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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">We've been talking about it in EPFSUG
too:<br>
<blockquote><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://epfsug.eu/wws/arc/epfsug/2012-12/msg00045.html">http://epfsug.eu/wws/arc/epfsug/2012-12/msg00045.html</a><br>
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But the parliament doesn't block Tor, does it?<br>
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//Erik<br>
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On 09/04/2013 10:49 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Camino.MANJON@ec.europa.eu">Camino.MANJON@ec.europa.eu</a> wrote:<br>
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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color:
#000000;font-size: 10pt;">Dear all,
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<div>And now the full EC link, for all those ones, like our
friends in CN for instance, where bitly is blocked</div>
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<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/smart-2013n004-%97-european-capability-situational-awareness"
target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/smart-2013n004-—-european-capability-situational-awareness</a></div>
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<div>Thanks Erik J. for the warning.</div>
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<div>Seems we do really have a problem with censorship (jokingly
said of course)</div>
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<div>I hope we can also input that to ECSA! </div>
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<div>All the best</div>
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<div>Ms Camino Manjon<br>
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color="#000000" face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b>
MANJON Camino (CNECT)<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 03 September 2013 17:27<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>;
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Irp@lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org">Irp@lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org</a>;
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>;
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu">liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu</a>; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pet@lists.links.org">pet@lists.links.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Call for Tenders SMART 2013/N004
“European Capability for Situational Awareness” (ECSA) -
European Federation for cyber-censorship and human
rights monitoring<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-US"><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Dear
colleagues (and some friends in the lists),</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-US"><br>
</p>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman',
serif" size="3">
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US">The purpose
of this email is to inform you of the recent
publication of the
</span></font><font color="#000000"><span
lang="en-US"><b>Call for Tenders </b></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><b>SMART
2013/N004 “European Capability for
Situational Awareness” (ECSA).
</b></span></font><font color="#000000"><span
lang="en-US"><span
style="background:transparent">I</span></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="background:transparent">f you are
interested in this contract, you should
submit your tender no later than <b><u>26/09/2013</u></b></span></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="background:transparent">.</span></span></font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="background:transparent"><br>
</span></span></font></font></font></p>
</font>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman',
serif" size="3">
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">You
will find all the relevant information
(invitation to the tender, tender
specifications and model contract) in the
following link: </span></font></font></font></p>
</font>
<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium; "><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://bit.ly/16E6sfG" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/16E6sfG</a></span></p>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman',
serif" size="3">
<p><br>
</p>
</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New
Roman', serif" size="3">
<p><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">At the
initiative of the
<b>Directorate General for </b></span></font></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><b>Communications
Networks, Content and Technology</b> (DG
</span></font></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">CONNECT),</span></font></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"> in
close cooperation with other European
Commission services (DG Development and
Cooperation and DG Enterprise) and the
European External Action Service (EEAS), the
European Commission has put in place the
No-Disconnect Strategy.</span></font></font></font><sup><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
class="sdfootnoteanc"
name="sdfootnote1anc"
href="#sdfootnote1sym"><sup>1</sup></a></span></font></font></font></sup><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"> The
goal of this policy toolkit is </span></font></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><b>to
provide on-going support to
counter-censorship and surveillance to
facilitate the role of
</b></span></font></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><b>activists,
political dissidents, bloggers,
journalists and citizens living and/or
operating in high-risk environments, or
elsewhere</b></span></font></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal">. This way we </span></span></font></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal">make
operational our commitment to uphold human
rights and fundamental freedoms online and
support that the No-Disconnect Strategy
embraces the wider EU strategy for Human
Rights.</span></span></font></font></font><sup><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
class="sdfootnoteanc"
name="sdfootnote2anc"
href="#sdfootnote2sym"><sup>2</sup></a></span></span></font></font></font></sup></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span
lang="en-US"><br>
</span></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span
lang="en-US">For those who are not yet
familiar with the Strategy, its four main
strands of activity are:
</span><span lang="en-US"><b>(1)</b></span><span
lang="en-US"> development of technological
tools;
</span><span lang="en-US"><b>(2)</b></span><span
lang="en-US"> training/awareness and capacity
building;
</span><span lang="en-US"><b>(3)</b></span><span
lang="en-US"> development of methods to
provide a global capability for situational
awareness; and
</span><span lang="en-US"><b>(4)</b></span><span
lang="en-US"> cooperation with the
ICT/Internet industry, EU Member States and
third countries, also involved in the
protection of online freedom of expression and
privacy.
