NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT AND ACTION PLAN 8 • The Council of Europe, Lisbon Summit in March 2000, established the basic building blocks of e-Europe, a concept that represents an obligation not only for EU Member States, but also for candidate states for EU membership; • European Commission Action Plan, eEurope+ 2003, and • European Commission Action Plan eEurope2005; • Draft Action Plan of the European Commission, i-2010. The Strategy and the Action Plan shall be accepted and adopted by the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, on the basis of which the responsibilities shall be defined for all entities in the process of building the Information Society. This document shall contribute towards linking the activities in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) domain in the Republic of Macedonia with the programmes, projects and Structural Funds of the European Union. According to the structure, the document consists of two components: Strategy and Action Plan for Information Society Development, whereas the Strategy comprises of the basic development directions divided in 7 pillars (Infrastructure, E-business, E-Government, E-education, E-health, Ecitizen, Legislation). Each of these pillars is built around the current state of affairs, objectives, strategic measures and responsible authorities with List of Priority Projects, programmes, initiatives or pilot projects. The areas relating to Public and Private Sector Reforms are a separate part of the document, as well as the priority areas for achieving sustainability of the Strategy for Information Society Development, starting from the need of having long-term sustainability of the Information Society development in the Republic of Macedonia, where the priority areas entailing actions for achieving the objectives are defined and explained. Priority projects and defined measurable indicators are provided in the Action Plan, listed according to the same timetable of the previously stated pillars. The Strategy should provide for efficient implementation and ICT practice for all entities in the Republic of Macedonia, through realisation of priority projects defined in the Action Plan. NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT AND ACTION PLAN