Well we had a fantastic few days in Bilbao and heard some great presentations on how technology is being used to support ambitious programmes from Government around the world.  The presentations are available here

I'll write a separate blog article about some of the key points that were made.

We also announced the winners of our annual awards and I am delighted to recognise them again here. These were inspiring projects and demonstrate a wide variety of exciting developments in the use of technology in Local and Regional Governments.

Best Example of Govt 2.0

Winner: City of Barcelona, Spain

Highly Commended: City of Sunderland, UK

Best e-Identity Project

Winner: Shared Learning Group, UK

Best Inclusion/Social Care Project

Winner: Medway Council, UK and CareWorks

Highly Commended: Turnstone Support and Cerrus International

Best Efficiency Project

Winner: BiscayTIK, Spain

Highly Commended: EU Services Directive Project, Germany

Best Innovation Project

Winner: City of Brampton, Canada

Highly Commended: Frederikstad, Norway

Best Sustainable/Green IT ProjectExample of Govt 2.0

Winner: City of Bergen, Norway

Highly Commended: Wakefield Council, UK

Best Citizen Service Project

Winner: Municipality of Matosinhos, Portugal

Highly Commended: City of Milan, Italy