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On May 20th, the award ceremony was held in El Prat de Llobregat. 10th edition of the Open Administration Awards to the town councils and county councils that are awarded annually by the Open Administration Consortium of Catalonia (AOC) and that recognize the leading entities in digital transformation and open government. This year they have been awarded one of the Open Administration Recognitions 82 Catalan local entities divided into seven categories according to the number of inhabitants of the municipalities and their nature.
Of the 82 awarded, Llinars del Vallès is the municipality that obtained the highest score followed by Gavà and Parets del Vallès.
Regarding classification by category, Reus and Lleida For the second consecutive year, the category of municipalities with more than 50.000 inhabitants is co-hosted; Gavà alone leads the category of 20.001 to 50.000 inhabitants and Llinars del Vallès leads for the second consecutive year that of municipalities with 5.001 to 20.000 inhabitants. The Morell leads the category of 1.001 to 5.000 inhabitants for the fourth consecutive year, Castellfollit de la roca debuts in first position in the category of municipalities of 501 to 1.000 inhabitants and Caseres repeats for the third year the first position in the category of municipalities with less than 500 inhabitants.
As for the county councils, the Pallars Jussà County Council (less than 20.000 inhabitants) remains in first position in its category for the second consecutive year; the Berguedà County Council (from 20.001 to 50.000 inhabitants) revalidates the first position for the fourth consecutive year and the Gironès County Council This year it leads the category of municipalities with more than 50.000 inhabitants.
Llinars del Vallès, Manlleu and Girona stand out for their trajectory during these 10 years
In addition to the seven categories that have been awarded in all editions of the Awards, this year two more categories have been added to recognize the work of entities that have had an outstanding career.
These categories are:
- Top support in small municipalities: The AOC wanted to recognize the work of the county councils for their outstanding track record in supporting small municipalities in their digitalization process. This year, one county council from each province of Catalonia was awarded:
- Top 10 years: The AOC wanted to recognize the work of the entities that, within their category, have played a more outstanding role in the last ten years. That is why this year one entity from each category has been awarded the Top 10 Years.
In this way, Llinars del Vallès, Manlleu and Girona They are the entities that have obtained the best score over these 10 years and therefore, they are the three entities with the most outstanding track record.
The awards ceremony was held in the Auditorium of the Cèntric Espai Cultural del Prat de Llobregat and was attended by the Secretary of Telecommunications and Digital Transformation, Albert Tort, the president of Localret and vice-president of the AOC, David Quiros, from the mayor of El Prat de Llobregat, Alba Bou and the managing director of the AOC, Miquel Estape.
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These recognitions are given on the basis of theDigital Maturity Index (IMD) which prepares the AOC and which is determined from the analysis of objective indicators, the data on the use of the AOC services and the analysis of the websites of 947 town councils and 42 county councils.
In this way, local administrations have at their disposal rigorous information to know their state of affairs, their strengths and areas for improvement. Comparisons can also be made with other similar administrations or with those leading the digital transformation.
The IMD is a unique and innovative initiative, both at state and international level, which allows us to rigorously assess the degree of maturity of a public body's digital transformation. Indices that measure the development of digital government at the regional or state level are not appropriate for evaluating data at the local level and, moreover, are based on surveys or statistical data, while the IMD uses public and objective open data.