Benefits of Membership
EURIM is not
a conduit for lobbying but for better informing public debate.
The benefits of membership will depend on what you put in, time and resources,
over and above your subscriptions. Some members wish merely to keep in touch
with what is happening and receive notices of policy initiatives and
consultations. Others wish not only to work with their peers to influence what
is happening but to help set the political agendas of the future, before
policies are drafted.
Opportunities to help set the policies of the future
EURIM brings together working groups from the ICT industry
(suppliers, users, trade associations and professional bodies) to work with
officials to analyse issues not well addressed by others, identify possible ways
forward, test these for consensus (professional, industrial and political) and
help achieve sensible outcomes during the legislative process.
EURIM’s past track record on issues like Data Protection,
Telecommunications Policy, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers, the
electronic signatures legislation, Y2K and Good Practice in planning and
procurement mean that members can genuinely help improve the legislative
process, not just via high-level political contact, but by working with those
responsible for drafting policy, particularly where it cuts across departmental
boundaries.
This does, however, require that members are willing to work with
their competitors, as well as their partners, suppliers and customers to provide
well informed and balanced inputs to discussion.
EURIM is increasingly proactively consulted by Government and
Officials as part of the pre-legislative process and has an excellent track
record of success in making constructive and transparent suggestions at all
stages of the consultation process. That position is achieved and maintained by
the quality of the inputs from its members.
"EURIM is an
indispensable forum for progressing the policy interests of the Information
Society between business, parliamentarians and officials in a climate of expert,
professional and confidential dialogue."
Chris Godwin, Government Programmes, IBM (UK) Ltd
Opportunities to make your
views known before future legislation/regulation is agreed
EURIM’s ongoing high level dialogue with politicians and
officials enables members to communicate business perspectives to decision
makers at the start of the legislative process, before commitments are made and
the policy choices are formalised for consultation. Focussed discussion at the
policy-making stage has long term benefits for all parties, especially if it is
followed by well-informed debate at each stage, from consultation and
pre-legislative scrutiny through legislative debate to the statutory instruments
and regulatory decisions.
A flexible structure allows EURIM to respond quickly to
developments in the legislative and pre-legislative arena. Working groups and
sub-groups are formed around issues with a focus on specific objectives and are
then disbanded once their work is complete.
"EURIM's
roundtable approach is particularly successful in finding consensus and
highlighting areas of concern that need to be addressed."
Sarah Terry, Head of Govt. Relations UK, Nortel Networks
Opportunities to network with decision makers in
Government and Business
EURIM's Parliamentary membership comprises MPs, Peers and MEPs
and includes Ministers, Select Committee Chairmen and members and their
counterparts in the European Parliament. The diversity of EURIM's Industry
membership, which spans large and small corporations, uses and suppliers, trade
associations, professional bodies and other not-for-profit organisations, allows
for a more complete representation of the ICT sector and makes senior figures
more willing to attend events and listen.
"EURIM
provides a distinctive forum in which to tackle topical policy issues with a
broad range of relevant stakeholders."
Nick Penston, Cisco Systems
Opportunities to work with EURIM's partner organisations on
joint events and initiatives
EURIM works with and through partners such as Intellect, UK
Payments, CPS, DEMOS, IPPR, BCS, CILIP, IET, ISSA and the BSG wherever possible
so as to demonstrate the collective views of industry on the need for change -
or to persuade politicians to leave things to evolve without government
intervention because of the risk that intervention would not achieve its
objectives and might even be counter-productive.
"Participation
in EURIM and its sister organisation PITCOM, is our way of keeping our 14,000
members in touch with the many UK and EU proposals to change the way they are
permitted to do e-business and of channelling their views and experience to
where it matters."
Vanessa Hymas, IMIS
Opportunities to keep abreast of developments that will change
the way you do business
EURIM members receive notice of consultations on the subjects in
which they have shown interest and events organised by partners on those
consultations. Where no-one else is doing so, EURIM will organise round tables
with those running consultations to help ensure balanced responses – and
collective responses on points where there is agreement. Members have access to
all responses to consultation exercises, along with published status reports,
briefings, position papers and guides. Members can also access a large archive
of unpublished papers, minutes and other documents that trace the course of
legislation and which provide vital background information for new developments.
"EURIM helps inform debate by keeping us
up to date with business thinking."
Richard Allan
"Membership of EURIM helps us keep in
touch with new and emerging issues relating to the Information Society and the
application of ICT in the wider social, economic and political context."
Mike Allen, Oakleigh Consulting Ltd
Other Comments from EURIM Members
"EURIM
brings together expertise from parliament, public sector and the ICT
industry in a valuable discussion forum to influence the
modernisation of government in the UK."
Stephen
Darvill, Marketing & Govt Relations Director, Logica
"What is of most interest to me about EURIM is that there is a
broad range of interests involved in its debates."
Anthony Parish, Chairman, Intellect
EURIM Achievements
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EURIM was one of the first organisations to recognise the impact
of the proposed RIP legislation. It helped organise
well-informed discussion and inputs at every stage: from the
original consultation, through the passage of the Bill to the
Statutory Instrument for the “Lawful interception of business
communications”.
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EURIM alerted government and politicians to the need for
co-operation with industry in the fight against e-Crime. The
ground-breaking EURIM-IPPR study set the original agenda for
what is now the UK Cyber Crime Strategy. It is helping launch
the E-Crime Reduction Partnership, to turn rhetoric into action.
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on Achievements
What does the subscription cover?
Membership of all
working groups and sub-groups. Corporate and Associate members
may nominate different representatives to join each working
group or sub-group.
Access to all group
activities, meetings and events.
Access to all EURIM
documentation:- minutes, briefings, overviews, guides, status
reports, position statements, consultation responses, etc.
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