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Czech Company Profile Software Conference ISSS/LORIS The Day of Small Villages Publishment Municipality & Finance Solon Public Administration Daily News Cooperation Contact Links		Cooperation Triada, Ltd. has been cooperated with following national and European organizations and networks involved in promoting information society development. European Local Authorities' Telematic Network-Council of European Municipalities and Regions (ELANET-CEMR) The European Local Authorities' Telematic Network, ELANET, operates under the umbrella of the CEMR and it focuses on the deployment of Information society at regional and local level. The peculiarity of ELANET is to bring together the public sector through the participation of national associations of local/regional authorities and private-organised bodies represented by their telematic daughter companies. ELANET is coordinated by a Steering Committee elected by its members in the annual General Meetings. President and Vice-President are the top executive officers of ELANET. Mr. Tomas Rencin, the chairman of the Commission for Information Systems of Towns and Municipalities of the Union of Towns and Communities of the Czech Republic and the director of the Triada, Ltd. is a member of the ELANET Steering Committee. Global Cities Dialogue (GCD) The Global Cities Dialogue is an initiative proposing an open framework for action for all cities interested in working together to realize the potential of an information society free from social exclusion and based on sustainable development. It builds on the premise that cities have a key role to play in the information society. They are the geographical, political, socio-economic and cultural entities where millions live, work and directly exercise their rights as citizens and consumers. They are close to grassroots processes and directly face a number of information-society issues, changes and opportunities from local democracy to more cost-effective services. The organization is headed by a Steering Committee. Director of Triada, Ltd., Mr. Tomas Rencin, acts as a sherpa for the City of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, in the Steering Committee. TeleCities TeleCities is the major European network of cities committed to leadership in the Information and Knowledge Society. Established in 1993 in the framework of Eurocities, TeleCities is open to democratically elected city governments as well as to business and scientific partners. TeleCities provides a platform of over 100 local authorities from 20 different European countries, sharing experience and developing practical solutions achieving an Inclusive Information and Knowledge Society, both at European and local level. Its aim is to promote eCitizenship at local level to ensure that all citizens can equally gain from the benefits of the Information and Knowledge Society. The Union of Towns and Communities of the Czech Republic The constituent assembly of the modern-day Union of Towns and Municipalities of the Czech Republic took place on 16 January, 1990. At the outset, the Union placed mainly emphasis on support and advisory activities, but over the time the need to promote interests of local administration in relation to central executive and legislative bodies came increasingly to the fore. The focus of the Union's activities was subject to an ongoing change of conception. The first clear successes were achieved during 1992 when the Union began to be perceived by the government and other state administrative authorities as a partner. If representatives of towns and communities wish to achieve positive changes with regard to general questions in the field of local administration, a certain degree of unity, a coordinated approach and legitimate lobbying are necessary. Long years of experience in local administration from all over the world prove this. In neighboring European countries, unburdened by an undemocratic past, the process of firmly establishing organizations uniting representatives of local administration in the constitution (Austria) or in other basic legislative norms (Germany, Norway, Denmark and others) lasted for decades. Promoting a similar situation in the Czech Republic is one of the most important long-term goals of the Union of Towns and Communities of the Czech Republic. Mr. Tomas Rencin, the director of Triada, Ltd, is the chairman of the Commission for Information Systems of Towns and Municipalities of the Union of Towns and Communities of the Czech Republic. The Union of the Towns and Cities of the Slovak Republic The Union was founded at the initiative of the Club of Mayors of the Slovak Republic on April 29, 1994 in Kosice. 12 towns and cities established the UTC as a voluntary association of local governments in the Slovak Republic. Members of the Union are today almost all large and middle large towns in Slovakia; members are together 72 towns, 9 municipalities and 5 special members--municipal parts of Bratislava and Kosice. Union members represent approximately 2.5 millions people. The Union co-ordinates its activities with the Club of Mayors of the SR, the Association of City Managers (APUMS), the Association of Local Economists of the SR (AKE SR) and the Association of Historic Cities and Municipalities of Slovakia (ZHMOS). It also has broad contacts and ongoing co-operation with home and foreign institutions, foundations, and non-governmental organizations. Based on mutual contracts Union cooperates with Association of Industrial Entrepreneurs of Slovakia, Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Association of small and middle Entrepreneurs. Union participates in the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nation activities and has its representation in the Council of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (CLRAE), Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) and Committee of the Regions (COR) of the EU. UTCS's main goals include complex and systematic reform of government, high economic and fiscal independence of territorial and interest self-governments, mutual co-operation of cities for solving common problems and development of Pan European and mostly Middle European cooperation of towns, municipalities and regions. UTCS is an announcer of a Slovak national contest for the best municipal website, Golden Crest.