Slide1 : e-Strategy and cooperation
among cities Jaroslav Šolc
Prague City Hall, IT Department
Slide2 : Overview Cooperation
Why?
International
National
What next?
Prague - eStrategy and Profile
Slide3 : Why this session? Local and Regional Information Society – CITIES!
ISSS/LORIS big event in CEE (7th), CZ+international
2000 first international event – TeleCities, 2001 GCD ...
2004 EU enlargement, conf. V4+
Prague actively participates
member of TeleCities since 2001, role in SC – relations with CEE cities (supported by Vienna)
role in CZ associations
Increasing role of LG (democracy development), IT strategies, benchmarking, EU enlargement Networks of cities, V4+ Capital Cities
Slide4 : Why cooperate? Cities – similar situation, interests, solutions
Exchange of experience (visions, implementations, financing, organisation, projects)
Learning by promotion of the best practices
Evaluation, comparison, benchmarking
Common procedures, lobbying (EU and national strategies, legislation...)
Common priorities and projects Declaration on Local and Regional Information Society Development
Slide5 : International networks CITIES / Inf. society
TeleCities (partner of Eurocities) CZ: Prague, Ostrava
Global Cities Dialogue CZ: Hradec Králové, Praha, Jihlava, Olomouc, Ostrava, Plzeň, Pardubice, Hluboká
Major Cities of Europe – IT Users Group
... UDMS, networks of excellence....
ASSOCIATIONS
ELANET (CEMR), ERIS@ CZ experience Assets: learning from each other, visions, policies, projects
Barrirs: membership fees, travel costs, time resources, language skills,
Slide6 : Networks in the Czech Rep. Union of Towns and Communities of the Czech Rep.
IT Committee (KISMO), 10 decisionmaking + 8 advisory mem.
3 of 20 Statutory cities represented, + other members of e-mail conference
meetings ca each 1-2 months, e-mail conf., info+consultations
Association of regions of the Czech Rep.
IT Committee, CIO from all 14 regions of the Czech Rep.
meetings ca each 3 months, workshops, e-mail conf, info+consultations+common projects supported by the Ministry of Interior of the CR
Both IT Committees cooperate (e-mail conf., common meetings, stands towards national gov. etc.) Professional networks: CAGI, CSSI, SPIS and others.
Slide7 : What next? Increase effective cooperation
Declaration on Local and Regional Information Society Development (eV4+/LORIS)
L+R
EU 15 + CEE (NAS)
Strategies, common objectives, implementation activities, projects (structural funding, EU programmes for IS)
Where we are – where we want to go? ISSS/LORIS 2004: SET OF DOCUMENTS eStrategies, IT profiles, benchmarking
ASSOCIATIONS + CITIES
Slide8 : Presentations Networks: TeleCities (eRights Charter), GCD, MCE
Project TeleCities + Deloitte: eCitizenship for All
V4DIS, V4+Slovenia Capital Cities
profile doc. pres. eCit.fA 2003
Bratislava + - -
Budapest - - +
Ljubljana - + -
Prague + + +
Warsaw - + -
Slide9 : Websites: networks www. telecities.org www.globalcitiesdialogue.org www.majorcities.org
Slide10 : Websites: V4+ Capitals www. bratislava.sk www.budapest.hu www.praha-mesto.cz www.ljubljana.si um.warszava.pl
Slide11 : Prague
Slide12 : Prague - profile Population: 1,16 mil.
Area: 496 km2
Administration - 1 of 14 regions of the Czech Rep. - municipality (capital, statutory city)
Internal structure: 57 districts - elected bodies, authorities - 22 of them specila role (state adm.)
Districts: self-gov., authonomy in IT
Organisations established by the City Infrastructure: Municipal network MePNet
Slide13 : Prague City Hall - IT Prague City Hall (MHMP)
ca 2 thous. employees (50 deps in 9 sections)
director – represents IT in the Council Board
IT Department (INF MHMP)
in the section of internal services
units - director of the IT Dep. - strategic office* - data management and services - SW applications maintenence - network maintenance - end-user services - el. signature Active cooperation:
EU:
TeleCities
Czech Rep.:
Union of Towns and Communities
Association of Regions
Events:
ISSS/LORIS
UDMS ....
Slide14 : eStrategy, projects eStrategies:
IT Strategy (2001), update* (2004)
IT security policy* (2004)
eGovernment policy* (2004)
projects, e.g.:
Infrastructure
Document management
Reingeneering
eGov: Web, portal, call centrum
eLearning
Specific systems: GIS, municipal property, environment Details: see the conference proceedings
eStrategy and Profile Challenge: EU Structural Funding
Prague: JPD (SPD) for objectives 2 and 3
Slide15 : Jaroslav Šolc jaroslav.solc@cityofprague.cz, tel. +420 236002682
Prague City Hall, IT Department Thank you for your attention! Questions – at the end of session