France/A 16% increase in the number of local authorities participating in the National Label for Internet Territories, Towns and Villages

Villes Internet, an association working for the development of citizen Internet, recognized by the State, brings together 10,000 elected officials, agents and local actors and organizes, on February 3, 2022 in Paris the annual ceremony of the 23rd edition of the national label Territories, Cities and Internet Villages.

To distinguish the local authorities that have introduced digital innovations for the benefit of all, a jury made up of fifteen qualified personalities - academics, representatives of associations of elected representatives, digital experts - met behind closed doors on Tuesday 14 December, hosted by the French mutual bank (BFM).representatives of associations of elected officials, digital experts - met behind closed doors on Tuesday 14 December, hosted by the French mutual bank (BFM). Chaired by Emmanuel Eveno - vice-president of the board of directors of the University Toulouse Jean-Jaurès, professor of geography - the jury studied the 254 participation files submitted by municipalities and inter-municipalities between 4 March and 12 November 2021 on the Villes Internet(ATLAAS) referencing platform.

The Jury assigned each of the candidate communities one to five arobases according to their actions listed in a mosaic of 16 cross-cutting issues, grouping 139 digital services. Among the local authorities already awarded the 5@ label, the jury awarded the "Territory of Digital Excellence" distinction in recognition of their ongoing commitment and their innovative experiments in providing services to users. The jury was able to measure, thanks to the observatory of awards, the investment of local authorities in the deployment of solutions in the fields of digital education, local democracy and the development of new technologies.The jury was able to measure, thanks to the observatory of mentions, the investment of local authorities in the deployment of solutions in the fields of digital education, local democracy, digital mediation and the ecological transition, symbolised again this year by a green arobase.

The main trends of this new edition

The health context has led to a general awareness on the part of local authorities of the centrality and transversality of their digital public policy, as shown by the clear increase in participation this year. The members of the jury noted "the wide variety of digital services during the pandemic", praised "the tremendous resilience of local authorities in the face of the pandemic", and "the importance of the public sector's role in the development of digital services". the tremendous resilience of local authorities who are always at the forefront of providing solutions to their constituents". The climate emergency has also seen "an increase in actions deployed in terms of ecological transition" and "the development of short circuits of grey matter". " The local level must be helped by the State because it is a key level", which requires "shared diagnoses between elected officials, actors and citizens".

Key figures :

16%: increase in the number of local authorities applying for the label

254: number of applications (including 11 inter-municipalities, 57 villages and 186 towns) compared to 219 last year

14,529: number of action sheets published by local authorities, compared with 12,040 last year

5 million: number of inhabitants represented and concerned by the participating territories

Discover the jury of the National Label Territories, Cities and Internet Villages

Source: www.villes-internet.net