</span></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span
lang="en-US"><br>
</span></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US">The tender
"</span></font><font color="#000000"><span
lang="en-US"><b>European capability for
situational awareness</b></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US">" (ECSA) is
aimed at providing to the European
Commission the framework and information
necessary to evaluate the creation of a
wider
</span></font><font color="#000000"><span
lang="en-US"><u><b>European Federation for
cyber-censorship and human rights
monitoring, and the underlying system
infrastructure required to that end.</b></u></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><u><span
style="font-weight:normal">
</span></u></span></font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><u><b><br>
</b></u></span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="font-weight:normal" lang="en-US"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3">To achieve this objective,
the ICT-PSP Work Programme 2013 will support
the development of the ECSA platform with an
allocation of approximately EUR 400,000 for
the initial phase (conceptualization of the
platform according to the conditions seth
forth in the tender specifications that you
will find in the link above, and the design of
a first prototype of the systems
infrastructure and interactive map).</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New
Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><br>
</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New
Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">The
idea departed partially from the “</span><span
lang="en-US"><i>OECD Communiqué on Principles
for Internet Policy Making</i></span><span
lang="en-US">”, in particular the following
two ones:</span></font></font></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">“<font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">Develop
capacities to
</span></font></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><b>bring
publicly available, reliable data into
the policy-making process</b></span></font></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">.
Publicly available data can increase the
quality of all stakeholders’
participation in Internet policy- making
as well as governments’ ultimate policy
decisions. The collection, validation
and public dissemination of objective
data to inform Internet policy decisions
should be reinforced and used to augment
the combined research capacities of
governments, other competent authorities
and other stakeholders. International
comparable metrics will help to quantify
the ongoing economic developments and
assess the proportionality and
effectiveness of any policy solutions
created in multi-stakeholder processes.
Data gathering should be undertaken so
as to avoid administrative burdens and
data analysis should be done carefully
to enable sound policymaking.”</span></font></font></font></p>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">“<font face="Times
New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><b>T</b></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><b>ransparency,
fair process, and accountability.</b></span></font></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"> In
order to build public trust in the
Internet environment, policy-making
processes and substantive policies that
ensure transparency, fair process, and
accountability should be encouraged.
Transparency ensures that Internet users
have timely, accessible, and actionable
information that is relevant to their
rights and interests”. </span>
</font></font></font></p>
</li>
</ul>
</font><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;
font-size:medium"><font color="#000000"><span
lang="en-US">Is in this context in which we
realized that a tool enabling evidence-based
policy-making and transparency related, in this
case, to censorship and surveillance, could also
provide </span></font><font color="#000000"><span
lang="en-US"><b>situational awareness</b></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"> not only to EU
policy and decision makers but also to those
affected directly by the </span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US">aforementioned
restrictions, maximizing their empowerment:
political dissidents, activists, human rights
defenders, bloggers, journalists and several other
essential actors in the fight for online (and
offline) freedom.</span></font></span>
<p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New
Roman', serif" size="3"><br>
</font></p>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman',
serif" size="3">
<p><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal">Now,
</span></span></font></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><b>shifting
the focus of this email to the tender
itself</b></span></font></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal">, the tasks
outlined in the tender specifications (<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://bit.ly/16E6sfG"
target="_blank">http://bit.ly/16E6sfG</a>)
will address, among several other things,
the definition of the governance framework
and systems infrastructure that should
govern and support the operations of the
federation of organizations that tenderers
will have to propose, taking into account
that all sorts of expertise on
Internet-event monitoring will be needed.
