1. EUROPEAN COOPERATION AND CLUSTERING in PRELUDE: GUAR@NTeE Irina Zalisova, BMI PRELUDE/ELANET workshop 30 March 2004 ISSS Conference

2. Prelude IST project (5FP) eEurope 2005 Action Plan 27 months duration (started April ’02) 2.7 M.euro Nine European Digital Regions cooperate (included new member states of the EU) ELANET and eris@ lead the process TeleCities supports it

3. Prelude’s Consortium Coordinating partner: ELANET (CEMR) through ENAIP Sardegna Regional supporting network: eris@ Nine European Regions: - Silesia Region (Poland) - Vysocina (Czech Republic) – through BMI - Lombardy (Italy) - IRER - PACA (France) – Mediterranee Technologies - Catalonia (Spain) – Localret - Berlin (Germany) – F.A.V. - Yorkshire and Humberside (UK) – Textile Training - Midwest Region (Ireland) - Kymenlaakso Region(Finland) – Kouvola Region Federation of Municipalities

4. Prelude: RCI in objectives and results Create European and Regional clusters for innovation: mainstream research and deployment to support local development and modernise public administrations Experiment a Cooperation model based on bottom-up practice among Regional administrations and public-private partnerships (clusters) Prepare Strategic guidelines for RTD development and ICT innovation and Thematic guides on key application areas for regional innovation 20 RCI launched and 9 European clusters being created through inter-regional co-operation and initiatives of Elanet, eris@ and TeleCities

5. Prelude’s Cluster for Innovation A cluster for innovation is a structured group of people taking European initiatives on Information Society actions regarding: -modernisation of public administrations -Multi-channel and personalised services to citizens, enterprises and communities -Local development With a common research, technology and innovation plan carried out by one or more public- private partnerships

6. Prelude’s cluster composition A cluster is group of individuals, supported by their organisations, working in Laboratories: ensuring scientific competence (research community) and strong link to the territory; Companies: mastering technology / providing ICTproducts and services / offering innovation competence; Local authorities:endorsing political and strategic issues for effective deployment and impact; NGOs: providing advise and other professional services

7. Prelude’s Application Areas for Nine European Clusters e-Government e-Business eTransport e-Inclusion – cross-cutting topic e-Learning

8. GUAR@NTeE - Guaranteeing Universal Access to Resources, Applications and Networks Towards eEurope The Prelude eCommunities European Cluster for Innovation coordinated by eris@ (www.erisa.be) Respond to the danger of Digital Divide (social exclusion) in connection with the development of eCommunities and eCitizens issues The need to understand better barriers to ICT take-up at the local and regional levels

9. GUAR@NTeE - Guaranteeing Universal Access to Resources, Applications and Networks Towards eEurope The Consortium: Regional policy makers Champion regions throughout Europe Technology and industry partners committed to finding solutions Universities and IT Research institutes European networks active at the local and regional levels Pilot Communities representing the interest&concerns of users

10. GUAR@NTeE - Guaranteeing Universal Access to Resources, Applications and Networks Towards eEurope Nov-03 Cluster Action Plan (pdf file !) Jan-04 Workshop on eCommunities,Brussels Feb-04 Policy Forum on eCommunities, Brussels (Czech experts + President of Vysocina Region involved) March-04 Workshop on eCommunities, Prague (draft of the Thematic Guide presented) ! W3C/WAI and ISDAC are involved ! May – 04 Presentation at the Final Prelude conference, Road- Map is ready

11. You are invited to: Join the European constituency that we are building as a community of interest to boost regional European research and innovation by actively participating in the Prelude FINAL CONFERENCE: May 13th-14th, Limerick, Ireland THE PRELUDE CHALLENGE CLUSTERING DIGITAL INNOVATION IN EU REGIONS

12. Thank you for your attention ! Contact in the Czech Republic: Irina Zálišová, BMI, zalisova@brezen.cz www.brezen.cz/bmi on behalf of Vysočina Region www.kr-vysocina.cz