The Swedish e-society
Åsa Zetterberg
Swedish Association of
Local Authorities and Regions [S]
The Swedish Association of Local
Authorities and Regions (SALAR)
An employer organisation for
municipalities, county councils and
regions
- Advocate the interests of our members
and offer them support and services.
- Raise issues, act decisively and
enlighten public opinion.
Our mission is to provide municipalities
and county councils with better conditions
for local and regional self-government
Our vision is to develop the welfare
system and its services
It’s a matter of democracy
All 290
municipalities and
20 county councils
are members
Swedish Local Self Government
- Role of municipalities and county councils
Municipalities
Compulsory
- Social services, schools, spatial
planning, health and
environmental protection, refuse
collection and waste disposal,
rescue services, water and
sewerage
On voluntary basis
- Recreation activities, culture,
housing, energy, industrial
facilities, public transport
County Councils
Compulsory
- Health and medical care,
regional development
•75% of public services
•21% of GDP
•80% own finance
•Employ 30% of the labour force
•80% of work force are women
We are facing the biggest change
since industrialization
Municipalities and Regions have a
key role in developing the eSociety
-
Local and regional governments
account for 70 - 80% of citizen contacts
8 out of 10 entrepreneurs have
contact with the municipality
Urbanization
The new nomads
Demografic change
Transparency and openess
Selfservice and empowerment
New ways to communicate and
influence
Higher expectations
Other technology trends
-
Cloud
Mobility
Bring your own device
Big data
Political questions that need
political commitements
1,3 millions of the swedes does not
use Internet
Strategies for eHealth, eSociety,
eGovernment and Digital agenda
Muncipalities and County councils
wants to cooperate around more
than eHealth
”SALAR should
more clealy point
out the rules of
the large group”
”We need
standardisation
and common
solutions”
” We´re
powerless in
our contact
with suppliers”
”Public sector is
facing one of
the biggest
challenges
ever”
”Collaboration is
what everybody
talks about”
”It´s surpricing
that politicians
haven´t required
more in this field”
”It´s about
meeting
citizens
expecations”
Important starting points
Strategy for eSociety
 New demands, expectations and
opportunities challenges working
methods and culture!
 It´s all about business development!
 The development of eSociety is a
strategic management issue!
 Electronic exchange of information
demands a set of common rules!
 Collaboration is needed, on all levels
and between different sectors!
Objective 1
Simpler everyday life for the
private persons and companies
- reduced reporting for
entrepreneurs
- improve access to geodata
- improve access to information
about culture activities and
events
- improve access to information
about students development
- Improve traffic information and
payment system in public
transportations
- Improve access for patient to
health information
Objective 2
Smarter and more transparent
management supports innovation and
participation
- simplify access to public
information and open data
- improve the individual's own
ability to realize their own
needs, to solve problems and
make their own choices
- improve opportunities for
public dialogue as a basis for
policy decisions
Objective 3
Better quality and efficiency of
operations
- Effective exercise of public
authority and administration
- Minimize the risk of
malpractice in
healthcare/Increase results
in healthcare
- Increase results in our
schools
- Reduce impact on
enviroment
Fields of activity in the strategy
Management
Laws and rules
Kraftsamling och
samordning på nationell
nivå
Samverkansmöjligheter
Digital ärendehantering
och
informationsförsörjning
Samverkan och
ansvarstagande lokalt
och regionalt
Offentlighet och
sekretess
Information structure
Infrastructure and
information security
Öppenhet istället för
stuprör och inlåsning
Främja användning och
öka kompetens
Informationssäkerhet
Center för eSociety (CeSam)
Program office
Coordinates project portfolio
eHealth
Education
Business and
work
Community
development,
transportation and
environment
Culture and
leisure
Coordinated processes och services within public sector
eProcurement, eBusiness, eArchive, My authorizations, Overview of My cases, Shared services
Framework for interoperability and transparency
Law and rules, Information strucures, Infrastrucure, Security, E-identification, Open data, Open source
Democracy
and
Participation
Strategic management and governance
Center för eSociety (CeSam)
Board of SALAR
Steering group
Regional network
Healthcare
Delegation
Committee on
Primary
healthcare and
Elderly Care
Committee on
Social policy
Committee on
education
Steering group
Committee on
growth and
regional
development
Steering groupp
Committee on
planning and
community
development
Steering group
Board of CeHis
Steering group
Committee on eSociety
Steering group
The eGovernment Delegation
Committe on
Culture and
Leisure
Steering groupp
Committee on
Democracy
Steering group
eHealth
- Action plan 2013-2018
- Action plan 2011 – 2012
(muncipalities)
www.cehis.se
Education
- Digital school grades
- Digital national tests
- More efficient school
administration
- Better communication with student
and parents
- More and better digital learning
services
- One computer for each student better results by digital methods?
- Register for students
- Address register for schools
- Federations
- Standardisation
- Information security
Business and work
- Making it easier for
entrepreneurs to get permits
etc.
- More efficient and secure
process for economic aid
- Better informations exchange
around immigrants
Community development,
transportation and environment
- Smarter process for fees for
environmental inspection
- Generic process for building
permits and planning
- Intelligent transport system
– reduce congestions and
carbon emissions
- More and better use of
Geografic data
- Committee for sustainible
city development
Democracy and Participation
- Get more people to
participate in eSociety
(Digidel)
- Solution for administration
of political boards and
committees
- Assessments of muncipalities
websites and eServices
(eBlomlåda)
- Social media – guidelines
- IT-solution –pilots
THANK YOU!
Åsa Zetterberg
Asa.zetterberg@skl.se
www.skl.se/esamhallet
www.cehis.se
The Swedish e-society
Åsa Zetterberg
Swedish Association of
Local Authorities and Regions [S]