The 112 Newsletter, Issue 18

The call for papers is open and you can already submit you papers by filling and sending the form downloadable here to gm@eena.org.

To read more about the 1st European Security and Safety Summit, click here

The registration forms are already available for download and have to be sent back by email to gm@eena.org as well as one copy signed by post.

PLEASE SELECT CAREFULLY THE FORM CORRESPONDING TO YOUR PROFILE

Registration form for companies , i.e. organizations with an economic interest in the 112 (equipment manufacturers, operators of fixed and mobile telephone network, insurance companies).

Registration form for 1 person companies i.e. one person organizations with an economic interest in the 112 (such as consultants).

Registration form for companies without stand i.e. organizations with an economic interest in the 112 (equipment manufacturers, operators of fixed and mobile telephone network, insurance companies) that does not want to exhibit.

Registration form for professional users organisations i.e. organizations using the 112 in a professional context (emergency medical services, rescue and fire-fighting services, police, civil protection).

Registration form for professional users unique visitors i.e. unique visitor from organizations using the 112 in a professional context (emergency medical services, rescue and fire-fighting services, police, civil protection)

Registration form for final users organisations i.e. organizations or associations of final users (consumers, victims, volunteers, tourists, holiday organizers, automobile clubs).

An electronic petition to make the 112 a European priority

EENA is launching an electronic petition with an objective of one million signatures to make the 112 a European Priority. EENA already has the support of a weekly growing number of Members of the European Parliament, which let us consider a future success for this initiative.

It is of great importance that you disseminate the petition within your networks.

Banners are available for download and you can use them for you website and e-mails signature to promote the initiative.

Please do not forget to provide a link to http://www.112petition.eu/

You can also copy and paste by SELECTING CAREFULLY the banners below. Please check that the link to http://www.112petition.eu/ is provided.

Parliamentary questions on 112 from elected politicians to French, Italian and European Parliaments

Mr. Thierry Mariani, French Deputy, Mr. Renato Galeazzi, Italian Deputy, Mr. Gérard Onesta and Mr. Marc Tarabella, Members of the European Parliament supporting the 112 electronic petition sent some parliamentary questions available below.

The European Parliament provides its support to EENA's arguments

Following the Petition introduced by EENA in July 2005, EENA's arguments were officially considered in the Committee on Petitions' reply. Letters were sent to the Commission and the European Council "to make sure that 112 emergency number is known, fully accessible and operational across the European Union".

European Ombudsman agrees on European Commission's maladministration of 112

After the complaint to the European Commission submitted by EENA, The European Ombudsman agreed on the maladministration of the 112 matter by the European Commission:
"The commission's failure to inform EENA about the complaints Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom thus constitutes an instance of maladministration".

EENA to launch a blog to gather emergency telecommunications' stakeholders

A  blog address has been booked by EENA in order to provide an online interactive platform for the actors involved in emergency telecommunications such as emergency services, industries, authorities and of course citizens. The updates on emergency telecommunications will be posted on the blog daily.

Before it is officialy launched, you are invited to provide your input on what you expect to be on that platform by sending an e-mail to Mr. Gary Machado at gm@eena.org.

You can also leave your details at the same e-mail address if you want to be warned for the official start of the blog, expected to be available around the 11/2.

EENA and the media

Two articles have been published lately in European Newspapers after EENA's contacts with journalists. Below are the articles from Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung (FAZ-Germany) and Politis (France).
Those who unfortunately did not receive our last press release can find it here.

RTL-TVI, TV NEWS, 13th September 2006

BFM & Radio Contact, 13th September 2006

BEL RTL Radio, 13th September 2006

Access to 112 emergency number still far from perfect, Europolitics, 12th September 2006

EENA was there

- 22nd November PSC-Europe networking session, IST 2006 in Helsinki, Finland.
  
  Read EENA's presentation here

- 18th November 10th Anniversary of Notre Europe, "Our Europe Tomorrow", Senate, Palais du Luxembourg, Paris, France
  
  Read more here

- 28th September Technical Chamber of Greece, "Road safety and National Centre of Emergency Medicine: What happens after the accident? ", Athens, Greece

See EENA's presentation here.

European Commission's worries on e-call

The European Commission warned the Member States  on December 11th regarding the implementation of e-call systems to European Cars: "While there has been significant progress at European level, some Member States have been slow to invest in infrastructure, and industry now refuses further action".

EENA warned the Commission several times that until no multidisciplinary committee on emergency telecommunications is set up with the objective to issue the user's requirements and provide a framework with best practices on legal and technical aspects, it is useless to expect any significant progress in Member States regarding e-call system and calls to 112 (also used by the e-call system). These were the arguments exposed by EENA in European Voice, June 2005.

Update of the emergency telecommunications article

The article summarising the state of emergency telecommunications in Europe has been updated and is available below.
You are kindly invited to disseminate it through your networks and to the media.

EENA promotes citizen requirements at PSC Europe Forum

EENA is acting in the PSC (Public Safety Communication) Europe Forum in order to bring the citizens' matter on the agenda and to assure high level citizen requirements.
We kindly invite you to join the forum and to register.

Location Network Performance Management: You can't manage what you don't measure!

TechnoCom's Location Assurance Manager Platform has been installed at four major wireless operators in the States allowing them to measure analyze and report on the accuracy of their location networks. The platform plays a key role in ensuring that PSAP(s) receive the best possible location information for each emergency phone call.

Luxemburg's Authorities promote European Emergency Number 112 as well as Cyprus' Authorities

The Government of Luxemburg launched a promotion campaign of 112.