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FORWARDED INVITATION AND ANNOUNCEMENT LOCAL AND REGIONAL INFORMATION SOCIETY: Problems of Development in Central and Eastern Europe Miercurea Ciuc, Romania, 8-9 October 1998 Organised by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe and the Committee of the Regions of the European Union, in co-operation with Harghita County Council, Romania ______________________________ Below i have pasted the provisional programme of the above meeting. A draft of my talk entitled "Some applications of information technology to citizen participation in politics" may be found at http://www.snafu.de/~mjm/miercurea.html I am looking for someone who might wish to translate my paper into Hungarian (a language of the region of the conference) and Romanian. Ã?ber Ihre/Eure Kommentare zu dieser Tagung wuerde ich mich freuen. Your comments on this meeting would be welcome. Sincerely, Michael Macpherson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Michael Macpherson, Integral Studies, Derfflingerstrase 17, 10785 Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany. tel.: +49 30 262 3768 e-mail: mjm@berlin.snafu.de INTEGRAL STUDIES http://www.snafu.de/~mjm/index.html PSYCHO-SOCIAL AND MEDICAL RESEARCH PSAMRA http://www.snafu.de/~mjm/psamra.html PLEASE JOIN Democr@cy Forum http://www.gotzespace.dk/democracy/ __________________________________________________________________ LOCAL AND REGIONAL INFORMATION SOCIETY: Problems of Development in Central and Eastern Europe Miercurea Ciuc, Romania 8-9 October 1998 Organised by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe and the Committee of the Regions of the European Union, in co-operation with Harghita County Council, Romania __________ INVITATION AND DRAFT PROGRAMME The seminar will follow-up on the discussions held in Helsinki from 23-25 January 1998, and focus on the possibilities and problems of the development of the Information Society in the activities of local and regional authorities in Central and Eastern Europe. The following main topics will be addressed: - The benefits of Information Society for citizens and for local and regional authorities - The problems relating to the development of the IT infrastructure and legal systems in CEE - The possibilities of know-how transfer within the framework of European programmes - Presentation of successful local projects from different European countries Organisers The seminar is organised by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe and the Committee of the Regions of the European Union. Harghita County Council is the host organisation and responsible for practical arrangements of the seminar. Languages Simultaneous interpretation into English, French, German and Russian will be provided. Target group Representatives, politicians, experts and community leaders from European local and regional authorities, and especially from Central and Eastern Europe Venue Harghita County Council, Conference Hall Piata Libertatii nr. 5, 4100 Miercurea Ciuc, Romania Accommodation Hotel Harghita, str M. Eminescu nr 1, 4100 Miercurea Ciuc Tel: +40 66 171 543 or 66 171 544 (see prices on registration form) Transport A minibus will collect participants arriving at Bucharest Otopeni Airport and take them to Miercurea Ciuc on 7 October, and back on 10 or 11 October. Transfer time: 4 hours. Participants will be advised on departure times together with the confirmation of registration. Alternatively, there are direct trains from Budapest (Hungary) or Bucharest (Romania). Seminar fee Admission to the seminar is free. However, participants will be asked to pay the cost of lunches and coffee, totalling USD 60 during the seminar. Excursion Optional excursion to Lake St Ann on Saturday, 10 October. Registration Please send registration and hotel reservation by e mail or fax to Harghita County Council before 10 September 1998. Written confirmation will be sent to each participant before the seminar. Contact persons Harghita County Council: Mrs Edit Bâ??jte-S·nduly, tel +40 66 111 568, fax +40 66 171 013, E-mail: sedit@cchr.ro CLRAE secre tariat: Mr Gyâ??rgy Bergou, tel +33 388 412804, fax +33 388 412751, E-mail: gyorgy.bergou@coe.fr Further information Regularly updated information on the seminar can be found at the following Internet address: http://www.cchr.ro/projects/seminar.htm Preliminary Programme Thursday, 8 October 1998 Morning chair: Mr Risto Koivisto, Mayor of Pirkkala - Chairman of the CLRAE Working Group and representative of the Committee of the Regions 09.30 Opening speeches by: Mr Risto Koivisto Mr G·bor Kolumb·n, President of Harghita County Council Mr Iustin Tanase, Undersecretary of State, Chairman of the National Commission for Informatics, Romania (to be confirmed) 10.15 The development of the Information Society in the European Union and its implications for Central and Eastern European countries Mr Jose Cotta (Head of Unit, European Commission, DGXIII) 10.45 Break 11.15 The Information Society Project Office - Current services for local and regional information society projects, and