Smart Cities - better e-services for citizens and businesses

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KS The Norwegian assossiation of local and regional authorities

• National municipal member organzation• 430 municipalities• 19 counties• approx. 500 public enterprises• approx. 250 employees (150 at the head office in Oslo and

100 in regional offices)

Smart Cities

• facilitate the transfer of e-Government successes across national borders

• identify and support the real transformational impact on local government service delivery

• equip decision makers with the knowledge and motivation

• iclude national authorities

Smart Cities…

• understand which e-services are best and why • reconsider how services are delivered and which

channels they should use• reorganise their internal service delivery processes

and back office functions

• develop a prototype North Sea Region/EU-wide service list

Partners (Interreg 4B North Sea Region)

Benefits for KS - and CEMR?(CEMR - Council of European Municipalities and Regions)

• In this context, Europe is small• All local authorities offer largely the same services, regardless

of nationality• Close cooperation between municipalities in Europe through

common organization CEMR• Use of projects for joint benefit

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Smart Cities shows that benefits can only be realised through change in organisation and work processes

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Managers with sufficient knowledge

• eCapacity building for civil servants• sufficient knowledge for senior executive officers to realise

benefits of ICT investments• joint project: CEMSDI• Partners: Norway, UK, Spain, Italy, Czeck Republic, Portugal

Collaborating in making ICT strategies

CEMR manual on Implementing strategies for local and regional eGovernment

Guiding national associations of local and regional authorities to assist their municipalities and regions in implementing a DigitalAgenda at local level.

Partners: All CEMRs members