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1eRights Charter
DI Eberhard Binder
Hradec Kralove 29/30. 3. 2004
2What is TeleCities?
- TeleCities is the major European Network of
cities committed to leadership in the Information
and Knowledge-based Society - Established in 1993 as a EUROCITIES
sub-network, TeleCities is open to democratically
elected city governments as well as to business
and scientific partners - TeleCities provides a platform of over 100 local
authorities from 20 different European countries
sharing experience and developing practical
solutions to achieve an Inclusive Information
Society - Â Its aim is to promote eGovernment and
eCitizenship at local level to ensure that all
citizens can equally gain from the benefits of
the Information Society
3TeleCities Presidency Steering Committee
- President Barcelona
- Â Vice President Naestved
- Â Steering Committee Members (14)
- Â Amaroussion Antwerp Helsinki Kingston upon
Hull Cologne Marseille Nice Siena
Stockholm The Hague Vienna Prague
(Observer) - Â
4TeleCities Members
- Other Local Authorities (101)
- Â
- Amsterdam Bari Belfast Berlin Bilbao
Birmingham Birkirkara Bologna Bonn
Bradford Bremen Bristol Brussels Capital
Region Camden-London Cannes Cardiff
Copenhagen Cuenca Edinburgh Eindhoven
Espoo Frankfurt Frederikshavn Gdansk
Genova Gent Gijón Girona Glasgow
Göteborg Grenoble Grosseto Hagen
Heraklion Jena Jun Katowice Koper Leeds
Leeuwarden Leipzig Lille Linköping Linz
Lisbon Liverpool Livorno Lodz Lyon
Madrid Manchester Metz Milan Modena
Montpellier Munich Münster Nantes Naples
Newcastle Nottingham Nuremberg Oulu
Ostrava Palermo Porto Reus Rijéka Rome
Ronneby Rotterdam Sabadell Salerno
St Petersburg San Sebastian Seville
Sheffield Siena Southampton Strasbourg
Tallinn Tampere Terrassa Thessaloniki
Totana Tranås Turin Turku Utrecht
Valencia Valladolid Vantaa Venice
Viladecans Vilafranca del Penedès Vilnius
Waterford Yalova Zaragoza - Â
5TeleCities Members
- Â Business Members (8)
- apc Interactive Clip Card Fabasoft AT
Software GoPro Development - Master Metropolis Oracle Schweers Sun
Microsystems - Other Organisations (3)
- CSP-ICT Research Center
- CIPAL (Centre of Informatics for the Provinces
Antwerp and Limburg) - ITOSZ (National Association of National
Settlements)
6Number of Members per Member State - date 2004
7TeleCities Services to the Members
- Policy development and lobbying the European
Agenda to ensure that the positions of cities are
taken into account - Information provision to members (eNewsbrief,
website) - Exchange of experience, transfer of know-how.
Enforced co-operation and networking with South
European and CEE cities is pursued - Development and management of projects relevant
to the members and the network
8Policy Development
- Place the city related aspects of the
developments brought about by the Information
Society, higher on - the EU agenda (regular dialogue and more)
- national governments agenda (national branches)
- local political level (local decision makers)
9Exchange Networking
- The organisation of events, from large
conferences to project-related technical
workshops, four times a year, as well as the
activities of the TeleCities Working Groups, will
support the exchange - As for the networking, the main objective is to
help cities learning from each other through the
exchange of information and experience, and
facilitate the transfer of knowledge
10TeleCities Events in 2004
- Urban Impacts of the Information Society Facts,
Fiction and Policies? - 17-19 March 2004, The Hague
- - Final conference connected with the MUTEIS
projects (on the impact of ICT in the urban
areas) - - Quality of content and presentation of the
final results of the MUTEIS project - Flexible Citizen in a knowledge based city
- 2-4 June 2004, Ronneby
- - Adequate access to public services
- - Trust and confidence
- - Life long learning
11TeleCities Events in 2004
- Knowledge based Economy
- 29 Sept- 2 October, Gijon
- Presentation of the results of the  Foster the
Knowledge based Economy Working Group -
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- Cities for a new perspective on social and
economic prosperity - 11-13 November, Vienna
- TeleCities AGM
- Contribution to EUROCITIES Conference
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12TeleCities Working Groups
- Share experiences and practices
- Transform these experiences into ideas,
guidelines and recommendations for future
policies (e.g. 6th FP for Research and
Technological Development) - Accomplish a range of surveys to provide
