Infobrion.comInfobrion.comThe creation of a virtual The creation of a virtual

communitycommunity in Galicia in Galicia

Carlos Ferrás Sexto Carlos Ferrás Sexto carlosf@usc.escarlosf@usc.esXosé Carlos Macía Arce Xosé Carlos Macía Arce cmaidega@usc.escmaidega@usc.es

Francisco Xosé Armas Quintá Francisco Xosé Armas Quintá fjaidega@usc.esfjaidega@usc.esYolanda García Vázquez Yolanda García Vázquez ygvidega@usc.esygvidega@usc.es

Map of Spain

Map of Galicia

State GNP/habitant (2002)

Luxemburg 45.400

Ireland 27.500

Denmark 26.900

Netherlands 26.500

Austria 26.100

Belgium 25.000

Sweden 24.800

United Kingdom 24.600

France 24.500

Finland 24.300

Germany 23.500

Italy 23.400

EU-15 23.400

Spain 19.700

Portugal 16.500

Greece 15.700

GALICIAGALICIA 29.57529.575 km km22

2.750.0002.750.000 Habitants Habitants GNP/habitant GNP/habitant 14.50014.500 (2002) (2002)

BizkaiaGipuzkoa

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La RiojaBurgos

Huesca

ZaragozaSoria

LleidaGirona

Barcelona

Tarragona

Teruel

Castelló

Valencia

Alacant

Murcia

Illes Balears

A CoruñaLugo

Ourense

Pontevedra

Asturias

León

Zamora

Palencia

Salamanca

Valladolid

Ávila

Segovia

Madrid

Cáceres

Badajoz

Guadalajara

Cuenca

Albacete

Toledo

Ciudad Real

Huelva

Sevilla

Cádiz

Málaga

Córdoba J aen

Granada Almería

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

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Spanish CommunitiesGNP/habitant in relation with Economy Union 1995 2003

Madrid 130 125

Navarra 126,1 123,7

País Vasco 113,9 121,3

Baleares 135,1 120

Cataluña 122 119,4

La Rioja 113,4 112,7

Aragón 107,4 106,4

C. Valenciana 101,9 100,6

Castilla y León 92,5 96,9

Cantabria 90,8 94,2

Canarias 92,9 87,6

Asturias 84,1 85,3

Galicia 82,4 84,6

Castilla-La Mancha 82,8 82,4

Murcia 82,6 79,3

Andalucía 73,3 75,7

Extremadura 68,1 72,4

Galician population 1998-2004

GALICIA 1964 1977 1989 2003

Primary 63,8 46,9 36,7 12,0

Secondary 17,6 25,3 23,7 31,5

Terciary 18,6 27,6 39,6 56,5

Galician Employment

Galicia in the Galicia in the Information SocietyInformation Society

Home Internet access: 12,3% Home Internet access: 12,3% (Spain 17,3%; Ireland 34,1%)(Spain 17,3%; Ireland 34,1%)

Houses with computers: 26,7%Houses with computers: 26,7%(Spain 32,2%; Ireland 43,5%)(Spain 32,2%; Ireland 43,5%)

INE, 2003; Eurostat 2003INE, 2003; Eurostat 2003

SINDUR: Objetives

The purpose of the project SINDUR lies in studying the effects and impacts of the Information Society on the urban and rural development of peripheral regions in order to examine the citizens’ quality of life and promote the spreading of the Information and Communication Technologies as tools of social intervention to face the phenomenon of social and territorial exclusion known as the “Digital Divide”. It is about researching –from a social point of view- the “unconnected” communities and territories in the Information Society.

SINDUR

ICT Audit Information Web Audit E-Inclusion Info-Atlas Territorial Marketing I+D Transference SINDUR International

ICT AUDIT

Concept ICT Audit tool at local and regional levelObjectivesTo value and to compare ICT information between different territoriesAntecedents Eurostat, Fundación Auna, MCYT, IGE, La Sociedad Red en Cataluña, Galicia y la Sociedad de la Información…

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INFORMATION WEB AUDITConcept Information Web Audit tool at local and regional levelObjectives To value and to compare web production between different territoriesAntecedentsProyecto Vega Baja Digital, El desarrollo de la Sociedad de la Información en Euskadi, Proyecto SI-Loc@l, Primeira análise das Webs municipais galegas…

INFORMATION WEB AUDITAnalysis Elements

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E-Inclusion: www.infobrion.com

Infobrion.com was conceived as a strategy of social Infobrion.com was conceived as a strategy of social intervention to overcome the “Digital Divide”intervention to overcome the “Digital Divide”..

It aims at fostering social, economic and cultural It aims at fostering social, economic and cultural development in the municipality of Brión by spreading the development in the municipality of Brión by spreading the new Information and Communication Technologies.new Information and Communication Technologies.

It also aims at promoting the recovery of its historic It also aims at promoting the recovery of its historic memory and the appreciation of popular culture within the memory and the appreciation of popular culture within the context of the Information Society, boosting the creation context of the Information Society, boosting the creation of a local virtual community and promoting the use and of a local virtual community and promoting the use and spreading of the New Information and Communication spreading of the New Information and Communication Technologies as tools and channels of knowledge, Technologies as tools and channels of knowledge, information and learning.information and learning.

Galicia (Spain)Galicia (Spain)

Municipality of Brión Municipality of Brión

StatisticsStatistics The programmes Brión People, Cyber Education and Immersion in the The programmes Brión People, Cyber Education and Immersion in the

Information Society make InfoBrion.com into a very successful initiative. Information Society make InfoBrion.com into a very successful initiative. The success that this web page is enjoying in the local community can be The success that this web page is enjoying in the local community can be seen in its statistics. Although the municipality of Brión has a population seen in its statistics. Although the municipality of Brión has a population of almost 7,000 people, its reference web page -of almost 7,000 people, its reference web page -www.infobrion.comwww.infobrion.com- had - had around 1,800 different visitors in February 2005, who surfed through over around 1,800 different visitors in February 2005, who surfed through over 160,000 pages.160,000 pages.

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This initiative is financed by Program INTERREG III Portugal-Spain.

www.fceer.org it was created with the intention of serving as ICT tool for academic and student community of the six public universities that comprise the Euro-Region Galicia-North of Portugal (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Universidade de A Coruña, Universidade de Vigo, Universidade do Porto, Universidade do Minho, UTAD).

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