European Projects

e-Trikala S.A. participates in national and European projects!

DIGITAL CITIES

A network for the rapid and sustainable adoption of ICT in local regions

The Digital City (DC) is a municipal area environment where a number of IST-based applications, focused on the special needs of this area, are installed aiming at:

i) the improvement of everyday life by simplifying public transactions, reducing telecommunication costs and delivering new services related to the local way of life in several sectors (health, education, business etc),

ii) the active participation of citizens in the community life and in local government policy-making via the electronic interaction and communication between citizens, elected representatives and Council officers,

iii) the establishment of Local Government and Public Authorities as guarantors of local society’s effective and democratic operation, and

iv) the realization of an infrastructure for enabling business and government development in the global economy.

Learn more by visiting the DIGITAL CITIES portal

ISISEMD

(Intelligent System for independent living and self-care of seniors with cognitive problems or mild dementia)

The aim of the ISISEMD project is to provide a pilot of innovative intelligent set of scalable services that will support the independent living of elderly people in general and in particular the group of elderly with cognitive problems or mild dementia and at the same time to support the formal and informal caregivers in their daily interaction with the elderly.

The INDEPENDENT project will define, deliver and pilot a digital infrastructure supporting coordinated cross-sector delivery of timely support to prevent older people from slipping out of safe independent living, maintaining quality of life. The infrastructure enables support services to overcome limitations of sectoral telehealth and telecare and empowers informal carers and the voluntary / third sector to participate in delivery of support, thus radically improving efficiency. ICT use is extended from the high needs end to a stage where not care but preventative support is needed. "People" services for Daily Living and Activation (DALS) and Continued Wellness (CWS) break open current ‘silos’ in service delivery to cross-sectoral cooperation and participation of family and voluntary staff. The architecture recognises that integration of consumer and other widely available devices must be achieved and open interface standards adopted.

The innovative new services will be piloted at six sites across the Europe. Users are to be older people living independently with light to severe care or support needs, care professionals, informal carers and voluntary helpers / charity workers. Interested adopters in the public sector will be presented with guidance for uptake and evidence of all intended impacts.

The project brings together 20 organisations across 6 Member States representing all major stakeholders in the "value chain" of support to older people, from public authorities and social and health service providers to global industry players and specialist SMEs. Authorities are represented on dedicated advisory board, as are user groups at European level. Philips and Tunstall as the major players in their respective fields are very well positioned to fully exploit the results, bringing INDEPENDENT services within the reach of all EU citizens.

“The INDEPENDENT project is partially funded under the ICT Policy Support Programme (ICT PSP) as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme by the European Community" (link to the ICT PSP website: http://ec.europa.eu/ict_psp).

Click here to visit the Ιndependent website

The NET-EUCEN project intends to create, animate and manage a network of experienced organizations covering the whole supply chain of the service for users (S4U), belonging to several European countries (23 subjects from 16 European Countries), to share the experiences and knowledge on ICT initiatives and services for the wide User Domain, gained mainly during participation in funded project such as the IST and the eTEN programme more oriented to develop and test services for users. The objectives of this network are to:

* - Mobilise and co-ordinate exchanges of experiences among actors and stakeholders;
* - Produce a set of guidelines for enhancing user centricity in eGovernment services using current codes and charters in various Member States;
* - Assess new and innovative application scenarios and foster their industrialization and set-up all over Europe by supporting the multidisciplinary approach to the finding of innovative ICT solutions for citizens, public administrations and large communities.
* - Creating a future vision in the medium and long term by the provision and forecasting of a set of potential application scenarios in the short and medium term in the Governance and Policy domain;
* - Co-operate with relevant EU, national, regional and local initiatives to further advance the development and deployment of user centric eGovernment services;
* - Disseminate the findings and results of the network among all stakeholders, including policy makers at EU and national levels.