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European Information Society Conference (EISCO) - Hämeenlinna (Finland), 16-18 April 2007

16-04-2007

Introduction

Since 1998, the EISCO conferences have become a fixed appointment for local and regional authorities in Europe to discuss eGovernment and Information Society strategies, learn from each other and evaluate achievements in reducing the digital divide within the regions.

Description

EISCO 2007 is co-organised by the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) and its specialised network ELANET together with the Region Häme, the City of Hämeenlinna and the Association of Finnish Local and Regional authorities. The conference enjoys the support and collaboration of the main European ICT networks bringing together local and regional authorities: eris@, Eurocities, eForum and IT4ALL.

The upcoming EISCO conference will promote the Digital Local Agenda process in Europe and will highlight its potential contribution to the i2010 strategy.

The conference programme will focus on five areas:

Citizens’ eParticipation in local decision-making processes;
eCapacity building programmes of administrations to ensure digital cohesion and improved eGovernment performance at local level;
Broadband infrastructure and the new wireless network solutions;
Local eGovernment interoperability and eSecurity;
The new generation of municipal services in a multi-channel environment.

Programme

You can find the programme in the "links section" at the bottom of this page.

Location

Hämeenlinna, Finland

Links

Check the Conference programme online Register online Homepage of the EISCO 2007
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