INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF E-COMMUNITIES (INEC)
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Communities around the world are responding to the needs of their citizens by discovering new ways of using information and communication technologies for economic, social and cultural development. Companies and governments that take advantage of these new technologies will create jobs and economic growth as well as improve the overall quality of life within the communities in which they take part.
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E-Community
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An E-Community is a community with a vision of the future that involves the application of information and communication technologies and broadband infrastructures in a new and innovative way to empower its residents, institutions and regions as a whole. As such, they make the most of the opportunities that new applications afford and broadband-based services can deliver and help improve the community in question. Importantly, an E-Community is not primarily focused on technology. It is about using broadband technology to enhance education, export, elderly care, experience, effectiveness, efficiency, emotions, entertainment and more.
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What activities are initiated by INEC?
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The aim of INEC is to promote, facilitate and institutionalize cooperation by means of exchange, best practice programs, business development, missions, benchmarking tools, and joint project implementation. Collectively, the INEC partners have the ambition to excel as leaders in e-community development. As an organization, INEC facilitates exchange and benchmarking instruments, as well as the business development tools and best practice programs to further that ambition. Business development is facilitated by means of matchmaking facilities and missions. Active support is offered to private sector parties directly involved in smart community development and the creation of innovative services.
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INEC Mission Statement
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To facilitate it’s members to excel in e-community development by means of sharing unique knowledge and experience in ICT and broadband development, running joint programs and stimulating business relations between e-communities worldwide.
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INEC Membership
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Members of INEC are local communities or cities engaged in high-end ICT and broadband deployment for it’s community. Member communities do not necessarily concern a city in the legal sense, although the relation with municipal structures is often clear.
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To be able to cope with the foreseen future growth of the organisation, a distinction will be made between members of INEC and those members that are participating in the board of INEC. The board consists of INEC members that represent regional leaders, where membership of INEC is open for all ‘e-communities’ that underwrite the aims of the INEC organization and sign the Declaration of Open Networks.
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As INEC is devising and implementing a growth oriented approach, several communities worldwide are listed which could either become INEC board members based on their role as ‘regional leader’ or would fit the INEC criteria to become an INEC member.
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About INEC
