Cehegín Mayor Jose Soria, and council of New Technologies, Francisco in April, Madrid have received the award for "Village Connected ', which granted the national television station Antena 3, at the hands of the delegate of the group, Silvio Gonzalez at a gala hosted by Carmen Bieger, director of the Fundación Antena 3.
Cehegín been collected in studies of Antena 3 TV the award for 'People Online', having been the winner of this national competition, which recognizes the efforts of those municipalities that are working best to spread the use of new technologies by citizens, and the latest initiatives in this field.
Such has been the impact of this award, which the News of the chain in two editions, have issued a report on the gala, with images of Cehegín.
In addition, journalist Susana Griso, in Public Mirror program has also addressed the issue.
Memory Bank and Wifineta have been some of the initiatives for which Cehegín has been awarded this important prize, shared with the municipalities of Abla (Almería), Carlet (Valencia), Guardo (Palencia) and Moralzarzal ( Madrid).
Cehegín been working for years in bringing new technologies to citizens, Cehegín intensify this work with Digital City.
Among other actions, the municipality has implemented many open wifi areas, more than two thousand people have gone through training workshops to start on new technologies, emphasizing women and elderly people has launched e-Government, and is going to call aid to buy new equipment and connect to the Internet in villages.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín