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Increasing the penetration of ‘access devices’. Approaches include either home access 

through Sweden’s PC Tax Reform, or in public places, as in France’s programme to 

Information society

A society with widespread 

access and transfer 

of digital information 

within business and the 

community.

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develop 7,000 access points by a specific year/target date. France also offers a tax incentive 

scheme, where firms can make  tax-  free gifts of PCs to staff for personal use.  

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   Increasing skills and confidence of target groups.  These may target potentially excluded 

groups, as with France’s €150 million campaign to train the unemployed. Japan’s IT train-

ing programmes use existing mentors.