Ministerial Debate on e-Inclusion Policy

The role of Regions in delivering eInclusion

Hervé LE GUYADERVice President, eris@

Managing Director, AECLisbon, 3 December 2007

• Inter-regional network

• No techno determinism

•Public Sector intervention

•Role of Civil Society

Aquitaine

41 308 km²

~3 M people

5 départements

2295 communes

The six Riga topics

Active aging

Geographical digital divide

Accessibility

Digital literacy and competences

Cultural diversity

Inclusive eGovernment

All citizens

The gap

Digital literacy and competences

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TV awareness raising campaign in Wallonie

Digital literacy and competences

Inclusive eGovernment

Balancing regional position

...between fragmentation - and top down Governance

Geographical Digital Divide

Geographical Digital Divide

Geographical Digital Divide

Gironde Numérique

an innovative approach to the GD² issue

Syndicat mixte

Public private partnership

and so on, and so on …

In other words, Regions and local authorities are:

Necessary (it won’t work otherwise)

Quite conveniently positioned (global dual shift in terms of competence)

to deliver and implement the eInclusion agenda

BUT

“eInclusion” requires some serious explanation

“eInclusion” is, at first, often seen as an add-on cost

“eInclusion” has to fight its way through other policies

“eInclusion” needs PPP, and then some more!

“eInclusion” needs some serious governance model

“eInclusion” needs some serious networking

This won‘t be enough !

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Sustainable development,

food for thought?

Regions, an opportunity for eInclusion ! Right governance level

Contact with citizens / communities at risk

Maturing SWAT “attitude”

But eInclusion needs some catalyst that will

Make it more visible

Provide a mid to long term incentive environment

Make it “interoperable” with mainstream Regional Development

Introducing Regional Operational Programmes (ROP‘s)

ERDF criteria are explicitly Lisbon earmarked

Regions use the ERDF exercise as a template for their development

Chances are, there are “Riga seeds” in many ROP’s, especially those which have an explicit (ICT) eAxis

An example: the Aquitaine ROP

Active aging

Geographical digital divide

Accessibility

Digital literacy and competences

Cultural diversity

Inclusive eGovernment

∑ EU ROP‘s

Active aging

Geographical digital divide

Accessibility

Digital literacy and competences

Cultural diversity

Inclusive eGovernment

Obrigado, Thank you, Merci !

hlg@aecom.org

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