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The 112 Newsletter, Issue 20
European Emergency Number Association - EENA 112
6th & 7th June 2007
Heysel, Brussels, Belgium
Organised with Ready!, the Emergency Preparedness and Response Conference and Exposition, the 1st European Security and Safety Summit was dedicated to providing the solutions first responders need to coordinate incident planning and management efforts though various sessions on 112, interoperability, alert systems and telematics and eCall issues.
We thank our sponsors INTRADO and ERICSSON thanks to which have the pleasure to send you the very demanded After Event Page providing the powerpoint presentations and the videos of the conference!
We also invite you to have a look at the presentation of Mr Hemmerechts from Cisco who did not have the chance to show it during the event.
The 112 enjoying a wide success at the European Parliament through the 112 Written Declaration
After the launch of the citizens initiative for an efficient 112 available at www.112petition.eu, EENA is now supporting a Written Declaration launched at the EP by Diana Wallis (Vice-President of the EP), Gérard Onesta (Vice-President of the EP), Alejo Vidal-Quadras (Vice-President of the EP), Marc Tarabella (MEP) and Dimitrios Papadimoulis (MEP). This Written Declaration is now enjoying an overwhelming success with 213 MEPs who already signed for a proper implementation of the 112 in the EU. However, EENA welcomes everyone who wants to contribute to the success of the Written Declaration and invites you to send emails to the Members of the European Parliament to get their commitment and signatures. Please send them the following:
"Dear ...,
As a European Citizen, I invite you to consider and sign the Written Declaration 44 on the European Emergency Call Number 112 to contribute to the improvement of this European Service.
Best regards,"
For information: A written declaration is a text of a maximum of 200 words on a matter falling within the European Union's sphere of activities. If the declaration is signed by a majority of the MEPs, it is forwarded to the President, who announces it in plenary.
At the end of the part-session, the declaration is forwarded to the institutions named in the text, together with the names of the signatories. It should be noted that a Written Declaration endorsed proves high political support and will therefore lead to actions undertaken by the European Institutions.
Please find here the Written Declaration in English (other languages available upon request at ...EENA team flew to USA after the 1st European Security and Safety Summit
In order to give a global perspective to Emergency Telecommunications issue, EENA attended the 26th NENA Conference in Charlotte (North -Carolina) and had a meeting with Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton's office.
You will be informed about the next steps!
EENA's contribution was accepted and used by the European Commission regarding Community Action on Health Services
EENA is glad to announce that the EC considered EENA's contribution (available here here) and published it in the results of its consultations, enhancing the need to establish quality standards and quality criteria.
German Citizens committed to an efficient 112
EENA is glad to have received contributions from honourable citizens dedicated to an efficient 112 in Germany and therefore invited Mr Joachim Spohn to participate to the 1st European Security and Safety Summit last week in Brussels and to provide a speech during the opening plenary session. Mr Joachim Spohn was also rewarded through the 112 Award for the Best Citizen Initiative.
If you also, as a European citizen, want to get commited to an efficient 112, please contact us at info@eena.org
Parliamentary questions on 112 from elected politicians to Belgian and European Parliaments
Mr Kader Arif, Member of the European Parliament and Mr. Stijn Bex, Member of the Belgian Parliament, provided their respective parliaments with questions on the functionning of 112.
Parliamentary question from Mr Arif on the Emergency Number 112 (fr) (5086B)Short documentary on the 112 broadcasted on the main French TV News
EENA reached 10 million people on Wednesday 6th while a documentary on 112 was broadcasted on TF1 underlining the ignorance of 112, the absence of caller-location as well as a weak and slow translating system in France.
View the short documentary here (0B)112 Awards Winner presents its 112 Video Project
Nuno Carvalho, from Portugal, won last week the 112 Awards for the Best Project Initiative during the 1st European Security and Safety Summit. Please find below some more information on his project.
EENA's official blog now available!
You are all invited to participate to this blog which intends to become THE platform for emergency telecommunications issue in Europe. You can find it at this address: 112eu.blogspot.com. Several articles have already been posted to which you are invited to react! We expect active participation from you!