Post on 19-Dec-2015
Presentation of the project
to
BSSSC BOARDHämeenlinna, Finland
June 14, 2003
Background
Initiative
• City of Stockholm Economic Development
Agency
• Baltic Alliance of Regional Development
Institutions
Background
Model
• The Bangemann Challenge 1994
• Six editions of the Stockholm
Challenge so far
Background
The Bangemann Report
1993 - “The Bangemann Report, Europe and the Global Information Society” is published by the European Commission.The report singles out ten areas related to IT in which Europe has to become stronger in order to catch up with the United States.
Background
Areas in the Bangemann Report1) Teleworking 2) Distance learning 3) A network for universities and research centres 4) Telematic services for SMEs 5) Road traffic management 6) Air traffic control 7) Healthcare networks 8) Electronic tendering 9) Trans-european public administration network 10) City information highways
Background
The Bangemann Challenge
1994 - The City of Stockholm initiates the Bangemann Challenge
• a challenge between cities and regions in Europe;
• ten categories (one for each area in the Bangemann report).
Background
The Stockholm Challenge
The Bangemann Challenge continues annually as the Stockholm Challenge:
• competition becomes global;• from 2001 onwards, the number of
categories is reduced to six.
Background
The Stockholm Challenge
• the 5th competition was held in 2002, gathering nearly 600 projects from 78 countries;
• total of more than 3000 projects have joined the Stockholm Challenge so far.
Fromthe Stockholm Challenge
tothe Baltic Challenge
The Spirit of the Challenge
• Bridging the digital divide• Sharing of knowledge and experiences• Openness and democratic approach• Focuses the benefits and positive changes that
IT can bring the users rather than on the sophistication of the technology itself
• Simple applications - same chances for winning
Key Values
Basic framework
Categories
• e-Government• Culture• Health• Education• e-Business• Environment• Project Ideas
Categories
e-Government• Striving for a more democratic information
society, built on empowerment and participation among citizens;
• IT provides new possibilities for governments, local and regional public services’ providers to create democratic platforms with online citizen services 24-hours a day, cyber voting, on-line discussions, and wide access to community information.
Categories
Culture• making culture more open and
accessible to all using IT tools;• preserving cultural heritage and
identity in the global society.
Categories
Health• telemedicine care lets hospitals provide
remote consultation and diagnosis and more accurate, accessible patient records, enabling improved service and treatment;
• the internet lets the disabled interact with each other and the rest of the society, supporting them by applications that diminish their disabilities;
• using the internet for preventive care and information, thus umproving general health.
Categories
e-ducation• Thanks to e-learning, education can be
brought to more people, regardless to distance, disability or other barriers;
• IT facilitates sophisticated stimulation for technical and vocational training;
• through media and interactivity, creative lifelong learning is helping to close the digital divide.
Categories
e-Business• IT opens new opportunities and
new markets for businesses;• new activities, ranging from
home shopping and mobile marketing to business-to-business transactions, create a need for modern ICT tools in day-to-day operations.
Categories
e-nvironment• IT can help improving the understanding of
issues such as climate change and biodiversity, as well as help to monitor and survey ecological conditions and respond to environmental diseasters;
• IT is an effective tool to spread information in order to preserve the environment and enhance environmental awareness.
Categories
Project Ideas
• The aim of introducing this category is to support and promote new innovative ideas and facilitate their implementing.
Evaluation criteria
• Innovation• User Need• Transferability• Accessibility• Local impact
Basic framework
Purpose
Why a Baltic Challenge?
• Enhance regional growth • Promote co-operation within the region• Facilitate the accession to the
European Union• Access to an international network of
entrepreneurs and IT expertise• Create a Source of Inspiration!
A region in transition
• Co-operation between new EU members and neighbours increases regional strenght
• Harmonisation of governments increases similarities
• A possibility to facilitate co-operation between projects from participating countries in a systematic way
Networking
UkraineProject
Manager
Networking
Network of Partners
BelarusProject
Manager
North-West Region of RussiaProject Manager
PolandProject
Manager
LithuaniaProject
Manager
LatviaProject
Manager EstoniaProject
Manager
Project managementSNK + BARDI
TASK FORCE
Jury
What do we want to achieve?
• A meeting between companies, universities and organisations in the Baltic Sea Region
• Promotion of a wider use of IT, showcasing economically sustainable models and examples of how IT can be used within all society sectors
• Numerical goal - number of competing projects
Goals
Local strategy and implementation
• Structuring local networks• Link with local companies,
organisations, government, universities, schools etc.
• Local marketing• Develop information material• Translations• Evaluation
Organisation
Project process
• Preparation and construction of web site
• Launch of the competition• Project search• Jury evaluation process• Selection and announcement of finalists• Preparation for the final events• Final Events and Prize-Giving Ceremony
7 steps
Financing
• Interreg III B• Interreg III C• Phare• Tacis• Public-private funding
Financing
Latest developments
• BSR Interreg III B Seed Money grant
• Partnership Meeting in Gdansk, April 28-29, 2003.
• Establishment of the Task Team
Latest developments
Latest developments -financing
• Application to Baltic Sea Billion has been recently submitted by SNK
• Application to Phare 2001 CBC SPF was submitted by BARDI at the end of May
Latest developments
Launch Event
On the occasion of
5th Annual Baltic
Development Forum
Riga, 5-7 October 2003
Project
Baltic Challenge
will be presented and promoted
during
Baltic Round Table Conference
(Gdansk, June 17-19, 2003)
co-organised by BARDI and BSSSC
Promotion
Creating regional opportunities!