About OISTU The “Observatory on Information Society Take-up in the Eastern EU Member States and Southeast Europe” supports the development of regional, national and European Information Society policies in the context of the renewed Lisbon Agenda. The Observatory is a web-based tool for accessing data, knowledge-building and networking in the field of Information Society developments for the actors of the new Eastern EU Member States and Southeast Europe, in order to support an evidence-based policy discussion about the information society and its economic impacts in these countries and the region as a whole.
The Observatory: - serves as a classical observatory by offering a set of scientifically reliable information, data, reports, policy descriptions and other literature on all aspects of information economy and society take-up in the examined countries.
- initiates evidence-based policy debates by moderating a discussion among policy makers, policy advisers and researchers about the impact of information economy and society on growth and jobs. It organises workshops and issues two Intelligence Reports.
The Observatory is expected to attract the attention of broad circle of experts and stakeholders related to the information society take-up. The primary target groups of OISTU are the key stakeholders of IS policy development in the Eastern EU Member States and Southeast Europe: policy makers of the various levels of government, and the policy advisors, consultants, researchers involved in the policy formulation process. The key elements created in the framework of the project, are: The Website: - The website presents a database that contains comparable data available from public sources, for many indicators of information economy and society and for as many countries of the region as possible.
- The website offers a collection of analyses, reports, information on information society up-take, deployment and its impacts on growth and jobs in the region,
- The website serves as a hub that supports scientific debate on the topic, serves as a place to initiate and conduct relevant discussions, and may gain an audience composed of policy makers, experts, researchers, stakeholders interested in the development of IS in the Eastern EU Member States, in Southeast Europe and in EU25+ and especially in the evaluation of impacts of those developments.
The OISTU Intelligence Reports: - The Intelligence Reports are scientifically reliable yet thought-provoking reports that deal with the most important issue of the project, the evaluation of impacts of information society developments in the Eastern EU Member States and Southeast Europe.
- The Intelligence Reports were debated and validated at special workshops, gathering key stakeholders from the region.
- The reports are under review by IPTS.
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