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Porto Digital Association

Joo Pedro CapeloPorto - April, 28, 2010

Overview


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Agenda

1. About Porto Digital

2. Porto Digital: On the way to the knowledge based society

3. Porto Digital: Telecommunications Infrastructure in the City of Porto

4. Porto Digital: Support Municipality and Metropolitan Area Projects


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1- About PortoDigital


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2- Porto Digital:

On the way tothe knowledgebased society


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The Porto Digital project, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund,

aimed to broaden the use of the Internet by the citizens of the city of Porto.

Porto Digital: On the way to the knowledge based society

To achieve this objective, Porto Digital implemented a number of

complementary initiatives from January 2005 to June 2007, namely:

Building a broadband network infrastructure based on 93 km of

optical fiber and several aerials for wireless communication;

Development ofinteractive websites on topics such as employment,culture, tourism, social support and real estate;

e-government activities, in particular online services of the city

council;

Establishment offree Internet access spots in public places;

Lending computer equipment to a number of selected schools andsocial institutions during short periods on a rotating basis;

Gathering and dissemination of information on employment and

entrepreneurship in the city of Porto (Cidade das Profisses).


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The broadband infrastructure has been built in such a way to guarantee a

geographical coverage of most of the city. In 2009 the network was expanded,

including connecting more than 500 social housing buildings to the fiber network.

The Internet is now accessible by a wider public including young people, poorer

communities, and people with physical or mental disabilities (provision of specific

hardware and software). Moreover, a resource centre was created with the mission

of providing and distributing to schools (in the framework of temporary working

groups and special events) about 150 computers, 100 laptops, 100 interactive

whiteboards, 15 video cameras, 45 digital cameras and 12,500 information

technology magazines (one per student at the primary school level). In the first nine

months of 2008 the resource centre is to support an initiative of the Porto City

Council in order to place 100 interactive whiteboards in 50 primary schools

together with additional help-desk and training services for about 500 teachers

spread all over the city.

Porto Digital: on the way to the knowledge based society

Results to the city:

Broadband connection covers now about 55 sites including premises of local, regional andnational administration, museums and cultural organizations, public library, the City Park,

primary schools, high schools, university faculties and the chamber of commerce.


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3- Porto Digital:

Telecommunications Infrastructure

in the City ofPorto


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In 2007 the Optic Fibre Network connected54 points of interest (Institutions of higher

education and Public Institutions) in the

city. Porto Digital installed Free Wi-Fi

internet access Points in some public

spaces of the city.

In 2009 the network was extended by 26

Km, thus adding to the 88 Km of optic fibre

available in 2008.

Porto Digital continue to building a Optic

Fibre Network that will cover the city and

will provide not only Internet signal but

also the TDT Tv signal.

Porto Digital: Telecommunications Infrastructure in the City of Porto


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4- Porto Digital:

SupportMunicipality

and MetropolitanArea Projects


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Porto Digital supported several projects of the Municipality and of the Metropolitan Area

of Porto, such as: SAMA (simplification of the services of the City Council); Interactive

Growth(Crescer Interactivo, application of new technologies in public schools);development of the websites of the City Council and iPorto Portal and the

implementation project of the optic fibre in the Metropolitan Area of Porto.

Projects developed by the City Council (two main areas):

E-Citizenship (modernization of the Technologies in the City Council Services)

Web Portal of the City Council;

Intranet;

Executive Portal: Developed by Microsoft Portugal, the Portal allows the

dematerialization of the documents used in the City Councils Executive

Meetings. The Portal was distinguished with Solutions for Local Public

Administration Award promoted by Microsoft International in 2008;

Electronic Management of Documents (Docinporto3g)

Digital Archive of Urban Projects (SIURB);

Contact Centre.

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Credits and references

Images

http://www.graffletopia.com/stencils/462

Sites

Porto Digital Association: http://www.portodigital.pt

iPorto: http://iporto.amp.pt

Porto City Council: http://www.cm-porto.pt

Porto Digital Project:

http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/cooperation/interregional/ecochange/goodpractice/2infso/citizens/pt_norte_portodigit.p

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Thank you

Joo Pedro Capelo-----------------------------

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