Improvement of preconditions for decentralisation and availability of public administration in the territory

About this project

<p>The project aims at the field of public administration. The goal of the project is to reflect needs of the<br> citizens in the localisation of public services. Population movement is tracked in spatial patterns,<br> which will help to define proper settings of public services and their distribution in the territory. For<br> this purpose a high-quality analysis based on current and valid data is needed. Therefore, a<br> purchase of data from geolocation network of the mobile operators in the form of public procurement<br> comprises an important part of the project.<br> According to the analysis of daily commuting streams of inhabitants based on the purchased data,<br> various models of the distribution of public services will be elaborated. The objective of the project<br> is to prepare particular proposals and recommendations for the distribution of public administration<br> services and especially the territorial arrangement of authorities for their best coordination,<br> performance and accessibility for citizens based on the aforementioned models.<br> The implementation of the project is expected to last 4 years and it can be divided into 4 key<br> phases. The first one concentrates on knowledge transfer from the Norwegian Partner Institutions<br> (project partners) and their experience in working with these data. Gained knowledge will be used<br> especially in an elaboration of the methodological document, preparation of the tender<br> documentation and after that on realisation of the public procurement which is the second phase. A<br> Czech expert advisory board (Multidisciplinary platform) will participate in this activity. The third<br> phase is focusing on spatial analysis of daily population movement based on the purchased<br> database. In fourth phase proposals and recommendation of adjustment of territorial structure of<br> public administration will be assembled as a final output of the project. This way, the overall output<br> of the programme (“Improved responsiveness of public administration to citizens’ needs”) will be<br> reached.</p>

Bilateral cooperation results

Partnership cooperation was with three institutions from Norway. These were Noroff University College AS (Kristiansand), West Norway Research Institute (Sogndal) and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim). The cooperation was mainly about gaining experience and skills in working with data mobile operators (e.g. setting data specifications, feedback on technical 'open topics' that related to the use of geolocation data, sharing of good practices in working with data), the preparation of a methodology collection of mobile operators' data and commenting on the prepared methodology. After obtaining mobility data and their subsequent analysis, the results of the project were presented by the representatives of the Ministry of Interior at three events in Norway - all in cooperation with partner institutions. In the final phase of the project, representatives of the Norwegian institutions shared the results of the project at a conference in Prague on the use of big data in public administration.

Project partners

• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Donor project partner· France
• Norwegian University of Science and Technology Donor project partner· Norway
• Noroff University College - Kristiansand Donor project partner· Norway
• Western Norway Research Institute Donor project partner· Norway