1. Information Society Directorate General New Methods of Work and Electronic Commerce Electronic Commerce Unit (C3)

2. To keep Europe at the forefront of the global digital economy via facilitating innovation, creating value in the electronic market place and co-operation with leading edge organisations. Mission Key Issues New paradigms in value networks and dynamic markets Radically new systems approach for electronic business New forms of mediation and brokerage Digitally enhanced products and services People-oriented electronic business Close links to related policy

3. IDC (1999) $ Internet Commerce

4. Conditions & Enablers Awareness, understanding, critical mass Integrating e-commerce into the business Legal framework Business and consumer practice Enabling technology and infrastructure Global dimension

5. Close links with legislation eEurope Electronic Commerce Directive Privacy, security (trust) Electronic signatures Consumer protection Taxation Intellectual Property rights

6. ESPRIT Projects - 1 Greentrip Global reactive efficient & environmentally friendly transportation logistics - www. Cs.strath.ac.uk/~ps/GreenTrip www.ilog.fr/products/dispatcher/ Infomar Information And Trading Network For The European Fishing Industry - www.infomar.co.uk Casba Competitive Agents for Secure Business Transactions - www.casba-market.org Decide-it Decision Making Software System - www.jpb.com/ec/products/decideit.html Cobrow/d Collaborative browsing in the www - deployment of the service - www.cobrow.com

7. ESPRIT Projects - 2 Websell Virtual Sales Assistant - www.websell.net Edeli European electronic delicatessen - www.innovation.es/edeli/ Eclip Electronic commerce legal issues platform - www.jura.uni-muenster.de/Eclip/ Mission Modelling and Simulation Environments for Design, Planning and Operation of Globally Distributed Enterprises - www-plt.ipk.fhg.de/mission/ Magic Measuring and accounting intellectual capital - www.profactor.at/magic/index.html

8. ADVICECERENA EPI-SPARKDilemma E-CONSTRUCT DISTRICT 3D OMEGA E.bip LIVE@web.com iMEDIA FAIRWISCAWICOMS Packaging & Trading MassCustomisation Market place management Procurement Rightsprotection Negotiation & contracting Info search & management Customerinteraction Developmentprocess Decision supp. & plan EBROKER MERCI INTELLECT E-TAYLORMEDIAT-SME MESSENGERFashionMe IST Projects

9. Business Models - Information Based Projects How to sell information? Marketing tool; give away information but sell... consulting service reports training tools, such as interactive CD-ROM, web (or intranet) based training tools for problem solving, analysing, etc.

10. E-commerce technologies applicable to the environment - 1 Logistics improving efficiency of transportation on-demand delivery to reduce wastage Auctioning pollution rights energy empty space on transportation

11. E-commerce technologies applicable to the environment - 2 Digital design less wastage test designs for environmental friendliness

12. Jeffrey Baumgartner Information Society Directorate General E-Commerce Unit jeffrey.baumgartner@cec.eu.int http://www.ispo.cec.be/ecommerce/ +32.2 296.59.39 Thank you!