Information Society Network
ISN partnership held 8 seminars in different partner cities,
creating an opportunity for each partner to showcase good
practice examples. These examples acted as a catalyst to
generating debate and material that the expert could use to
draw conclusions.
The seminars covered for each of the four sub themes:
1. E-Democracy and Empowerment – ICT can be used
to encourage citizens to participate in decision making in
their community. ICT can increase the choice of channels for
communicating with citizens and improve the consultation
process.
2. Citizen’s Access – government and public authorities are
increasingly using ICT to provide a better service at a lower
cost. This fact can have a negative effect due to the exclusion
it can cause for those members of society without access.
3. ICT and Business Development – business can become
more efficient and profitable through the use of ICT.
4. Culture, E-Content and Citizenship – ICT can help to
promote the inclusion of different social groups and through
cultural activities it is possible to engage with local citizens.
The case study approach adopted by ISN allowed the analysis
to highlight interesting projects, a large number of which
can be found in the network final report.