1. Telecities Status and Outlook Albert P. Deistler City of Cologne Telecities Vice Chair

2. 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

3. TeleCities Presidency & Steering Committee President Liverpool Vice-president Cologne Steering Committee Members Amaroussion Antwerp Barcelona (former President) Gdansk Gijón Helsinki Kingston upon Hull Marseille Nice Naestved Prague Siena Stockholm Tallinn The Hague Vienna Yalova (Observer)

4. TeleCities Members Other Local Authorities (99) Aalborg Aarhus Amsterdam Bari Belfast Berlin Bilbao Birmingham Bologna Bonn Bradford Bremen Bristol Brussels Capital Region Camden-London Cannes Cardiff Copenhagen Cuenca Edinburgh Eindhoven Espoo Frankfurt Frederikshavn Genova Gent Girona Glasgow G ö teborg Grenoble Grosseto Hagen Heraklion Jena Jun Katowice Koper Leeds Leeuwarden Leipzig Le ó n Lille Link ö ping Linz Lisbon Liverpool Livorno Lodz Lyon Malaga Madrid Manchester Metz Milan Modena Montpellier Munich M ü nster Nantes Naples Newcastle Nottingham Nuremberg Oslo Oulu Ostrava Palermo Porto Reus Rij é ka Rome Ronneby Rotterdam Sabadell Salerno St Petersburg San Sebastian Santiago de Compostela Seville Sheffield Southampton Strasbourg Tampere Terrassa Thessaloniki Totana Tran å s Turin Turku Utrecht Valencia Valladolid Vantaa Venice Viladecans Vilnius Warsaw Waterford Zaragoza

5. TeleCities Members Business Members (8) Clip Card Fabasoft AT Software GoPro Development IBM 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)

6. Number of Members per Member State - date 2004

7. 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

8. 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)

9. 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  Ensure Information knowledge society rights for citizens  Promote the modernisation of local Public Administrations trough eGovernment

10. 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

11. TeleCities Working Groups  Share experiences and practices  Transform these experiences into ideas, guidelines and recommendations for future policies (e.g. 6 th 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

12. TeleCities Working Groups Main Topics 2005  WG Overcome the barriers to the development of Information Society  Interoperability of systems and contents  WG Promote the modernisation of local PAs through eGovernment  Adoption of new service delivery models based on improved ITC infrastructure incl. broadband  WG Ensure IKS rights for citizens  Health and Inclusion  WG Foster the Knowledge-based economy  Economic impact of public ICT investments

13. Example: Broadband  Role of cities increasing in stimulation of broadband Internet access  Reasons:  Economic goals (strengthen local image, attract innovative firms & highly-skilled people)  Social goals (prevent/fight digital divide and social exclusion)

14. Broadband: Differences in Europe  Countries without competition focus on commercially interesting areas e.g. France, expensive for residents  Countries with competition good and lower prices e.g. Germany (ADSL, fibre)

15. Broadband: Telecities Activities  WG Overcome barriers of Information Society - Sub group Broadband.  Joint action of Telecities and eris@:Press release to welcome EU Commission‘s adopting of 3 broadband projects

16. TeleCities Projects TeleCities participates directly in EU funded Projects at the benefit of its Members:  MUTEIS (Macro-economic & Urban Trends in Europe’s 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)

17. Charter of European eRights TeleCities will develop and implement locally and internationally a Charter of European eRights  Rights to accessibility  Rights to education and formation  Information rights  Rights to participation

18. 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 > 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

19. Next TeleCities Event  “E-Government on Local Level” 21 - 22 April, Tallinn

20. TeleCities Coordination Office (TCO) Brussels Tel: +32 2 552 08 68 Fax: +32 2 552 08 89 e-mail: telecities@eurocities.betelecities@eurocities.be http://www.telecities.org TeleCities Contact Details