The Flemish Government and a host of European local government partner organisations worked together by identifying the top things that national and EU decision makers can do to better support local eGovernment. The ‘Malmo Vision’ was still hardly translated down to the on-the-ground, local level. The Citadel Statement addressed this short-coming by better understanding why local communities are finding it challenging to implement eGovernment in an innovative, cost-effective and efficient manner. In the short period the Statement got a strong support from the main organizations of municipalities. A number of concrete projects were launched in the spirit of the Statement. And we can also notice a stronger commitment from the EU itself to support Local Egovernment. But there’s still a lot to do.

1. SMARTERCITIESSMARTERSERVICES

3. What is the ‘Citadel’ Statement?

4. Why is The Citadel Statement Needed?

6. Common Architecture, Shared Services and Standards

7. Open Data, Transparency and Personal Rights

8. Citizen Participation and Involvement

9. Privacy and Identification of Individuals

10. 5. RuralInclusion

11. After the Citadel Statement

12. Using each others’ authentic data sources

13. Childcare, schools, enterprises on maps

14. Local 2020

15. Citadel on the Move

16. Citadel’s Objectives & Goals

17. Citadel on the Move Partners

18. Citadel’s Concept

19. Using modern technology to achieve public goals

20. Learn the car to drive, not the passenger…

22. Questions ? Remarks ?