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Proposal for a Proposal for a Connecting Europe Connecting Europe

Facility (CEF)Facility (CEF)

Council Audiovisual Working PartyCouncil Audiovisual Working Party19 January 201219 January 2012

DG INFSODG INFSO Jorgen GREN, Gudrun STOCKJorgen GREN, Gudrun STOCK

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Connecting Europe FacilityConnecting Europe Facility Overall budget envelope: Overall budget envelope: 50 billion EUR50 billion EUR Encompasses trans-European networks in the Encompasses trans-European networks in the

fields offields of• Transport – 31.7 billion EURTransport – 31.7 billion EUR• Energy – 9.1 billion EUREnergy – 9.1 billion EUR• Telecommunications – 9.2 billion EURTelecommunications – 9.2 billion EUR

Broadband – 7.0 billion EURBroadband – 7.0 billion EUR Digital Service Infrastructures – 2.2 billion EURDigital Service Infrastructures – 2.2 billion EUR

Builds on existing trans-European Networks (TEN) Builds on existing trans-European Networks (TEN) policies and previous work done in the fields of, policies and previous work done in the fields of, e.g.e.g.• Multilingual resourcesMultilingual resources• Safer InternetSafer Internet• Digital libraries/cultural heritage/EuropeanaDigital libraries/cultural heritage/Europeana

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Connecting Europe FacilityConnecting Europe Facility

CEF proposal consists ofCEF proposal consists of Three separate sets of Guidelines for Three separate sets of Guidelines for

energy, transport and telecommunicationsenergy, transport and telecommunications• The The WHY WHY and the and the WHATWHAT• Broadband and digital service infrastructures = Broadband and digital service infrastructures =

“projects of common interest”“projects of common interest” A single Regulation establishing CEF (joint A single Regulation establishing CEF (joint

with energy and transport)with energy and transport)• The The HOWHOW and the and the HOW MUCHHOW MUCH• Funding through Financial Instruments (mainly Funding through Financial Instruments (mainly

BB) and grants (mainly digital service BB) and grants (mainly digital service infrastructures)infrastructures)

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Why invest in digital infrastructure?Why invest in digital infrastructure?

Case for EU investment

1. Current level of investment is not sufficient to ensure growth

2. No agreement on investment between incumbents and competitors, high cost of capital and high perceived risks

4. Core layers of digital services will not be financed by MS or private operators

5. Interoperability, standards and cross-border problems for digital services

3. No business case in rural and (in most) suburban areas

Broadband networks

Digital Services

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Mutual reinforcement approachMutual reinforcement approach

- Financing deployment of 30 Mb broadband networks trough CEF

1. Broadband networks roll-out

- Creating critical mass and potential markets for applications

2. Enhanced supply of broadband

- Enhanced supply of digital services will create foster new applications that will in turn need more bandwidth

4. Enhance demand for broadband

- Digital services deployed by the CEF act as European public goods (core layer)s

3. Development of digital services

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BroadbandBroadband

Portfolio of projects enabling fast and ultra-Portfolio of projects enabling fast and ultra-fast internet accessfast internet access

Europe 2020 broadband objectives (access: Europe 2020 broadband objectives (access: 100% of households at 30 Mbps; use: 50% of 100% of households at 30 Mbps; use: 50% of households at 100 Mbps)households at 100 Mbps)

• Urban areas: not a priority, market should deliverUrban areas: not a priority, market should deliver• Sub-urban areas: tipping the scale through Sub-urban areas: tipping the scale through

innovative financial instrumentsinnovative financial instruments• Rural areas: grant supportRural areas: grant support

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Digital Service InfrastructuresDigital Service Infrastructures

Networked services, delivered Networked services, delivered electronicallyelectronically

Trans-European interoperable services Trans-European interoperable services in public interestin public interest

Enabling character for citizens, Enabling character for citizens, businesses, governmentsbusinesses, governments

Remove bottlenecks in trans-European Remove bottlenecks in trans-European service deployment -> contribute to service deployment -> contribute to digital single marketdigital single market

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Digital Service Infrastructures: Digital Service Infrastructures: ApproachApproach

Two-layer approachTwo-layer approach Core service platforms:Core service platforms:

• Central elements or hubs ensuring trans-Central elements or hubs ensuring trans-European connectivity, access and European connectivity, access and interoperabilityinteroperability

• Proposed funding rate: 100% [(operational) Proposed funding rate: 100% [(operational) grants, procurement]grants, procurement]

