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The following "info-fiches" provide factual information and background explanation on 11 key aspects covered by the Communication on "Internet Policy and Governance". They describe the issues at stake, their current situation and the European Commission's perspective on them.

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The Indian Department of Electronics and IT organised a workshop with high level participation from key Indian organisations and European participants on 29 April 2014. Electronics has strong potential for closer cooperation at industrial and research level. STMicroelectronics is a technology leader in a consortium negotiating financial closure with the Government of India for setting up a multi-billion dollar wafer fab, and IMEC is launching complementary research activities in India. Other potentially promising areas could include language technologies, smart cards, cyber-physical systems, High Performance Computing, cloud computing, Internet of Things, software, and digital (incl. 3D) heritage preservation.

Vice-President Neelie Kroes welcomes the outcome of the NETmundial conference on Internet Governance in Sao Paulo, Brazil: "Netmundial has put us on the right track. The concluding declaration adopted by acclamation proves that a global multistakeholder approach can produce concrete outcomes."

The EU, represented by European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes and EU Special Representative for Human Rights, Stavros Lambrinidis, is to participate at high level in “NETmundial: the Global Multi-stakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Gorvernance”, Sao Paulo on 23-24 April. Neelie Kroes is a member of the High Level committee of NETmundial and has contributed to the preparation of the Conference document.

Opening remarks by Neelie Kroes at the NETMundial meeting in
Sao Paulo, Brazil, 23 April 2014

This webcast focuses on key aspects of the 5G EU research activities and the Horizon 2020 programme funding opportunities to implement the 5G-Public Private Partnership (5G-PPP). The 5G-PPP focuses on communications infrastructure with an EU budget of € 700 million for research, development and innovation over the next seven years. € 125 million are available in the first call for proposals, which closes on 25 November 2014.