The Work Meeting was held on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at the Gas Guard 1 – Amphitheater in Technopolis on the topic: The needs of society in the service of technology (technologyhelpssociety).
The meeting was an initiative launched by the Association of Mobile Application Companies of Greece (SEKEE), in collaboration with the Free Software/Open Source Software Company (EEL/LAK), with the Support of INNOVATHENS, the innovation and entrepreneurship hub of the Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens, an initiative which aims to support the utilization of “mobile technologies” by the local bodies self-government.
The beginning of this meeting was very positive, as it opened a dialogue between the executives of the Local Government and the companies of the SEKEE, who are developing innovative applications for the international market.
The change of the existing logic of custom-made special-purpose applications, which is time-consuming and ineffective, was discussed, with the model of using existing software where municipalities can use applications, share them, evaluate them.
The need to promote open data in practice was discussed so that the information generated by the agencies can be reused and the services provided even more to be developed.
At the same time, many interesting applications were presented for optimization systems for the management of municipal services, from waste collection to the management of social benefits (environment, cemeteries, etc.). Also, the new electronic payment services that allow citizens to pay their obligations to the municipalities but at the same time provide the municipalities with the possibility to reward the consistency of citizens.
Particular emphasis was placed on the revitalization and strengthening of local commercial and business activities, as well as the promotion of tourist and cultural events through the new electronic means of communication and transactions.
The representatives of most municipalities from all over Greece who participated in the event were informed about the possibility to provide all services to citizens through mobile devices and indeed with methods that allow the rapid expansion of applications, without technical complexity and bureaucracy, while at the same time their needs were recorded, through questionnaire distributed to the participants and dialogue that followed.
We closed with the promise to continue and deepen this effort, which promises to help both the Local Government in its very important role it has with the citizens, but at the same time to help in the development of innovative software production companies in Greece.
You can see presentations of the event separately at the end of the press release.
Watch the video that accompanied the presentation of the company Mellon Technologies (here) and the company Motivian (here).
Related files
MOTIVIAN: agritourism applications in municipalities using mobile phones
HOTECH: go paperless! Data collection and processing with mobile application
JUPITEE: The mobile in the service of the modern municipality
ATC: Enhancing citizen participation and commercial relations in the local community
TELENAVIS: Smart City – a platform ready to use
M-STAT: Mobile Services – Two way gate & Functional communication between OTAs and citizens
NOVELTECH: Mitos Travel Guides
Eel/lAk: Open design constructions that can be produced locally
Open Data and Innovative Technologies City Hub
This text has been translated automatically from the original Greek. In case of any discrepancy or inaccuracy, the original Greek text prevails. The translation is provided for information purposes only.