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eRights Charter
DI Eberhard Binder


Hradec Kralove 29/30. 3. 2004
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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

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TeleCities Presidency Steering Committee

• President Barcelona
•  Vice President Naestved
•  Steering Committee Members (14)
•  Amaroussion Antwerp Helsinki Kingston upon
  Hull Cologne Marseille Nice Siena
  Stockholm The Hague Vienna Prague
  (Observer)
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TeleCities Members

• Other Local Authorities (101)
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• Amsterdam Bari Belfast Berlin Bilbao
  Birmingham Birkirkara Bologna Bonn
  Bradford Bremen Bristol Brussels Capital
  Region Camden-London Cannes Cardiff
  Copenhagen Cuenca Edinburgh Eindhoven
  Espoo Frankfurt Frederikshavn Gdansk
  Genova Gent Gijón Girona Glasgow
  Göteborg Grenoble Grosseto Hagen
  Heraklion Jena Jun Katowice Koper Leeds
  Leeuwarden Leipzig Lille Linköping Linz
  Lisbon Liverpool Livorno Lodz Lyon
  Madrid Manchester Metz Milan Modena
  Montpellier Munich Münster Nantes Naples
  Newcastle Nottingham Nuremberg Oulu
  Ostrava Palermo Porto Reus Rijéka Rome
  Ronneby Rotterdam Sabadell Salerno
  St Petersburg San Sebastian Seville
  Sheffield Siena Southampton Strasbourg
  Tallinn Tampere Terrassa Thessaloniki
  Totana Tranås Turin Turku Utrecht
  Valencia Valladolid Vantaa Venice
  Viladecans Vilafranca del Penedès Vilnius
  Waterford Yalova Zaragoza
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TeleCities Members

•  Business Members (8)
• apc Interactive Clip Card Fabasoft AT
  Software GoPro Development
• 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)

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Number of Members per Member State - date 2004
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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

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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)

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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

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TeleCities Events in 2004

• Urban Impacts of the Information Society Facts,
  Fiction and Policies?
• 17-19 March 2004, The Hague
• - Final conference connected with the MUTEIS
  projects (on the impact of ICT in the urban
  areas)
• - Quality of content and presentation of the
  final results of the MUTEIS project
• Flexible Citizen in a knowledge based city
• 2-4 June 2004, Ronneby
• - Adequate access to public services
• - Trust and confidence
• - Life long learning

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TeleCities Events in 2004

• Knowledge based Economy
• 29 Sept- 2 October, Gijon
• Presentation of the results of the  Foster the
  Knowledge based Economy  Working Group
• Cities for a new perspective on social and
  economic prosperity
• 11-13 November, Vienna
• TeleCities AGM
• Contribution to EUROCITIES Conference

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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

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TeleCities Working Groups

• Four main WGs related to future vision for cities
• 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

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TeleCities Projects

• TeleCities participates directly in EU funded
  Projects at the benefit of its Members
• MUTEIS (Macro-economic Urban Trends in Europes
  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)

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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
• gt 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

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Winners of the eCitizenship For All Awards

• Category eLearning and Inclusion
• City of Helsinki Nettimanula Project
• Category eDemocracy and Community Building
• City of Tampere Participation Palette Project
• Re-engineering of Local Public Administration
• The London Borough of Camden Home Connections
  Choice-Based Lettings Project
• Category eSecurity
• City of Bremen Bremen Online Project

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TeleCities Contact Details
TeleCities Coordination Office
(TCO) Brussels Tel [phone] Fax 32 2
552 08 89 e-mail telecities_at_eurocities.be
http//www.telecities.org
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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)

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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
• Promote the modernisation of local Public
  Administrations trough eGovernment
• Ensure Information knowledge society rights for
  citizens (eRights)

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IS and the role of local authorities

• Local authorities have a key role to play in the
  development of an Inclusive Information Society
• Closest to the citizens
• Providers of services

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A Charter of European eRights..

• is the direction cities are working towards a
  successful IS !
• WHAT IS IT?

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It is a framework of rights

• .for all members of society to gain from the
  benefits of the Information Society.
• INSTRUMENT for local public decision-makers to
  develop policies and services all aiming at the
  Lisbon goals tailored to the territorial needs
• a CITIZEN-ORIENTED approach to develop an
  Inclusive Information Society at LOCAL and
  EUROPEAN level

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Charter of European eRights

• Rights to accessibility
• Rights to education and training
• Information rights
• Rights to participation

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Accessibility rights

• Guarantee access to broadband public policyeg.
  Broadband network of public access points
• Ensure security and user protection confidence
  in ICT

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Education and Training rights

• Rights to training for all to enable people to
  effectively benefit from services and information
  through ICT
• Stress on tailored training for teachers and
  specific groups

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Information rights

• Accessibility to user-friendly, highly
  understandable, complete, diversified, up to
  date, transparent public information
• Citizens personalise their relation with an
  innovative networked public service

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Participation rights

• Right to a transparent Public Administration at
  all levels of decision making - eParticipation
• Benefit from a Public Administration that is
  committed to fostering citizen participation and
  strengthening civil society

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What to do with the Charter.
It will be further promoted

• at the LOCAL level relevant community and
  institutional stakeholders in order to adapt it
• at the EUROPEAN level aiming at future
  pan-European frameworks

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• DI Eberhard Binder
• CIO
• City Of Vienna Chief Executive Office -
• ICT Strategy and ManagementE-Mail
  binder_at_mdi.magwien.gv.atTel 43-1-4000-75011Fax
  43-1-4000-99-75011
• http//www.wien.at