TelecitiesStatus and Outlook

Albert P. DeistlerCity of Cologne

Telecities Vice Chair

What 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

 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

TeleCities Presidency & Steering Committee

President Liverpool

 Vice-president Cologne

 Steering Committee Members

Amaroussion • Antwerp • Barcelona (former President) • Gdansk • Gijón •

Helsinki • Kingston upon Hull • Marseille • Nice • Naestved • Prague • Siena •

Stockholm • Tallinn • The Hague • Vienna • Yalova (Observer)

TeleCities Members

Other Local Authorities (99)

Aalborg • Aarhus • Amsterdam • Bari • Belfast • Berlin • Bilbao • Birmingham •

Bologna • Bonn Bradford • Bremen • Bristol • Brussels Capital Region • Camden-

London • Cannes • Cardiff Copenhagen • Cuenca • Edinburgh • Eindhoven • Espoo •

Frankfurt • Frederikshavn • Genova Gent • Girona • Glasgow • Göteborg • Grenoble •

Grosseto • Hagen • Heraklion • Jena • Jun • Katowice • Koper • Leeds • Leeuwarden •

Leipzig • León • Lille • Linköping Linz • Lisbon • Liverpool • Livorno • Lodz • Lyon •

Malaga • Madrid • Manchester • Metz • Milan Modena • Montpellier • Munich •

Münster • Nantes • Naples • Newcastle • Nottingham • Nuremberg Oslo • Oulu •

Ostrava • Palermo • Porto • Reus • Rijéka • Rome • Ronneby • Rotterdam • Sabadell

Salerno • St Petersburg • San Sebastian • Santiago de Compostela • Seville • Sheffield

Southampton • Strasbourg • Tampere • Terrassa • Thessaloniki • Totana • Tranås

•Turin Turku • Utrecht • Valencia • Valladolid • Vantaa • Venice •Viladecans •

Vilnius • Warsaw Waterford • Zaragoza

TeleCities Members

 Business Members (8)

Clip Card • Fabasoft AT Software • GoPro Development • IBM

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)

Number of Members per Member State - date 2004

TeleCities 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

Policy 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)

Policy 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

Ensure Information knowledge society rights for citizens

Promote the modernisation of local Public Administrations

trough eGovernment

Exchange & 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

TeleCities 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

TeleCities Working Groups Main Topics 2005

WG Overcome the barriers to the development of Information Society

Interoperability of systems and contents

WG Promote the modernisation of local PAs through eGovernment

Adoption of new service delivery models based on improved ITC infrastructure incl. broadband

WG Ensure IKS rights for citizens Health and Inclusion

WG Foster the Knowledge-based economy Economic impact of public ICT investments

Example: Broadband

Role of cities increasing in stimulation of broadband Internet access

Reasons:Economic goals (strengthen local image,

attract innovative firms & highly-skilled people)

Social goals (prevent/fight digital divide and social exclusion)

Broadband: Differences in Europe

Countries without competition focus on commercially interesting areas e.g. France, expensive for residents

Countries with competition good and lower prices e.g. Germany(ADSL, fibre)

Broadband: Telecities Activities

WG Overcome barriers of Information Society - Sub group Broadband.

Joint action of Telecities and eris@:Press release to welcome EU Commission‘s adopting of 3 broadband projects

TeleCities Projects

TeleCities participates directly in EU funded Projects at the benefit

of its Members:

MUTEIS (Macro-economic & Urban Trends in Europe’s

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)

Charter of European eRights

TeleCities will develop and implement locally and

internationally a Charter of European eRights

Rights to accessibility

Rights to education and formation Information rights Rights to participation

TeleCities 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

> 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

Next TeleCities Event

“E-Government on Local Level”

21 - 22 April, Tallinn

TeleCities Coordination Office (TCO)Brussels

Tel: +32 2 552 08 68Fax: +32 2 552 08 89

e-mail: telecities@eurocities.be

http://www.telecities.org

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