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The Local Government Information Network: Building a Regional Information Exchange for Municipal Decision Makers LORIS Conference March 25, 2003 Hradec Kralove
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Page 1: The Local Government Information Network: Building a Regional Information Exchange for Municipal Decision Makers LORIS Conference March 25, 2003 Hradec.

The Local Government Information Network: Building a Regional

Information Exchange for Municipal Decision

Makers

LORIS Conference March 25, 2003Hradec Kralove

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Knowledge as a Driving Force

LOGIN BASICS 2 of 15

“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.

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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

LOGIN BASICS 3 of 15

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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

LOGIN BASICS 4 of 15

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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

How does LOGIN work? 5 of 15

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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

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Developing Content

How does LOGIN work? 7 of 15

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

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The Internet Component

Non-competitive design

Modular structure

Centralized database, decentralized

access

Multi-lingual

How does LOGIN work? 8 of 15

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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

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Typical Library summary sheet

with full text document

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Multi Lingual Service

How does LOGIN work? 13 of 15

Common database

Language 1.

Language 2.

Language 6.

Language 5.

Language 4.

Language 3.

English section

Translated

materials

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Evaluation and Feedback

WHY LOGIN? 14 of 15

On-line survey engine

Industrial strength traffic

monitoring

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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

Challenges and solutions 15 of 15

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