The document discusses the Gaia Global project, which aims to promote digital innovation and information use among citizens in the city of Gaia, Portugal. The project seeks to create a "digital city" by focusing on people rather than technology, and enhancing citizen participation and inclusion through new digital services and spaces for interaction. Key goals of the project include improving citizens' digital skills, harnessing community collaboration, adding value to everyday tasks, and creating an integrated digital environment that connects all citizens.

1. People and Digital Cities: promote innovation and information use Luis Borges Gouveia, Jorge Xavier, Joaquim Borges Gouveia Energaia – Gaia Global, Portugal , [email_address] 5 - 7 September 2004 Berlin/Germany 15th Biennal Conference ITS 2004 Connecting societies & markets: spaces of communication

2. Ideal space

11. Create a communication space that connects everybody with everybody Gaia Global, a cup of ideas

12. From Digital Gaia to Gaia Global

13. The Gaia Global brand The logo represents an individual and how the importance that people has to the project. The logo head denotes movement and proactivity, with the arms rised for ideas and action. Its name is.. Kimkas Gaiato In a open and colaborative society we have several Kimkas! Each one skills to work with others and to colaborate open the way to new interactions and helps create a dinamic environment. Gaia Global its a name that is best suit to the project strategy to follow a multichannel and no technology path to the use of the digital. The project wants people to use services and applications and not computers and digital machinery

14. One brand, one image

15. The project Web site provide an information base that can be accessed by - everyone - the media and project team (these, with restricted access) The goal is to provide a project descriptive memory and manage the information produced by Gaia Global Everything from the project will eventually be published one day! This site IS NOT the Gaia Global project www.gaiaglobal.pt

16. Digital infrastructure territory client information services applications people

18. provide technology, but just when needed and integrated with the individual and where its value is perceived

19. Offer services with a clear value for people, allowing them to access and share information Foster the added value creation by reuse local initiatives and communities activities, festivities and strenghts

20. GAIA GLOBAL, a cup of ideas Create a communication space that connects everybody with everybody THANKS !