Developing the Knowledge Economy: How Cities Help National Programs in Three EU Accession and an ECA country

Vilnius – Knowledge Economy

Strategic location of Vilnius

North Dimension

Eastern Europe

Central Europe

EU members

Candidates to EU

NATO members

Candidates to NATO

Vilnius – capital city of Lithuania

VILNIUS

RIGA

WARSZAWA

TALLINN

Sankt Peterburg

MINSK

KYJIV

BALTIJOS JÛRA

STOCKHOLM

BERLIN

PRAHA

KOBENHAVN

HELSINKI

MOSKVA

R 300 km

OSLO

Kaliningrad

MOSCOW

KIEV

BALTIC SEA

GEN

WARSAW

C P

PRAGUE

The hierarchy of Vilnius City Municipality’s plans

Long-term strategic

developmentplan

Master plan

Program No.1 Program No.n

Action plan of Municipality

Annual budget

Other financialsources (statebudget, funds,

banks, etc.)

Long-term objectives (vision)

(more than 3 years)

Mid-term objectives(3 years)

Short-termobjectives(1 year)

Public participation:

an example of Vilnius City Strategic Plan

Meetings in neigbourhoods

Meetings (incl.business

breakfasts)

Internet

Conferences and seminars

Interviews

0 500 1000 1500

Public-private partnerships

P P P

Knowledge Economy

Forum

Knowledge Economy

Forum

Window to theFuture

Window to theFuture

Memorandumof Understanding

for sustainable development

Memorandumof Understanding

for sustainable development

Tri-partyCouncil

Tri-partyCouncil

KE clusters (Sunrise Valley, Visoriai Valley,

and others)

KE clusters (Sunrise Valley, Visoriai Valley,

and others)

Internet House(North town)

Internet House(North town)

Improvement of the business environment

(Vilnius City Strategic Plan)

  

  

  

Create favourable conditions for local and foreign investment

Create favourable conditions for local and foreign investment

Create business promotion system

Create business promotion system

Ensure provision of information for business

Ensure provision of information for business

Carry out sustainable development of commercial and industrial districts of the city

Carry out sustainable development of commercial and industrial districts of the city

Vilnius City Municipality’s e-services

The databaseOf Vilnius CityMunicipality’s

legal acts

The databaseOf Vilnius CityMunicipality’s

legal acts

Internetinformation

Internetinformation

GISGIS

400 000 documents,including decrees,resolutions, regulations, etc.

400 000 documents,including decrees,resolutions, regulations, etc.

Infoterminals.Portal www.Vilnius.lt

Infoterminals.Portal www.Vilnius.lt

Specialized DBs ofgovernmental institutions and private organizations.Information servicesfor persons/organizations,including investors/

Specialized DBs ofgovernmental institutions and private organizations.Information servicesfor persons/organizations,including investors/

IT indicators in Vilnius (%)

10,9

36

17,5

48,3

64,9

47

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

Internet inhouseholds***

Internet users***

Computers inhouseholds***

Businessesconnected to

internet**

Businesses'computerization

level**

Mobile phoneconnection*

*Share of inhabitants (%) **Share of the number of enterprises (%) ***Share of inhabitants of 15 years old and elder (%)

Digital literacy: Lithuania, 2001

(inhabitants of 15 age old and elder, %)

47,735,8

44,731,2

33,123,8

43,9

25,8

33,113,6

30,6

18,4

15,3

7,9

32,0

24,3

0 10 20 30 40 50

Vilnius

Kaunas

Klaipeda

Siauliai

Panevezys

Other towns

Rural regions

Lithuania

Computer literacy Internet literacy

Vilnius City Strategic Plan: knowledge society

Promotion of knowledge societyPromotion of knowledge society

To promoteorganisationof educationand trainingaccording tothe needs ofknowledgesociety

To promoteorganisationof educationand trainingaccording tothe needs ofknowledgesociety

To formlife-longlearning andtraining system

To formlife-longlearning andtraining system

To supplyeducationalinstitutionswith IT, andto developIT curriculum

To supplyeducationalinstitutionswith IT, andto developIT curriculum

To increase access to internet for city inhabitantsand guests

To increase access to internet for city inhabitantsand guests

To createadvancede-servicesfor society

To createadvancede-servicesfor society

Preconditions for development of KE in Vilnius

Educated people

Competitivescience

Competitivebusiness

Promotionof

innovations

28% of citizens with higher education; 44.6 thousand ofuniversities’ students (or 47% of Lithuania’s total); increasingly growing number of computer/internet users

Network of universities (VU, VGTU, and others), research institutions (institutes of Biotechnology, of Semiconductor Physics, of Mathematics and Computer Science, and others), extensive international relations and co-operation in R&D.

Growth of economy, including high tech sectors: biotechnology, laser technology, IT, electronics.

Science and Technology Park (established in 1993), Lithuanian Innovation Centre (1996), Lithuanian NationalCentre of Information Eureka (1999), Technology Park ofNorth town (will start activities in Autumn, 2002).

BIOTECHNBIOTECHNOLOGOLOGYY

LASER, ITLASER, ITITIT

BIOTECHNBIOTECHNOLOGOLOGYY, IT, IT

MATERIAL SCIENCEMATERIAL SCIENCE

Formation of KE clusters in Vilnius

An example of interrelation between Vilnius City strategic documentsand national strategic documents

National Draft Concept of Development of

Communications and Informatics

Vilnius City Municipality’s strategic documents

Objectives Document Objectives/goals/programmes

The competency and social union of Lithuania’s citizens

Vilnius City Strategic Plan

Creation of advanced society

Modernization of public administration by IT means

Vilnius City Strategic Plan

Creation of e-services for society

Strategic Action Plan of Vilnius City Municipality

Improvement of management by means of Municipality’s computerization; creation, administration and maintaining of data bases (e-Municipality)

Knowledge economy and

e-business

Vilnius City Strategic Plan

Creation of favourable conditions for the development of knowledge economy