1. 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 2010 1

2. Short facts about Malopolska Malopolska Region is one of 16 Polish regions. Malopolska is a regional self-government Area: 15 190 km2 Population: 3.2 million (urban population: 50 %) Counties: 22 Communes: 182 Capital City: Kraków 2

3. 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 11 000 academic teachers and scientists. over 200 000 students over 34 000 graduates per year 3

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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 2013. 6

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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. +48 12 63-03-515 Fax. +48 12 63-03-503 Email: dkowa@malopolska.mw.gov.pl 9