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logo. e-Riga : building e-society. Ēriks Zēģelis, Director of Riga City Council Information Technology Centre 04/04/2005. Project e-Riga E-society in Riga. Main goals of project e-Riga. T o improve the quality of service of the city residents and entrepreneurs .
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e-Riga: building e-society Ēriks Zēģelis, Director of Riga City Council Information Technology Centre 04/04/2005
Project e-Riga • E-society in Riga
Main goals of project e-Riga • To improve the quality of service of the city residents and entrepreneurs. • To get city residents and entrepreneurs involved in social life and significant decision making. • To integrate all the existing RCC information systems and create consumer-focused, easy-to-use electronic services. • To improve and streamline processes within Riga municipality, as well as to improve the performance of the RCC staff.
Project e-Riga: plans and perspectives • One Stop Shops • Electronic services • E-inclusion of Riga citizens • Restructurisation of Riga City Council • EU requirements in the e-government field
Project e-Riga • E-society in Riga
E-society in Riga. Facts* • 56% of Riga citizens are using computer at work/home. • 48% ar using internet. • 60% thinks, that computers ar easy to use. • 34% don’t know how to use it. • 32% thinks, that internet is easy to use. • 38% don’t know how to use it. *October 2004, SKDS
E-society.Goals and basic principles • IT&T infrastructure will be made accessible and affordable for all Riga residents. • Their IT&T skills and knowledge will be improved. • Development of Internet contents will be boosted, which will raise the interest and motivation of Riga residents for using IT&T both in everyday life and in contacts with the local government.
E-society. E-readiness of Riga residents • Technological factor • Computers and Internet are least used in public access points and educational institutions. • Majority of Riga residents are satisfied with the quality of the Internet connection. • Servises in an electronical way.
E-society. E-readiness of Riga residents • Economic factor • Furthering competition in the telecommunications sector. • The weak development of e-commerce in the small business sector. • A majority of the society lacks education as to the possibilities of using IT&T in business. • Low incomes of average inhabitan. • Furthering competition in the telecommunications sector.
E-society. E-readiness of Riga residents • Social factor • The difference between age groups as to their interest and motivation of using IT&T. • Environmental factor for understanding. • Marketing activities. • Informing the society and explaining the opportunities provided by IT&T.
E-society. E-readiness of Riga residents • Education factor • Schoolchildren are active and interested IT&T users. • The high load of both computers and teachers. • The government’s strategy of reducing funding for the LIIS (Latvian Education Informatisation System).
E-society.Achievements of project e-Riga • RCC portal www.riga.lv • Youth portal www.rigarulle.lv • E-services (6) • One Stop Shop • E-kiosks • The conception of e-society • School internetization (150) • Library internetization (46) • E-mail server www.eriga.lv • Education programs (ECDL, invalids)
Building an e-society in Riga • The local government shall work in the following directions: • Systematic and gradual development of IT&T infrastructure in Riga: • to make electronic channels available within the whole territory of Riga; • to ensure the building of electronic channels network throughout all Riga districts. • Support to specific social groups: • to provide socially unprotected groups with access to IT&T; • to help to improve their IT&T knowledge; • to further the development of specific Internet contents; • to inform socially unprotected groups about the opportunities of using IT&T; • to continue the computerisation of schools.
Building an e-society in Riga • 3. Furthering of small e-business • to provide support to small companies in using e-commerce and IT&T; • to further the implementation of several innovation projects. • 4. Raising population’s interest for the use of municipal services: • to provide a multilateral, convenient and efficient range of e-services; • to inform the society about the opportunity of using municipal services via electronic channels.
Values of the project e-Riga are: • Easy Safe Comfortable • Electronic Quick