L 260/20 Official Journal of the European Union 3.10.2009 DECISIONS ADOPTED JOINTLY BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL DECISION No 922/2009/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 16 September 2009 on interoperability solutions for European public administrations (ISA) (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE (2) EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 156 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and G) Social Committee ('), Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (), Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (), Whereas: (4) (1) In accordance with Article 154 of the Treaty, to help achieve the objectives referred to in Articles 14 and 158 thereof and to enable citizens of the European Union, economic operators and regional and local communities to derive full benefit from the setting up of an area without internal frontiers, the Community should contribute to the establishment and development 5) of trans-European networks by means of actions to promote the interconnectivity, interoperability and accessibility of those networks. (") Opinion of 25 February 2009 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () OJ C 200, 25.8.2009, p. 58. (’) Opinion of the European Parliament of 22 April 2009 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 27 July 2009. The Council stressed in its conclusions of 1 December 2005 on the Commission Communication entitled 2010 — A European Information Society for growth and employment’ that more focused, effective and inte- grated policies regarding information and communi- cation technologies (ICT) at both European and national levels are essential to achieving the goals of economic growth and productivity. The Commission was invited to encourage the efficient use of ICT in public services through the exchange of experience and to develop common approaches on key issues such as interoperability and effective use of open standards. In its resolution of 14 March 2006 on a European information society for growth and employment (¥), the European Parliament called for emphasis to be given to the issues of interoperability and best practices in public- sector electronic services for citizens and businesses, with the overriding objective of facilitating the free and unimpeded movement, establishment and employment of citizens in the Member States. The European Parliament also urged Member States to implement the i2010 initiatives and programmes in the reform of their public administrations in order to provide better, more efficient and more easily accessible services to their small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their citizens. In the Manchester Ministerial Declaration  of 24 November 2005, the Ministers responsible for ICT policies agreed, inter alia, to work together and with the Commission to share existing tools, common spec- ifications, standards and solutions more effectively and to encourage the collaborative development of solutions where necessary. In the Lisbon Ministerial Declaration of 19 September 2007, Ministers invited the Commission, inter alia, to facilitate cooperation among Member States and the Commission to define, develop, implement and monitor cross-border and cross-sectoral interoperability, and stated that future Community legislation should, in particular, anticipate and assess the impact of that legis- lation on ICT infrastructures and service transformation. (*) O] C 291 E, 30.11.2006, p. 133.