</span></span></font></font></font></p>
<p><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal"><br>
</span></span></font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal">With the view
to translate the Internet reality into a “</span></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><b>cartography</b></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal">” of
cyber-censorship and cyber-surveillance,
the federation will be anchored in a
dynamic platform -controlled from a
</span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span
lang="en-US"><i><span
style="font-weight:normal">dashboard</span></i></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal">-, where the
aforementioned federated network of
partners with Internet and
censorship/surveillance monitoring
capabilities will aggregate a variety of
clearly defined sets of data (including
Open Data and Big Data) coming from
several sources and stakeholders. </span></span></font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal"><br>
</span></span></font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal">We expect this
project to provide reliable and real time
or near-real time information on the
status of network connectivity and network
traffic alterations/restrictions, as well
as timely information on legal, social and
political developments related to the use
of the Internet and media for the exercise
of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
</span></span></font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal"><br>
</span></span></font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal">As it seems
obvious, the gathering of data (and in
some cases of information) will be related
to the location and intensity of
cyber-censorship and surveillance in
non-democratic countries, nascent
democracies, jurisdictions where human
rights are most at risk or other parts of
the globe where similar trends</span></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-weight:normal">
</span></font><font color="#000000"><span
lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal">have been
arising in recent times.</span></span></font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal"><br>
</span></span></font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal">The data
gathering will have
</span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span
lang="en-US"><b>two tracks</b></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal">: the
</span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span
lang="en-US"><b>first</b></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal"> one addressing
restrictions/disruptions of Internet and
ICT infrastructure, access, traffic,
content, Internet cut-offs or security
events, </span></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><i><span
style="font-weight:normal">inter alia</span></i></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal">, overlaid with
a </span></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><b>second</b></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal"> track of
contextual data of political, social,
legal, regulatory, policy, media,
journalistic or human rights nature,
related to the Internet or not and with a
global scope, which would help provide the
full picture and enable the EU and other
actors to swiftly act upon reliable and
timely information. Examples of this
second track could be arrests of
journalists, restrictions on freedom of
expression in times of elections, laws
affecting Internet openness, crack-downs
on activists or restriction to NGO´s
establishment, to name a few.</span></span></font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal"><br>
</span></span></font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal">That near-real
time information will be mashed-up and
controlled from the dashboard, and
presented in a user-friendly manner,
ideally in different layers (thematic,
geographic, highly troubled areas, etc.)
through </span>
</span></font><font color="#000000"><span
lang="en-US"><b>interactive visualizations
via live maps as an essential condition,
</b></span></font><font color="#000000"><span
lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal">coupled with
the generation of alarms; subject-matter
reports and geographical reports. As you
will see in the tender, new ways of
dissemination of information are most
welcome.</span></span></font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal"><br>
</span></span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="font-weight:normal" lang="en-US"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3">As highlighted before,
this type of capability is expected to enhance
the current EU´s early-warning,
decision-making and policy-making skills and
strengthen the level of situational awareness
of, but not limited to, stakeholders such as
digital activists or human rights defenders,
but even researchers.</font></font></font></p>
<p style="font-weight:normal" lang="en-US"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><br>
</font></font></font></p>
<p style="font-weight:normal" lang="en-US"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3">In particular, the tasks
you will find in the tender are:</font></font></font></p>
<p style="font-weight:normal" lang="en-US"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><br>
</font></font></font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><font color="#000000"><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><b>Task
1 Creation of an Internet censorship
monitoring Federation</b></font></font></font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><font color="#000000"><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><b>Task
2 Provision of a Data Sources catalogue</b></font></font></font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><font color="#000000"><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><b>Task
3 Definition of a Data Governance Framework</b></font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><b>Task 4
Definition of the technical and
infrastructure specifications, features
and functionalities</b></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><b>
(including security measures)</b></span></font></font></font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><font color="#000000"><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><b>Task
5 Recommendations</b></font></font></font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><font color="#000000"><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><b><br>
</b></font></font></font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
size="3"><font color="#000000"><span
style="font-weight:normal">Some of the
expected positive impacts of ECSA we can
name are as follows:
