Objectives

A Digital City is where ICT has become an integral part of city’s everyday life. The Digital City model supports the use of technology to improve transactions, communications and relationships between the citizens and policy-makers of a city.

The aim of Digital Cities is to promote the concept of a “Digital City”. This is a municipal and regional area concept where a number of ICT-based applications, focused on the special needs of each area, are planned and deployed with the aim of:

• improvement to everyday life by simplifying public transactions, reducing telecommunication costs and delivering new and innovative local services.
• the participation of citizens in the community and in local government policy-making via the electronic interaction and communication between citizens, elected representatives and council officers.
• the improvement of regional and local policies in innovation and the knowledge economy, specifically focusing on regional capacities for research and technology development and supporting employment.