Infocities

Infocities Project was the joint Arena 2000 project of the City of Helsinki and Elisa Communications, with the aim to deploy and test new telecommunication network services for citizens. Infocities Project was part of the EU TEN-Telecom Community Programme.

The goals of Helsinki Infocities Project were:

to give information on the City's services in the net
to create a flexible and reliable environment for e-transacting.
to increase the availability of municipal services through data networks
to create a free, open-to-all events calendar with information of all City events
to advance the availability and use of cultural services through data networks by utilising the latest aids of multimedia technology. The Virtual Museum based on the archives of the City Museum is one of its best applications.

International Partners:

The International Master Project was grouped in six sub-projects: Public & Civic Services, Culture, Education, Health, Transport, Electronic Commerce and Infocities. These services were first tested in eight European Cities: Helsinki, the Hague, Antwerp, Barcelona, Bologna, Manchester, Liège and Nice.

The City of Helsinki and Elisa Communications participated actively in the project from the very beginning, in fact already in the preparatory phase. Elisa is also the responsible principal party to the main sub-project Public & Civic Services. Moreover, Elisa and the City of Helsinki were parties to the Culture and Education sub-project.

Further information:

Infocities - http://www.infocities.eu.int/
- International project pages.