Auf dem diesjährigen DLM-Forum in Barcelona wurde die Eröffnungsrede von Erkki Liikanen, Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society European Commission, als Video-Übertragung gehalten. Diese Rede wurde uns freundlicherweise vom Scientific Committee des DLM-Forum 2002 zum Abdruck zur Verfügung gestellt.
“Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am very pleased to address you today at the opening session of the DLM-Forum 2002.
Competitiveness of Europe's companies and new knowledge-rich jobs are key to the European digital economy. Equally important, the Information Society must reinforce the core values of Europe's social and cultural heritage. This means that information and communication technologies must support equality of access, social inclusion and cultural diversity.
Co-operation between the public sector and the private sector, the ICT industry, should help to balance these social and economic imperatives. Over the past years, the European Commission with EU Member States, has promoted such co-operation. Public administrations aim to become more transparent. They are looking for ways to better inform the citizen and to retain the collective memory of the Information Society. Public sector information plays a fundamental role in the proper functioning of the internal market. Serving citizens and businesses well requires information retrieval mechanisms, meta-data technology, standardised directories, etc.
Since the mid-1990s, the DLM-Forum has evolved as a platform for identifying and promoting concrete solutions to many of the problems facing our public administrations. In 1996 the initial focus of the DLM-Forum was on guidelines for best practices, machine-readable data and electronic documentation. At the DLM-Forum in Brussels in 1999 the ICT industries were challenged to co-operate with public administrations. They were asked to provide proven and practical solutions for electronic document and content management and for the preservation of electronic information. The positive response of the ICT industries is reflected in their participation in this conference.
You will spend the next two days on best practices and solutions for the preservation and long-term accessibility of electronic information. These will be crucial to preserve the "Memory of the Information Society". They are also essential for more effective government. Solutions are needed that guarantee short and long term accessibility and the intelligent retrieval of the knowledge stored in document management and archival systems. These solutions also need to be adaptable to rapid technological advances. Training and educational programmes are needed as well.
The content of public archives is part of the knowledge heritage of mankind, for present and future generations. Safeguarding and ensuring the continued accessibility of the European archival heritage in the Information Society is of primordial importance. It is therefore the primary concern of the DLM-Forum 2002.
This requires making the right choices between existing standards and practices. We should encourage further co-operation between the concerned parties. I want to thank the organizers, contributors, exhibitors and the participants for their contribution to the DLM-Forum 2002. Let us together strengthen interdisciplinary cooperation. In this way we will help to safeguard the active and lasting memory of the Information Society for all citizens in Europe.
Thank you and enjoy your conference.”
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