INTERACTIVE * * ELECTRONIC s PUBLISHING /"•ν »ΑΧ MULTIMEDIA ν ^ΑΝ CONTENT :*—*/ & TOOLS Gl and ί\ mobility \\\ \, 7 3#^ 1 human representation, virtual reality & entertainment ractive personalisation IEP in the 5th Framework Programme INTERACTIVE ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING The European Union supports a variety of technical development programmes from basic research to near market demonstrations. Over the years many of the main actions have been drawn together into the Framework Programme (FP) that runs in a fouryear cycle. The 5th the Framework Programme (FP5) which runs from 19982002, "Putting Research at the Service of the Citizen", Gl & MOBILITY Introduction aims, in its broadest sense, to mobilise the widest range of scientific and technological disciplines in order to address: This information pack contains fact sheets describing the work of the research • the social expectations and concerns of European citizens; projects funded by the Interactive Electronic Publishing sector of the European HUMAN REPRESENTATION • improved economic development and scientific and technological prospects, leading to the development of the Commission's Information Society Technologies (1ST) Programme.The Interactive VIRTUAL REALITY & Community as a whole.