Generic services:Generic services:• Connected through core service platformsConnected through core service platforms• Provide functionality/content of digital service Provide functionality/content of digital service

infrastructuresinfrastructures• Proposed funding rate: 75% [grants]Proposed funding rate: 75% [grants]

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Digital Service InfrastructuresDigital Service Infrastructures 11 digital service infrastructures in 5 areas 11 digital service infrastructures in 5 areas

of application part of proposal, including:of application part of proposal, including:• Enabling access to PSI and multilingual Enabling access to PSI and multilingual

servicesservices Access to digital resources of European Heritage Access to digital resources of European Heritage

(“Europeana”)(“Europeana”) -> builds on previous work under -> builds on previous work under eContentplus, CIP ICT PSPeContentplus, CIP ICT PSP

Multilingual access to online servicesMultilingual access to online services -> builds on -> builds on previous work under eContentplus, CIP ICT PSPprevious work under eContentplus, CIP ICT PSP

• Safety and SecuritySafety and Security Safer internet service infrastructureSafer internet service infrastructure -> builds on -> builds on

previous work under Safer Internet programmesprevious work under Safer Internet programmes

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Access to European Resources of Access to European Resources of Cultural Heritage “Europeana”Cultural Heritage “Europeana”

Objective:Objective: make available large collections of make available large collections of European cultural resources; foster re-use by European cultural resources; foster re-use by third parties in full compliance with copyright and third parties in full compliance with copyright and related rightsrelated rights

Core service platform:Core service platform:• further development of current Europeana portalfurther development of current Europeana portal

Generic services:Generic services:• aggregation of new contentaggregation of new content• crowd-sourcing facilitiescrowd-sourcing facilities• user-friendly servicesuser-friendly services• exchange of rights information and licensing exchange of rights information and licensing

infrastructures (ARROW)infrastructures (ARROW)• competence centres on digitisation and preservationcompetence centres on digitisation and preservation• content repositories for cultural institutions and user-content repositories for cultural institutions and user-

generated contentgenerated content

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Multilingual Access to Online Multilingual Access to Online ServicesServices

Objective:Objective: enable providers of online services to offer their content & services enable providers of online services to offer their content & services in as many EU in as many EU languageslanguages as possible, in a most cost effective way as possible, in a most cost effective way

Core service platform:Core service platform:

• infrastructureinfrastructure:: technical facilities & standards; service & legal provisions; technical facilities & standards; service & legal provisions; user registration & help-desk; developers’ accreditation & support user registration & help-desk; developers’ accreditation & support

• basic resourcesbasic resources:: acquisition, harmonisation & curation of 3 acquisition, harmonisation & curation of 3rdrd parties’ parties’ language data & reusable tools, to be made available as open building language data & reusable tools, to be made available as open building blocks for the blocks for the developmentdevelopment of multilingual services of multilingual services

• hosting of serviceshosting of services:: plug-in platform for the plug-in platform for the operationoperation of generic (and of generic (and possibly domain specific) servicespossibly domain specific) services

Generic services:Generic services:

• co-developmentco-development of core services enabling administrations & businesses to of core services enabling administrations & businesses to build & deliver their own solutions:build & deliver their own solutions:

o automated translation; multilingual information access, crosslingual automated translation; multilingual information access, crosslingual web mining, etcweb mining, etc

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Safer Internet Service InfrastructureSafer Internet Service Infrastructure

Objective:Objective: provide integrated, interoperable services provide integrated, interoperable services empowering children, parents, carers and teachers to make empowering children, parents, carers and teachers to make best use of Internetbest use of Internet

Core service platform:Core service platform:• Shared and interoperable resources, databases and software tools Shared and interoperable resources, databases and software tools

supporting the pan-European network of Safer Internet Centres in supporting the pan-European network of Safer Internet Centres in Member StatesMember States

• Shared technologies to improve the reporting/take-down of sex Shared technologies to improve the reporting/take-down of sex abuse content in cooperation with police authoritiesabuse content in cooperation with police authorities

Generic services:Generic services:• Helplines and services to support children on better use of and Helplines and services to support children on better use of and

experiences on the Internetexperiences on the Internet• Tools ensuring access to age-appropriate content/servicesTools ensuring access to age-appropriate content/services• Functionalities allowing the public to report sex-abuse content, Functionalities allowing the public to report sex-abuse content,

grooming, bullying and improve its take-downgrooming, bullying and improve its take-down• Software systems to allow better identification of child sexual abuse Software systems to allow better identification of child sexual abuse

content; technologies supporting respective police investigations to content; technologies supporting respective police investigations to identify victims, perpetratorsidentify victims, perpetrators

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Thank you!Thank you!