Traduction de «Centre mondial pour les TIC au Parlement » (Français → Anglais) :

As the world's largest economy and representing the largest share of the world's ICT market, worth more than EUR 2 600 billion (EUR 2 600 000 000 000) in 2011, Europe should have legitimate ambitions for its businesses, governments, research and development centres and universities to lead European and global developments in ICT, to grow new business, and to invest more in ICT innovations.

Some eGovernment related actions: supports seamless cross-border eGovernment services in the single market (84), Member States (MS) to make eGovernment services fully interoperable (89), MS to ensure that Points of Single Contact function as fully fledged eGovernment centres (90), MS to agree a common list of key cross-border public services (91), foster EU-wide standards, interoperability testing and certification of eHealth (77), proposes a recommendation to define a minimum common set of patient data (76), a Parliament and Council Decisio ...[+++]n on mutual recognition of eID (83), implement cross-border eEnvironment services (86), white paper on inter-connecting eProcurement capacity in EU (87), propose legislation on ICT interoperability (21), provide guidance on ICT standardisation and public procurement (23).

37. Draws attention to the fact that, for Parliament, the increasing use of external companies for implementing IT projects, in addition to being financially detrimental, runs the risk that it will lose important parts of its know-how as well as its ability to manage and supervise projects delivered by external contractors; furthermore, calls for the decision to use external companies to be based on a cost-benefit analysis; moreover because of the increasing role and importance of ICT in the work of European Parliament, deems it to be important to raise the role of ICT management to a higher level, also to ensure higher security protec ...[+++]tion; strongly urges that DG ITEC provide information on the costs of externalising the computing centres in comparison to previous costs in its activity report for 2010;

34. Draws attention to the fact that, for Parliament, the increasing use of external companies for implementing IT projects, in addition to being financially detrimental, runs the risk that it will lose important parts of its know-how as well as its ability to manage and supervise projects delivered by external contractors; furthermore, calls for the decision to use external companies to be based on a cost-benefit analysis; moreover because of the increasing role and importance of ICT in the work of European Parliament, deems it to be important to raise the role of ICT management to a higher level, also to ensure higher security protec ...[+++]tion; strongly urges that DG ITEC provide information on the costs of externalising the computing centres in comparison to previous costs in its activity report for 2010;

Finally, a majority in Parliament, either inattentive or complacent, rejected many constructive amendments, including the creation of an Economic and Social Security Council, the need for better representation of all continents in global financial institutions, and the need to restrict financial transactions with Member States and off-shore centres which do not abide by even minimal international regulations.

Mr. Ed Harper (Simcoe Centre, Ref.): Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36, I have a petition to present on behalf of 75 Canadians regarding the merchant navy veterans of World War II. These petitioners are asking Parliament to consider extending the same benefits armed forces veterans receive to merchant navy veterans.