Who should be interested
Citizen First is an outcome of the June 2003 INTERREG IIIB NWE Workshop held in Ireland where a Partnership was formed with common objectives to ensure that organisations are increasingly citizen-centric in service provision. Citizen First aims to reduce the digital divide that affects communities and citizens in the territories of Mid-West Region (Ireland), Eindhoven Region (Netherlands), West Flanders (Belgium) and Cambridgeshire (UK).
The main aim of the project is: To empower NWE Citizens by engaging with their communities to deliver the services that they require in an inclusive Information Society that overcomes social & spatial isolation.
With the objectives of- Researching the facilitation of Information Communications Technology (ICT) to overcome the digital divide in terms of addressing individual and community social & economic issues and the geographical scope of the territories, i.e. rural/ rural-urban. This study will develop a state of the art review and raise the overall awareness of the digital divide in the regions.
- Examine and Pilot new and existing channels of services delivery, i.e. Physical/Virtual One-Stop Shop, Mediated Access, On-line/Virtual (eGovernment).
- Promote quality of life for citizens by ensuring equality of access for all to services by empowering individuals and their communities. · Ensure Project's results are transferred to Regional and Local Public Administrations, Economic Agencies and the Citizen
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