DLA Definition
The Digital Local Agenda (DLA) is a Strategic Plan for the Development of the Information Society in a given city or region
At the Bilbao Summit, Local Authorities committed themselves to work for full access to the Information Society, by implementing Digital Local Agendas in our cities and regions, designed to promote the Information Society taking into account socio-economic and cultural backgrounds in particular, and based on the involvement of citizens and social actors, ultimately promoting sustainable development.
In other words,
a common strategy for the development of the Information Society, a project shared with citizens that responds to their needs and hopes, which bears in mind the socio-economic, cultural and institutional specifics of each city or region and contributes to the reinforcement of policies and actions aimed at achieving sustainable development (economic growth, culture and identity, social cohesion, environment) and which will benefit greater development for the cities or regions' citizens, especially for the most disadvantaged groups.
(Bilbao Action Plan, Commitments, 3)
Thus, its design and development will be similar to any Sector Strategic Plan, coordinated with and integrated into the city or region´s Global Strategic Plan.
Main advantages of designing and implementing a DLA are:
- Improvement of local government, communication and citizen involvement.
- Fully development of the endogenous potential to create wealth and employment: the Information Society has an enormous bearing on economic growth and social cohesion.
- Improvement of the quality of life for local citizens.