Conseils – RegioPKI is present in the annual Open Days 2007 Regional even to be organized by the Committee of the Regions and DG-Regio. RegioPKI will be in the Knowledge Society Village, as part of the Investors’ Café.

Knowledge Society Village

The RegioPKI concept has been created and set up by Conseils Oy and EuroConseils Sprl together with our strategic technology partners providing software and hardware components, systems and support services. Our partners are companies with strong position in the market as leading technology providers in the area of trust and security technologies and solutions.

The RegioPKI team joined forces for the Knowledge Society Village event with our strategic technology partner XCure Solutions Ltd, and our regional local IT partners from Eastern Finland: Cence Oy and Tietokartano Oy. Being Mayor of the Village, Mr. Tapio Rissane, CEO of EuroConseils, coordinated the Village preparations and worked with the event organisation in order to arrange a successful European Knowledge Society happening.

The RegioPKI team (from left to right): Mr. Jarkko Majava (CTO, XCure Solutions Ltd.), Mr. Aapo Immonen (Head of R&D, Cence Ltd.), Mr. Pekka Niskasaari (Managing Director, Tietokartano Oy), Mr. Teemu Rissanen (Managing Director, Conseils Oy SimplySecure) and Mr. Tapio Rissanen (CEO, EuroConseils Sprl.)

Knowledge Society Worshop

As part of the Open Days 2007 events, EuroConseils – RegioPKI organises a Workshop / Seminar with title “How to improve quality and efficiency for eGovernment and eServices in the regions”.

The workshop givs information and practical advices for the regional policy makers, planners and ICT experts on what is needed for proper implementation of the interactive, paperless eGovernment and eServices to support local public and private organisations, including SME communities and eBusiness. The workshop was carried out in a form of a round table panel enabling the participants to have easily living discussion and Q & A about the related subject during the workshop.

Workshop Presentations

• WS Introduction by the Moderator of the workshop Tapio Rissanen, EuroConseils Sprl [PDF 263KB]
• What is it all about and what is behind the paperless processes? Dr. Jacques Bu, Head of Unit ICT Security, DG Information Society and Media, EC [PDF 665KB]
• Case of Belgium: How electronic services would change the administrations? Mr. Peter Maes, Head of department for studies, Crossroads Bank for Social Security, Belgium [PDF 122KB]
• The role of the region in establishing an efficient e-administration system. Mr Słąwomir Kopeć, Director, Information Society Department, Marshal Office of the Malopolska Region, Poland [PDF 131KB]
• Building e-government gateway: True added value in public administration services. Mr Oktawiusz Kacza, Head of SW Development Department, Principal Consultant, Comarch S.A, Poland [PDF 1MB]
• RegioPKI and Governikus to turn the Regions to the digital era. Mr. Pekka Niskasaari, Managing Director, Tietokartano Oy, Region of East Finland [PDF 1MB]
• Benefits for local and regional development: the need for a Digital Local Agenda planning process and
  an integrated eService delivery. Mr. Javier Ossandon, ELANET, Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), and Director Innovation Area, ANCITEL, Italy [PDF 460KB]

Pictures from the Workshop

The workshop was a success: requests for attendance surpassed auditorium capacity by three times.

From left to right: Mr. Niskasaari, Mr. Kopeć, Mr. Ossandon, Moderator Mr. Rissanen, Mr. Kacza, Mr. Maes and Dr. Jacques Bus.

Mr. Javier Ossandon giving his presentation on the Digilal Local Agenda.