Digital Agenda Funding

Project Status: Completed

Project Leader: Jose Manuel San Emeterio

EU Programme: INTERREG IV C

Project Budget: €1,665,523

Start Date: Jul, 2008

Finish Date: Jun, 2010

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The aim of the project is to:

Improve regional innovation and knowledge economy policies by transferring broadband and e-public services best practice between European regions and into local Regional Operational Programmes.

Specific objectives are to:

Transfer e-government and wireless broadband best practice knowledge between a group of European regions with different degrees of experience.
Develop an Action Plan to incorporate the transferred knowledge into the mainstream Structural Funds Programmes of ALL the regions participating in the project.
Disseminate information about the project to a large audience, including policy and decision makers at local, regional, Member State and EU level.

Bologna, Italy
Comune di Bologna(Partner)
Contribution to Work Groups

Leda Guidi
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Cantabria, Spain
EMCANTA(Partner)
Exchange of experiences dedicated to the transfer of good practices into EU Structural Funds mainstream programmes

Oscar Ruiz
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Central Greece, Greece
Region of Sterea Ellada(Partner)
Contribution to Work Groups

Chartidou Konstantia
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Derry & Strabane, United Kingdom
Derry City & Strabane District Council(Partner)
Contribution to Work Groups

Louise Breslin
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Donegal, Ireland
Donegal County Council(Partner)
Contribution to Work Groups

Geoffrey Browne
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Donegal, Ireland
ERNACT Network(Partner)
Lead Partner for the project, with overall resp. for delivering the project within budget and liaison with EU

Jose Manuel San Emeterio
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Galway, Ireland
Galway County Council(Partner)
Contribution to Work Groups

Brian Barrett
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Olomouc Region, Czech Republic
Olomouc Regional Government(Partner)
Contribution to Work Groups

Jiří  Šafránek
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South East Bulgaria, Bulgaria
ARDI(Partner)
Contribution to Work Groups

Sonya Enilova
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Västernorrland, Sweden

ALAV (Partner)
Overall responsibility for communications within the PIKE project

Charlie Wallin

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Västernorrland, Sweden

ALAV (Partner)
Overall responsibility for communications within the PIKE project

Kirsi Wahlström

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Best Practice Handbooks - Documentation of the broadband and e-public services best practice in preparation for transfer to other regions.
Regional Action Plan and Roadmap - Detailed plan for transferring and incorporating each Best Practice into the Operation Programmes (OP) of the nine participating regions.
Transfer Events - A series of transfer events including two conferences, interregional and local workshops, study visits and staff exchanges.
Best Practice Implementation - Each Best Practice successfully developed and funded in the regions receiving the best practice.

The ERNACT regions focus on adapting and transferring services, approaches or digital knowhow between regions. Please examine the following table to see a list of specific items transferred over the past few years

Development of eGovernment in Olomouc Region

Olomouc Region - Olomouc Regional Government

eLocal Phase II

Cantabria - EMCANTA

eServices development in Vasternorrland based on Donegal Online Planning Services model

Västernorrland - ALAV

eServices in Sterea Ellada based on Donegal's Online Planning model

Central Greece - Region of Sterea Ellada

Knowledge Community in Galway based on Derry's Wireless City model

Galway - Galway County Council

Sustainable Strategies Model - eAdministration based on Cantabria's eLocal model

Donegal - Donegal County Council

Wireless City Bologna based on Derry's Wireless City model

Bologna - Comune di Bologna

Wireless City Burgas based on Derry's wireless city model

South East Bulgaria - ARDI

Donegal Online Planning Services

Donegal - Donegal County Council

eLocal

Cantabria - EMCANTA

Integrated Aid System (IAS)

Cantabria - EMCANTA

Wireless City

Derry & Strabane - Derry City & Strabane District Council

Integration of eGovernment and Wireless Broadband good practices into the Convergence and Regional Competitiveness and Employment policies of all the participating regions. In order to do so ALL 9 participating regions will develop an Action Plan to transfer the good practices into the mainstream Structural Funds programmes. Apart from project coordination and dissemination, PIKE's main activities will consist of Documenting and presenting the good practices, transferring the good practices and ensuring implementation under the regional OPs (Local workshops, presentations to regional OP Monitoring Committees, regional Action Plan launches).