CITYLAB ON METROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE Managing metropolitan areas / city- regions across boundaries and frontiers LILLE - 12th February 2010 Joan-Miquel PIQUÉ Managing director

Contents 1.Introduction: what is it Localret? 2.The crisis in Spain and Catalonia: much more than a bad moment; the end a two-decade success story. 3.The crisis and local administration: harsh times for local budgets; how do we provide better service with no money? 4.A thousand realities: Dealing with difference. 5.Infostructures: beyond roads and hospitals - the new keynesianism. Universal Services and the ITCat example. 6.Beyond infrastructures: services for development. 7.Citylabs: a network to attract, analyze and create knowledge. Bottom-up creativity, wikipolicies, and the tools to promote democracy. 8.Power to municipalities: the closer, the smarter; or the fastest way to deal with real needs. 9.The 24/7 Administration: machines do the routines, people add value 10.Thank you for the crisis: a new economic model, new climate limits, new workers, a new Administration. PPP, or a modern way to promote huge changes.

Catalonia

Localret is a consortium of 818 municipalities (90% of the municipalities of Catalonia, and 99% of population) founded in 1997 Mission Create knowledge for the municipalities and turn this knowledge into value, helping them to be adaptable and ready for changes of information society. Vision Localret will be the principal reference and provider of ideas, toold and solutions for the municipalities in the field of information society, through the development of the telecommunication infrastructures and new ICT. Localret

32,000 Km2 7 million inhabitants 200 Inhabitants/sqkm 946 municipalities Localret

Crisis in Spain and Catalonia

Crisis in Spain and Catalonia

Crisis in Spain and Catalonia

A thousand realities

A thousand realities

A thousand realities

Beyond infrastructures: services Legal and technical advice Mobile technologies and infrastructure IS planning Managing telecom demand at local level Lobbying Innovation, communication, tech transfer, events.

Beyond infrastructures: services

Municipalities: the best way to know the needs Be close, be open: the “Municipalities Meeting Plan” Big cities board, small cities board Companies and municipalitites: closing the gap and finding solutions

An opportunity to change Big challenges, big deals: Public Private Partnership Just Information society? no! ICT applied to change our economic model and society Changes are for everyone, no one should fall behind: fighting against digital divide

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