Press Release: EU business and citizens to benefit from new eGovernment services

More than 250 participants from all EU Member States debated the priorities for eGovernment in Europe during a conference entitled 'Cross-border eGovernment services for administrations, businesses and citizens' that ended in Brussels on 18 February 2005. The conference discussed the prospects of new EU eGovernment services opening up access and cutting red tape for the free movement of people, goods and services across Europe. Though some hurdles were still to be overcome to reach this ambitious goal, a blueprint for the future technical infrastructure of eGovernment in Europe was presented at the conference. The European Commission also presented its new IDABC programme, which aimed to improve the efficiency of European public administrations.