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Improving the Deployment of Innovative Broadband Networks in European Regions. SFERA European ICT SF Council Sustainability Strategy. George Sharkov/ Tsvetelina Marinova/ Sara Múñoz ICT-SF Council Secretariat. CONCEPT. Council sustainability strategy a model for the post-project period. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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09/10/2009 SFERA Annual Conference 2009
SFERA European ICT SF Council Sustainability Strategy
George Sharkov/ Tsvetelina Marinova/ Sara Múñoz
ICT-SF Council Secretariat
Improving the Deployment of Innovative Broadband Networks in
European Regions
09/10/2009 SFERA Annual Conference 2009
CONCEPT
• Council sustainability strategy a model for the post-project period.
• Aim: to examine possible means to maintain communication channels, operational capacity and funding sources to ensure the sustainability of the European ICT Structural Funds Council.
• Items to discuss:1. Communication:
2. Council membership
3. Management model:
4. Viable strategy for dialogue and identification of synergies
5. Background material and tools
6. Possible sources of funding
Communication 1
• Project website: www.sferaproject.eu:
- commitment for hosting and maintaining the website active even after the project end.
- Document repository - upload/download
- useful links and/or references to other related websites and projects – e.g. the European Broadband Platform.
• Password-protected area
– to guarantee security and protect information,
– Council section on the website
– extra-guarantee for the quality of information, and its reliability as only qualified/authorized members are able to post information and data..
• Online discussion forum
– Interactive– further developed and promoted because of being cost-effective and efficient.
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Communication 2
• Free platform/s (google, yahoo) and/or social network(s)
– e.g. linkedin.com, facebook.com etc. - good for networking purposes as the Council intends to push co-operating between many stakeholders in many European countries
– a way to open the council discussions to even hundreds of people interested in its matter, and gather their opinions and ideas too..
• Online secretariat
– as much of the work will be carried out via the online discussion forum, compilation of inputs, exchange of opinions, even voting can be done online.
– support by administrator(s), who could be also the respective Working Groups/topics coordinators
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Membership
• Multidisciplinary profile:– Policy-makers– Academia– State/Regional authorities partners– Business/ industry– NGO
• Becoming a member- Invitation by the Secretariat- Invitation by another member- Own initiative
• Attraction of new members– Involving the whole supply chain (from providers, including SMEs
representatives, to users/end-users - farmers’ associations, cultural/educational bodies, consumers’ associations, etc.)
– Decision-makers
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Management
• Presidency chairman
• Rotation principle:
– to ensure coherence– but also a wider participation in the management & pro-active
approach– figure of ‘honorary chairman’
• Other options – e.g. country/ regional managers, etc.
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Identification of Synergies
• Cooperation, dialogue and synergies
• Coordination (instead of overlapping) of activities and joining efforts better results based on higher efficiency and added value
– Permanent interactive dialogue with the financial stakeholders: EC, ESA, EIB etc. and tracking of political changes , PPPs - collect the regional needs and report findings to the EC/ESA/EIB
– Regular exchange of documentation with ETPs, DG REGIO, etc., cooperation with ESOA, NEREUS, etc.
– Regular meetings - along with relevant events (EU meetings, seminars, conferences and/or other relevant activities)
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Materials and Tools
• Documents and materials: – comparative analyses , knowledge-base support , position papers
• Selection of topics– directly related to SFERA objectives (initiative by SFERA consortium– suggested by the working groups Council members themselves
• Working groups– Permanent and/or ad-hoc– Initiated by individual and/or a group of Council members– ‘interest-driven’ – will reflect the motivation and commitment of the initiator(s)
to work on the topic chosen, promote ideas and recommend actions– WG leaders – to take up some coordination work performed by the Secretariat
so far - work on Council documents, compilation of inputs, suggestion of topics, promotion of recommendations etc.
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Funding sources
• No membership fee
– Attitude
– Administrative burdens
• Introduction of paid-services by the Council
• ‘Experts’ portfolio’
– Experts submit their short summary – of experience and services they could perform (e.g. consultancy, assessment of projects, business/project plans development, others...)
– Database of experts – Council members, providing paid services
– operating formally under the umbrella and authority of the Council but contracted individually by clients/users
• EU project funding, cooperation
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Future Challenges
• Expertise coupled by the role of state/regional authorities constitutes the best environment for transforming best practices into sustainable regional development policies & programs - an important role in recommending changes, promoting good practices and influencing regional policies at EU level How to make it more active and keep it sustainable
• Achieving coherence: promote the participation of Council representatives into all relevant forums and events; Council meetings take place along with other relevant activities to use the “power” of the European Council to “push” and promote good practices proven to be successful
• Mechanisms for ‘recommending’ going beyond promotion: how to ‘officialize’ Council recommendations and make sure they are taken into consideration and put into practice
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European ICT SF Council
… what next…?
TOPICS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION
• SFERA welcomes the EERP and recommends an budget extension to enlarge Broad Band services to more Regions.
– Connect to demand aggregation
– Involve end users
• How SF ICT Council recommendations can be more efficiently considered by Regional authorities?
– Open ways to small companies (connection to local autohrities)
– Put people in touch (Facebook) also from the same regions (SMEs and decision-makers)
– See examples from other parts of the world (e.g.satellite)… but relate always to SF instrument and European reality
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European ICT SF Council
… what next…?
TOPICS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION• What other issues concern Regional authorities, which SF ICT Council can assist?
– Support regional authorities on their decisions (explain them opporunities)– “The handbook” --- EDITORS.– Business plan for “that 10%” . Driven by Portugal– Business/Strategy plan for Demand Aggreation– Define the “perceived quality”… or what the market consider as the basic fruitful service (how much
broadband is really needed for 100% coverage?)
• Is there a need of WG on Demand Aggregation to assist regions? If yes, who should promote the WG?
– Bottom-up.. Starting from the ICT-SF Council– Business opportunities (find). – Define the level of demand.– Ask for EU Commission support (e,g, announcement mechanisims)– Africa??? And other proximity regions – European funding for projects in these regions???
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European ICT SF Council
… what next…?
TOPICS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION
• How the ICT SF Council can help to make more visible the success-cases deploying wireless technologies or creating hi-tech R&D centers?
– “Send” R&D results to the market
– Papers on specific technologies
– Papers on specific market strategies
• How to ensure a mechanism of coordination to involve all the key players of the supply chain?
– Link with consumers associations (meetings and discussions)
– User awareness
– Other bodies? –
– Broadband atlas – connect to social networks
– Analyze users willingness for a certain system (not as broadband as fiber optic) and translate it to regional SF decision-makers
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