Decree 2000-1080 of 7 November 2000 on the
creation of a Strategic Advisory Board on Information Technologies
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The Prime Minister,
In view of the decree 86-416 of 12 March 1986,
as modified, setting forth the conditions under which the State
assumes the costs of travel and of a change of residence abroad,
or a transfer between France and abroad, of civil servants of
the State and public administrative institutions,
In view of decree 90-437 of 28 May 1990, as modified, setting
the conditions and methods of payment of costs arising from
the travel of civilian personnel in metropolitan France when
such travel is at the cost of the State, national public institutions
of an administrative character, and/or certain subsidised bodies,
In view of decree 96-1092 of 13 December 1996, as modified
by decree 99-262 of 30 March 1999, on the creation of the General
Council on Information Technologies,
Decrees :
Art. 1 - A Strategic Advisory Board
on Information Technologies shall be created for a duration
of three years under the authority of the Prime Minister with
the mission of guiding, by counterpoising various viewpoints
and analyses, the government's strategic choices with regard
to innovation and research and development in the field of information
technology.
The Strategic Advisory Board on Information Technologies shall
consider issues submitted to it by the Prime Minister. It can
make any proposal to the Prime Minister within its sphere of
responsibility. In particular, it shall formulate recommendations
for the implementation and evaluation of actions undertaken
as part of the French Government Programme for the Information
Society and the corresponding European Union programmes. The
Board shall be consulted about developments in training areas
in the information technology and digital economy sectors.
Art. 2 - The Strategic Advisory Board on Information
Technologies shall be made up of individuals chosen based on
their expertise in the field of information technology.
These individuals shall be appointed by order of the Prime
Minister.
Art. 3 - The Strategic Advisory Board on Information
Technologies shall meet at least three times per year in plenary
session. It shall be chaired by the Prime Minister or by a representative
designated by the former.
Art. 4 - The General Council on Information Technologies
shall serve as secretariat of the Strategic Advisory Board on
Information Technologies. A member of the board of the General
Council shall be designated as secretary-general of the Strategic
Advisory Board on Information Technologies by order of the Prime
Minister.
Art. 5 - The members of the Strategic Advisory Board
on Information Technologies shall keep the discussions in which
they take part, and any information to which they have access
in the course of the discussions, confidential.
Art. 6 - To carry out its tasks, the Strategic Advisory
Board on Information Technologies can draw on the General Council
on Information Technologies. It may also seek the co-operation
of State departments and institutions responsible for information
technology issues, and can also order work or studies from non
governmental bodies.
Art. 7 - The expenses related to travel on the part
of the members of the Strategic Advisory Board on Information
Technologies in the exercise of their functions shall be reimbursed
according to the conditions provided in the above mentioned
decrees of 12 March 1986 and 28 May 1990.
Art. 8 - The Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry,
the Minister for Education, the Minister for Culture and Communication,
the Minister for the Civil Service and State Reform, the Minister
for Research, the Minister of State with responsibility for
the Budget, and the Minister of State with responsibility for
Industry shall each be responsible, in the areas of his or her
responsibility, for carrying out this decree, which shall be
published in the Journal officiel of the French Republic.
Signed in Paris, 7 November 2000.
By the Prime Minister:
LIONEL JOSPIN
The Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry,
LAURENT FABIUS
The Minister for Education,
JACK LANG
The Minister for Culture and Communication,
CATHERINE TASCA
The Minister for the Civil Service
and State Reform,
MICHEL SAPIN
The Minister for Research,
ROGER-GÉRARD SCHWARTZENBERG
Minister of State with responsibility
for the Budget,
FLORENCE PARLY
Minister of State with responsibility
for Industry,
CHRISTIAN PIERRET
