Huron Perth Connects

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Huron Perth Connects

• Presentation of the
• Connect Ontario Business Plan
• November 5, 2003
• Perth Municipal Day

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Some History.

• HPC and Connect Ontario go way back.
• Common goals adopting enabling technologies in
  all community sectors to support priorities
• Enhance the level of information and services
  available to the public through the Internet
• Leverage government funding to help HP
  organizations
• Get where we need to go anyway - just faster

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Success through a Sector-Based Approach

• Municipal Government
• Health and Caring
• Business Tourism and Economic Development
• Libraries, Museums and Archives
• Community
• Youth
• Agriculture

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How did the Plan develop?

• Sector and individual consultations lots!!
• Sector priorities
• Response tables and surveys
• Value propositions
• Partnership propositions
• Stakeholder commitments

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Critical Success Factors Met

• Identification of eligible existing or planned
  on-line priorities
• Applications and services meet identified
  community needs
• Achieved balance and consensus between sector
  interests and needs
• Strong multi-sector partnerships developed and
  stakeholders engaged across Huron and Perth
• Benefits clearly demonstrated across all sectors,
  all communities
• Opportunities for integration with other
  initiatives identified
• Community Business Plan meets Connect Ontario
  guidelines and requirements

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Project Statistics

• 41 Community Partners
• 20 Technology Applications
• Total Project Value 2,694,288
• Total Partner Contributions 1,594,624 (Cash
  and In-Kind)
• Total Funding Requested 1,099,667
• Submitted October 31, 2003

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Community

• Huron Perth Community Portal
• Single electronic lens on vast community web
  sites and resources
• Community Directory
• Information Subscription Services
• Job/Volunteer Mart
• Community Calendar of Events
• Virtual Meeting Rooms

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Local Government

• On-line program registration and facility
  management
• On-line forms database
• Community portal as single lens on entire region
  yet individuality maintained
• Partnerships key in accelerating delivery of
  electronic information and services economies of
  scale
• Leveraging local partnerships and provincial
  dollars
• Promoting local businesses first

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Health and Caring

• Community Portal as Recruitment Tool
• Web Enabled Healthcare Library System
• E-health subscriptions
• On-line Community, Health and Caring Resource
  Database

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Business Tourism and Economic Development

• E-business Portal and Centre of Excellence
• Tourism Information System and Destination
  Planner
• Accommodations Availability Tool
• Huron Perth Business Directory

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Libraries, Museums Archives

• Web-Enabled Public Library Systems
• On-line Archival and Genealogical Listings

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Agriculture

• On-line Guide to Farm and Rural Contacts

Youth

• Youth Portal

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Project Support

• Project Team
• Project Manager, Contracted Technical Support
• Project Office
• Hardware, software, integration, customization
  and development costs
• Training
• Marketing and promotion

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Governance and Project Management Model

• Single legal lead required in implementation
  phase
• Huron Perth Connects Inc.
• Model representative of project elements and
  community stakeholders participating
• Reporting, Communications Plan

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Project Status

• Submitted October 31, 2002
• Internal Ministry review
• Additional Partner letters provided Dec/03
• Independent Review Panel
• Projects receiving panel approval move to
  Ministers Office
• Anticipate announcement prior to end of
  Provinces fiscal year (Mar/04)

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Conclusion

• Important to
• Maintain partner momentum
• Secure outstanding contribution commitments
• Make preparations for implementation
• Working/Advisory Groups
• Identify participants
• Identify tasks for Dec-March
• HPC Partner Meeting
• November 26 9-1130 am
• Seaforth Community Centre
• Partners Describe Business Plan Elements

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Questions?

• Debbie Millar
• HPC Project Consultant
• 613-256-5777
• millar_at_LanarkNetwork.com