Information, communication, openness

The object of this paper is to present the main principles and framework for the Commission's future information and communication policy and to identify the necessary procedures and structures to ensure its implementation. It outlines the political context of the problem and, in general terms, the proposed conceptual and organizational remedies. It will be followed by a series of more specific proposals as outlined in the conclusion which will be fully implemented before the end of 1993.

The recommendations take into account the internal screening of Commission services in 1991 and its follow-up as regards the Directorate-General for Information, Communication, Culture and Audiovisual Media, the De Clercq Report of March 1993, and the Oostlander Report currently being discussed in the European Parliament, which have made important contributions to the debate and provided a broad consensus about the main problem areas.