Foreign firms reject e-payment from Nigeria
Six months after it began, the electronic card-payment system issued by some Nigerian banks has been rejected by merchants in Europe and the United States (U.S.)
‘Indian’ ties up with Amadeus for e-tickets
The National carrier ‘Indian’ has tied up with Amadeus to provide e-tickets to its passengers. IBM will undertake the upgradation of processes and systems at Indian to bring it to International Air Transport Association e-ticketing standards.
EU plans immigration exchange
A cross border data sharing system will warn EU governments on immigration patterns
European Commission asks industry and other stakeholders for their views on future patent policy
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on how future action in patent policy to create an EU-wide system of protection can best take account of stakeholders’ needs.
eVoting on the agenda for the next Italian general elections
The Italian government has just passed a new law allowing for the electronic submission of ballot papers, in selected regions, in the forthcoming Italian general election on 9 April 2006.
Kalashnikov Theory of e-Government
[This article was published in the January 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
If eGovernment is to be promoted as a tool for progressive change across the Middle East then it has to be in a sound local context and with the financial and technical support that will take modest projects to the point of being able to deliver simple, useful shared, services for the many. This is the Kalashnikov theory of e-government.
Hivos and Hivos Partners
[This article was published in the December 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Straight Talk is a unique platform for youth in Kenya with a nation-wide outreach and successful in providing Kenyan adolescents with a forum for open dialogue on sexuality and reproductive rights related to HIV AIDS, homosexuality, girls
ICTD Project Newsletter
[This article was published in the December 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Legal marginalisation is prevalent in varied extent in the developed, developing and underdeveloped world. Democracy in itself is not a comprehensive guarantee to attain justice.
Government sites in Europe unusable by disabled people
A report by the UK Cabinet Office found that 97% of official websites were unusable by disabled people, largely because they ignored well-known techniques for making data accessible.
User attitudes to e-Government citizen services in Europe
[This article was published in the October 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Good governance rests on the pillars of knowledge where information should be acquired and used strategically for public purposes. e-Governance helps in dissemination of useful governance information, which already exists in the public domain into the wider public domain through the use of ICT.
