El Proyecto Municip@

Abstract

Since the nineties of the last century Spanish Public Administrations are embedded in a process of transformation that affected not only their internal structures but also their forms of action through the citizens. In this context of change, information and communication technologies (ICT) have emerged as fundamental references to design administrative modernization policies.
This article analyzes the Municip@ Project, the latest multilevel cooperation initiative enhanced by the Community of Madrid (CAM) in order to promote and develop eGovernment in municipalities fewer than 20,000 inhabitants. In particular, we will expose the different aspects of Municip@, the background and the implementation (phases, activities, implementation period and actors involved). Final aims are the detection of the key elements of the project, its degree of implementation in the different municipalities and the mismatch in its external dimension (the provision of electronic public services to citizens through the municipal websites) in the first year of operation of this innovative measure (2006-2007).