</span></font><font color="#000000"><b>(1)</b></font><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-weight:normal"> Ensuring
</span></font>Internet resilience and
stability; <b>(2)</b> <font color="#000000">
<span style="font-weight:normal">Reinforcement
of early-warning capabilities and emergency
response
</span></font>concerning events affecting
human rights, legal, policy and media
restrictions;
<b>(3) </b>Better measurement of the evolution
of non-democratic environments to democratic
ones ("<i>democracy thermometer</i>");
<b>(4) </b>Better exchange of information and
capacity building among relevant stakeholders;
<b>(5) </b>Better response in case of attacks
to human rights and activists networks;
<b>(6)</b> Creation of a body of knowledge at
the disposal of academics and researchers, as
well as of the general public (Open Science);
<b>(7) </b>Publication of timely reports and
alarms on relevant Internet and human rights
related events (including activity and threat
reports);
<b>(8) </b><font color="#000000"><span
style="font-weight:normal">Support to the
implementation of Human Rights-based
approaches;
</span></font><font color="#000000"><b>(9)</b></font><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-weight:normal"> Optimization of
resources and tailored targeted grant
support in areas where human rights are most
at risk in terms of cyber censorship and
surveillance;
</span></font><font color="#000000"><b>(10)</b></font><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-weight:normal"> Reinforcement of
capabilities to ensure global Internet
connectivity;
</span></font><font color="#000000"><b>(11)</b></font><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-weight:normal"> Provide (new)
methods for network measurement;
</span></font><font color="#000000"><b>(12)</b></font><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-weight:normal"> Provision of a
new source of information about
</span></font><font color="#000000"><span
style="font-weight:normal">Internet security
and infrastructure incidents; or
</span></font><font color="#000000"><b>(13)</b></font><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-weight:normal"> Provision of
capabilities for crisis mapping, among
others.</span></font></font></font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
size="3"><font color="#000000"><span
style="font-weight:normal"><br>
</span></font></font></font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">In
</span><b>Part 1 of the Tender specifications</b><span
style="font-weight:normal"> you will find the</span><b>
Technical Description</b><span
style="font-weight:normal">, containing the
general context, the specific context and e</span><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-weight:normal">xamples of
organisations and existing projects in the
area of Internet monitoring (whereby some of
your projects we regularly observe are
mentioned).</span></font></font></font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
size="3"><font color="#000000"><span
style="font-weight:normal"><br>
</span></font></font></font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">As
regards the
</span><b>Elegibility Criteria</b><span
style="font-weight:normal">, we recommend you
to have a look in detail at
</span><b>Part</b><span
style="font-weight:normal"> </span><b>2 of
the Tender Specifications</b><span
style="font-weight:normal"> containing the
Administrative Details, in particular Section
1 “</span><b>Elegibility requirements</b><span
style="font-weight:normal">”; Section 2 “</span><b>Administrative
Requirements</b><span
style="font-weight:normal">”; Section 5.2 “</span><b>Selection
Criteria</b><span style="font-weight:normal">”
and Section 5.3 “</span><b>Award Criteria</b><span
style="font-weight:normal">”.</span></font></font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal"><br>
</span></font></font></p>
<p align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span
lang="en-US">At the request of tenderers,
additional information will be communicated
solely for the purpose of clarifying the
nature of the contract and the tender
specifications. Such information will have
to be communicated on the same date to all
interested parties hence your questions will
be published in the link referred to in the
document “invitation to the tender” (<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/l1626"
target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/l1626</a>).
This means that for whatever doubt you may
have, you can write directly to </span>
</font></font></font><font color="#000080"><span
lang="zxx"><u><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:camino.MANJON@ec.europa.eu"
target="_blank"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">camino.MANJON@ec.europa.eu</span></font></font></a></u></span></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">
(copying our functional mailbox </span></font></font></font><font
color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:CNECT-D1@ec.europa.eu"
target="_blank"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">CNECT-D1@ec.europa.eu</span></font></font></a></u></span></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">). We
will do so for transparency reasons and to
guarantee equal competition, making publicly
available both, question and answers.</span></font></font></font></p>
<p align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span
lang="en-US"><br>
</span></font></font></font></p>
<p align="LEFT"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
size="3"><font color="#000000"><span
lang="en-US">The
</span></font><font color="#000000"><span
lang="en-US"><b>opening of received tenders</b></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"> will take
place on
</span></font><font color="#000000"><span
lang="en-US"><b>10/10/2013</b></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"> at
</span></font><font color="#000000"><span
lang="en-US"><i><b>10.00h</b> </i></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-style:normal">in the
Commission building located in Avenue de
Beaulieu 25, Brussels. One authorised
representative of each tenderer may attend
such opening. Tenderers who plan to attend
the opening session have to inform me (</span></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><i>Ms
Camino Manjon Sierra)
</i></span></font><font color="#000000"><span
lang="en-US"><span style="font-style:normal">by
e-mail <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:camino.MANJON@,ec.europa.eu">camino.MANJON@,ec.europa.eu</a>; by fax
(+32 2 296 89 70) or letter at least 72h
in advance.</span></span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
</font><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;
font-size:medium">I adva<font color="#000000"><span
lang="en-US">nce a
</span></font><font color="#000000"><span
lang="en-US"><b>clerical mistake</b></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"> in the section
