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1. The OPIS: structure, content and funding

OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME Information Society 3rd Community Support Framework 2000-2006 for Greece June 200 1. 1. The OPIS: structure, content and funding. The OPIS is : an innovative horizontal, cross-departmental programme the main instrument for realizing the government’s IS strategy

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1. The OPIS: structure, content and funding

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  1. OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMEInformation Society3rd Community Support Framework 2000-2006 for GreeceJune 2001

  2. 1. The OPIS: structure, content and funding The OPIS is: • an innovative horizontal, cross-departmental programme • the main instrument for realizing the government’s IS strategy • the tool for achieving the targets set by e-Europe • It aims at promoting the IS in a a coherent and integrated manner It involves: • overall coordination by the Ministries of National Economy and Public Administration • decentralised implementation + supporting mechanisms • a new public-private partnership

  3. The OPIS budget and its structure

  4. The OPIS budget and its structure

  5. Action Line 1. Education and Culture • Measure 1.1. Equiping and networking schools and universities • Measure 1.2. New technologies in the educational process • Measure 1.3.Documentation, management and promotion of the Greek cultural heritage

  6. Action Line 2. Services to citizens and an improved quality of life Measure 2.1. Government on line: Business plans, studies, pilot projects Measure 2.2. Government on line Measure 2.3. Administration of the Structural Funds and transition to the Euro Measure 2.4. Regional geographic information systemsand innovative actions Measure 2.5 Training and modernisation in the public administration Measure 2.6. ICT applications in health and welfare Measure 2.7. Training and organisational reform in health and welfare Measure 2.8“Intelligent transport”

  7. Action Line 3. The digital economy, employment and social cohesion • Measure 3.1. A ¨digital¨ environment for the new economy • Measure 3.2. Businesses in the digital economy • Measure 3.3. Research and technological development for the IS • Measure 3.4. Skills upgrading • Measure 3.5. Employment promotion for the Information Society

  8. Action Line 4. Communications • Measure 4.1. Supporting and consolidating the liberalisation process • Measure 4.2. Development of local access network infrastructure • Measure 4.3. Advanced telecommunications services for the citizen • Measure 4.4. Development and modernisation of postal services • Measure 4.5. Training in the communications sector

  9. Action Line 5. Technical Assistance • Measure 5.1. Management and implementation • Measure5.2 Technical Assistance ΕSF • Measure5.3 Technical Assistance ΕRDF

  10. 2. Management and implementation mechanisms The basic design: • Overall coordination for a coherent and integrated approach to IS development • Decentralised implementation by agencies • Creation of supporting mechanisms The new structures: • The Managing Authority • The Information Society S.A. • The IS Observatory

  11. The Managing Authority of the OPIS • An independent service within the Ministry of National Economy • Headed by a Special Secretary, reports directly to Minister/D.Minister • A staff of 40, with strict selection criteria & competitive salaries • Organised in 4 units: A. Programming and evaluation B1. Monitoring and Management of Action Lines 1,2 B2. Monitoring and Management of Action Lines 3,4,5 B2. Audits C. Admin support (includes Website, indicators, etc.) • Timetable for its creation • Round 1 (20 people on secondment from the public sector) completed • Round 2 (20 people from private sector) September-October

  12. The Information Society S.A. • An Implementing Organisation that assists agencies in all stages of ITC project design, implementation and follow-up • A public company (S.A) with economic and managerial autonomy • A staff of 30-40, with strict selection criteria & competitive salaries • Organised in units dealing with (a) support to final beneficiaries, (b) project management, (c) admin • Timetable for its creation • Staffing: July first round

  13. The Information Society S.A. What it does: • Supports agencies (with experts/studies) in the preparation of business plans and of the management structures for project implementation • Prepares specifications and RFPs, evaluates tenders, assists final beneficiaries in designing contracts • Follows the project implementation process in terms of quality of services delivered • Supports final beneficiaries after projects are completed in terms of assimilation, organisational change and continuous development

  14. The Information Society Observatory • Composed of personalities and high-evel experts, with a small permanent secretariat (10 people) • Disseminates best practice methods, assists the exchange of experiences, know-how and information, provides training tools • Collects statistics, undertakes or commissions benchmarking studies • Works in close consultation with similar EU-wide and regional organisations • Timetable for its creation: end-2001

  15. Management, implemantation and advisory structures work together • Before a project funding decision is made by the MA, the MA works with the IS S.A. and the programming authority and/or the final beneficiary to establish and help put in place the necessary preconditions for a succesful completion of the project • After a project funding decision is made by the MA, the MA refers the implementing agency to the IS S.A. in order to determine the exact way that it will be supported; the MA and the IS S.A. exchange information throughout the project implementaion phase • The work of the IS Observatory (benchmarking, best-practices, etc.) directly assists the tasks of both the MA and the IS S.A.

  16. 3. Preparing the ground for launching: The story so far... • An emphasis on openness and a ‘partenariat’: • A number of seminars/conferences on the OPIS during 1999 and 2000 • The OP and the Guide in www.infosociety.gr • OPIS presentation to representatives from Ministries and Regions on different occasions • Work on preparing the legal/organisationl framework • The legal texts (for the MA, the IS S.A) • Procedure simplification (elaboration of joint proposals with IT industry) • Programming Complement • Approved by the Monitoring Committee

  17. 3. Preparing the ground for launching: The story so far... • Pre - Funding of certain projects (120 million Euro) regarding: • Business Plans of Actors • Transition to Euro • Education – Support with equipment and access to the Internet • Connecting SMEs to the Internet (GoDigital) • Online - Public and regional Administration

  18. 4. Getting the actors ready: the Business Plan Who needs a business plan? • Anyone with projects to be funded by the OPIs and without one What kind? • Business plan, after plan, rolling action plan….a case by case decision An indicative ToC • The current situation • Operational and strategic planning • The action plan

  19. June 2001 July 2001 Aug 2001 Sept 2001 Actions Informing the Actors 1 Evaluating the Business Plans 2 Implemen Completing the Staffing of the MA 3 tation Procedure Stuffing of the IS SA s 4 OPIS/Prefunded urgent projects 5 5. Next Steps: a timetable

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