PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY OF DIGITALEUROPE ASSOCIATION

DIGITALEUROPE is the voice of the European digital technology industry, which includes large and small companies in the Information and Communications Technology and Consumer Electronics Industry sectors. It is composed of major multinational companies and national associations from European countries. In all, DIGITALEUROPE represents more than 10,000 companies all over Europe with more than 2 million employees and over EUR 1,000 billion in revenues. Given the increasingly global nature of the Digital Technology Industry, DIGITALEUROPE’s activities, including consideration of membership, cover Europe in a geographic sense, including EU accession countries, EU accession candidate countries and non EU countries.

Working groups

• Digital Economy Policy Group : The Digital Economy Group (DEPG) works to ensure that the ongoing progress of technology is fully leveraged through the creation of the European single market, and specifically the European Digital Single Market. The Digital Economy Programme Group advocates the crucial importance of digital technololgy for the European economy, for job creation, for growth as well as for fiscal stability.
• Environment Policy Group : The Environment Group (EPG) promotes the role of the ICT industry in its own sustainable growth.
• Technical & Regulatory Policy Group : The Technical and Regulatory Group (TRPG) works to identify and address the barriers to technical harmonisation and the obstacles hindering the development of the European digital technology industry. The TRG provides technical expertise that aids in the harmonised introduction of emerging technologies in the European digital economy.
• Trade Policy Group : The Trade Group's general objective is to achieve free, balanced, open, and fair trade. This is critical to the ICT industry as it provides increased market access worldwide, promotes innovation, promotes efficiency and productivity gains, encourages the free flow of ideas, and enables Europe to attract innovators from around the world.

DIGITALEUROPE's Work focuses around three core axis:

1. Creating the best European policy climate and helping European policymakers support us to create jobs and growth;

2. Delivering on our vision - practical programmes that can help make our vision a reality and;

3. Leadership for change - our 'C' level programme for real change.

The best European policy climate (Helping European policymakers support us to create jobs and growth) : Making good European laws and regulations is not easy. It’s important that politicians and officials get clear views from the digital industries. DigitalEurope offers a capability and the space for its members to come together and develop these views. Politicians and officials need to understand the likely impact on DIGITALEUROPE's members of the laws and rules they are considering. Will these laws and rules help thrive, create jobs, generate tax revenues, solve societal problems and create growth for customers, and bring benefit Europe’s citizens and consumers? Will they help improve productivity and competitiveness?

Delivering the vision (Practical programmes that can help make our vision a reality) : A range of practical activities that bring vision closer. DigitalEurope marshalls the tremendous know-how and resources of its members to deliver real benefit, often working with a wide range of other stakeholders.

Leadership for change (‘C’ level programme for real change) : Working with its member’s business leadership to achieve real change and unite political and business leaders behind its vision.

Corporate Members : Alcatel-Lucent (France ; AMD (Texas) ; Apple (Belgium); BenQ Europe (Netherlands); BlackBerry (Canada); Bose (Belgium); Brother (UK); Canon (Belgium); Cassidian (France) ; Cisco (Belgium); Dell (Belgium); Epson Europe (Netherlands); Ericsson (Sweden); Fujitsu (Japan); Hewlett Packard (Belgium); Hitachi Europe (UK); Huawei (China); IBM (Belgium); Ingram Micro (Germany); Intel (Belgium); Jabil (UK); JVC Kenwood (UK); KodakEastman (UK); Konica Minolta (Germany); Kyocera Document Solutions Europe (Netherlands); Lexmark International (Belgium); LG Electronics (Netherlands); Loewe (Germany); Microsoft (Belgium); Mitsubishi Electric (UK); Motorola Mobility (Germany); Motorola Solutions (Belgium); NEC (Belgium); Nokia (Finland); Nokia Siemens Network (Germany); NVidia Ltd. (UK);   Océ (Netherlands); OKI Printing Solutions (UK); Oracle (France); Panasonic Europe (Belgium); Philips (Netherlands); Pioneer (Belgium); Qualcomm (Italy); Ricoh Europe (UK); Samsung Electronics (Belgium) ; SAP (Germany); Schneider Electric IT Corporation (France); Sharp Electronics (Belgium); Siemens (Germany); Sony (Belgium); Swatch Group (Switzerland); Technicolor (France) ; Texas Instruments (Germany); Toshiba Information Systems (UK); TP Vision (Netherlands); Xerox (Belgium) ; ZTE Corporation (France).

National Trade Associations Members : Infopark (Belarus); Agoria ICT (Belgium), BAIT (Bulgaria) ; CITEA (Cyprus);  DI ITEK (Denmark), IT-Branchen (Denmark); ITL (Estonia); Federation of Finnish Technology Industries – FTTI (Finland); Force NUMerique (France) ; Simavelec (France); Bitkom (Germany); ZVEI (Germany); Federation of Hellenic Information Technology & Communications Enterprises – SEPE (Greece); Hungarian Association of IT Companies – IVSZ (Hungary); ICT Ireland (Ireland); ANITEC (Italy); Infobalt (Lithuania); FIAR Consumer Electronics (Netherlands); Nederland ICT (Netherlands); IKT Norge (Norway); KIGEIT (Poland); PIIT (Poland); AGEFE (Portugal); APDETIC (Romania); IT Asociacia Slovenska (Slovakia); Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia – GZS (Slovenia); AMETIC (Spain); Foreningen Teknikforetagen i Sverige(The Association of Swedish Engineering Industries) (Sweden); IT&Telekomföretagen (Sweden) ;SWICO (Switzerland); ECID (Turkey) ; TESID (Turkey); TÜBISAD (Turkey); IT Ukraine (Ukraine); Intellect (UK).