ALPCITY Niederoesterreich (Lower Austria)

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ALPCITY Niederoesterreich (Lower Austria)

• Regeneration program
• 73 towns in NOE, mostly between 5.-10.000
  citizens
• since 1992
• Task to enable the citizens and the local
  authorities to organise self-help
• Each town office with consulter
• Today 40 towns involved, 450 projects, 15 Mio
  subsidies 62 Mio total costs

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MULTIMEDIA LIBRARIES Niederoesterreich

• Activities so far
• Information of multimedia libraries throughout
  the country
• Two workshops with representatives of multimedia
  libraries that are interested in participating in
  the network.
• Creation of a homepage as an instrument of
  dissemination and also a possibility of
  communication.

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MULTIMEDIA LIBRARIES Niederoesterreich

• Goals of the network after two workshops
• Common and coordinated PR-activities
•  Bundle the ressources
•  Design the measurements as effective as possible
  for every participant
•  Develop simple inner structures and rules
• Analyse the present situation

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MULTIMEDIA LIBRARIES Niederoesterreich

• Challenges in the process so far
• Finding participants that can invest time for the
  development of the network
• Therefore face to face communication is very
  limited
• New media have to be used to develop the network
• http//www.alpcity.at/

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ALPCITY Niederoesterreich

• Setting up of networks and tasks (2)
• Carry out of projects using efficient financial
  and personnel resources (embedded in regular
  program)
• Encourage new and innovative forms of development
• Dissemination activities and public relations
  work (internet)