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Information Society
in Gdańsk
Wiesław Patrzek
Grzegorz Krajewski
IT Proxy of the Mayor of Gdansk
e-mail: [email protected]
Municipal GIS Co-ordinator
e-mail: [email protected]
www.gdansk.pl
Gdańsk - facts and figures
location: northern Poland, pomorskie region
population of the Pomeranian Region: 2,2 million
population of the Tricity Gdansk - Sopot – Gdynia: 1 million
population of Gdansk: 468 000
universities: 12
students: over 55 thousand
co-operation with partner cities: 17
head offices of international institutions: 5
membership of international associations: 13
consulates: 22
banks: 27
hotels: 24
Gdansk International Fair Co. – ca. 30 events per 1 year
e-Gdańsk strategy
Implementation projects
1. Development and extention of the Internet portal
www.gdansk.pl
2. e-services (e-administration)
3. Establishment of free of charge, public Internet access
points (PIAP)
4. Creation of „Internet gates” system
5. Encouragement of Internet usage among citizens;
6. Broadband Wireless City Gdańsk
e-Gdańsk strategy- Internet gates
Internet gates - points in the city area with one-person stuff
accessible through telephone, Internet and personal visit. Adapted
for the disabled people.
• Complete information on required administrative
procedures
• Help in filling-in the necessary docs and forms and
accepting them
• Accepting complaints and comments
• Questionnaires
• Document /photographs scanning and sending them
via e-mail to the proper municipal department.
• preparation of today’s society for demands of digital
future
•administrative procedures kick-off
e-Gdańsk – wireless city network
Installation of broadband wireless access points
network (hot spots)
Development of municipal MAN network
(a hybrid of wireless and optical fibre network)
Open and highly scalable system tailored to its
users needs
Medium of close citizens - city authorities
contact
Geographic Information System in Gdansk
3D model
www.gis.gdansk.pl
Spatial analyses
Historical GIS
Thematic ICT networks
URBACT ISN
A thematic network of cities
organized within URBACT
focused on Information Society
issues.
TELECITIES
A thematic network of over 130
European cities focused on
exchanging experience on
Information Society.
Gdansk is a mamber of Steering
Committee
Charter on Rights of Citizens
in the Knowledge Society (EUROCITIES)
„The public sector must become the catalyst for the use of ICTs
among citizens, w hile ensuring their full rights.”
Main aspects and impact areas of eRights charter:
• Political (international co-operation of European cities in the
framework of organizations like UBC, Eurocites; activities of a city
within the EU);
• Promotional (promotion of Internet access for all - PIAPs,
broadband – and public services based on new technologies;
promotion of e-signature);
• Social and cultural (access to user-friendly and understandable
public information; strenghten the right to education and participation
through new technologies);
eRights charter - objectives
EUROCITIES wishes to ensure the effective recognition and
protection of rights of all citizens in the Information and
Knowledge Society by introducing the “European Charter of
Rights of citizens in the Knowledge Society”.
EUROCITIES is convinced that this instrument will help
cities and local governments to ensure the rights of citizens
& to maintain a competitive and competent society in the
digital age as well as ensuring social and territorial cohesion.
eRights charter – signing event
EUROCITIES identifies four groups of rights to be distinguished:
The Right to Access - Local government must play an active role
in guaranteeing access to telecommunications infrastructures.
The Right to Education and Training – There is the need to
support the development of lifelong learning to allow all citizens to
take part in and benefit from the development of the Knowledge
Society.
The Right to Online information - cities w ill have to be a main
source of content, especially content related to the information
generated and ow ned by its administration.
The Right to Online Participation - cities should ensure the
citizen’s right to participation calls on cities to be transparent at
each stage of their decision-making process.
eRights charter – signing events
Thank you for your attention!
Information Society in Gdańsk
Wiesław Patrzek
Grzegorz Krajewski
IT Proxy of the Mayor of Gdansk
e-mail: [email protected]
Municipal GIS Co-ordinator
e-mail: [email protected]
www.gdansk.pl