The world has come to a full circle for Jerome Bonnafont who started his diplomatic career as a Second Secretary at the French Embassy in India. The man who returned to the country in 2007 as the ambassador to India
[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Government of Switzerland would be introducing biometric identity Identity Cards by the year 2010. The cards will be electronically encoded with photo and fingerprints.
[This article was published in the April 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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Estonia is internationally renowned for being a pioneer in the adaptation to new banking technologies. Estonia is currently belonging to the country group of medium Internet penetration on the global scale outnumbering its Baltic neighbours and Eastern-European countries but being somewhat behind from the Scandinavian countries, USA, Canada, leading European countries and some Asian countries.
[This article was published in the April 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Gone are the days when one had to browse through several independent websites to reach the desired bit of information one was looking for
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.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has entered into an agreement with the European Commission (EC) for massive investment in ICT enabled applications. EC has allocated Euro 8 million grant from the European Development Fund, while ITU will grant USD 500 000 fund from its own resources.
[This article was published in the March 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Research is needed into the relation between computer games and development as educational use, play and production grow
The European Commission has approved funds of EUR 9.6 million to develop the next generation of European power line technology, which uses national electricity grids to carry data communications and provide Internet access.
“With the emergence of e-Government applications such as e-Passport, National e-ID, addressing security concerns has become of higher importance since it relates to national security.
