RESPECT for Professional Values and Practices Conference Budapest, 12 June 2003

1. RESPECT for Professional Values and Practices ConferenceBudapest, 12 June 2003 Socio-economic Research in IST -Scope, Status Tina Mede New Working Environments Unit

2. Outline • The impact of ICTs and the Information Society • Socio-economic research “tradition” over several framework programmes • Why socio-economic research in IST? • IST impact on policies • Socio-economic research activities in IST • What has changed from FP 5 to FP 6?

3. New ways to work, play, do business, govern Convergence to the “Single Digital Space”: commodity computing Value & wealth for people & organisations Millenium technologies & infrastructures The Impact of ICTs& the Information Society Powerful processing New and enhanced - products - services - organisations - work Media Communications Computing Global Information Society Intelligent software Global networkedinfrastructure

4. Socio-economic Research “Tradition”… over several Framework Programmes FP4(1994-1999) FP5(1999-2002) FP6(2002-2006) ESPRIT,ACTS,RACE IST Priority 2(IST) Multi-disciplinaryresearch DGINFSO TargetedSER TargetedSER Priority 7 DGRTD Mainlysocial research

5. Lisbon Strategy “EU: Largest knowledge-basedeconomy by 2010” Policy Context ERA: EuropeanResearch Area Enlargement Candidate countriesare full partners in FP5 FP6, Eureka, COST, National RTD Programmes … towards a Single Market for Research Other policies Single Market, Single Currency, Security of Europeans, Sustainable Development, ... Broadband access, e-business, e-government, security, skills, e-health, ...

6. Definition of Socio-economic research Objective To understand ICT impact on economy and society To give guidance to R&D strategy within IST programme To provide direct input to the development of future EU policies Challenges Why Socio-Economic Research in IST? To provide policy makingwith a vision

7. Socio-economic Research Clusters in IST/ FP 5 The Industrial Organisationscenarios intangible assets structural change innovation Work & Employmentimpact on society eWork and employment issues eInclusion technology adoption Sustainable Developmentcorporate practices transition to knowledge economycorporate social responsibility (CSR) sustainability: economic, social, environmental Legal & Regulatoryvirtual organisationscontract law, ADR schemesDRMs, identity & IPR managementconsumer protection Regional Development digital regional economies statistical indicators, benchmarking rural & regional development public-private partnerships Statistical Indicatorsproductivity, intangibles New Economy Statistical Information Systemmeasurement harmonisation impact assessment • 60 Socio-economic projects • 13 directly addressing policy-making • Project results • Analytical (Concepts, Methodologies, • eEconomy factors, Impact Ass.) • Synthetic (Recommendation for action, Strategy development)

8. IST Impact on Policy MakingHow? • Variety of contributions • Scenarios & forecasting (TERRA2000, STAR) • Policy recommendations, toolkits, policy fora • Expanding the socio-economic knowledge base • Feedback mechanisms • bridging the gap between research and policy making • Direct input to policy making by research (e.g. eEurope) • Cross-disciplinary policy fora inside European Commission • Synthesise & communicate research outcomes, e.g. through events that attract researchers, policy makers & businesses

9. IST Programme’s Impact on Policies • Contribution to • Research policy • Technology analysis & trends • Enterprise policy • Competitiveness • SMEs, • Innovation • Regional • Institutional re-engineering • Inclusion: Information Society for all • Enlargement • Geographical focus (e.g. Baltics, SE Europe, eEurope+) • Employment • Relocation, telework, new employment trends • Sustainability • Social & environmental sustainable development

10. What has changed from FP V to FP VI ?

11. Role of Socio-economic Research in IST EP & Council Mandate (Specific Programme) „… close articulation for research & policies needed for a coherent & inclusive Information Society …“ IST Objective „… to realise the benefits of the Information Society for Europe both by accelerating its emergence and by ensuring that the needs of individuals and enterprises are met. …“ RTD not for the sake of RTD, but … … to contribute to the overall policy objectives of the EU

12. 6 FP/ IST - Socio-economic researchWhat is different to FP 5? • Socio-economic module as part of large R&D projects in: • Priority areas e.g. IST, biotechnologies, sustainable development • Targeted socio-economic projects in: • Citizens & governance in a knowledge-based society(Priority 7) • Supporting policies & anticipating scientific & technological needs (Priority 8) • Science & society:awareness measures, dialogue between research, business & society, ethical issues

