(c) Mutual learning, cooperation, awareness raising and dissemination activities, such as identification of, and exchanges on, good practices, innovative approaches and experiences, organisation of peer review and mutual learning; organisation of conferences and seminars; organisation of awareness-raising and information campaigns, media campaigns and events, including corporate communication of the political priorities of the European Union, particularly in the form of cooperation with public media organisations; compilation and publication of materials to disseminate information as well as results of the Programme; development, ope ...[+++]ration and maintenance of systems and tools using information and communication technologies as well as an Internet presence, including relevant websites, platforms, blogs or the use of Web 2.0;

Based on these needs, and to provide access to data and processing tools, the vDEC development platform (hardware and software) will:

(Return tabled) Question No. 88 Hon. Carolyn Bennett: With respect to Internet applications: (a) is the government working towards the inclusion of rich Internet applications within its design and development with regard to its Web sites; (b) what is the government’s response to the American response to rich Internet applications made ten years ago; (c) is the government planning on adopting the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 standard; (d) what is the monetary impact of the government’s present use of WCAG 1.0 standard knowing that software contractors have built WCAG 2.0 accessibility into their software; (e) have software contractors requested that the government's Common Look and Feel (CLF) Committee relax or amend t ...[+++]heir CLF standards to allow for accessibility and, if so, can the government give details of the correspondence; (f) have software contractors required that the government pay extra because it must simplify their software in order to remove these accessibility features; (g) which federal department has the responsibility to ensure that all programs, services and technologies are accessible to people with disabilities and that they are available through the mainstream channels such as the Internet and in alternate formats; (h) is accessibility a mandatory requirement within information and communications procurements to ensure that blind Canadians have access to the same resources as all other Canadians and that they can access all of this through mainstream channels such as the Internet and in alternate formats; (i) how does the government of Canada inform blind Canadians about the availability of information to protect them from incidents of identity theft and fraud; (j) are the government's Web accessibility regulations up to date with today's Web technologies; (k) are Web developers in the government given the support they need to build accessible interactive Web sites, especially when building sites that offer essential ...

The goal of the Forum will be to monitor the implementation of the Working Group recommendations, and to promote the development of open platforms, open system architecture and standard software, communications, service and human-machine interfaces to accelerate the development, deployment, and use of Intelligent Integrated Road Safety Systems".

The study has highlighted the emergence and/or consolidation of a number of trends such as the continuous growth of multi-channel and/or digital platforms, the maintenance of traditional audience share by Public Service and commercial free-to-air stations, the decreasing financial strength and progressive consolidation of all operators, the increase in the importance of subscription revenues, the creation of large integrated and international groups, some of which originate from operators active on other markets: press, consumer elect ...[+++]ronics, civil engineering and construction.

Special attention should be paid to developing where appropriate multimedia support centres within the Member States, and to communication between teachers and education partners, and to training in its broadest sense, - take steps to: = experiment, in the context of working out and encouraging flexible patterns of school or university organization, their integration with the information and communication technologies, in order to increase their effectiveness and dissemination, = ensure equal opportunities in access to the benefits of multimedia technologies for personal and professional development, and favour their use in rural areas o ...[+++]r those suffering from industrial decline, = experiment with the use of these new tools to fight against social exclusion and scholastic failure, - encourage the evaluation and dissemination of best teaching practices based on experiments and on the use of multimedia educational software and services, spread the information on products and services and consider locally the establishment or consolidation of demonstration and promotion fora on this basis, - seek out the most efficient management methods for coordinated actions between cultural, educational and training programmes and research programmes, taking account of the opportunities offered by the appropriate Community instruments.