Knowledge of the different issues using the more
than 120 member-cities as a source of information - Set-up project initiatives
13TeleCities Working Groups
- Four main WGs related to future vision for cities
- Foster the Knowledge based economy
- Overcome the barriers to the development of the
Information Society - Ensure Information knowledge society rights for
citizens - Promote the modernisation of local Public
Administrations trough eGovernment
14TeleCities Projects
- TeleCities participates directly in EU funded
Projects at the benefit of its Members - MUTEIS (Macro-economic Urban Trends in Europes
Information Society) - FLOSS-POLS (Free/Libre/Open Source Software -
Policy Support ) - AUXILIA (A European environment for the
integration of Youth Disable in Education ) - INTELCITIES (Intelligent Cities)
15TeleCities Special Activity
- eCitizenship for All Initiative in cooperation
with Deloitte - eCitizenship for All Survey annual benchmark
survey into the state-of-the-art of eCitizenship
for All (Re-engineering, eLearning, eDemocracy,
eSecurity) amongst its members - gt Creation of a Knowledge Base for TeleCities
Members - eCitizenship for All Award recognition of best
local projects amongst participating cities in
each of these eCitizenship for All Challenges
16Winners of the eCitizenship For All Awards
- Category eLearning and Inclusion
- City of Helsinki Nettimanula Project
- Category eDemocracy and Community Building
- City of Tampere Participation Palette Project
- Re-engineering of Local Public Administration
- The London Borough of Camden Home Connections
Choice-Based Lettings Project - Category eSecurity
- City of Bremen Bremen Online Project
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17TeleCities Contact Details
TeleCities Coordination Office
(TCO) Brussels Tel 32 2 552 08 68 Fax 32 2
552 08 89 e-mail telecities_at_eurocities.be
http//www.telecities.org
18Policy Development
- Place the city related aspects of the
developments - brought about by the Information Society, higher
on
- the EU agenda (regular dialogue and more)
- national governments agenda (national branches)
- local political level (local decision makers)
19Policy Development
- TeleCities has developed its own vision for the
cities - Knowledge-based City
- Main topics
- Foster the Knowledge based economy
- Overcome the barriers to the development of the
Information Society - Promote the modernisation of local Public
Administrations trough eGovernment - Ensure Information knowledge society rights for
citizens (eRights)
20IS and the role of local authorities
- Local authorities have a key role to play in the
development of an Inclusive Information Society - Closest to the citizens
- Providers of services
21A Charter of European eRights..
- is the direction cities are working towards a
successful IS ! - WHAT IS IT?
22It is a framework of rights
- .for all members of society to gain from the
benefits of the Information Society. - INSTRUMENT for local public decision-makers to
develop policies and services all aiming at the
Lisbon goals tailored to the territorial needs - a CITIZEN-ORIENTED approach to develop an
Inclusive Information Society at LOCAL and
EUROPEAN level
23Charter of European eRights
- Rights to accessibility
- Rights to education and training
- Information rights
- Rights to participation
24Accessibility rights
- Guarantee access to broadband public policyeg.
Broadband network of public access points - Ensure security and user protection confidence
in ICT
25Education and Training rights
- Rights to training for all to enable people to
effectively benefit from services and information
through ICT - Stress on tailored training for teachers and
specific groups
26Information rights
- Accessibility to user-friendly, highly
understandable, complete, diversified, up to
date, transparent public information - Citizens personalise their relation with an
innovative networked public service
27Participation rights
- Right to a transparent Public Administration at
all levels of decision making - eParticipation - Benefit from a Public Administration that is
committed to fostering citizen participation and
strengthening civil society
28What to do with the Charter.
It will be further promoted
- at the LOCAL level relevant community and
institutional stakeholders in order to adapt it - at the EUROPEAN level aiming at future
pan-European frameworks
29- DI Eberhard Binder
- CIO
- City Of Vienna Chief Executive Office -
- ICT Strategy and ManagementE-Mail
binder_at_mdi.magwien.gv.atTel 43-1-4000-75011Fax
43-1-4000-99-75011 - http//www.wien.at