1. INFORMATION DAY Call for proposals 2001/2 Brussels, 12 November 2001 European Commission DG INFSO/F3

2. Information Day Call 2001/2 - Brussels 12 November 2001 2 AGENDA 09:30 Welcome and introduction - Mr. Frans de Bruine, Director DG Information Society, Directorate F Overview of proceedings - Mr. Stephan Pascall, Head of Unit, Trans-European Telecommunications Networks 10:00 Scope and objective of TEN-Telecom - Mr.Simon Holland, Trans-European Telecommunications Networks 10:30 How to prepare and present your proposal - Mr.Willy Maes, Trans-European Telecommunications Networks 11:00 Questions and answers 11:20 Coffee break 11:40 The view from a project - Mr. Paul Skehan, EuroChambres 12:00 BPS - business plan support 12:20 Questions and answers 12:30 Lunch break 13:00 Meeting Commission officials (Desks A - F) 16:30 Close

3. Information Day Call 2001/2 - Brussels 12 November 2001 3 TEN-Telecom Information Day 12.11.2001 OVERVIEW OF PROCEEDINGS Stephan PASCALL Head of Unit EC-INFSO/F3 stephan.pascall@cec.eu.int Tel: +32-2-2968178 Fax: +32-2-2961740

4. Information Day Call 2001/2 - Brussels 12 November 2001 4 NATIONAL INFORMATION DAYS AUSTRIA - Vienna, 13 November FRANCE - Paris, 13 November GERMANY - Stuttgart, 10 december IRELAND - Dublin, 21 November ITALY - Roma, 16 November NETHERLAND - Den Haag, 21 November PORTUGAL - Lisbona, 22 November SWEDEN - Stockholm, 30 November UNITED KINGDOM - London, 5 November

5. Information Day Call 2001/2 - Brussels 12 November 2001 5 IMPLEMENTATIONS DIRECTLY OR THROUGH MARKET VALIDATION WITH SPECIFIC IMPACT AT TRANS-EUROPEAN LEVEL TARGET

6. Information Day Call 2001/2 - Brussels 12 November 2001 6 TRANS-EUROPEAN NETWORKS - ENERGY - TRANSPORTATION - TELECOMMUNICATIONS TEN There is an essential role for e-services bridging Europes frontiers particularly starting the euro to be a reality

7. Information Day Call 2001/2 - Brussels 12 November 2001 7 The TEN-TELECOM action contributes to eEurope fostering the trans-EU market deployment of e-services This is in synergy with the EC actions in areas of common interest: e-Health e-Education e-Government e-Commerce e…..

8. Information Day Call 2001/2 - Brussels 12 November 2001 8 GUIDELINES 2002 - FOCUS ON PUBLIC SERVICES OF SOCIAL VALUE NORMALLY PROVIDED BY PUBLIC AUTHORITY - CONSOLIDATION FROM 18 TO 7 SECTORS FINANCIAL REGULATION - UPGRADE THE LIMIT OF 10% FUNDING TEN-TELECOM EVOLUTION

9. Information Day Call 2001/2 - Brussels 12 November 2001 9 A PROJECT NEEDS TO HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS AT THE OUTSET TO COVER ITS SHARE OF COSTS 50% OR 90% IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION