The ELANET (CEMR) support to local and regional development of information society is three-fold:
- promotion of policy discussions and fora;
- implementation of mainstream European projects and other information society initiatives;
- dissemination of ICT solutions and projects results Europe-wide to local and regional governments through the institutional channels of the network and main European events, such as the EISCO conference.

Through its Policy Group, ELANET (CEMR) discusses the main issues related to policy-making at European level on the development of the Information Society (e.g.: exploitation of public information, European Research Area, eEurope, etc.). The results of the group discussion are communicated to the European institutions, especially the CoR and the European Commission and to the Associations of local and regional governments that form part of CEMR.

In Italy, the ANCI (National Association of Italian Municipalities) is using in eGovernment implementation the ANCITEL services - an historical association operating inside the Municipality system and now supporting and promoting the introduction of new information and communication technologies.

During opening speech there shall brief presentation of basic trends in eGovernment development on local level in Europe.