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Round 1 Projects - The e-Innovations Programme

32 councils receiving matched funding of £6.2m to deliver their innovative ideas by September 2005. The first round of support for e-innovations targeted the following four themes:

E-Learning

This theme included the internal sharing of information and good practice, staff development and better use of e-government to assist service transformation (i.e. not mainstream education/schools):

Learning Ladder - Lancaster City Council
Lambeth Link-Up - London Borough of Lambeth
eLP (e Learning Programme) - East Northamptonshire District Council
Tameside Knowledge Management Project - Tameside MBC
Prince2 - Practitioner 'e' & Distance Learning - Teignbridge District Council (see external links on right hand side of page)

Bridging the Digital Divide

This included using e-government in ways that helped services to reach those socially excluded and in particular addressing the concern that e-government might lead to some people being further isolated from the support and services they need:

Seeing the DiViDe - Chiltern DC
Rural e-Champions - North Cornwall DC
SMS Access Channels in Rural Areas - West Devon BC
Community Heritage Stores - King's Lynn and West Norfolk BC
Virtual Viewing - Extending Choice Through Virtual Tours - LB Camden . Widening community access to services - LB Sutton
Manchester e-Markets - Manchester CC
E-City Preston - Bridging the Digital Divide in England's Newest City - Preston CC
East Riding of Yorkshire Council Digital Learning Community
Developing Authentication Tokens for E-Services (DATES) - Sandwell MBC
Trusted Partner Access - Woking BC
Older People 'E' Learning - Derbyshire CC

Emergent technology for better government

Innovative use of ICT to improve services:

Barrow 3d GIS Virtual Town Planning Model - Barrow and Sth Lakeland DC
'Questions on The Move' - Colchester BC
Text2City of Liverpool - Liverpool CC
Merton Intelligent Monitoring System (MIMS) - LB Merton
Self Service in Libraries using RFID - Somerset CC
Soho Wireless Technology - LB Westminster
RegenTV - LB Newham
e-Parking - LB Hammersmith and Fulham Local authority e-business Better use of ICT to improve internal business in councils, including service planning and performance management:
Improving Financial Management - Cambridge CC
Local Operational Partnership Scheme (L.O.P.S.) - Caradon DC
KNOWHOWexpress - Knowsley MBC
Electronic Invoicing - LB Lewisham
East Sussex in Figures - East Sussex CC
mySociety.org Partnership - West Sussex CC
Citizens Advice Bureaux Access to Back Office Services - Uttlesford DC