Press Release: Commission welcomes Candidate Countries’ push to embrace e-economy

At the launch of the eEurope Plus Action Plan on 16 June 2001 in Gothenburg, the European Commission warmly welcomed the undertaking of the Heads of Government of the EU Candidate Countries to embrace the challenges of the knowledge-based economy. The eEurope+ Action Plan aims to assist in accelerating reform and modernisation of the economies in the Candidate Countries through the use of Information Society technologies and tools. It is mirrored on the eEurope 2002 Action Plan of the EU-15 but with additions and changes of the objectives, actions and timetable to reflect the economic and social situation in the Candidate Countries.