For the mobile people of Oulu

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For the mobile people of Oulu
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COMPETENCE Oulu 400

• Competence Oulu 400 is a program, which aim is to
  fulfil city's 400 anniversary gift to citizens of
  Oulu
• 3-year program, 2005-2007
• estimated investment by the city is 2,4 million
  euros
• recourses estimate 20 persons working fulltime

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COMPETENCE Oulu 400

• Administration 11 sub-projects
• Co-financiers ERDF (Obj.2), InterregIIIC South,
  national Finnish Labour Administration
• 6 main tasks
• Open and free internet access to everyone living
  or visiting Oulu
• Increasing the number of computers and mobile
  devices for public use
• Improving the IT skills of the citizens
• Creating portal for city's web based services
• A competition for the new mobile applications
• Creation of the Wireless Innovation Centre with
  an European consortium

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panOULU network 400 new access points

• wireless internet is an additional service
• APs to be located in places where people might
  need internet connection, when they are not
  connected at work or at home by wired broadband
  connection
• outdoor and indoor coverage in selected areas
• city will not be covered fully and thoroughly
• city centre, market place, sport centres
• public offices and service centres libraries,
  local democracy houses, youth and cultural
  centres, health and social centres
• panOULU-solution provided by operators
• panOULU is a registered trademark

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Citizens internet terminals

• aim is to increase the number of public internet
  terminals
• use is free of charge
• at the moment 160 terminals owned by the city
  located in libraries and municipal service
  centres
• estimated increase of terminals double
• standard terminals and some portable devices
• laptops, portable internet browsers etc.
• libraries, local democracy houses, youth and
  other service centres, senior service centres,
  municipal offices

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Coaching on citizens information society skills

• the need of IT skills in the new modern society
  and daily life
• - on-going process services go to the
  Internet
• e-inclusion
• free, open and equal access to the information
  and knowledge flows
• coaching on IT skills includes
• training lessons
• guidance services (person-to-person, groups)
• general presentations and information
• helpdesk services by phone and e-mail
• summer helpdesk on the market place
• interactive campaigns in downtown and market
  place arranged together with the business

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Coaching on citizens information society skills

• special target groups
• job-seeking people
• senior citizens
• people with physical limitations
• young people for testing new e-service
  applications (mobile private initiative)
• co-funded by the national funds (labour
  administration)
• employing 15 persons for planning, guiding and
  support tasks

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Goals of the Citizens Portal

• To work as the single point of access to local
  government services and information.
• To design Portal around citizen's needs rather
  than agency structures.
• To allow the citizens to access and deal with
  interactive and transactional city services that
  are not only information services but complete
  procedures.
• To adapt technology to average peoples everyday
  life.
• To create reusable software components and
  services.

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Transformation from the Present to the Future

• One-Point access to services that are personal
  and relevant to citizen, without having to search
  the internet to find it.

Link list, homepages, static information and
forms.
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Citizens Portal project Outcomes

• For Citizens For Developers
• Citizens Portal
• Personal Account
• Citizens E-mail

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Citizens Portal Challenges to Implementation

• Focus on local government structures, not the
  needs of users.
• Lack of genuine and complete local government
  e-procedures.
• Integration of legacy systems, no standard and
  open back-end interfaces.
• Interoperability between different city services.

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A competition for the new mobile applications

• Launching 1st Jan 2006
• Award Ceremony co-hosted by Nokia 5th Jun 2006
• Two series for citizens and companies
• New application ideas
• New innovative applications
• The aim is
• To promote new ideas for mobile and web-based
  services
• To develop new mobile services for the city of
  Oulu selected ideas will be piloted by the city

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Wireless Cities

• Creation of Wireless Innovation Centre in each
  partner region
• Set up a wireless public information service
• Promotion of local services based by wireless
  solutions
• International seminars and conferences
• An international network of Wireless Cities
• Co-ordinated by San Sebastian Spain, partners
  ERNACT Northern Ireland, Stuttgart Germany, ERVET
  Italy, Dabrowa-Gornizca Poland, and City of Oulu,
  Finland
• co-financed by European Commissions Interreg
  IIIC South

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COMPETENCE Oulu 400 Advantages

• Local residents and visitors are able to use the
  Internet and its basic services free of charge
  within the area of coverage of the Citizens
  Network
• Residents are encouraged to use Information
  Society services
• Promoting democracy by improving access of all
  the citizens to the e-services, e-inclusion
• Increased contentment and well-being
• Creating new job and business opportunities
• Increasing Oulus vitality

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Contacts

• Project manager Mr. Marko Arffman
• Project co-ordinator (Wireless Cities) Ms. Tiiu
  Honkala
• Project co-ordinator (citizens training) Ms.
  Helena Ylisirnio
• E-mails firstname.lastname_at_ouka.fi
• Helpdesk neuvonta_at_panoulu.net
• Helpdesk phone [phone] or 044 7031626

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WIRELESS CITIES 5.-8.6.2006 OULU, FINLAND

• THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !
• Helena Ylisirniö
• helena.ylisirnio_at_ouka.fi