Article 4 U.K. General principles

Actions launched or continued under the ISA² programme shall:

(a)

be based on utility and driven by identified needs and programme objectives;

(b)

comply with the following principles:

• subsidiarity and proportionality,

• user-centricity,

• inclusion and accessibility,

• delivery of public services in such a way as to prevent digital divide,

• security, respect for privacy and data protection,

• multilingualism,

• administrative simplification and modernisation,

• transparency,

• preservation of information,

• openness,

• re-usability and avoidance of duplication,

• technological neutrality, solutions which, insofar as possible, are future-proof, and adaptability,

• effectiveness and efficiency;

(c)

be flexible, extensible and applicable to other business or policy areas; and

(d)

demonstrate financial, organisational and technical sustainability.