Welcome at the Jamboree 2008 website
Here you can find date, time and location of the event. Furthermore you can sign in for the workshops and see the workshop schedule and program of the day.
- Date: 20 November 2008
- Location: Permanent Representation Baden Württemberg, Brussels
- Opening: from 9h30
Jamboree 2008, why and what for?
The implementation of the PSC is a major challenge. All 27 Member States face technical and policy choices as to the best manner to deliver the PSC. Think of how the the PSC may be found by providers of services, possibilities to connect various PSCs, the question whether the PSC is managed by government or industry, and under which terms it can be truly valuable for providers of services in their contacts with the government. With regard to technical choices one might think of the dilemmas with regard to open source software and the use of open standards, (central) facilities for providers of services to send messages to the PSC or data security issues: choices that will all be decisive for a successful implementation of the Services Directive.
Moreover it could be of great inspiration for implementers to see sitemaps and site-structures of other Member States’ PSCs.
An exchange of experiences concerning a realistic approach to how deep the “PSC-search” can be might also be useful. For example: Will an electrician only be able to retrieve the specific authorisation scheme or will he/she also be able to retrieve the permit needed to work on certain constructions in a certain municipality at a certain time of year?
Also, exchanging views on the various practical arrangements for updating information and forms could prove very useful.
The aim of the Jamboree is to bring together the persons directly involved both from a technical point of view as well as policymakers responsible for the PSC in order to share knowledge and expertise. This is in addition to the meetings of experts (with the Commission) on the PSC, the format of which makes it difficult to really share best practice and understanding. In that way a permanent network can be created with which Member States are capable of keeping each other informed and support each other.
We hope as many of you as possible can attend and help us build a really valuable learning network.
About our chairman Frans de Bruïne
Frans de Bruïne is the Managing Director of International Strategy Consultants, a company he founded in 2008. It's mission is strategic consultancy at Board level in the domains of healthcare, ageing, energy and new media.
The last 18 years, he worked as a Director at DG Information Society & Media at the European Commission. He worked on eEurope and Information Society Technology Policies (2004-2005), Lisbon Strategy and Policies for the Information Society (2005), ICT for Citizens and Business (2006) and ICT addressing Societal Challenges (2007). Nowadays, he is appointed as Honorary Director General (2008).
