The Council of Tenerife has launched the Municipal Modernization Plan 2022which has a budget of two million euros (29% more than in 2021) and to which 25 of the 31 municipalities of the Island have adhered.
The President of the Council, Peter Martinassured thatince the beginning of the mandate they have put the municipalities at the center of management, Therefore, the objective of this new annual plan is to consolidate the support that the Insular Corporation has been providing to all the municipalities of the Island, especially those with less than 20,000 inhabitants, in areas such as cybersecurity, electronic administration, accessibility or the improvement of the digital capacities of citizens.
The second vice president and island councilor for the Presidency, Finance and Modernization, Berta Pérez, stressed that the Municipal Modernization Plan is one of the main lines of the Modernization Plan of the Cabildo de Tenerife 2020-2023, with which it is intended to guarantee the maximum efficiency of the public services that the Island Corporation provides to citizens.
As detailed by Berta Pérez, all the municipalities of priority 1 and 2 (less than 20,000 inhabitants and between 20,000 and 30,000 inhabitants) and some of priority 3 (more than 30,000) have been incorporated into the 22 projects that make up the program.
With regard to the Plan, the insular vice-president explained that it is divided into several blocks, although a large part of the actions are aimed at freeing the town councils from the costs of hosting the information systems and ICT equipment, which allow hosting the electronic headquarters, the internet and transparency portal and the municipal TC equipment in the D-Alix.
The island official also emphasized that connectivity and cybersecurity are also fundamental objectives of the program. In fact, in terms of connectivity, the Cabildo expects that this year most of the island’s town halls will be connected to the fiber optic ring, which will allow the launch of two other projects to improve internet access and access to the Sara network (communication network of Public Administrations).
The insular director of Modernization, Daniel González, announced, for his part, that In the next few days, the transfers will be made for the projects carried out by the municipalities. With regard to the projects carried out by the Cabildo, he pointed out that the vast majority have been awarded “and those that are not are in a very advanced stage of processing and will begin to be awarded this month,” he added.
The Data Protection Officer (DPD) service and the financing of electronic administration solutions are the two projects that have registered the most applications for membership. Both actions are aimed at municipalities with less than 30,000 inhabitants and were requested by all municipalities in this category.
In this sense, and with the aim of covering the needs of all registered municipalities, the Cabildo has extended the credit of some projects. “This is the case of the ICT equipment accommodation project in the D-Alix, which goes from 60,000 to 81,000 euros, or the financing of access branches to the self-service network, which goes from 80,000 to 99,000 euros”, explained Daniel González .
Talking about cyber security, Daniel González wanted to remember that the five smallest municipalities in Tenerife are certified in the National Security Scheme. The objective, therefore, is that throughout this year the remaining 12 municipalities with less than 20,000 inhabitants be certified, “which will significantly improve the protection of municipalities against cyber attacks,” he added.
The Plan also includes projects related to the training of public employees and the publication of data in reusable format, and promotes, on the other hand, the training of citizens for access to electronic services, fundamentally in the management of electronic offices. .
The Cabildo has also been working on the proposals for improvement in the use of electronic media with various groups, as young, disabled, deaf or elderly.
