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Organization
The Board of Executives
The Board of Directors
Project Groups
The Lighthouse Centre
The Digital North Denmark was established with a board of Executives, a board of Directors, and 4 project groups, who are all constituted by a wide selection of partners from all parts of North Denmark. The Lighthouse Centre takes care of the daily coordination and administration of activities within The Digital North Denmark.
The Board of Executives
The board lays down the rules for the entire Digital North Denmark experiment and is the decision-making authority in all essential general matters. The board was constituted on February 24, 2000 as follows:
Orla Hav, County Mayor of the County of North Denmark (Chairman)
Henning G. Jensen, Mayor of the Municipality of Aalborg
Bent Brown, Mayor of Hjørring, the Association of Municipalities
Sven Caspersen, Vice Chancellor, University of Aalborg
Svend Erik Lang, Chairman of the LO/RAR
Richard Byrdal Director, chairman of the DA
Niels-Christian Gjerrild, Head of Dept., L.M. Ericsson
Poul Lauritsen, Chairman of the Board of NOVI
External consultant: Kim Østrup, IBM Denmark A/S (Designated by the Ministry of Information Technology and Research).
Nanna Skovrup, Head of secretariat, The Lighthouse Centre (Secretary)
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The Board of Directors
The board of Directors takes the initiative in cases, prepares them and submits them to the board in cooperation with the Lighthouse Centre, and takes care of following up on this. The board of Directors consists of:
Per Okkels, Chief Executive of The County of North Denmark (Chairman)
Peter Plenge, Director of the University of Aalborg
Karsten Simensen, Municipal Chief Executive of the Municipality of Frederikshavn Kommune
Jørgen Litske Petersen, Vice Municipal chief executive of the Municipality of Aalborg
Svend Valentin, Director of NOVI
Nanna Skovrup, Head of secretariat, the Lighthouse Centre (Secretary)
During the entire start-up phase, the Ministry of Information Technology and Research has been represented in both the board and the management to make their contribution to the best start possible. On the June 21 when a great conference held in Aalborg initiated the first round of invitations, the Ministry of Information Technology and Research withdrew from direct involvement, leaving it to citizens of North Denmark to select the projects they considered the most qualified contributors to the establishing of the IT Lighthouse of North Denmark.
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Project Groups
So far four project groups have been designated with a focus on the first round of invitations. As for the project contest 2000, the project groups handle three main tasks:
- Establishing the framework laid down by the Board for each of the four main themes, including the description of possible means and defining the fields of effort to achieve the goals.
- Preparing a proposal for a project strategy for each main theme – which types of projects should the round of invitation put in demand within the main theme in question.
- Take part in awarding contributions for the project contests within their own main theme.
The 4 project groups and their members (as of July 1, 2000):
IT Infrastructure
Ole Brun Madsen, Professor of the the University of University of Aalborg (Chairman)
Jens F. Jensen, Senior Lecturer of the University of Aalborg
Torben Elin, IT Executive of the Municipality of Aalborg
Allan Rafn, EDP and Informatics Executive of the County of North Denmark
Jens Søltoft, IT Executive of the Municipality of Brønderslev
Bent Vanggaard, Consulting engineer of Brix & Kamp A/S
Peter A. Pedersen, Director of AM Production Multimedia
Bent Bjørn, Director of TV 2 Nord
Kjeld Jensen, Project Consultant Advisor, the Lighthouse Centre (Project Secretary)
IT Industrial Development, E-business, and IT-Framework Conditions for the Industrial Sector
Esben Kold, Director of Mekoprint (Chairman)
Jesper Jespersen, Director of NOVI
Bent Dalum, Senior Lecturer of the University of Aalborg
Jan Damsgaard, Senior Lecturer of the University of Aalborg
John Storm Pedersen, Head of Department of the Municipality of Aalborg
Lasse Sigen Jacobsen, CFO of the Municipality of Hjørring
John Lundsgaard, Director of Spar Nord
Allan Gjerding, Head of Department of the County of North Denmark
Kjeld Jensen, Project Consultant Advisor of the Lighthouse Centre (Project Secretary)
Qualification and Education
Peter Korsby, Director of the County of North Denmark(Chairman)
Erik Ravn, Director of Education and Culture of the Municipality of Aalborg
Tina Mørk, Vice Head of Department of the County of North Denmark
Annette Lorentsen, Senior Lecturer of the University of Aalborg
Flemming Fink, Study Executive of the University of Aalborg
Jørn Carlsen, Municipal Chief Executive of the Municipality of Sejlflod
Svend Kobberup, Principal of the Business School of Frederikshavn
Lone Broberg, Manager, Dansk Eternit
Nanna Skovrup, Project Consultant Advisor, the Lighthouse Centre (Project Secretary)
Digital Administration
Jan Nielsen, Chief Executive of the Municipality of Skørping (Chairman)
Jesper Christensen, Director of The County of North Denmark
Egon Pedersen, EDP Executive of the Municipality of Frederikshavn
Mogens Kahr Nielsen, IT Executive of the Municipality of Aalborg
Peter Munk Christiansen, Professor of the University of Aalborg
Stig Kjær Andersen, Centre Executive of the University of Aalborg
Steen I. Knudsen, Project Consultant Advisor, the Lighthouse Centre (Project Secretary)
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The Lighthouse Centre
The Lighthouse Centre handles the coordination of activities and projects within The Digital North Denmark on a daily basis. The Lighthouse Centre is organizationally attached to the Board of Directors referring to the Board, and with reference on a daily basis to Per Okkels, Clerk to the county.
Staff of The Lighthouse Centre:
Nanna Skovrup, Head of secretariat
Kjeld Jensen, Project Consultant Advisor
Steen I. Knudsen, Project Consultant Advisor
Birthe Lykke Jensen, Project Assistant
Rikke Larsen, Secretary
The Lighthouse Centre has the following fields of responsibility:
- Marketing and profiling the Digital North Denmark, both in general and relating to specific target groups
- Coordination – providing a maximum synergy between projects and activities within the total experiment of The Digital North Denmark
- Presentation, exchange of experience and building up competence with the aim of allowing a maximum number of people to benefit from the knowledge accumulated, both in the individual projects and in the total experiment
- Evaluation – of both the projects, the process, and the effect of the combined experiment
- Secretariat assistance to the board, the board of directors, the management and to project groups
- Administration and supervision of projects within The Digital North Denmark
Additionally the Lighthouse Centre should e.g.:
- Make sure that special initiatives are taken to support the IT lighthouse; this includes furthering the possibilities of initiating special spearheading projects
- Accumulate experience as a foundation for the development of North Denmark beyond 2003, when the IT Lighthouse Project is to be concluded
- Consider special platforms for The Digital North Denmark, including e.g. conferences and physical and mobile identifications of the Lighthouse Project
- Establish and maintain international contacts related to the field, e.g. experiences from similar projects abroad, possible openings for support from the EU etc.
Of the total of DKK 510 mill. allocated to The Digital North Denmark, the DKK 30 mill. will cover the activities of the Lighthouse Centre, however, with an amount of 6 mill. DKK reserved in advance for following up on research activities. The Ministry of Research will pay 1/3, and the County of North Denmark another 1/3, while the last 1/3 will be covered by the municipalities of North Denmark contributing with DKK 5 per capita per year for four years (2000-2003).
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