<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Thank you for sharing Achilleas! Related to this, I recently wrote a blog for ARTICLE 19 about the promises and perils of 5G and what civil society do to ensure that human rights play a central role in its development. Might be of interest. <a href="https://www.article19.org/join-the-debate.php/252/view/">https://www.article19.org/join-the-debate.php/252/view/</a> </div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Best, </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 11:00 AM, <<a href="mailto:cooperation-wg-request@ripe.net" target="_blank">cooperation-wg-request@ripe.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Send cooperation-wg mailing list submissions to <a href="mailto:cooperation-wg@ripe.net">cooperation-wg@ripe.net</a> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit <a href="https://mailman.ripe.net/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/cooperation-wg</a> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to <a href="mailto:cooperation-wg-request@ripe.net">cooperation-wg-request@ripe.net</a> You can reach the person managing the list at <a href="mailto:cooperation-wg-owner@ripe.net">cooperation-wg-owner@ripe.net</a> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of cooperation-wg digest..." Today's Topics: 1. President Juncker "State of the union 2016" and "Connectivity package" (<a href="mailto:Achilleas.KEMOS@ec.europa.eu">Achilleas.KEMOS@ec.europa.eu</a>) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 16:14:02 +0000 From: <<a href="mailto:Achilleas.KEMOS@ec.europa.eu">Achilleas.KEMOS@ec.europa.eu</a>> To: <<a href="mailto:cooperation-wg@ripe.net">cooperation-wg@ripe.net</a>> Subject: [cooperation-wg] President Juncker "State of the union 2016" and "Connectivity package" Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:5213F3B60B84F74AA0C30985B5E546564B2003FB@S-DC-ESTG02-J.net1.cec.eu.int">5213F3B60B84F74AA0C30985B5E546564B2003FB@S-DC-ESTG02-J.net1.cec.eu.int</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear group members, This week President Juncker gave (on Wedensday) the 2016 State of the Union address. You can find the whole text here: <a href="http://www.ec.europa.eu/soteu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.ec.europa.eu/soteu</a><<a href="http://www.ec.europa.eu/soteu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.ec.europa.eu/soteu</a>> The Digital Single Market is a key priority for this Commission. Below you can find also the press release relative to improved internet connectivity for all citizens and businesses in Europe. <a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-3008_en.htm" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-3008_en.htm</a> On this occasion the Commission proposed an ambitious overhaul of EU telecoms rules with new initiatives to meet Europeans' growing connectivity needs and boost Europe's competitiveness. These proposals will encourage investment in very high-capacity networks and accelerate public access to Wi-Fi for Europeans. Documents adopted: Communication and Staff Working Document - Connectivity for a Competitive Digital Single Market - towards a European Gigabit Society<<a href="https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/34110" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/34110</a>> Action Plan and Staff Working Document Communication - 5G for Europe<<a href="https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/34115" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/34115</a>> European Electronic Communication Code<<a href="https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/34112" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/34112</a>> Regulation on the Body of European Regulators of Electronic Communications (BEREC)<<a href="https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/34114" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/34114</a>> Regulation on the promotion of Internet connectivity in local communities and public spaces (WiFi4EU) <<a href="https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/34228" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/34228</a>> In view of preparing the Madrid meeting, could you please signal which EU developments (if any) would be most interesting to discuss. Achilleas Achilleas Kemos Programme Officer - Future Connectivity Systems DG CONNECT European Commission -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <<a href="/ripe/mail/archives/cooperation-wg/attachments/20160916/3258122c/attachment-0001.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/cooperation-wg/attachments/20160916/3258122c/attachment-0001.html</a>> End of cooperation-wg Digest, Vol 56, Issue 4 ********************************************* </blockquote></div> -- <div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Corinne J.N. Cath </div></div> </div>