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About TAP

The Telematics Applications Programme is part of the European Commission’s Fourth Framework Programme for research and technology development, running from 1994 to 1998. It has two main aims:

• to further promote the competitiveness of European industry and the efficiency of services of public interest and to stimulate job creation through the development of new telematics systems and services in such areas as telework and teleservices.
• to promote research activities necessary for other common policies within the Treaty on the European Union, such as promoting European growth, social and regional cohesion, and quality of life for all citizens. 

The programme is divided into five main areas of work, each of which is sub-divided into a number of sectors:

• Telematics for services of public interest: consisting of
  Administrations and Transport. 
• Telematics for knowledge: consisting of Research, Education and Training, and Libraries.
• Telematics for improving employment and the quality of life:
  consisting of: Urban and Rural Areas, Healthcare, Disabled and Elderly People, and Environment.
• Horizontal Research Activities: consisting of Telematics
  Engineering, Language Engineering and Information Engineering 
• Programme Support Actions, like TWEURO and CONCORDE. 
• Research projects funded by the Telematics Applications

Programme are based on the experience gained in the Third Framework Programme but directed in three new ways. Firstly, the emphasis has shifted from data telematics to new “multimedia” telematics; secondly, much more importance is attached to user
requirements; and finally, particular attention is placed on finding affordable solutions.

The special emphasis on user needs is reflected in the importance of basing telematics systems upon generic services which are already tried and tested. The Programme is designed to help projects get as close to their market as possible and to continue to full and sustainable implementation. Most projects are therefore
based upon a five phase life cycle structure leading from the users to realistic implementation plans:

• Identification of user needs
• Translation of user needs into functional
  telematics specifications
• Building a demonstrator validation of the demonstrator: both technical verification and user
  demonstration
• Exploitation/business plan

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