Description of the Work
November 13, 2002

The Deeds project methodology is to address the audience of the executive policy makers and policy advisers who are involved in the day-by-day design and implementation of actions, initiatives, and regulations coping with the impact of the digital economy on business and society.

The assumption is that the new issues are generating similar problems in different contexts, and the lesson drawn by the G7 Pilot Project n.10 "A Global Marketplace for SMEs", tells that it is possible and successful to rely on an international network, which allows to deal with those problems not in isolation, but taking reciprocal advantage from different experiences, ideas and knowledge.

To implement its objectives, the project will provide both scientific and technical assistance to the former G7 PP 10 European Policy Group, extended in time and dimension, throughout:

    1. Periodic review of policy actions, legislative setting, and technical implementation within the EU Policy Group created with the G7 PP 10.
    2. Thematic seminars on specific issues, situated on the frontier of the current debate and research activity concerning the impact of digital economy on business and society, providing insight helping to reconfigure the focus of policies in the light of change and to assess ongoing policy implementations.
    3. Dialogue with extra-EU policy networks, particularly in CEEC, Mediterranean and Latin America, to strengthen international cooperation, in particular about the impact of digital economy on small businesses.
    4. Dissemination and exchange of good practices, projects, results, and policies coming out from EU and local initiatives, encouraging pilots and replications in new contexts.
    5. Support and coordination with the European Commission, as major policy maker both in IST-New Ways of Working and SME areas, needing close interactions with the various sub-transnational policy layers in the EU and outside.