§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (Phil Hope)The Government will be announcing the first round of successful bids for matched funding to support e-Innovation in local councils. Some 34 councils will receive matched funding of £6.2m to deliver their innovative ideas by March 2005.
These projects complement the work of individual councils, pathfinders, national projects and partnerships that are already being carried out under the programme, in particular by driving forward "cutting edge" projects, which look beyond December 2005.
This round of support for e-innovations targets the following four themes:
E-Learning
This includes the internal sharing of information and good practice, staff development and better use of e-government to assist service transformation (i.e. not mainstream education/schools).Bridging the Digital DivideThis includes using e-government in ways that help services to reach those socially excluded and in particular addressing the concern that e-government might lead to some people being further isolated from the support and services they need.Emergent Technology for Better GovernmentInnovative use of information and communications technologies (ICT) to improve services.Local Authority E-BusinessBetter use of ICT to improve internal business processes in councils, including service planning and performance management.14WS A full list of the councils receiving funding is tabled below:
Successful e-Innovation Bids Local Authority Project Title ODPM Grant Contribution Bridging The Digital Divide Camden LB Virtual Viewing—Extending Choice Through Virtual Tours 200,000 Chiltern DC Seeing The Divide—A Picture Paints A 1000 Words 62,000 Derbyshire CC Helping Older People Bridge The Digital Divide 152,500 Kings Lynn and West Norfolk BC Community Heritage Stores—Enngaging The Wider Community Online 78,000 Manchester CC The Manchester E-Markets—Mems—Project 100,000 North Cornwall DC Rural E-Champions—Bridging The Digital Divide 50,000 Pereston CC E-City Perston—Bridging The Digital Divide In England's Newest City 300,000 Sandwell MBC Personalised Access Authentication 250,000 Sutton LB Widening Community Access To Services 125,000 West Devon DC SMS Access Channel In Rural Areas 50,000 Working BC Trusted Partner Access 110,000 e-Business Cambridgeshire CC Local Operational Partnership Scheme(Lops) 200,000 Caradon DC Local Authority E-Business 62,320 East Sussex CC East Sussex In Figures 130,000 Knowsley MBC Exploiting Information Management 75,000 Lewisham LB Electronic Invoicing 135,000 Uttlesford DC Uniting Services For Our Community 78,000 West Sussex CC The Mysociety Partnership 250,000 e-Learning East Elp (E Learning Programme) 75,000 Northamptonshire DC Lambeth LB Web Wise And Web Watch 150,000 Lancaster CC The Learning Ladder 50,000 Tameside MBC Knowledge Management 350,000 Teignbridge DC Prince2—Practitioner cE'& Distance Learning 50,700 New And Emergent Technology Colchester BC Questions On The Move 90,000 East Riding of Yorkshire Council The East Riding Digital Learning Community (Die) 125,000 Hammersmith and Fulham LB Using New Technology To Improve Parking Services 335,000 Liverpool CC Text 2 City of Liverpool 200,000 Merton LB Enhance The Level Of Domiciliary Monitoring And Emergency Support By Using Chromatic Technology In The Homes Of Elderly, Disabled And Newly Discharged People 214,000 Newham,LB Regentv 460,000 Rossendale BC Open Source Software 502,500 Somerset CC Self-Service In Libraries Using RFID 112,500 South Lakeland DC 3d GIS Virtual Town Planning Model 66,000 Test Valley BC Local Services Link 494,000 Westminster LB Soho Wireless Technology 500,000 TOTAL 6,182,520