Digital Cities INTERREG IVC A network for rapid and sustainable ICT regional adoption

Digital Cities is a three-year project that focuses on the problem of the low ICT adoption by European local authorities in non-metropolitan areas, geographically isolated areas and other areas of social exclusion.

About the Digital Cities Project

Digital Cities is a three-year project (November 2008 to December 2011) working to improve ICT adoption by European local authorities in geographically isolated areas and in areas of social exclusion – especially in non-metropolitan environments.
Low ICT adoption commonly results in:

low levels of local business competitiveness
difficulty in attracting and sustaining new business investments
knowledge gaps and understanding citizens needs – especially in areas with higher levels of transient populations
limiting the opportunities for financial transactions with visiting or passing trade.

The Digital Cities – DC – project will produce case studies, recommending frameworks, organisational structures, strategies, policies and tools as part of ‘the DC Model’ – to support others wishing to benefit from the adoption of ICT.

The INTERREG IVC Programme

The Digital Cities project has been submitted under the ‘the Information Society’ sub-theme of INTERREG IVC’s Priority One: Innovation and the Knowledge Economy, being the only proposal finally funded under this call.

The INTERREG IVC Programme is part of the European Territorial Co-operation Objective. It is a European Union programme that helps regions of Europe work together to share their knowledge and experience. More information can be found at INTERREG IVC website.