E-Government strategies, challenges and developments Mayor of Vilnius City Artūras Zuokas
Long-term development priorities of Vilnius 1. INCREASING INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS 2. DEVELOPING A NEW ECONOMY 3. CREATING AN ADVANCED SOCIETY 4. DEVELOPING A TRANSPORTATION AND ENGINEERING INFRASTRUCTURE
Strategic location of Vilnius North Dimension Eastern Europe Central Europe EU members Candidates to EU NATO members Candidates to NATO
Regional Competitiveness of Vilnius Number of Inhabitants in a 300 km. radius 307 *4 h Helsinki Saint Petersburg Tallinn Vilnius Riga Minsk Warsaw Distance (road, km)
Vilnius Contribution to GDP 70 proc. 30 proc. Vilnius GDP
Vilnius Knowledge Economy Business Biotechnology, lasers, Biotechnology, lasers,telecommunications,electronics Science Vilnius University, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Biotechnological Institute, Biochemistry Institute, Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Physics Institute, Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy Society Highly educated, 47 percent of the country’s students, an increasing number country’s students, an increasing number of computer, Internet and cell phone users
Main municipality partner in e-Vilnius project Preparation of e-Vilnius vision Monitoring of results Attracting of investors PPP
Building human capacities Broadband internet for all city schools this year 1 computer for 22 children 1200 ITT experts graduate from our universities every year
ITT students
* Share of inhabitants (%) ** Share of the number of enterprises (%) *** Share of inhabitants of 15 years old and elder (%) 2002 year ITT indicators in Vilnius (%)
The partnership – our goal Knowledge Economy Forum
INFORMATION SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE Alliance, joining leading ITT companies and Banks WINDOW TO THE FUTURE
Vilnius e.government
M-citizen GPS for transport system E-fountain E-voting E-ticket Public Internet centres E-government E-city 4 all E-services
Online translation to internet from mayor working office
Virtual officer - electronic vice mayor
SMS 1)A driver sends an SMS when he parks his car and specifies the length of time he will be parked in that area. GPRS, SMS... AVA123 1 val. 2) The order is registered in real time in a data base 3) A traffic policeman can check whether the car has overstayed its limit of time by scanning the bar code from the sticker in the window of the car. SMS The most modern technological solution in Europe