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.
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M60 2LA Manchester
United Kingdom
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Participants (71)
00176 Rome
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8520 Kuurne (Kortrijk)
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57001 Thermi Thessalonikis
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06904 Sophia Antipolis
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TW14 8HA Feltham
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00099 Helsinki
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31506 Toulouse
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00186 Roma
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53100 Siena
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30125 Venice
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9000 Aalborg
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15124 Maroussi, Athens
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30122 Venice
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76344 Eggenstein-leopoldshafen
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53754 Sankt Augustin
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LE1 6FB Leicester
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10125 Turin
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53100 Siena
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8400 Gallen
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FIN-00560 Helsinki
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02044 Espoo
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M5 4WT Salford
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00161 Roma
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53100 Siena
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1160 Vienna
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08028 Barcelona
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1081HV Amsterdam
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06300 Nice
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