Digital Economy Policies Exchange and Development for SMEs.

This is the DEEDS project web-site of the 5th Framework Programme of the European Commission. (IST-1999-29035)

This site contains information about National, European, and International activities relating to policy developments to enable Small and Medium Enterprises realise their full potential in the Information Society.

Digital Economy Policies Exchange and Development for SMES. DEEDS will ensure an open Forum of European executive policy makers (Policy Group) stimulating, discussing, exchanging, and monitoring public policies related to the major issues of the digital economy, focusing on the uptake of electronic business practices by SMEs.

The Forum is the follow-up of the Policy Group set up within the G7 Pilot Project A Global Marketplace for SMEs (1996-1999), co-ordinated by the European Commission, which has contributed - via the exchange of information, experience and best practice - to significantly progress and converge policy making related to Electronic Commerce and SMEs.

This forum will contribute to the development of national and regional policy and facilitate policy exchange.

The site will be of interest to policy makers and advisors as well as those organisations implementing policy at international, antional and regional levels.

This site uses frames, whilst we believe that vast majority of the potential users will have no problems with this we will consider implementing a "no frames" version if there is sufficient demand.
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