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	JUL 19 2011	€7 billion boost for research and innovation will create jobs and growth Today Commissioner Maire Geoghegan-Quinn announced nearly €7 billion to kick-start innovation through research. The European Commission's biggest ever such funding package, under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7), is expected to create around 174 000 jobs in the short-term and nearly 450 000 jobs and nearly €80 billion in GDP growth over 15 years.

	JUL 12 2011	Digital Agenda: Europeans prefer all in one 'packages' for internet, phone and TV Four out of ten Europeans households are buying "bundled" internet, phone and TV services from a single provider, a new Eurobarometer survey shows. The survey also found that 65% of people limit their mobile phone calls because of cost and that calls over the Internet are becoming increasingly popular. The E-Communications Household Survey was carried out between 9 February and 8 March 2011 using a sample of 27,000 households that are representative of the EU population.

	JUN 16 2011	Data Protection: Europeans share data online, but privacy concerns remain – new survey Three out of four Europeans accept that revealing personal data is part of everyday life, but they are also worried about how companies – including search engines and social networks – use their information. These are the main conclusions of a new Eurobarometer survey on attitudes towards data protection and electronic identity, released by the European Commission today.

	MAY 16 2011	Digital Agenda: Commission seeks views on how best to exploit cloud computing in Europe The European Commission is seeking views from citizens, businesses, public administrations and other interested parties on how to fully benefit from 'cloud computing'. Cloud computing enables companies, public administrations and individuals, using networks such as the internet, to access their data and software on computers located somewhere else.

	APR 14 2011	From ICT Research to Innovation Investments in ICTs are a key factor in driving innovation in companies, driving productivity growth, honing competitiveness, cutting red tape and creating jobs.

	MAR 14 2011	A world-class research programme Information Communication Technologies research takes up the single largest portion (over €9bn) of the EU's “Seventh Framework Programme for Research” (2006-2013). Funded projects bring together scientists, companies and others such as user communities from across Europe, pooling their resources and helping carry out an EU-wide vision of how technologies should be developed.

	MAR 10 2011	Women in ICT Conference "Women in Science, Innovation and Technology in the Digital Age" 6-8 March 2011, Budapest, Hungary

	MAR 08 2011	EU funded projects to promote gender equality- the EU has results Read the key achievements and some of the project examples

	MAR 08 2011	No development without women's empowerment To mark International Women's Day, the EU Commissioner for development Andris Piebalgs will launch today, for the fifth year in a row, a Gender drawing contest designed to raise awareness on women's conditions and rights in developing countries, through the involvement of children. He will also inaugurate a joint EU/UN photo exhibition in Timor Leste with the Special Representative of the UNSG Ms Ameerah Haq. Commissioner Piebalgs will reaffirm the European Commission’s steadfast commitment to improve the rights and chances for women, as well as the representation of women in developing countries to speed up progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

	MAR 04 2011	First European Equal Pay Day highlights EU earnings gap Women in the European Union earn on average 17.5% less than men during their lifetimes. This stark figure will be highlighted tomorrow during the first EU-wide Equal Pay Day. This day – 5 March – marks the extra number of days in 2011 that women must work to match the amount of money earned by men in 2010.

	MAR 04 2011	8 March 2011: International Women’s Day. Women and men in the EU seen through figures Among the 200 million private households in the EU27, what share consists of single women with or without children? And what proportion are couples? How does the number of children affect the employment rate of both mothers and fathers? How do women and men perceive their general health? Answers to these questions can be found in this News Release, published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, on the occasion of the International Women’s Day on 8 March 2011.

	MAR 01 2011	EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding meets European business leaders to push for more women in boardrooms Corporate Europe is still a man's world: just one in 10 board members at Europe's biggest companies are women and in 97% of cases the board is chaired by a man. Studies show that businesses with more women at the top outperform “men only” companies.

	FEB 16 2011	Code of Best Practices for Women and ICT Code of best practices for women and ICT now published by the European Commission. Click and download the code.

	JAN 17 2011	IT Girls: Great careers for great women Information Technologies are everywhere: They make our lives richer and more comfortable. They connect people worldwide - anywhere, anytime. They even help save lives! However, not enough people in Europe are choosing careers in Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) – especially not enough women.

	DEC 16 2010	i2010 - A European Information Society for growth and employment i2010 was the EU policy framework for the information society and media (2005-2009). It promoted the positive contribution that information and communication technologies (ICT) can make to the economy, society and personal quality of life. The strategy is now coming to an end and is going to be followed by a new initiative – the Digital Agenda – in 2010.

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