Promoting Innovation in the Knowledge Economy

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Promoting Innovation in the Knowledge
Economy Derry Wireless City Tuesday 25th
November 2008 Matt Peachey Paul Jackson Derry
City Council
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• The NI Programme for Government
• develop and implement a strategy that will
  ensure that all of NI has a world class
  telecommunications infrastructure in terms of
  broadband capacity, access and cost
• Department of Enterprise Trade Investment
• Develop telecommunications infrastructure
• Stimulate demand for broadband
• Develop broadband applications

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• Funding Timeline
• June 2002 Invitation issued by DETI through the
  European Journal for expressions of Interest in
  telecommunication Flagship Projects
• July 2002 Information day held
• Sept 2002 Call Closed
• 19 submissions received by DETI
• 3 submissions selected to go on to Request for
  Proposals stage
• 2 projects submitted for Green Book Economic
  appraisal
• December 2003 Derry designated as the NI
  Broadband Flagship Project

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• Project Background
• Dec. 2003 Designation by DETI as Broadband
  Flagship Project for NI
• Development of applications services
• e-government (Derry City Council)
• e-learning (University of Ulster North West
  Regional College)
• e tourism (Derry City Council)
• Cost - 1.38 million
• Timescale 2 years
• Partners DCC, UU NWRC
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• Project Elements
• Wireless Council
• Wireless Campus
• Wireless City

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• Wireless Council
• Budget 174,353 (approx 208,567)
• Key Elements
• Enhanced Wireless Council Chamber
• Electronic Document Record Management System
  (EDRMS)
• Testing Equipment

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• Wireless Council - Benefits
• Enhanced Wireless Council Chamber
• Wireless access for visitors and staff
• Paperless meetings (40,000 pieces of paper p/a
  time efficiencies)
• 2 Electronic Document Record Management System
  (EDRMS)
• Environmental Impact (reduced paper and energy
  use)
• Risk management (business continuity and
  confidentiality)
• Time Saving (10 minutes plus per search)
• 3. Testing Equipment
• Mobile Working (Rapid response and staff
  efficiency)

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• Wireless Council The Future
• Increased GIS usage - Building Control,
  Environmental Health and lone worker security
• Greater usage of VPN/ Citrix access gateway for
  home working
• Roll out paperless meetings for members
• e-Democracy video streaming of Council
  meetings/ events
• Increased on-line meetings with Council partners
  and staff

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• Wireless City
• Budget 111,210 (approx 133,049)
• Key Elements
• Installation of a wireless mesh covering the
  Historic Walled City of Derry
• 2. Production of digitised cultural and heritage
  content for tourists
• 3. Delivery of the virtual tour content through
  PDA devices available at the Derry Visitor and
  Convention Bureau

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