referring to the information to be stated in the
outer envelope when you send us over your tenders:
"INVITATION TO TENDER </span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><b>SMART </b></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal">2013/N004 /
</span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span
lang="en-US"><b>FULL OJ REF" "NOT TO BE OPENED
</b></span></font><font color="#000000"><span
lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:normal">BY
THE MESSENGER/COURIER SERVICE"
</span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span
lang="en-US"><b>"NOT TO BE OPENED
</b></span></font><font color="#000000"><span
lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:normal">BY
THE OPENING COMMITTEE BEFORE
</span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span
lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span
style="background:#ffff00">16</span></span></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal"><span
style="background:transparent">/9/2013</span></span></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal">", where 16/9/2013
should be </span></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal"><span
style="background:#ffff00">26</span></span></span></font><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-weight:normal">/09/2013.</span></span></font></span><font
class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman',
serif" size="3">
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="LEFT"><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><font
color="#000000"><span lang="en-US">As a
closing, I would like to sincerely thank my
colleague and mentor Andrea Glorioso for his
support in the firs steps of this complex
project and for conducting our European
Capability Situational Awareness workshop
celebrated in November 2012, when due to a
contractual pause before my current position
in the European Commission I could not be on
the driving seat or provide any out of the
box thinking! </span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="LEFT"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">I take
the opportunity to also sincerely thank all
those organizations which took part in the
workshop
</span></font></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3">(Agenda available at </font></font></font><font
color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf//document.cfm?doc_id=1094"
target="_blank"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3">http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf//document.cfm?doc_id=1094</font></font></a></u></span></font><font
color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">).</span></font></font></font></u></span></font></p>
<p align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
</font><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;
font-size:medium">We look forward to receiving your
proposals and we thank you all for the good
inspiration that your work has meant for us.</span><font
class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman',
serif" size="3">
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Cmd+Click to follow link" target="_blank">1</a><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/neelie-kroes/eu-fighting-cybercensorship/">http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/neelie-kroes/eu-fighting-cybercensorship/</a></p>
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color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
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<p align="LEFT"><font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="text-decoration:none">Best
regards</span></span></font></font></font></span></font></p>
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</font><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;
font-size:medium"><b>Ms Camino Manjon Sierra</b></span><font
class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman',
serif" size="3">
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="LEFT"><font
color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-style:normal"><span
style="text-decoration:none"><span
style="font-weight:normal">European
Commission - DG Communication
Networks, Content and Technology</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="LEFT"><font
color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-style:normal"><span
style="text-decoration:none"><span
style="font-weight:normal">Unit D1
(International relations)</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="LEFT"><font
color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-style:normal"><span
style="text-decoration:none"><span
style="font-weight:normal">Internet
Governance; ICANN GAC; dot.EU;
Internet and Human Rights</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="LEFT"><font
color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-style:normal"><span
style="text-decoration:none"><span
style="font-weight:normal">Desk
Officer Iran, Syria, Sudan, Iraq
& Yemen</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="LEFT"><font
color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-style:normal"><span
style="text-decoration:none"><span
style="font-weight:normal">Avenue
de Beaulieu 25 (5/98) / B-1049 /
Brussels / Belgium</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="LEFT"><font
color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-style:normal"><span
style="text-decoration:none"><span
style="font-weight:normal">T:
+32-2-29-78797</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="LEFT"><font
color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-style:normal"><span
style="text-decoration:none"><span
style="font-weight:normal">M:
+32-488-203-447</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span></font></p>
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color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-style:normal"><span
style="text-decoration:none"><span
style="font-weight:normal">Twitter
@msprotonneutron</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span></font></p>
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color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="font-style:normal"><span
style="text-decoration:none"><span
style="font-weight:normal">Linked-In
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/camino-manjon/50/b20/240"
target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/pub/camino-manjon/50/b20/240</a></span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial" size="-1">Erik Josefsson</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">Advisor on Internet Policies</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1"><a
href="http://www.greens-efa.eu/36-details/josefsson-erik-138.html">Greens/EFA
Group</a></font><br>
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