WRITTEN QUESTION E-1175/03 by Graham Watson (ELDR) to the Commission. Digitalisation of historical databases.
Date: 2003-04-01
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financing, EU programme, accession to the European Union, cultural heritage, database, digitisation, history

C 33 E/98

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

6.2.2004

(2004/C 33 E/096)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1175/03

by Graham Watson (ELDR) to the Commission

(1 April 2003)

Subject: Digitalisation of historical databases

The e-learning framework needs to be compatible between countries and available online. Will the
Commission therefore extend to accession countries the assistance available to Member States to create
digital records of historical databases?

Answer given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission

(4 June 2003)

The eLearning Initiative and its eLearning Action Plan do not offer assistance to Member States to create
digital records of databases.

The Commission does not currently fund specifically the creation of digital records of historical databases
level. Under the Fifth and Sixth
as this is considered to be a matter for initiatives at the national
Framework Programmes
Information Society
for Research and Technological Development,
Technologies (IST) programme has, however, provided incentives for coordination of digitisation work
and the development of digitisation systems and services. Indeed, the IST Minerva project managed under
the Cultural Heritage component of programme, provides a framework for the European cultural ministries
to coordinate digitisation results and, as such, is a useful source of evolving information in the area. It
provides assistance for the exchange of best practice between the 15 Member States and acts as a forum
for reviewing progress in the area and planning future activities. Under the Sixth Framework Programme’s
strategic objective ‘Technology Enhanced Learning and Access to Cultural Heritage’, the activity could be
extended to include the Accession Countries in accordance with the relevant procedures.

the

(2004/C 33 E/097)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1226/03

by Freddy Blak (GUE/NGL)
and Anne Jensen (ELDR) to the Commission

(2 April 2003)

Subject: Protection of drivers in the export trade against violent attack

At its meeting of 14 October 2001, the Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs of the Member States and
the candidate countries in association with the Commission adopted a declaration calling for appropriate
measures to protect drivers in the export trade against violent attack. What progress has the Commission
made in implementing such appropriate measures?

What progress have the Member States and the Commission made overall in their work to protect drivers
in the export trade against violent attack? Has the work so far resulted in any specific initiatives and/or
projects, and when can the results of their work be expected?

Answer given by Mr Vitorino on behalf of the Commission

(15 May 2003)

On 14 October 2002, the Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs of the Member States of the Union and
the candidate countries in association with the Commission adopted a joint declaration on the protection