Społeczeństwo informacyjne jako obszar wsparcia UE w celu realizacji Strategii Lizbońskiej na przykładzie jednostek samorządu terytorialnego

During the Lisbon summit, held in March 2000, leaders of 15 EU member states adopted an ambitious programme called the Lisbon Strategy whose primary objective was to close the economic gap between Europe and the USA. In Lisbon the EU member states agreed to increase the flexibility of the labour markets, stimulate innovation, activate entrepreneurs, and spend more on research and development and to complete the Internal Market. Launching these measures was to make the EU the most competitive, dynamic, knowledge- based economy of the world by 2010, capable of sustainable growth, socially cohesive and with more and better jobs. The aims of the Lisbon Strategy cannot be reached without the creating foundations of information society. In this regard Poland is lags behind most of the EU member states. Therefore, since 2004 Poland has availed itself of structural funds designed for such projects. In the years 2007-2013 just one operational programme the Innovative Economy, will provide 2,2 billion euros for the development of the information society.