A PURE POLITICAL GATHERING,DESTINED TO PREPARE ACTIVITIES FOR  THE NEW YEAR 2013,WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED BY EU ,AS THE CITIZENS YEAR.
OUR REPRESENTATIVE'S SPEECH WAS ABOUT THE SOLIDARITY WHICH SHOULD BE SHOWN,ON BEHALF OF EU'S INSTITUTIONS,PERSONS,EMPLOYEES  REGARDING THE AUSTERITY MEASURES,ALREADY BEING IMPLEMENTED TO VARIOUS MS.
ALSO IT WAS ADVISED TO THE SUMMIT,NOT TO BE FOLLOWED THE LIGHT HAPPY POLICY  METHOD,FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS ATTEMPT,BUT A SERIOUS AND HIGHLY FOCUSED  ONE ,TOWARDS DIRECT DEMOCRATIC WAYS.
A DIRECT VOTING TOOK PLACE WHICH  DECLARED THE GROUP'S WILL ,FOR NON INVOLVEMENT OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES,IN THE ECAS INITIATIVE.

B)IMPROVING TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT DECISION MAKING
AT ICT connect  ON 6/11/12

The workshop agenda featured, among others, presenters from Transparency International, Ministry of Justice and Public Administration of Slovenia, Ministry of Finance of Finland, Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration and Reform, Government Office of the Slovak Republic, Capgemini Consulting.
The nine presentations, the debate, the interviews and the four working groups of the knowledge café have provided significant feedback on how transparency is perceived at the moment in the EU, what are the main goals for the administrations, how the basic barriers can be tackled and how it is possible to construct measurable targets for transparency. These contributions tried to fill in the gap concerning the scarce availability of information of what has been done so far and how is transparency understood.

SOURCE  EPRACTICE.EU


C)TRANSPORT BUSINESS SUMMIT  AT BRUSSELS  ON 27/11/12

THE CONFERENCE WAS ORGANIZED BY EC,HONORABLE CITIZEN AND VICE PRESIDENT  MR SIIM KALAS  AND DG MOBILITY AND TRANSPORT.
A VERY CRITICAL POINT WAS QUESTIONED BY EPAPHOS :
RUSSIA AND OTHER EX USSR COUNTRIES ARE PREPARING A  ONE ZONE CURRENCY TO THEIR PERIPHERY.
ON THE OTHER HAND USA,IS AUGMENTING  OIL PRODUCTION RESOURCES,IN SUCH LEVELS WHICH WILL MAKE  IT AGAIN ,TO BE ONE OF  THE PROTAGONISTS FOR FOSSIL  ENERGY PRODUCTION.
HOW THESE TWO IMPORTANT DECISIONS WILL AFFECT EUROPEAN UNION'S TRANSPORT SYSTEMS?





D)REGIONS AND CITIES READY: CITIZENS AGENDA GOING LOCAL
AT COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS ON 28/11/12






E)Conference Applications and  Implications of Human Factors on Airport Security
AT EC SECURITY PREMISES ON 29-30/12/12





CT)WATER SCIENCE REACHING POLICY AND INDUSTRY ON 3/12/12




Z)VISUALIZATION SIMULATION AND VISUAL COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES
AT EU REGION TYROL-S.TYROL-TRENTINO AT 4/12/12




H)TECNHOLOGY TRENDS AT ALB.BORSCHETTE ON 7/12/12


A VERY INTERESTING SUMMIT ,WHERE IT WAS ASKED BY OUR TEAMWORK IN WHICH BROADBAND OF SPECTRUM ,THE GALILEO SAT SYSTEM ,NOW WORKING  AROUND 1,20 GHZ /upL-BAND,AS IT WAS MENTIONED, IS GOING TO BE DIRECTED?
THE DATA  UPLOADING/DOWNLOADING ARE AUGMENTING RAPIDLY,WITH ONLY 3-4 SATELLITES ON THE SKIES,BROADBAND WIDTH SHOULD BE WIDER ,WITHOUT INTERFERING WITH THE FREQUENCIES FROM OTHER ZONE/STATES GROUP SATELLITE COMPETATIVE SYSTEMS.


TH)SEMINAR ON E-PROCUREMENT AT ALB.BORSCHETTE ON 14/12/12

DURING THE SESSION THE BELGIAN RAILWAYS PUT AN INTRIGUING QUESTION,REGARDING THE DANGER OF LAPSE FOR HUMAN  PERSONAL TRANSACTIONS,WHEN ON THE OTHER SIDE A MULTINATIONAL CO STAKEHOLDER POSED THE ISSUE OF LOCAL LANGUAGE AS AN OBSTACLE FOR THE CONTRACTING  AUTHORITIES AND AUDITORS.
EPAPHOS TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO DECLARE ONCE MORE ,THE METER BETWEEN HUMAN AND MACHINE TRANSACTION ,PLUS THE NEED IN EU FOR CREATING THROUGH SEMANTICS TECHNOLOGY,A MULTILINGUAL TOOL ,WHICH TOGETHER WITH LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES MIGHT FACILITATE THE  CONTRACTORS IN REGIONAL TENDERING PROCESSES.


THESE EVENTS,DURING 2012 ,WHICH MOSTLY HAD AN OBSERVATIONAL AND RESEARCH  PERSPECTIVE,HAVE CLOSED A BIGGER CYCLE  WHICH BEGAN ON 2008,CONCERNING THE EU AFFAIRS.
WE HAVE FOLLOWED ALL THESE YEARS MORE OR LESS 350 EVENTS ,CONFERENCES,SUMMITS ETC,WHICH ENRICHED US WITH LOTS OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING.
THANKS ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT,DEDICATION AND PARTICIPATION TO OUR ACTIVITIES.
IT IS WISHED 
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
AND HEALTHY AND FRUITFUL  2013,
WITH
PEACE,LOVE AND SOLIDARITY.

ANGELOS CHARLAFTIS