Working Group on the Information Society
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Working Group on the Information Society
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European Seminar on
Local and Regional Information Society
The Association
of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities,
House of
the Municipalities
Helsinki, Finland
21-23 January 1998
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"Local and Regional Information Society: Problems of Development in Central and Eastern Europe" Miercurea Ciuc, Romania 8-9 October 1998 Organised by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe, in co-operation with the Committee of the Regions of the European Unionn and Harghita County Council, Romania.
CLRAE report on seminars
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Wednesday, 21 January 1998
The Present Situation and Strategies
Chairman Mr Risto Koivisto
09.15
Opening of the seminar
Opening speech 1
Mr Risto Koivisto,
Chairman of the Working
Group of Local and Regional Information Society;
Vice President, Committee of the
Regions;
Mayor, Municipality of Pirkkala
Opening
speech 2
Mr Robert Shotton,
Head of Unit,
European Commission, DG
XVI.B.4
Opening speech 3
Mr Jussi-Pekka Alanen,
Managing Director,
The Association
of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities
10.00
The
national and regional strategies of the Information Society,
Mr Jouni Backman,
Minister for Administrative Affairs, Finland
11.00
European
Union Information Society Policy and Actions in the Countries of Central
and Eastern Europe
Mr Jörg Wenzel,
Chief Adviser,
European Commission, DGXIII
11.45
Tasks
of the Local and Regional Authorities in the Information Society,
Mr Javier Ossandon,
President,
The Local Authorities’ Telematic
Network Initiative, ELANET
14.00
Status of the Local and Regional Information Society
panel discussion with introductions chaired by
Mr Juha Talvitie,
Director, Structural Policy and EU Affairs,
The Association
of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities
19.00
Reception hosted by the City of Helsinki, Old City Hall
Thursday, 22 January 1998
Experiences of the LOCREGIS project
Joint session with the LOCREGIS Seminar
9.00
Opening
of the LOCREGIS Seminar
Mr Timo Kietäväinen,
Deputy Managing Director,
The Association
of the Finnish Local and Regional Authorities
9.15
LOCREGIS
project
Mr Heikki Lunnas,
Project Manager,
The Association
of the Finnish Local and Regional Authorities
10.15
Experiences of Local and Regional Information Society Projects. Experts
representing local and regional information society projects give answers
on the basis of their practical experiences to the questions below.
1. How to start an implementation of local/regional Information Society project?
Moderator
Mr Louis Lengrand ,
Managing Director,
Louis Lengrand & Associés Sarl.
Moderator
Mr Robert Shotton
Moderator
Mr Robert Shotton
4. Information society projects - an efficient instrument for
jobcreation and
regional development?
Moderator
Mr Juha Talvitie
5. How to ensure same opportunities for citizens?
Moderator
Mr Louis Lengrand
Presentation
5.1
Mr Nils-Erik Olausson,
City of Östersund, Sweden
Presentation
5.2
Ms Outi Anttila,
Koillismaa Service Centre, Finland
Presentation
5.3
Ms Päivi
Kapiainen-Heiskanen,
INTERNETIX, Finland
Summary
of the Experiences
Mr Louis Lengrand
16.00
LOCREGIS
Best Practice Criteria and Evaluation of Projects
Mr Manuel Gigot,
Managing Director,
Arco
16.30
ISPO
as a helpdesk for new local and regional information society projects,
Mr Henry Haglund,
Head of Unit,
Information Society Project Office,
ISPO,
Opening of the Exhibition, Mr Timo
Kietäväinen, Deputy Managing Director,
The Association
of the Finnish Local and Regional Authorities
Participants of the exhibition
19.00 Reception hosted by the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities
Friday, 23 January 1998
Programme of the CLRAE Seminar
Practical Experiences
Visits in:
Intranet/Internet of the Finnish Parliament
LUNCH in Gustavelund
Alternative choice for visits was to follow the second day of the LOCREGIS Seminar at the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities.
Lessons learnt by the LOCREGIS project
9.00
Analysis of regional activities
in the new Member States,
Mr Heikki Lunnas,
Project Manager,
The Association
of the Finnish Local and Regional Authorities
9.30
Classification of local and
regional information society projects,
Mr Esko Hurme,
LOCREGIS,
The Association
of the Finnish Local and Regional Authorities
Working groups in LOCREGIS