13. Vision “to increase innovation and competitiveness in European businesses and industry and to contribute to greater benefits for all European citizens”… “Realising this vision requires a massive and integrated effort that addresses the major societal and economic challenges”. Main societal and economic challenges to be addressed are solving trust and confidence problems strengthening social cohesion enabling growth and improving competitiveness of businesses and governments supporting complex problem solving in science, society, industry and businesses IST WP 2003/2004 : vision

14. New approach : more holistic understanding of the SE drivers and implications of IST IST projects: SE dimension as integral part of each IST project Multidisciplinary. Strategic visibility Supporting actions (project specific) General accompanying actions. Cover socio-economic aspects that cut across different IST fields (horizontal) Run in parallel with Strategic Objects, to support adoption/ transfer of technologies/ research results Priority 8/ IST Demand driven policy oriented research IST WP 2003/2004 : new approach to SE research SE in project Horizontal SE Policy SE

15. Strategic objectives covered in Call 2 • Advanced displays • Optical, opto-electronic, photonic functional components • Open development platforms for software and services • Cognitive systems • Embedded systems • Applications & services for the mobile user & worker • Cross-media content for leisure and entertainment • GRID-based Systems & solving complex problems • Improving Risk management • eInclusion • Product design & manufacturing 2010 + FET proactive + Research Networking + Accompanying actions Indicative call sequence & topics Technology components Integrated systems Sectorial Applications

16. Practical implementation of the socio-economic crosscutting issue in the IST execution process: Strategic Objectives / Proposal phase Composition of the evaluation panel SE expertise Briefing of evaluators Raising awareness of SE relevance Evaluation SE dimension as condition of S&T excellence SE issues as management quality criterion (IP, STREP) SE dimension as policy concern Contract negotiations Upgrade of SE equality if necessary Follow up Final plan/ Indicators and qualitative analysis How are Socio-economic aspects being addressed in the project evaluation ?

17. Towards an “all inclusive knowledge society” “Ambient Intelligence” tomorrow “Our surrounding” is the interface Use all senses, intuitive Context-based knowledge handling Infinite bandwidth, convergence, .. Mobile/Wireless full multimedia Nano-scale + new materials Wide adoption (eHealth, eLearning, …) >70% of world-wide population on line • IST today • PC based …………………………. • “Writing and reading” ….………… • “Word” based information search … • Low bandwidth, separate networks .. • Mobile telephony (voice) ………… • Micro scale ……………………… • Silicon based ….………………… • eServices just emerging ………… • Only 5% of global population on-line

18. Ethics and IST - New challenges • “Ambient Intelligence” tomorrow • (post-Internet/ GSM generation) • GRID, embedded systems, bionic implants • Privacy • Manipulation and Control • Sense of Self and Personal Identity • Medical ethics • Groups and Organisations • Environmental concerns • IST today • (Internet generation) • Cybercrime • Internet child pornography …………………………. • Copying of content and authors rights ….………… • Medical data over the internet … • The digital divide • Data protection

19. Information Society and technology related socio-economic research • Trends and Challenges - IST technologies introduced new research tools • Data protection and Ethical issues. Increased difficulty to verify authenticity, originality, reliability of data • Intellectual property. Availability of digital material makes plagiarism easier to carry out. • ‘Public’ and ‘private’ information • Interdisciplinarity, multidisciplinarity • -> Raises issues of international benchmarking/ common approaches to socio-economic research, and ethical guidelines

20. Professional and Ethical Guidelines for SERin the Information Society • October 2003 Workshop in Brussels • DG INFSO/ DG Research/ other DGs • RESPECT presentation of the emerging codes and guidelines and use/ exploitation of the research results • User manual to European socio-economic research • Professional and Ethical Guidelines • Discussion of how the guidelines being created by RESPECT might be used by DG INFSO and DG Research, and will contribute to the ECs socio-economic activities and policies

21. http://europa.eu.int/comm/information_society/eeurope/ For More Information http://www.cordis.lu/rtd2002 http://www.cordis.lu/ist http://www.cordis.lu/ist/ka2 http://europa.eu.int http://europa.eu.int/information_society/index_en.htm tina.mede@cec.eu.int