Improving Public Service Delivery

[This article was published in the September 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

By Naimur Rahman,
Director, One World South Asia & MD, One World Foundation India

Let tech take backstage

[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

e-Gov Solutions for Local Self-Governments in India

[This article was published in the June 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Globally, the trend towards democratic decentralisation is gathering momentum. Governments are recognising the need for local participation in planning, implementation and monitoring

UNDP to sign US$390 million governance programme with DRC

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has signed a US$390 million governance programme with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The programme aims to promote a system of stable and credible governance to support sustainable human development in the country.

Government of Ghana to adopt e-Governance programmes

The government of Ghana is considering to adopt an e-governance programme as a mechanism to promote lateral and horizontal collaboration among the Metropolitan/Municipal/District Assemblies (MMDAs) to bring information to the citizenry and businesses.

Serbia is all set to for go e-Governance project

The Government of Serbia is all set to invest 34 million EUR in electronic governance by the end of 2007, announced Mladjan Dinkic, the Minister of Finance.

ICT occupies a prominent position: Guebuza says

Speaking at a Forum of Government leaders in Cape Town, organised by Microsoft, Mozambican President Armando Guebuza invited all cooperation partners, and the Microsoft Corporation in particular, to join the efforts of Mozambique and of Africa to harness Information and Communication Technologies to development programmes.