CSI-Piemonte joins the Procure project to lead the experiment in Piemonte

Following the decision of the Generalitat de Catalunya to leave the Procure project, the consortium has integrated CSI-Piemonte, the local concentrator for Piedmont, Italy, which had already expressed a great interest in the project and was invited to present its case in the first plenary meeting of Procure. It will be a great testcase for both the solution and the local concentrator model for e-government at the regional level, with a dedicated team to promote and drive the project on the field. You will find additional information on CSI-Piemonte in the Partners' section and on the experiment content on the WP11 page in the Work plan section.

Taking advantage of the administrative changes, the project duration has also been extended until the end of March 2009, in order to leave a full 18 months period for the experiment. 

Before and during the summer, the Procure team has dedicated a lot of time to solve administrative issues and to make this partnership happen, while continuing the efforts to deploy the solution. Today, the development platforms, which contain several specific functionalities are being extensively tested and improved by all partners, in each region. They should be put in production in the near future. Meanwhile, the european portal for tenders, which will aggregate the content of the regional platforms easily and will allow to test the crossborder functionalities, is getting ready for production, and will soon be available on www.eten-procure.com.

Keep checking this space for updates from the partners on the progress of the experiments in the pilot regions!