Goa plans web portal for government departments
The Department of Information Technology (IT), Goa, is in the process of drawing up a proposal to launch a single web portal for government departments so that e-Governance becomes a reality.
Software developers to join e-Government project in Thailand
The Office of Computer Cluster Promotion (CCP) has been working with Thailand Science Park, the Software Industry Promotion Agency (Sipa) and Software Park Thailand to establish a project called the Open Development of e-Government Collaboration to allow local software-developers to participate in electronic-government development projects.
e-Syariah
[This article was published in the July 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The IIAV ‘s mission is to make knowledge relating to the position of women available and accessible and to promote research that will contribute to the quality of women’s lives.
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.
e-Governance readiness in Gulf progressing
The recent e-Governance readiness report compiled in a report by the United Nations Department of Economic & Social Affairs (UNDESA), informs about the increasing trend of e-Government readiness in UAE which reached 50 percent as compared to 91 percent for United States, which is leading the index.
e-Governance in Nepal
[This article was published in the May 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The twentieth century brought huge development in the field of science and technology. Ironically, the same century, presented to new millennium, three billion people living in extreme poverty, 850 million people who are illiterate, more than 150 million children forced to work and 125 million who do not go to school.
e-Government on a fast track in the Middle East..
[This article was published in the February 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
With the emphasis on good governance, elimination of bureaucracy and transparency becoming the order of the day, e-Government has become important and considerably providing a level-playing field for the practitioners.
e-Government in New Zealand
[This article was published in the February 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The future of e-Government in New Zealand is exciting and holds promise. In New Zealand, there has been eagerness to learn and apply lessons from the countries that have achieved success in e-Governance. Also, New Zealand is actively associated with international bodies that promote collaboration and learning in e-Government.
e-Goverment on the go in Macedonia with Microsoft support
Several e-Government Web sites have opened as part of a two-year-old partnership agreement between Macedonia and Microsoft Corp. to enhance IT in the Eastern European country.
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.
