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OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME
Information Society 3rd Community
Support Framework 2000-2006 for GreeceJune
2001
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1. The OPIS structure, content and funding

• The OPIS is
• an innovative horizontal, cross-departmental
  programme
• the main instrument for realizing the
  governments IS strategy
• the tool for achieving the targets set by
  e-Europe
• It aims at promoting the IS in a a coherent and
  integrated manner
• It involves
• overall coordination by the Ministries of
  National Economy and Public Administration
• decentralised implementation supporting
  mechanisms
• a new public-private partnership

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The OPIS budget and its structure
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The OPIS budget and its structure
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Action Line 1. Education and Culture

• Measure 1.1. Equiping and networking schools and
  universities
• Measure 1.2. New technologies in the educational
  process
• Measure 1.3. Documentation, management and
  promotion of the Greek cultural heritage

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Action Line 2. Services to citizens and an
improved quality of life

• Measure 2.1. Government on line Business plans,
  studies, pilot projects
• Measure 2.2. Government on line
• Measure 2.3. Administration of the Structural
  Funds and transition to the Euro
• Measure 2.4. Regional geographic information
  systems and innovative actions
• Measure 2.5 Training and modernisation in the
  public administration
• Measure 2.6. ICT applications in health and
  welfare
• Measure 2.7. Training and organisational reform
  in health and welfare
• Measure 2.8 Intelligent transport

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Action Line 3. The digital economy, employment
and social cohesion

• Measure 3.1. A digital environment for the new
  economy
• Measure 3.2. Businesses in the digital economy
• Measure 3.3. Research and technological
  development for the IS
• Measure 3.4. Skills upgrading
• Measure 3.5. Employment promotion for the
  Information Society

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Action Line 4. Communications

• Measure 4.1. Supporting and consolidating the
  liberalisation process
• Measure 4.2. Development of local access network
  infrastructure
• Measure 4.3. Advanced telecommunications services
  for the citizen
• Measure 4.4. Development and modernisation of
  postal services
• Measure 4.5. Training in the communications
  sector

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Action Line 5. Technical Assistance

• Measure 5.1. Management and implementation
• Measure 5.2 Technical Assistance ?SF
• Measure 5.3 Technical Assistance ?RDF

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2. Management and implementation mechanisms

• The basic design
• Overall coordination for a coherent and
  integrated approach to IS development
• Decentralised implementation by agencies
• Creation of supporting mechanisms
• The new structures
• The Managing Authority
• The Information Society S.A.
• The IS Observatory

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The Managing Authority of the OPIS

• An independent service within the Ministry of
  National Economy
• Headed by a Special Secretary, reports directly
  to Minister/D.Minister
• A staff of 40, with strict selection criteria
  competitive salaries
• Organised in 4 units
• A. Programming and evaluation
• B1. Monitoring and Management of Action Lines 1,2
• B2. Monitoring and Management of Action Lines
  3,4,5
• B2. Audits
• C. Admin support (includes Website, indicators,
  etc.)
• Timetable for its creation
• Round 1 (20 people on secondment from the public
  sector) completed
• Round 2 (20 people from private sector)
  September-October

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The Information Society S.A.

• An Implementing Organisation that assists
  agencies in all stages of ITC project design,
  implementation and follow-up
• A public company (S.A) with economic and
  managerial autonomy
• A staff of 30-40, with strict selection criteria
  competitive salaries
• Organised in units dealing with (a) support to
  final beneficiaries, (b) project management, (c)
  admin
• Timetable for its creation
• Staffing July first round

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The Information Society S.A.

• What it does
• Supports agencies (with experts/studies) in the
  preparation of business plans and of the
  management structures for project implementation
• Prepares specifications and RFPs, evaluates
  tenders, assists final beneficiaries in designing
  contracts
• Follows the project implementation process in
  terms of quality of services delivered
• Supports final beneficiaries after projects are
  completed in terms of assimilation,
  organisational change and continuous development

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The Information Society Observatory

• Composed of personalities and high-evel experts,
  with a small permanent secretariat (10 people)
• Disseminates best practice methods, assists the
  exchange of experiences, know-how and
  information, provides training tools
• Collects statistics, undertakes or commissions
  benchmarking studies
• Works in close consultation with similar EU-wide
  and regional organisations
• Timetable for its creation end-2001

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Management, implemantation and advisory
structures work together

• Before a project funding decision is made by the
  MA, the MA works with the IS S.A. and the
  programming authority and/or the final
  beneficiary to establish and help put in place
  the necessary preconditions for a succesful
  completion of the project
• After a project funding decision is made by the
  MA, the MA refers the implementing agency to the
  IS S.A. in order to determine the exact way that
  it will be supported the MA and the IS S.A.
  exchange information throughout the project
  implementaion phase
• The work of the IS Observatory (benchmarking,
  best-practices, etc.) directly assists the tasks
  of both the MA and the IS S.A.

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3. Preparing the ground for launching The story
so far...

• An emphasis on openness and a partenariat
• A number of seminars/conferences on the OPIS
  during 1999 and 2000
• The OP and the Guide in www.infosociety.gr
• OPIS presentation to representatives from
  Ministries and Regions on different occasions
• Work on preparing the legal/organisationl
  framework
• The legal texts (for the MA, the IS S.A)
• Procedure simplification (elaboration of joint
  proposals with IT industry)
• Programming Complement
• Approved by the Monitoring Committee

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3. Preparing the ground for launching The story
so far...

• Pre - Funding of certain projects (120 million
  Euro) regarding
• Business Plans of Actors
• Transition to Euro
• Education Support with equipment and access to
  the Internet
• Connecting SMEs to the Internet (GoDigital)
• Online - Public and regional Administration

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4. Getting the actors ready the Business Plan

• Who needs a business plan?
• Anyone with projects to be funded by the OPIs and
  without one
• What kind?
• Business plan, after plan, rolling action plan.a
  case by case decision
• An indicative ToC
• The current situation
• Operational and strategic planning
• The action plan

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5. Next Steps a timetable
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