Improving employment, democracy and social inclusion through telematics solutions

A TeleCities seminar entitled "Improving employment, democracy and social inclusion through telematics solutions" will be held in Manchester, United Kingdom, on 22 and 23 June 1998. The event is organized as part of the European Digital Cities (EDC) project, a support action within the EU's Telematics Applications programme.

The aim of the event is to raise awareness among cities, towns and regions of the benefits of urban telematics, on the basis of the results of European joint pilot projects. The main topics to be covered during the first day's plenary sessions will include:

- Teleworking and local employment; regional cooperation; multimedia content industry;
- Telematics applications for a better democracy; low cost access to services and networks for the citizen; involvement of citizens as consumers and providers; involvement of citizens in political life;
- Improving quality of life of the underprivileged; using telematics for social integration; access by the visually impaired.

The second day's programme will encompass a number of parallel workshops, addressing the following topics:

- Quality of life for disadvantaged people;
- Economic development/telematic services for SMEs;
- Teledemocracy;
- Public administration/city information highway;
- Standards;
- City healthcare;
- Employment and teleworking;
- Environment;
- Education and training.
For further information please contact:

EDC Coordination Office
c/o Eurocities
18 square de Meeûs
B-1050 Brussels
Tel. +32-2-5520868; Fax +32-2-5520889
Email: edc@mcr1.poptel.org.uk
URL: http://www.edc.eu.int/telecities/index.html(opens in new window)