Objective
INTELCITIES aims to support achievement of the EU policy goal of the "Knowledge Society" by 2010 through advancement of e-Governance at the city scale, focusing on a range of citizens' and business concerns about decision-making over regeneration and management of their local built environment. It addresses IST strategic objective 2.3.1.9 Networked Business and Governments: "Development of ICTs to support (urban) organisational networking, (urban re-development) process integration, and sharing of resources (through public-private partnerships)" by constructing a demonstration of an Integrated Open System City Platform. The objective of the IOSCP is an integrated citywide information system continuously accessible to all (planners, developers, politicians, designers, engineers, transport and utility service providers AND individual citizens) that will enable more inclusive decision-making and support more sustainable life-styles.
The IP brings together a critical mass of 20 cities, led by Manchester and Siena with 20 ICT companies including Nokia, Microsoft and CISCO and 35 research groups to undertake prototype studies in a number of EU cities aimed at integrating a wide range of existing IST platforms and information systems. In addition to technical interoperability the project will also address the parallel challenges of ensuring stakeholder inclusion and capacity building within local government organisation transformation so that feasibility, functionality and usability of the IOSCP can be adequately demonstrated.
The open systems architecture, relevant standards and underlying multidimensional databases will ensure flexibility and futurity of the "intelligent environments" being developed. It is anticipated that this will provide more agile governance to support rapid business development whilst enhancing citizens' rights in urban decision-making via advanced visualisation, forecasting, simulation and sustainability evaluation of re-development.
Funding Scheme
IP - Integrated ProjectCoordinator
M60 2LA Manchester
United Kingdom
Participants (71)
00176 Rome
8520 Kuurne (Kortrijk)
57001 Thermi Thessalonikis
06904 Sophia Antipolis
TW14 8HA Feltham
00099 Helsinki
31506 Toulouse
00186 Roma
53100 Siena
30125 Venice
9000 Aalborg
15124 Maroussi, Athens
30122 Venice
76344 Eggenstein-leopoldshafen
53754 Sankt Augustin
LE1 6FB Leicester
10125 Turin
53100 Siena
8400 Gallen
FIN-00560 Helsinki
02044 Espoo
M5 4WT Salford
00161 Roma
53100 Siena
1160 Vienna
08028 Barcelona
1081HV Amsterdam
06300 Nice
