4 Countries Initiative Preparing for eContentplus - Hungary involved

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Preparing for eContentplus - Geographic Information Systems
Prague, February 9-10 2006

From the eContentPlus.net Newsletter, 23 January 2006: The availability of high quality geographic information and the development of advanced Geographic Information Systems which make these content assets more accessible are significant segments of the digital content market in Europe. The opening event of the 4 countries’ initiative Preparing for eContentplus (A, CZ, HU, SK) – 1st Orientation- and Matching Day - dedicated to GIS underlines the importance of the topic itself and will overview of the access to and use of public sector information in domains such as transportation, environment, tourist information, agriculture etc. The further target is to improve cross border cooperation aiming at the better accessibility and reuse of geographic information. The Orientation and Matching-Day offers four elements to you:
1. The Focus Topic: What are current developments in the GIS-sector? Which proven models are in use? Where are protentials and challenges? 2. The European Programme eContent plus: What are the emphases? What will be funded? What are the next steps? 3. The Central Europeam Markets: What are the characteristics of the four markets? Who are the players? 4. Matching-Support: Do you want to get to know the markets or develop projects? The initiative will offer you support finding central european partners.
Recommended by HUNAGI in conjuction with the Ministry of Informatics and Communication, Hungary will be represented by Dr. Szabolcs Mihály, DG of the Institute of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing. For more information please contact info@econtentplus.net