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MEDIS Pilot Experience on Hiiumaa island, Estonia

MEDIS Pilot Experience on Hiiumaa island, Estonia. Planning the Strategy for Info Society in Hiiumaa, Estonia By Reet Kokovkin, Hiiumaa County Government. Island community Hiiumaa. Second largest island in Estonia territory 1000 km², coastline 325 km, highest top 68 m, forest area 70%

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MEDIS Pilot Experience on Hiiumaa island, Estonia

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  1. MEDIS Pilot Experience on Hiiumaa island, Estonia Planning the Strategy for Info Society in Hiiumaa, Estonia By Reet Kokovkin, Hiiumaa County Government

  2. Island community Hiiumaa • Second largest island in Estonia • territory 1000 km², coastline 325 km, highest top 68 m, forest area 70% • 5 municipalities • ca 11,000 people, ca 4, 500 in Kärdla • main jobs are in fishing and fish processing • yearly turnover of Hiiumaa enterprises and public sector 70,33 MEURO (2000)

  3. Why Hiiumaa? • international experience in cooperation with: • B7Baltic Sea islands Gotland and Öland (Sweden), Äland (autonomous Finnish island) Rügen (Germany), Bornholm (Denmark) • CPMR Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions • INSULA Internationa Scientific counsil for Island development

  4. What we have done so far? • 1992 - Development Concept for Hiiumaa • 1995 - pioneer region in Estonia on ICT development • 1997-2000 - Hiiumaa 2010, financed by UNDP • An Info Technological Harbour • 2001 - Distance Work Thematic Group initiated by the Prime Minister

  5. Implementing the MEDIS Planning Manual • Project organisation: • Steering Committee - County IT Council • Working Groups - Political, Education, Entrepreneurs, IT, Third Sector • Project Management - Project Leader, Assistant • experts • Public participation via media • documentation at www.mv.hiiumaa.ee/medis/

  6. Medis collecting data • Study on ICT current situation on Hiiumaa: • population: 500 residents of all age groups • entrepreneurs: 79 directors of firms and individuals • state offices: 39 • principals and teachers of 9 schools • Poll was done by public administration students of Suuremõisa Technical School

  7. Current IS situation on Hiiumaa % of residents actively using computer 60 53,9 49,1 50 40 31,7 Men 30 24,7 21,4 Women 19,2 20 10 0 Not using at themoment Will never use using

  8. Current IS situation on Hiiumaa

  9. Current IS situation on Hiiumaa

  10. Implementing the Planning Manual • Work Groups completed SWOT and vision • Strategy group prepares the Strategy text • Strategy text will discussed with WG-s • Public debate • on 30 of May the IS Conference Of Hiiumaa • Media comments the process • New project applications under preparation

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