Portal de Murcia
www.portaldemurcia.com
The City Council and the UMU come together to develop a system that will share 2.0 voice to all residents of the municipality.
Full technological equipment of both institutions held a working session to discuss and put the finishing touches to a new tool that will allow Murcia directly involved in decision-making and improving the municipality
"Half a million people, half a million municipalities.
This is the starting point on which we are developing a new system of participation, the hand of the University of Murcia, with which any resident of the municipality, from anywhere and at any time of day can participate directly not only in management daily town Hall, but also review major city projects ", today advanced the mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, who added that" this is a pioneering tool we are finalizing and very soon present ".
The mayor made the remarks by the rector of the University of Murcia, José Orihuela, during the Day of Technological Cooperation between the City and the University of Murcia (UMU), which has been attended to full teams of technicians from both institutions, specialized in information technology and telecommunications, as well as the Councillor for Administration Modernisation, Urban Quality and Participation, Jose Guillen, the manager of the UMU, Tomas Jimenez, and the project coordinator research educational institution, Antonio Skármeta.
José Ballesta reported that the City Council and the UMU "we have been working hand in hand since last summer and, as a result of this collaboration in new technologies, we will soon introduce a new system of participation 2.0 that will give voice to all residents of Murcia, the which will have the opportunity to engage actively in decision-making and improving the municipality. "
During the workday, which has lasted throughout the day at the Faculty of Law of the Campus de la Merced, working groups and discussion -in which participated twenty specialists from both institutions-led out the analysis of the state of joint initiatives and the finishing touches of the new systems of participation.
"Right now the technicians of the Computing Service of the City Council, the Department of Information Technology and Applied Communications (ATTICA) and the Faculty of Informatics, University of Murcia are finalizing and reviewing the technology that will make it possible to launch this new tool opening a new channel of direct participation, marking a turning point in the way of understanding citizen involvement, "said the mayor.
The council is using the experience and know-how of the UMU, an institution benchmark in technology in our country, with which the Consistory and has recently materialized two pioneering initiatives: Murcia Smart City strategy, which aim to bring the city ​​council citizens, achieving a more agile, open and participatory management;
and 'Smart Classrooms' initiative, which has been a qualitative leap in the management of classrooms Free Internet access for residents of Murcia.
Modernization of the administrative apparatus
In addition the scope of participation, both institutions are collaborating through exchange of experiences and transfer of knowledge in the 'IT Governance System', ie, the modernization of the administrative system of the city of Murcia and its various services.
"Technology has become an ally of public institutions.
So we are working on the definition of a Director of IT Plan that allows us to detect the needs of the different areas of the City and, thus, implement the necessary measures to optimize public services measures, "said the mayor, He is adding that "the ultimate goal is to bring new technologies to serve the residents of Murcia, aligning municipal management with the latest developments, improving the interconnection between departments and cost savings."
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
Privacy policy
- Legal notice
- Cookies