Objective DALI will use multimedia telematics for better all-round services in towns and cities. It will thus boost the quality of urban life, particularly among disadvantaged groups like the elderly, and support the take-up of information technology by local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The project will address the regular demand for improved user-driven services at lower cost to the taxpayer, while also seeking to satisfy the public need for cross-sectoral administration traditionally delivered via vertical structures. Technical features will include a two-way multimedia communication channel, Smart Card multi-service system and a customised services telecentre.The aim of the DALI Project is to add-value to the City solutions for Citizens' needs, through multimedia telematic products and services.The related goals are to improve the quality of life of the citizens, mainly those with fewer opportunities (disabled, elderly, immigrants, jobless,..), and the technology information environment of SME's; and to increase the productivity of the Administration in its role of services provider.For the DALI partners, telematics seems a helpful tool to solve the following paradoxes:- the citizens persistent demand for new and better services whilst expecting lower taxes;- the vertical organization by sectors within the administrations and the need to deal in a horizontal manner with the cross-sectoral needs of the citizensTo validate the aforementioned capability of telematics, the DALI project will address the needs of the citizens in terms of: information, administrative procedures, participation in the community decision process, utilization of public facilities and equipment, and reception of customised specific services.This will be achieved by defining, building, testing and validating a Two-Way Multimedia Communication Channel supported by a network of servers and a network of multimedia client terminals, a Multiservices Smart Card-Based System for facilities, and a Telecenter for Delivery and Monitoring Specific Customised Services (care of elderly and disabled people, health services planning,...).With nine cities as partners (Barcelona, Bologne, Copenhagen, Cologne, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Leipzig, London-Lewisham, Torino and Toulouse), DALI is a balanced Consortium arising from the Telecities network and well qualified to achieve the project goals and its future diffusion. Fields of science social sciencespolitical sciencespublic administrationbureaucracysocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivitysocial sciencessociologygovernancetaxationsocial sciencessociologydemographyhuman migrations Programme(s) FP4-TELEMATICS 2C - Specific programme of research and technological development and demonstration in the area of telematic applications of common interest, 1994-1998 Topic(s) C.6 - Telematics Applications for Urban and Rural Areas Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Barcelona Tecnologia, SA EU contribution No data Address Carrer 60, No. 25-27, Sector A Poligon Ind. Zona Franca 08040 Barcelona Spain See on map Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CITY COUNCIL OF COPENHAGEN Denmark EU contribution No data Address 17,BERNSTORFFSGADE 1592 COPENHAGEN See on map Total cost No data CITY COUNCIL OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA Spain EU contribution No data Address 270,LESN Y CASTILLO 35005 LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA See on map Total cost No data COMUNE DI BOLOGNA Italy EU contribution No data Address PIAZZA MAGGIORE 6 BOLOGNA See on map Total cost No data City Council of Torino Italy EU contribution No data Address Piazza Palazzo di Città 10146 Torino See on map Total cost No data INSTITUT MUNICIPAL D'INFORMATICA Spain EU contribution No data Address 6-8,AVENUE DRASSANES 08001 BARCELONA See on map Total cost No data London Borough of Lewisham United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Town Hall Catford SE6 4RU London See on map Total cost No data MAIRIE DE TOULOUSE France EU contribution No data Address PLACE DU CAPITOLE 31040 TOULOUSE See on map Total cost No data MEDIENSTADT LEIPZIG Germany EU contribution No data Address 5,GOERDELERRING 04109 LEIPZIG See on map Total cost No data STADT K+LN Germany EU contribution No data Address 4,ATHENER RING 50765 K+LN See on map Total cost No data