ICT policy draft approved by the Zimbabwe Government
The Government of Zimbabwe has approved a draft document with proposals from industry on a new ICT policy formulation.
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EC launched school competition on environmental monitoring system
The European Commission has launched a school competition for young people to find a new name for the environmental monitoring system GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security).
African Parliaments to discuss on benefits ICT in parliamentary democracy
African Parliamentary officials from eleven countries, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Parliamentary Forum and the Pan African Parliament will discuss at a United Nations workshop the benefits of applying Information and Communications Technologies to their work in order to promote parliamentary democracy.
eGL centre launched in Singapore
Singapore launched an e-Government Leadership Centre to share its successful e-Gov initiatives and provide critical training to its own public […]
PPP model to synergise e-Governance in India
With the realisation of e-Governance projects in India, the time has come to review the role of the public sector as well as private sector to speed up the process of implementation of different projects related to e-Governance.
Uttaranchal to create central citizen database vault
Uttaranchal, one of the northen states of India, develops a central data repository and public key infrastructure to make it […]
CDMA to infuse e-Governance system
The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA), India, is going to introduce e-Governance to bring transparency, efficiency, cost effectiveness and delivery on time for the approvals of construction in the city.
Bangalore to roll out Large Taxpayer Unit
Bangalore will be the first city in India to roll out Large Taxpayer Unit (LTU), an e-Governance project on a pilot basis from July 01, 2006.
Singapore embarks on $ 2 billion initiative to change e-Gov to i-Gov
Singapore’s highly efficient public services run by the government has walked away with global prizes in the e-Government sector for the last five years. Singapore has now embarked on a $ 2 billion initiative to change e-Governance to integrated government or i-Gov by 2010 with the use of latest infocomm technologies.
Korea establishes ICT fund at ADB for achieving MDGs
The Manilla-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced its $20 million pact with the Republic of Korea that will help the Bank to assist its member countries to achieve MDGs with strategic uses of ICTs.
