Background

In the context of developing modern communications in Mezdra Municipality in recent years, the possibilities provided by Internet have been used. The municipal team believes that this is the future for providing fast quality services to citizens and business, as well as for presenting the city and receiving information from every place on Earth.

Practice

The official Internet-site of Municipality of Mezdra at http://www.mezdra.dir.bg has an attractive home page which features the motto of the municipality on the background of a general view of the main city, quoted from the Strategy for Development of Mezdra Municipality and the Programs for its Implementation in the period 2000 - 2006: Mezdra - our home and our future .

On the home page (under the municipal emblem) are located some of the most important sections: Towns and Villages - includes a map of the municipality with reference notes about the history and the sights of the towns and villages in it; Economy - including data about the economic development of the municipality; Services - provided by the municipal administration and the Customer Services Center.

Section Presentation contains short information about the location, history, and infrastructure of the municipality, as well as a rich collection of photographs from the towns and villages of Mezdra Municipality.

Section Administration contains short biographies of the mayor, deputy mayor and the secretary of Mezdra Municipality, structure of the municipal administration, services offered by it, monthly Information Bulletin and telephone numbers for contacts.

Section Municipal Council comprises information about the chairman of the Mezdra Municipal Council, about the political parties represented represented in it, the permanent commissions, and some of the decisions of the Municipal Council.

Section Economics consists of basic economic information about the municipality: Enterprises, Agriculture, Privatization, Infrastructure, Tourism, Ecology.

Section Healthcare represents the Mezdra Hospital for Active Treatment, the Specialized Hospital for Rehabilitation of Cardiac Diseases and others.

Section Culture presents the cultural life in the municipality: Mezdra Municipality Cultural Calendar 2001 -2002; Community Centers, artistic activities, etc.

Section Education presents the schools and kindergartens located on the municipal territory.

Current news from the life in the municipality are presented in Section News and finally Section Other Websites contains addresses of municipalities in Bulgaria.

The Municipality uses Internet from the Orbitel provider and has guaranteed every-day access to Internet. The Internet site of Mezdra Municipality has been continuously developed and enriched. Work is ongoing for the development of an English version, which should fully represent Mezdra Municipality around the world. The team developing the site is looking forward to ideas, proposals for cooperation, opinions and questions at [email protected].

The ambition of the municipal team is in future to prepare multimedia presentations of Mezdra Municipality, after finding the resources needed.

Results

It is expected that the Internet site of Mezdra Municipality should attract many visitors. The municipal team has a vision for the future development of the site and an ambitious team to implement it. The purpose is to enrich the site with quality services for citizens, with useful information for businesses and potential investors, as well as multimedia presentations of the city in near future.