Mr. Robert Hammer, Federal Government of Styria, AUSTRIA

Broadband development
in Styria, Austria
14.11.2013
Bled, Slovenia
Federal Government of Styria
Robert Hammer, BSc MA
Department 1 - Organization and Information Technology
Burggasse 2, 8010 Graz, Austria
Previous broadband activities
• Survey work
– Broadband availability in Styrian communities (2008)
– Masterplan 100 Mbit+ (2009)
– Analysis of problem regions
• Calls for tenders
– Broadband Initiative 2003 (EU-cofinanced (EFRE
Objective 2))
– Broadband Austria 2013 (EU-cofinanced (ELER))
• 1. Call 2011
• 2. Call 2012
– Special Projekt Ski-WM 2013 Schladming
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Broadband Austria 2013 – 1. Call
• Appropriations
– 10,33 Mio. € (EFRE/central government/federal states)
– 2 Mio. € Schladming (federal government)
– 41 Lots, 5 not assigend
– Criteria for lot definition  households and companies
– 8,9 Mio. € total investments
– 4,4 Mio. € from public resources (ELER/central
government/federal states)  51%
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Broadband Austria 2013 – 2. Call
• Appropriations
– 11,3 Mio. € (EFRE/central government/federal states)
– 42 Lots
– Criteria for lot definition  households and companies
– 11,3 Mio. € total investments
– 5,6 Mio. € from public resources (ELER/central
government/federal states)  49,62%
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Conclusion
• 74 Lots
• 20,3 Mio. € total investments
• 10,1 Mio. € from public resources (EU/central
government/federal states)
• 10.108 companies
• 61.987 households
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Applications – Livestream / Video
• Livestream  Parliament sessions
– Archive
– http://www.landtag.steiermark.at/
• Video Portal
– http://www.videoportal.steiermark.at
• Bandwidth intensive
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Applications – GIS (Geo Information System) –
digital atlas
• Geo Data Catalogue
– http://www.gis.steiermark.at/
• Digital Atlas
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Land Register
Area Zoning Plan
Orthofotos
Relief Maps / Elevation Maps
etc.
• Free
• Open Government Data
– http://data.steiermark.at/
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Applications – GIS (Geo Information System) –
digital atlas II
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Applications – GIS (Geo Information System) –
digital atlas III
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Fiscal Authority Online
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Tax declaration online
Tax act online
Don‘t have to go to finance authority anymore
Security  Citizen Card  qualified digital signature
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RIS (Legal Information System Online)
• Legislation online
– Federal Law Gazette since 1945
– Historical Law since 1919
– Case Law
– Official circulars
• Free
• Mobile Application
• Service from Federal Chancellery
– http://www.ris.bka.gv.at
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E-Government
• Citizen Card / Mobile Citizen Card
• Qualified digital signature
– SmartCard or Mobile Phone
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Forms and Style Guide
Electronic delivery
Less trips to the authorities 
Less work for officials in charge
Reference Server
http://www.e-government.steiermark.at
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FH Joanneum – Online Distance Learning
• Realtime online lessons
– Lecturer and Students
– Students watching Slides via VNC
– Audio communication via TeamSpeak (VoIP
Conference Call)
– Possibility of interaction
– Group work possible too
• Studies with 50% online lessons
• Online platform with documents and upload
area for papers and homework
– https://encephalon.fh-joanneum.at
• It works!!!
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FH Joanneum – Online Distance Learning II
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Thank you for your kind attention!
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