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THE RILEY REPORT - June 2005
from Thomas B. Riley RTRiley6@cs.com
www.rileyis.com
www.egov2005.com
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Announcement
International Conference on: “E-Governance in the Developing World: Best Practices and Critical Success Factors.” (Hyderabad, India, July 29-31, 2005) Organized by the Administrative Staff College of India and the Commonwealth Centre for e-Governance, Canada. Co-sponsored by the Commonwealth Secretariat, London, UK. Full conference details at: www.egov2005.com
The Administrative Staff College of
India (ASCI), in collaboration with the Commonwealth Centre for E-Governance (CCEG),
and co-sponsorship from the Commonwealth Secretariat, London, UK and other
institutes from India and abroad, is holding an International Conference,
“E-Governance in the Developing World: Best Practices and Critical Success
Factors.” This 3-day event, which will explore a diversity of issues regarding
the evolution of e-Governance in developing countries, will be held July 29-31,
2005 in Hyderabad, India.
The promotion of good practices in the
area of e-government can favorably influence the transformation of governments.
The resulting benefits can be: reduced corruption and waste, increased
transparency, greater convenience, more efficient government, stronger economic
benefits, revenue growth, and cost reductions. International experts from
governments, academic institutions and private sector organizations will
participate.
The purpose of the event will be to
present expert knowledge on how information and communication technologies (ICTs)
and other evolving technologies can be used to help developing countries. The
aim is to have a series of presentations, panel discussions and interactive
sessions between the speakers, panelists and delegates attending from developing
countries. Experts from developed
countries will be invited to make presentations on best practices and successful
implementations of e-Governance. Government experts and academics from
developing countries would be in a position to make the case for their needs to
evolve e-Governance programs in their own countries. There will also be sessions
on policies and programs needed to move e-Governance and e-government forward.
The overarching focus of the event is to bring government officials and
industry/academic experts from both the developed and developing world to engage
in dialogue on how developing countries can move forward through the use of ICTs.
The themes to be covered during the conference are:
1) How Information and Communication
Technologies (ICTs) and other emerging technologies can assist in alleviating
poverty and illiteracy in underdeveloped and developing countries.
2) What rural e-Governance initiatives
are most important to the developing countries?
3) How ICT based systems can help
villagers in improving their operations in agriculture, live stock etc.
4) What are the best practices and
experiences of experts from the developed world that could assist developing
countries?
5) What are the policy frameworks/legal
requirements needed for e-government programs, such as secure networks, digital
signatures and public key infrastructures?
6) What is the role of government in
educating and training public officials on how e-government will change the
process of government?
What are the successful and unsuccessful e-Governance projects in the developing
countries?
7) What best practices and/or critical
success factors can be derived from such projects?
Our conference web site:
www.egov2005.com
contains details on how to register.
There is also a Call for Papers section for those interested in
submitting papers for presentation and discussion at this conference.
Thomas B. Riley
Executive Director
Commonwealth Centre for e-Governance, www.electronicgov.net
or egov2005.com
for International Conference details
Thomas Riley is available for consultations, preparation of reports, presenting workshops or delivering speeches at conferences and seminars on e-government, e-governance and e-democracy. Please contact me at the email address below for further details.