Brussels, 6th October 2010, OPEN DAYS 2010 Broadband as Enabler for Social Innovation in Malopolska Kraków, 2 kwietnia 2004 r. Brussels, 6th October 2010, OPEN DAYS

Short facts about Malopolska Malopolska Region is one of 16 Polish regions. Malopolska is a regional self-government Area: km2 Population: 3.2 million (urban population: 50 %) Counties: 22 Communes: 182 Capital City: Kraków 2

Brussels, 6th October 2010, OPEN DAYS 2010 Malopolska Major Academic Centre in Poland 32 universities and colleges e.g.: Jagiellonian University in Krakow, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow University of Economics over academic teachers and scientists. over students over graduates per year 3

Brussels, 6th October 2010, OPEN DAYS 2010 Malopolska Broadband Network The goal of MBN project: to create regional carrier-class network Backbone ready for: broadband services various technologies of access The network will complement existing networks Technology neutral Ready for easy further development EU co-funded project 4

Brussels, 6th October 2010, OPEN DAYS 2010 Business model of the Malopolska Broadband Network Malopolska Region PPP Agreement Contract/concession for SPV Establishing a SPV PPP Agreement Contract/concession for SPV Establishing a SPV Private Partner SPV investment + operation and maintenance SPV investment + operation and maintenance input into SPV dividend dividend/pay designing, building, ownership, operation and maintenance Internet Service Providers (ISPs) - providing services to final custemers Jagiellonian University in Krakow AGH University of Science and Technology MRPO (ERDF) – Malopolska Regional Operational Programme Decision of the European Commision about size of the project: big project – min. 50 million EUR MRPO (ERDF) – Malopolska Regional Operational Programme Decision of the European Commision about size of the project: big project – min. 50 million EUR 5

Brussels, 6th October 2010, OPEN DAYS 2010 What is going to be built: 3365 km: Total length of a planned optical fibre network Nodes to be built: 19 backbone nodes 161 distribution nodes 276 access nodes As a result at least 90.5% of households and 100% of private companies and public institutions will be covered by broadband by the end of

Brussels, 6th October 2010, OPEN DAYS 2010 Malopolska Region: New ICT Projects Malopolska Medical Information System + RTF: Regional Telemedicine Forum (INTERREG IVC) Virtual Museums of Malopolska ICT for schools Rebuilding e-administration (e.g. new version of Malopolska Gateway Portal, development of digital office) Videoconferencing system for Malopolska Region All the above project are supposed to be EU co-financed by the EU (except for RTF which is already co-financed). 7

Brussels, 6th October 2010, OPEN DAYS 2010 Citizens' involvement The Vision for Malopolska project: to update the Strategy 2020 for Malopolska With support of local media 40k vots on 89 projects 8

Brussels, 6th October 2010, OPEN DAYS 2010 Thank you for your attention! Dariusz Kowalczyk Department of Economy and Information Society Marshals Office of the Malopolska Region Tel Fax