This event begins at 9:00am and finishes at 5:30pm.

Cross-border access to public services of other European administrations by citizens and businesses is one important step closer to a truly united Europe with strengthened eGovernment services between public administrations in different Member States.

This event that will take place in Brussels, on 11 October is proposed to focus on the evolving needs of the European Union towards a more efficient delivery of ICT-facilitated public services for citizens and businesses across the EU. The target is to widen the scope of use of the electronic means that public administrations have at their disposal outside the local, regional or national level. A further aim is to facilitate mobility of businesses and citizens i.e. for entrepreneurs to set up and run a business anywhere in Europe and allowing individuals to study, work, reside, receive health care and retire anywhere in the European Union.

Event topics:

This event aims to discuss the following key questions:

- Which cross-border services are already in place and which ones are still missing?

- Which of these can be considered as key supporting the eGovernment Action Plan 2010-2015?

- Is there a need for cross-border services and why?
- When and by whom should these services be used?

Existing and future cross-border services:

• Large scale pilots that will present the services they are providing on the basis of the “demand” side and the actual “offer”;

• European, national or local pilots, initiatives and ePractice case studies that target the deployment of cross-border public services in eGovernment, eHealth, eEnvironment, eJustice, employment, crime, education or other focus.

User experience:

• Experience of administrations, citizens and businesses with cross-border services;

• Views on the demand for cross-border services and perceived benefits.

Barriers and enablers:

• Current barriers and challenges that do not support a seamless integration and deployment of cross-border services;

• The key enablers and core conditions for the implementation of cross-border services and what is actually needed to be done including interoperability, eSignatures and eIdentification;

• Procedures and legislations in exchange of data and information across Member States.

Additional subjects falling within the umbrella of the workshop’s theme in general are also welcome based on potential speaker proposals.

Deadlines to remember:

• Summary (1 page max) & 4 PPT slides: 8 September 2011
• Speaker confirmation: 15 September 2011
• Final presentations (7 slides): 22 September 2011
• Publication of event proceedings: End of November 2011
  

Registration:

To register for this event please create an ePractice account at http://www.epractice.eu/en/user/register if you are not a current member.

Subsequently, kindly login and once you are in this page click the yellow button that reads "Participate in this event" to activate your registration. ePractice members can simply login and click on the same page as described above.

Submission of summaries/presentation slides:

To be considered for a speaker placement kindly submit a summary of one page and four presentation slides of your intended presentation to events@eurodyn.com. Regarding your summary, please download and complete the "Workshop form for speakers" that may be found in the ‘Presentation and documents’ section below.

Final presentations should not exceed 7 presentation slides and should be concise and factual. The main point of your presentation is to briefly inform about the project/initiative and encourage participation, questions and overall discussion.

Networking:
This workshop is all about networking. A few selected speakers will set the scene with a 15 minute presentation and the rest of the programme will be dedicated to roundtable discussions and networking purposes.

Contact: Please, direct all queries to the above events@eurodyn.com. The event coordinator will assist you promptly.