PICTURE
An Instrument to Provide ICT Investment Strategies for European Public Administrations
City of Amaroussion
The Municipality of Amaroussion is situated in the northern part of the greater Athens region. Its population counts approximately 100,000 inhabitants. This northern part of the greater Athens region is one of the most developed and high-income zones. In the last fifteen years the city has been gradually transformed into a constantly increasing business centre. Today, more than 1000 companies with more than 60,000 employees have moved in Amaroussion.
The city is also one of the most important locations in Greece for companies that are related to advanced technologies. Amaroussion is the first and the only Municipality in Greece, which has been certified under ISO 9002.
The aim of the System is to provide the citizens with services, which are in accordance with the required standards, at the lowest possible cost, in the shortest time, in a reliable way and with measurable (quantitative and qualitative) characteristics.
Amaroussion is also a member of the Steering Committee of Telecities, the network of European Cities for the promotion of information technologies. Connected to the city is the "Municipality of Amaroussion Technology Company" (DETDA). The aim of DETDA is the provision of services for the development, improvement and support of informatics systems and applications within the municipality and its organisations. It has also implemented a number of national and EU-funded projects, e.g.: The "Information and Services ON Demand" (INFOSOND) project (funded by TELEMATICS programme), “IST project on eGOV” (IST-2000-28471), the "eVOTE" project (IST-2000-29518), and the "OntoGOV" project (IST-2002-507237).