Report Launched by An Tanaiste

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Interns needed!

Graduates, ideally post-graduates, with excellent academic credentials, and varied experience wanted to provide research assistance on The Next Leap‘s continuing work.

Ideal candidate will have a legal or an economics degree/postgraduate degree, will be conversant with web tools, and will have an interest in one or more of the areas covered in The Next Leap. The IIEA is neutral, and all suitable candidates will be considered.

Coverage – The Irish Times “Digital sector to play key role in economic recovery”

Coverage – The Irish Times “Digital sector to play key role in economic recovery”, 23 January 2009

8 questions – an Irish based digital legal content centre

I spoke to someone in Government about how we move the idea of an Irish based digital content services centre along, taking into account what we have discussed here on the blog. As a result, there are eight follow up questions to get this thing moving:

1. What are the clear objectives of such a Centre?
2. Why, specifically, Ireland as a location?
3. What environment will it require (taxation, regulatory, technological) – i.e. what must Government or industry do to make it happen?
4. What would be the cost, and to whom?
5. What would be the benefit, in economic and social Impact?
6. Can Ireland as a secure location which respects IPR be incorporated.
7. As a parallel action, is it a good idea to consider how data centres here can tie into the digital content services hub?
8. Should this be limited to legal services, or can it be wider in scope without harming the likelihood of it actually happening?

Please give your responses…

Coverage – Irish Independent “Awarding extra maths marks ‘will boost pupil numbers'”

Irish Independent “Awarding extra maths marks ‘will boost pupil numbers'” 6 January 2008

An Irish-based EMEA Digital Legal Services Centre?

We’re thinking of moving ahead, initially, on the concept of a “digital legal services centre”. This could be an IFSC type development from which services such as  intellectual property, rights clearance, payments, data protection, retention & privacy etc. could be provided for digital firms operating within the EMEA region.

If there is sufficient support (financial as well as practical), the IIEA will initiate a scoping excersize to consider the feasibility and benefits of an Irish-based EMEA or EU digital legal services centre. The IIEA will also work to bring the interested parties together to take the idea further.

If anyone is interested in this idea, please contact me through this blog, or E-mail johnny.ryan@iiea.com.

The initial idea in Trend 4 is that this could focus on payments and rights clearance for digital content, but as Trend 5 shows, the scope might be broader. This means that a digital legal services centre may be directly relevant to many businesses. 

— edit, 12/1/2009, a discussion on this post is ongoing at https://nextleap.wordpress.com/suggest-next-steps/

Coverage – Silicon Republic “Urgent call for digital industry task force”

Silicon Republic, “Urgent call for digital industry task force”, 15 December 2008 

Coverage – Sunday Business Post “Digital still the way forward for Ireland”

Sunday Business Post, “Digital still the way forward for Ireland”, 28 December 2008

Advance information

Paul Rellis, Managing Director of Microsoft Ireland, foreword, p.7

“Now is the time to create the vision of a new economic reality… If Ireland fosters innovation and enterprise in the digital space, it can create social and economic benefits.  However, to do so requires bold and brave investment.  In forty years’ time, historians will look back at the actions we took to address the challenges and opportunities presented to us. They will commend our foresight on the basis of the actions we take now.”

Welcome

Welcome to this blog. The entire text of The Next Leap: Competitive Ireland in the Digital Era is open for comments – page titles on right hand side of screen. Feedback is welcomed, and will be responded to.

Title: The Next Leap: Competitive Ireland in the Digital Era
Subtitle: Strategic Report on the Trends of Change in the Digital Sector, and Government Opportunities for Action, Based on the IIEA Digital Sector Stakeholders’ Consultation

The Next Leap: Competitive Ireland in the Digital Era is intended to be a useful point of reference as Government considers a new national strategy to maximise Ireland’s competitive advantage in the digital era. It is an exercise in digital foresight that describes: Emerging trends that will characterise the digital environment incoming years; and Government actions that could capitalise on these trend. This report presents a cross-cutting draft plan of action derived from the diverging inputs of stakeholders across the digital sector.

Publisher: The Institute of International & European Affairs [visit site]
Author: Johnny Ryan [visit blog]
ISBN-13: 978-1-874109-95-2
EAN: 9781874109952

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