their possible extension to CEE countries Mr Henry Haglund (Head of Unit, ISPO, European Commission, DGXIII) (to be confirmed) Conditions of IT development in local and regional administration Mr Bara Iuliu (Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Labor, Workforce and Social Protection, Romania) Discussion 12.30 Lunch Afternoon Chair: Mr Frantisek Dohnal, Mayor of Jihlava 14.30 Overview of the Information Society in Central and Eastern European countries MrÃ?Cene Bavec (Slovenian Ministry of Science & Technology, Ljubljana) Problems of development of the IS in Romania Mr Iustin Tanase (Chairman of the National Commission for Informatics, Romania ) County database-the basis of the information change at regional/national level Mr Romeo Ilie (Research Institute for Informatics, Bucharest) Discussion 15.30 Break 16.00 People First: Information society and the citizen Some applications of information technology to citizen participation in politics Dr. Michael Macpherson (Integral Studies, Psycho-Social & Medical Research, Berlin) The role of Community Networks in putting the new information and communications technologies into the hands of people Mr Michael Mulquin (Executive Director, UK Communities Online) The Human Dimension of the Information Society: the viewpoint of the Committee of the Regions ñ Representative of the Committee of the Regions 17.30 Closing of the day 18:00 Welcome Reception offered by the President of Harghita County Council Friday, 9 October 1998 Morning Chair: Mr Yavuz Mildon, member of Canakkale Dept. Council 9.30 Public administration undergoing structural change: the possibilities offered by the Information Society (IS) The Transeuropean telematic networks designed for information exchange between administrations ( IDA): viewpoint of the Committee of Regions Mr Bourg (Member of the Committee of the Regions) Information technologies for urban planning: New trends in the management of geographical information Ms Angela Ionita (GeMaSOFT Laboratory, Research Institute for Informatics, Bucharest) Facititating the Establishment of Information Society in a Small Region through Education Ms Ildiko Propst (Manager, The Soros Education Centre from Miercurea Ciuc of the Foundation for an Open Society ñ Cluj Branch; Moercureau Ciuc, Romania) The influence of the IS on education and administration systems Mr Gyâ??rgy KabdebÃ? (F.O.K. Budapest, Hungary) 10.30 Break 11.00 Improving local public services via Information Society projects Public information and the possibility to affect local authoritiesà decisions: the City Information Highway of Tampere Mr Jarkko Lumio (Tampere Technology Centre, Finland) "Iperbole": metropolitan civic network in Bologna Ms Leda Guidi (Dept.of Information, Municipality of Bologna, Italy) "Ratusz": an Integrated City Mangement and Information System Mr Wieslaw Patrzek (Municipality of Gdansk, Poland) "LOGIN": Local Open Government Information Network Tartu, Estonia Mr Margus Sarapuu (Institute of Baltic Studies, Estonia) 12.30 Lunch Afternoon Chair: Mr G·bor Kolumb·n, President of Harghita County Council 14.00 Experiences of local and regional Information Society projects in Europe "RavalNet": a community network dedicated to fight social exclusion Mr Enric Basela (RavalNet Barcelona, Spain) "Szab-I-Net": a metropolitan network using CATV Mr Antal BÃ?di (Manager of Szab-I-Net, NyÃ?regyh·za, Hungary) Infoville as a strategic view Mr Antonio Peral (General Manager, Ovsi FounMr Dirk van der Stede (Hemmis, Belgium) The Impementation of the Information Tehnology in the Public Administration of Bucharest Mr Bogdan-Lucian Sima (Information Department Head, Bucharest) Implementing IT in the Public Administration of Mu 17.30 End of seminar Seminar on Local and Regional Information Society: Problems of Development in Central and Eastern Europe Miercurea Ciuc, Romania, 8-9 October 1998 Registration Form SURNAME: FIRST NAME(S): TITLE: FUNCTION: ORGANISATION: ADDRESS: TELEPHONE: FAX: E-MAIL: Please mark your preferences with ( Preferred language: English ( French ( German ( Russian ( Romanian ( Accompanied by: Surname First Name I wish to book a room in Hotel Harghita (to be paid in cash at the Seminar Secretary at the hotel) single (USD 18/night) ( double (USD 24/night) ( for .......... nights from ................................... to.............................................. Seminar Secretariat will be open at the hotel from 10:00 a.m. on 7 October 1998. (the cost of lunches and coffee, totalling USD 60 during the seminar will also be payable at the registration desk) I will travel to Miercurea Ciuc by car ( by train ( by air (to Bucharest) ( Arrival date and time / flight nr. .......................................................................... Departure date and time / flight nr. ............................................... Please send me details of the minibus transfer between Bucharest and Miercurea Ciuc ( I wish to take part in the optional excursion on Saturday, 10 October 1998. ( Please send this registration form before 10 September 1998 for the attention of COUNCIL OF EUROPE