Developing the Knowledge Economy: How Cities Help National Programs in Three EU Accession and an ECA country Vilnius – Knowledge Economy

Strategic location of Vilnius North Dimension Eastern Europe Central Europe EU members Candidates to EU NATO members Candidates to NATO

Vilnius – capital city of Lithuania MOSCOW KIEV BALTIC SEA GEN WARSAW C P PRAGUE

The hierarchy of Vilnius City Municipality’s plans Long-term strategic development plan Master plan Program No.1Program No.n Action plan of Municipality Annual budget Other financial sources (state budget, funds, banks, etc.) Long-term objectives (vision) (more than 3 years) Mid-term objectives (3 years) Short-term objectives (1 year)

Public participation: an example of Vilnius City Strategic Plan

Public-private partnerships P P PP P P Knowledge Economy Forum Knowledge Economy Forum Window to the Future Window to the Future Memorandum of Understanding for sustainable development Memorandum of Understanding for sustainable development Tri-party Council Tri-party Council KE clusters (Sunrise Valley, Visoriai Valley, and others) KE clusters (Sunrise Valley, Visoriai Valley, and others) Internet House (North town) Internet House (North town)

Improvement of the business environment (Vilnius City Strategic Plan) Create favourable conditions for local and foreign investment Create business promotion system Ensure provision of information for business Carry out sustainable development of commercial and industrial districts of the city

Vilnius City Municipality’s e-services The database Of Vilnius City Municipality’s legal acts The database Of Vilnius City Municipality’s legal acts Internet information Internet information GIS documents, including decrees, resolutions, regulations, etc documents, including decrees, resolutions, regulations, etc. Infoterminals. Portal Infoterminals. Portal Specialized DBs of governmental institutions and private organizations. Information services for persons/ organizations, including investors/ Specialized DBs of governmental institutions and private organizations. Information services for persons/ organizations, including investors/

IT indicators in Vilnius (%) *Share of inhabitants (%) **Share of the number of enterprises (%) ***Share of inhabitants of 15 years old and elder (%)

Digital literacy: Lithuania, 2001 (inhabitants of 15 age old and elder, %)

Vilnius City Strategic Plan: knowledge society Promotion of knowledge society To promote organisation of education and training according to the needs of knowledge society To promote organisation of education and training according to the needs of knowledge society To form life-long learning and training system To form life-long learning and training system To supply educational institutions with IT, and to develop IT curriculum To supply educational institutions with IT, and to develop IT curriculum To increase access to internet for city inhabitants and guests To increase access to internet for city inhabitants and guests To create advanced e-services for society To create advanced e-services for society

Preconditions for development of KE in Vilnius Educated people Competitive science Competitive business Promotion of innovations 28% of citizens with higher education; 44.6 thousand of universities’ students (or 47% of Lithuania’s total); increasingly growing number of computer/internet users Network of universities (VU, VGTU, and others), research institutions (institutes of Biotechnology, of Semiconductor Physics, of Mathematics and Computer Science, and others), extensive international relations and co-operation in R&D. Growth of economy, including high tech sectors: biotechnology, laser technology, IT, electronics. Science and Technology Park (established in 1993), Lithuanian Innovation Centre (1996), Lithuanian National Centre of Information Eureka (1999), Technology Park of North town (will start activities in Autumn, 2002).

BIOTECHNOLOGY LASER, IT IT BIOTECHNOLOGY, IT MATERIAL SCIENCE Formation of KE clusters in Vilnius

An example of interrelation between Vilnius City strategic documents and national strategic documents National Draft Concept of Development of Communications and Informatics Vilnius City Municipality’s strategic documents ObjectivesDocumentObjectives/goals/programmes The competency and social union of Lithuania’s citizens Vilnius City Strategic Plan Creation of advanced society Modernization of public administration by IT means Vilnius City Strategic Plan Creation of e-services for society Strategic Action Plan of Vilnius City Municipality Improvement of management by means of Municipality’s computerization; creation, administration and maintaining of data bases (e-Municipality) Knowledge economy and e-business Vilnius City Strategic Plan Creation of favourable conditions for the development of knowledge economy