Bulgaria lauches national e-Health portal
The Bulgarian Government has launched a national e-Health portal in partnership with “Information Technologies in the Healthcare System”.
Launch of SEMIC.EU website
The Semantic Interoperability Centre Europe (SEMIC.EU) has launched website www.semic.eu, so that public can easily access information through the new website.
Latvia plans e-voting for 2009 elections
The Latvia Government is planning to allow voters to cast ballots by Internet in elections in 2009. The e-voting system should be up and running by March 2009, when Latvia’s 1.45-million-strong electorate is due to go to the polls in municipal elections.
telecentre ethos 2.0
[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
When you hear the term telecentre ethos 2.0, what comes to your
mind? In general, like in the version of software development as
a product, the term telecentre 2.0 refl ects a level of robustness
and maturity. It really is going beyond the IT infrastructure and
pilots to encompass access to knowledge, social transformation,
opportunities and partnership building for collaboration which
provides value plus to the communities as they prepare to become
part of the knowledge economy
Worldwide press freedom index
[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
MSP: India emerges as a trendsetter
[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
While the much understood public private partnership model has evolved to engage other active stakeholders in the field of the development, and especially when applications of ICTs for development is considered, the dynamics of conceptualising, building, sustaining and evolving them to multi-stakeholder partnerships is emerging as an important area of future way of working.
ICT-related patenting
[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Patent-based statistics, indicators and data help one to know about the dynamics of innovation process, and the existing linkages between innovation system and economic growth across various geographies in different points of time.
ICTs and the challenges ahead
[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Poland Govt. plans to set up e-Employment contract
The Government of Poland is planning to set up a series of reforms to improve the country’s job market. The government is planning to issue electronic card to the unemployed under its new e-Employment contract.
A developing country perspective
[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
This issue on emerging markets has stirred a lot of interest for the research team at i4d.
