e-Government Projects in Greece e-Government Projects in Greece Developed in a Research EnvironmentDeveloped in a Research Environment

Poulicos PrastacosPoulicos Prastacos

Director of ResearchDirector of ResearchInstitute of Applied and Computational MathematicsInstitute of Applied and Computational Mathematics

Foundation for Research and Technology-HellasFoundation for Research and Technology-HellasHrakleion, GreeceHrakleion, Greece

Poulicos@iacm.forth.gr

Outline of presentationOutline of presentation

E-Government and Research Institutions Health map of Greece Environmental management – noise mapping Development of a portal for the coastal area Dissemination of traffic information in real time Conclusions

e-Government with spatial componentse-Government with spatial components

Spatial planning– Environmental planning– Urban planning– Transportation Planning– …….

Provision of services to citizens– Dissemination various spatial information to the

citizens

Why research institutions get involvedWhy research institutions get involved

Technologically advanced countries– Projects initiated by the government– Carried out by the private sector

Countries in which technology is not the dominant sector– Projects are initiated as pilot projects by Research/

Academic institutions– Often developed with minimal input by the

Government– After some years government initiates the project

again on a full scale– Private companies implement it

FORTHFORTH

Second Largest Research center in Greece, located in Crete

7 Institutes, about 200 Researchers Budget 40% from Government, rest from

competitive projects (EU, national etc.)

Regional Analysis Division, Institute of Applied Mathematics– Involved with the development of tools and

methodologies related to spatial planning– GIS technology– Involved in numerous e-government type of

projects in Greece and elsewhere

Health map of GreeceHealth map of Greece

A GIS based tool developed under a grant from the Greek Ministry of Health that allows the mapping of:– The position of all public health resources and

infrastructure– The spatial component of Public Health– The supply and demand of medical services at

the local level

Developed for the Regional Health Authorities

Operational project, not pilot application

Developed for the Regional Health AuthoritiesDeveloped for the Regional Health Authorities

Greece is divided into 17 regions each supervised by a Regional Health Authority (PESY) established by the Ministry of Health

Each PESY are responsible for administration, management and strategic planning of Public Health resources at the regional level

Each PESY needs a tool to:– Inventory all Public Health Resources under administration– Evaluate the Public Health providers and the quality of their

services in each region– Aid the decision making for long-term planning and future

investment

Data included in the systemData included in the system Data for health facilities:

– General Hospitals (118)– Medical Centers (199)– Hospitals – Medical Centers (combined) (17)– Village Clinics (1538)

Population and epidemiology data at the prefecture level

Geographical layers– Settlements– Road network– Communes– Municipalities– Prefectures– Regions

Data attributes for health facilitiesData attributes for health facilities

Address, contact information Number of clinics, ambulances Personnel :

– Doctors by specialty– Nurses by specialty– Other personnel (administrative, technical support etc)

Medical clinics (Hospitals) Outpatient clinics and hours of operation Laboratories and number of medical tests and

examinations Bio-medical equipment Preventive health care services Other operational characteristics

Overall architecture of the systemOverall architecture of the system

HOSPITALSMEDICAL CENTRES

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POPULATION ANDEPIDEMIOLOGY DATA

Hospitals

Road Network

Coverage Area

RMA

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THEMATICMAPS

REPORTS

SEARCH

How does the system could be used to How does the system could be used to assist decision makingassist decision making

Extensive search capabilities– Geographical criteria– Operational characteristics of the health facilities– Availability of resources– Utilization of medical facilities

Development of indices and production of thematic maps

Health IndicesHealth Indices Various population and epidemiology indices calculated

at different geographical levels/facilities for example:– Births – Mortality from all types of cancers – Deaths from circulatory illnesses – Serious injuries caused by traffic accidents– Doctor specialties (Medical Center Microbiologists per 1000

inhabitants living in the coverage area) – Nurse specialties– Outpatient clinics by specialty (visits per 1000 inhabitants)– Laboratory exams (Microbiology tests per 1000 inhabitants) – Hospital beds per 10 thousand inhabitants – Surgical Hospital beds per 10 thousand inhabitants – Doctor specialties (Radiologists per 10 thousand inhabitants)– CT scanners per 10 thousand inhabitants

Hospital radiologists / 10 inhabitants

Health facilities on the webHealth facilities on the web

Web site developed as part of the same project that included data on all facilities and resources

Users could query the web site to find out:– Location of closest public health facility– Hours of operation– Medical specialties available– How to get there

Evaluation of the projectEvaluation of the project

Project initiated by the Minister of Health Project completed successfully Extensive training provided Used for one year Then abandoned for the following reasons

– Data were not being updated– Funding was not available– There was discussion for a “bigger” project

that would feed electronically all the information to the various databases. However, this was never materialized

AVL system for Health Emergency AVL system for Health Emergency Services in CreteServices in Crete

Each ambulance equipped with a GPS and GSM modem

Position transmitted at the Center and displayed on a map

At the Center dispatcher can reroute ambulances etc. according to the needs that arise

Evaluation of the projectEvaluation of the project

Initiated in 1997 as part of a research project

Not fully functional because of problems with communication technology

Fully developed and functioning since 2003 with the assistance of IT companies “associated” with FORTH

SDI-Development of a Portal for Coastal SDI-Development of a Portal for Coastal Zone managementZone management

Project started recently

Funded by the Secretarial for Research and Technology

Collaboration of FORTH with IT companies and public authorities

ObjectivesObjectives

Develop distributed databases storing and managing data and information related to the coastal zone

Procedures for extracting data from satellite pictures and from on the field capture of data through GPS

Procedures for analyzing the various thematic information for estimating complex environmental indicators

A Geo-portal capable of distributing the data and the resulting information to several administration levels

Objective is to start the development of an SDI for the Region of Crete

Environmental modeling noise mappingEnvironmental modeling noise mapping

DAMEN directive issued by the EU in 2002

All cities with population larger than 250,000 pop should develop noise maps by 2007

Need for a tool to assist decision makers to evaluate noise reduction plans

GipsyNoise Project funded by LIFE

Tool developed by FORTH tested in several European cities

GipsyNoiseGipsyNoise

GIS based tool for estimating noise levels from traffic, railroad, industry

Combines GIS and noise dispersion tools

Extensive visualization and reports capability

All results in terms of harmonized indicators

Capability to perform scenarios

City specific GIS Other data base

Formated input dataArcView Shape files

GIpSynoise

CadnaASimulation software

ArcView

Project data base

Comparison of results from different scenarios

Introduce policies reducing traffic in some cities

Initial condition Scenario Difference

Displaying information for traffic on the Displaying information for traffic on the netnet

Ministry of the Environment collects data from loop detectors

Issue is how to disseminate these to concerned citizens in real time

Project funded by Ministry, implemented by FORTH and two “affiliated” IT companies

Special Java applet developed

ConclusionsConclusions

In Greece, many e-government projects have started in a research environment

The big issue is how to continue the project once the funding for the pilot applications has finished

Often the projects “discarded” and “reinvented” after some years.

Pilot projects play the role of educating the public sector on the need for e government