INTELCITIES: Intelligent cities

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 03.0320-2

Key words (English)

Knowledge society; e-government; urban planning

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: 507860

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 6. Frame Research Programme - 1.2 Communications technologies

Short description (English)

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Abstract (English)

The main objective of INTELCITIES is to create a new and innovative set of interoperable e-government services to meet the needs of both citizens and businesses. This will provide interactive citywide on-line applications and services for users that will make all aspects of what is 'going-on' in the city available to all. This will support:
· the everyday needs and requirements of citizens and business through 24 hour access to transactional city services;
· more efficient city management and administration by integrating functions and services across city authorities, regional and national governmental agencies, utility and transport system providers and citizens/NGO networks;
· much more innovative and effective approaches to urban planning through more reliable city modelling, using advanced visualisation and predictive techniques, which will enable citizens and businesses to play a far more participative and inclusive role in influencing how planned changes in the city will affect their lives.
The project brings together 18 cities, led by Manchester and Siena, with 20 ICT companies including Nokia, Microsoft and CISCO and 36 research groups to pool advanced knowledge and, experience of electronic government, planning systems and citizen participation from across Europe. It will help achieve the EU policy goal of the 'Knowledge Society' by 2010 through new forms of electronic governance of cities and greater social inclusion through enhanced access to services by citizens and businesses.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 03.0320-2