The Local Government Information Network: Building a Regional Information Exchange for Municipal Decision Makers LORIS Conference March 25, 2003 Hradec Kralove
Jan 03, 2016
The Local Government Information Network: Building a Regional
Information Exchange for Municipal Decision
Makers
LORIS Conference March 25, 2003Hradec Kralove
Knowledge as a Driving Force
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“Today the evidence suggests that knowledge is more important to people's well-being than capital, labor and the other factors that make our economies grow."
Johannes Linn, the World Bank's Vice President for Europe and Central Asia, International Herald Tribune February 21, 2002.
Need for a Knowledge Management Tool
Need based and demand driven
Gathers and processes information
Reaches the grass roots over a region
Low cost and effective
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What is LOGIN?
LOGIN is an information clearinghouse that
– promotes the professional development of local government officials
– strengthens the capabilities of organizations
that support public administration reform at
the local level
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LOGIN: a network of people
1) Foundation for Local Government Reform Bulgaria
2) Union of Local and Regional Governments Latvia
3) Foundation in Support of Local Democracy
& EMCOM Ltd. Poland
4) National Association of Local Governments Hungary
5) Municipal Training Centre Kaunas University Lithuania
6) Association of Cities Ukraine
7) Institute of Urban Economics Russia
8) Association of Municipalities Macedonia
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How does LOGIN work? 6 of 15
assessing need
gathering information
processing information
delivering information
marketing the system
The Role of Partner Institutions
Developing Content
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Library: 4612 documents on 23, March– user friendly entries– full text, downloadable and free
15 topic categories and a search engine
Additional modules: news, legislative update, funding, calendar
The Internet Component
Non-competitive design
Modular structure
Centralized database, decentralized
access
Multi-lingual
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Non-competitive design
LOGIN Module
s
FLGR Modules
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Centralized database, decentralized access
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Internet based data entry
Typical Library summary sheet
with full text document
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Multi Lingual Service
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Common database
Language 1.
Language 2.
Language 6.
Language 5.
Language 4.
Language 3.
English section
Translated
materials
Evaluation and Feedback
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On-line survey engine
Industrial strength traffic
monitoring
Challenges and solutions
Information resource Strong needs assessment, needs based system
Non-internet based activities
Partner selection, revenue generating activities
Internet use is low
Sustainability
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