The Piedmont ICT Observatory was founded in 2004 as a tool to support the strategic planning of the Region in building the Information and Knowledge Society in Piedmont and CSP is one of the funding members.
When in 2005 the strategic WI-PIE Programme was launched, the Observatory had the function of governance of the programme itself, monitoring both local requirements and achieved results.
Now that the WI-PIE Programme is complete, the Observatory continues to be an “observation point” in support of regional ICT policies.

The Observatory has as its main task the support of Regional policies in place, interfacing:
• political decision-makers, providing summary information useful in evaluating results achieved in implementing undertaken activities and suggesting scenarios concerning that being put in place at a national and European level;
• economic entities, to stimulate greater involvement in opportunities provided by public administration, creating moreover a critical tool on the quality of achieved results;
• citizens, to facilitate the development of a “common sentiment” to facilitate greater awareness of the possibilities offered also thanks to public administration, collecting at the same time existing requirements.

The field of observation therefore covers:
1) evaluation of public policies for the development of the Information and Knowledge Society;
2) analysis of technological and application trends which, in general, relate to ICT;
3) exploitation of innovative regional, national and international experience.

 

See the Observatory official website  and download the Observatory publications, reports and papers.