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
Tags: agenda, CEO, Citizen, citizen service, Communication Technologies, decentralization, decision, Democracy, Development, e-Commerce, e-democracy, e-Governance, e-Government, E-participation, e-voting, empowerment, FEATURES, Governance, government initiatives, Government Services, ICT technologies, India, information, MIS, Mississippi, mital, National Institute, PDF, Political Philosophy, Politics, public information s, Public Services, sanjiv, Sanjiv Mital, Science, smart government, Society, software procurement, software tools, stage, Technology, Technology/Internet, Time, transaction, transparency
We are determined and dont have the luxury of not succeeding
Stela Mocan currently bears the twin responsibilities of Advisor to the Prime Minister and Executive Director for the e-Government Centre in the Republic of Moldova, the East European country tugged between Romania and Ukraine
400,000 Jobs to be Generated by CSCs
Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrasekhar told reporters after inaugurating a conference on ‘Common Service Centres: The Change Agents’ recently that the government’s common service centre (CSCs) initiative will generate around 400,000 direct employment opportunities and as many as indirect jobs in rural India.
IT firms leverage ICT in rural Rajasthan, India
Two reputed IT firms of India, Hughes Communications Ltd, one of the leading providers of broadband satellite networks and services and Microsoft have rolled out a campaign in Jaipur, India to encourage rural citizens about the use of ICT for socio-economic empowerment.
NassCom and Datawind offer Internet connectivity in rural India
NASSCOM Foundation and a Canada based leading developer of wireless web access devices and services, DataWind Corporation have started a project to provide Internet connectivity in rural areas of India
UNDP donates ICT equipment of $790,000 to Zambian parliament
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has donated and installed Information communications technology (ICT) equipment at the National Assembly of Zambia at the cost of 790,000 U.S. dollars.
ICTs for poverty reduction
[This article was published in the July 2003 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
ICT applications in developing countries are often part of an overall strategy for economic growth, relying on the trickle-down effect to those in poverty…. Moreover, poverty is more than just a lack of income.
