The city councils of Tenerife will distribute two million euros from the Municipal Modernization Plan of the Council of Tenerife to improve their electronic offices, transparency and cybersecurity. The 22 projects that make up the program have been joined by 25 of the 31 municipalities on the island.
“The objective is to consolidate the support that the Island Corporation has been providing to the municipalities, especially those with less than 20,000 inhabitants,” assured the island president, Predo Martín. To do this, on this occasion, they have increased the budget of the Modernization Plan by 29% to reach two million euros.
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. The Plan is divided into several blocks. A large part of the actions are aimed at freeing the municipalities 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- Alice. But this year we also want to influence connectivity and cybersecurity. In terms of connectivity, the Cabildo expects that this year most of the island’s municipalities 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 transfers of the local projects will be carried out in the next few days to the municipalities, as announced by the insular director of Modernization, Daniel González. With regard to the projects carried out by the Cabildo, he points 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.”
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 order to cover 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,” said González.
When it comes to cybersecurity, 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 adds.
