskills.

The official European e-Skills Week runs from 26-30 March and involves thirty six countries, plus hundreds of activities. A huge crowd is expected to converge in Copenhagen at the Closing Event which is being hosted by DI ITEK on 30 March 2012. 

European e-Skills Week 2012 Takes Flight

Brussels, Monday 19 March 2012: European e-Skills Week 2012– backed by the European Commission launches today in Brussels. Vice President of the European Commission, responsible for Enterprise and Industry, Antonio Tajani, is officially marking the start of the European e-Skills Week 2012, by welcoming,  together with conference host, Anna Maria Darmanin, Vice-President of the European Economic and Social Committee,  more than 200 delegates from thirty member states.

Full press release here

Research and innovation are critical for Europe’s society, economy and competitiveness, investment in research and innovation is crucial for Europe in order to continue to lead developments in new technological paradigms and in new multi-disciplinary fields. DIGITALEUROPE welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for a new programme for research and innovation addressing major scientific, societal and industrial challenges as a basis for research and innovation in the European Research Area.

DIGITALEUROPE Position can be read here