The first phase of the e-Trikala Digital City project, announced in late 2004 by the Greek Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance Christos Folias, should be completed by mid-2006.
The first Greek Digital City is being developed under the responsibility of the Municipality of Trikala, with funding from the Greek Information Society Strategy. The e-Trikala initiative aims to improve everyday life by simplifying public transactions, reducing telecommunication costs, delivering new electronic services, and offering new methods to enable citizens to participate in policy-making.
The Digital City model consists in four layers:
- Infrastructure: hardware and software necessary to make the Digital City operational (such as broadband networks, public terminals, etc.).
- Applications: e-government services.
- Back-office: all public authorities and organisations that produce and deliver information and electronic public services to end-users.
- End-users: citizens, groups of citizens, and businesses.
