Euro-India SPIRIT Harnessing EU-India ICT Research Cooperation
How the advancement of Information and Communication Technology has brought about a tremendous bridging of the economic and social gaps […]
How the advancement of Information and Communication Technology has brought about a tremendous bridging of the economic and social gaps […]
www.wcd.gujarat.gov.in In a rapidly evolving socio-economic scenario, it is imperative for governance to move to a participatory and proactive model […]
[This article was published in the September 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
By Seema Hafeez,
Sr Economic Affairs Officer, Division for Public Administration and Development Management, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
[This article was published in the January 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
ICT is a great enabler, but e-Governance vision is best driven by those trained in the ethos of citizen service
“In the next few months, i2010 will become history. We are now developing the strategy for 2020. This means cross border services between EU member states with electronic identities and electronic signatures in the field of e-Government, e-Health and e-Procurement”
“Governments tend to leave the security decisions to their integrators, our recommendation is that it is a mistake, as governments need direct access to security, even if the security comes through integrators”, says Chris Fedde, President and COO, Safenet Inc.
In e-Governance readiness, India has fallen from a rank of 87 in 2005 to 113 in 2008 on e-Government readiness. According to the UN e-Government Survey 2008, India has slipped 26 places in the last three years and been overtaken by countries like Maldives (ranked 95), Sri Lanka (101) and even Iran (108).
Irish Government is giving eGovernment awards for the use of Irish Government online resources.
[This article was published in the March 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Malaysian government has envisioned a technologically advanced society and implicitly, a technologically enabled government through its Vision 2020.