1. Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Werner Weber, Rome, 4th of December 2006_ Initiatives related to digitisation in cultural heritage during the German presidency January – June 2007 www.bkm-eu2007.de

2. Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Werner Weber, Rome, 4th of December 2006_ Conferences and meetings Co-ordinating the Action groups implementing the DAP NRG website

3. Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Werner Weber, Rome, 4th of December 2006_ Conferences Berlin, 21. – 22. February 2007 Frankfurt, 20. – 21. April 2007 Berlin, 24. – 26. April 2007 Berlin, second half of June 2007

4. Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Werner Weber, Rome, 4th of December 2006_ a)Berlin Europes cultural and scientific heritage in a digital world - Portals and Networks Portals: Informations for all and for severals Networks: Informations from stakeholders Standards and Diversity The use of standards is one of the basic preconditions for collaboration www.eudico.de

5. Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Werner Weber, Rome, 4th of December 2006_ b)Frankfurt Challenge: Digital preservation Strategies and best practise for the preservation of digital cultural & scientific resources in Europe www.langzeitarchivierung.de

6. Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Werner Weber, Rome, 4th of December 2006_ c)Berlin International Standards für Digital Archives Archives in the Digital World-The impact of the internet on Acess to Archives EAD- Structured finding aids and search strategies for the virtual reading room EAC – Structured information on records creators and the standardisation of authority control for archives METS – An international standard for strucured presentation and digital preservation Portale, Gateways, central access points and union finding aids – the digital surplus value for archives www.instada.eu

7. Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Werner Weber, Rome, 4th of December 2006_ d)Berlin, June 2007 Knowledge by Networking – Digitising Culture in Germany and Europe Digitising CULTURE in Germany – from digital projects to digital collections Digitising in European Countries – to merge digital collections Digistising for all Europeans – Networking for Europes konowledge

8. Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Werner Weber, Rome, 4th of December 2006_ Meetings Working group meeting related to the future of the NRG – Bonn January 2007 12. NRG - meeting - Berlin, 23. Februar 2007

9. Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Werner Weber, Rome, 4th of December 2006_ NRG website - further development of the website

10. Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Werner Weber, Rome, 4th of December 2006_ Id like to welcome you all in Germany in 2007 Thank you for your attention !