e-trikala
Since 2004, the e-trikala office, in
cooperation with and in the line of the operational program "The
Information Society" is acting in the fields of new broadband
technologies, successfully implementing municipal projects. On the
8th of April, 2008, having the required experience, it was
transformed into e-Trikala S.A., an emerging company, formed within
the Municipality of Trikala. The Municipality is the basic
stakeholder owning 99% while the rest 1% is owned by the local
Chambers of Commerce.
By creating infrastructure and by
providing services, e-Trikala continuously aims to the development
of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based
applications, oriented to the improvement of all citizens'
everyday life, in a medium sized city, simplifying
public transactions, reducing telecommunication
costs and delivering new services related
to the local way of life. Moreover, these ICT applications offer
new ways and methods that enable citizens participate on
policy-making, while in parallel establish local
Government and Public Authorities as guarantors of local society's
every day proper, digital and distanced operation.
e-Trikala S.A. operates upon a fully
integrated basis while, as the First Digital City in Greece
(proclaimed in 2004 by the Minister of Economics, Mr.
Folias), it establishes high technological and broadband
National standards by using and offering its "know-how" to other
municipalities within Greece.
During the last couple of years,
e-Trikala is cooperating with the Central Union of Greek
Municipalities ( ΚΕΔΚΕ
), serving as a
consulting company, using research and development
strategies, regarding the country's technological as well as
economic growth.
The field of overall National,
European and International activities
until today includes:
٭ Official INEC
membership (International Network of e-Communities) membership
٭ Lead partnership of the European
project INTERREG Digital Cities
٭ Hosting and lead organizers of the
Broadband Cities 2008 (INEC's annual conference)
٭ Candidate and Smart21 award winner
during the Broadband Economy 2009 Annual Summit in New
York
٭ Founder of the first
Digital Community S.A. in Greece consisting of 11 municipalities of
central Greece (1,5 million people)
٭ Participation in "e-Health
based Chronic Disease Management 2008" in Slovenia
٭ Αctive in E-health
European projects (ISISEMD,
e-HealthRegion,
WISEE,
LivingLabThessaly,
RenewingHealth,
INDEPENDENT)
٭ Recently member in the Global
Cities Dialogue network
٭ Partnership in the European
project ISISEMD.
The company's main areas of expertise are:
- e-transportation
- e-education
- e-health
- e-government & e-democracy
- geographical information systems
- networks (Wi-Fi, fiber optic, Wi-Max pilot application
& operation)
- event planning & organizing (exhibitions, conferences,
galas)
Web Site
http://www.e-trikala.gr
Location
39.557771,21.7615088,15