Hradec Kralove March Broadband access to Internet policy within Polish e-strategy Kazimierz Bartczak Ministry of Infrastructure

Hradec Kralove March Introduction to e-Strategy of Poland The national e-strategy (documents): e-Polska: the Information Strategy of the Republic of Poland for years (January 2004) the National Strategy for Development of Broadband Access to the Internet for year (December 2003)

Hradec Kralove March e-Polska It is a vision of informatisation development in Poland for three years, supplemented by detailed action plans it takes as a guide the ideas contained in: eEurope2002, e- Europe+ 2003, e-Europe 2005 it takes as a basic assumption: do everything needed in the area, which promises a successful implementation of planned projects within three years

Hradec Kralove March The contents of the document: e-Polska introduction European context of e-Polska Action Plan implementation description of the vision of informatisation for the coming three years description of the main areas of ICT application (A,B,C) description of the priorities and activities to be taken description of projects overview of currently taken initiatives in informatisation possible sources of financing the projects

Hradec Kralove March List of activities in e-Polska (1) A1 Broadband Internet for schools A2 Broadband Internet for public administration A3 Access infrastructure development A4 Teleinformatics infrastructure for science A5 Security in the networks B1 The gate of Poland portal for e-administration services B2 The gate of Europe: support for using EU funding of projects

Hradec Kralove March List of activities in e-Polska (2) B3 Central databases and national registers B4 Polish contents on the Internet B5 Tele-education B6 Tele-medicine services B7 e-commerce B8 introducing of terrestrial digital TV and Radio C1 ICT in schools C2 Digital division prevention C3 Computer and Internet promotion in the society

Hradec Kralove March National broadband strategy document: The document contains: introduction status quo of broadband services and technologies in Poland objectives and rules of broadband strategy broadband services offer (e-government, e-health, e-learning, e-business) broadband technologies survey public administration role in broadband development financing of broadband development

Hradec Kralove March Broadband strategy document Broadband objectives The strategy contains three objectives: (a) building broadband access infrastructure; (b) creation of broadband content and services; ( c) active role of the public administration in the area

Hradec Kralove March Role of public administration legislation investments new techniques (digitalisation of TV networks) promotion

Hradec Kralove March Financing of IS activities Structural funds (Operational Programmes) governmental and self-governmental budgets private funds within PPP funds of NGO and other organisations of civil society

Hradec Kralove March Structural Funds for Operational Programmes (OPs) are: Competitiveness OP-Measure 1.5: development of a system of entrepreneurs’ access to information and public services on line, ERDF support: 115 Euros Integrated Regional OP: Measure 1.5: Information Society Infrastructure, total: 140 Meuros, incl. ERDF support: 93 Meuros Human Resources Development OP, Priority 2/ Development of the knowledge-based society

Hradec Kralove March Thank you