Dear colleagues,

You are kindly invited to join us for a Global Dialogue workshop on New Generation Organizational Models for eGovernment:  Emerging Role of Centers of Excellence.  The event will take place via video conference from 4.30pm on April 1, 2008 at the World Bank offices in Nairobi.  The event is organized by the e-Development Thematic Group/Global ICT Department of the World Bank in collaboration with GDLN, DGF, ECCB, IIS Russia, African eDevelopment Resource Centre in Kenya and other organizations.

Workshop Description

Given the complexities of designing and implementing e-government applications, institutional structures are extremely important for achieving success. Traditionally, governments have established specialized ICT agencies/organizations to deal with technology issues in the public sector. Such agencies variously deal with policy, operational and procedural aspects of e-government. However, rapid changes taking place in technologies and business models, require a fundamental rethink of the organizational structures and institutional designs for ICT organizations supporting e-government. Apart from the public sector, the private sector has some useful lessons of experience to offer in this regard. For example, Integration/SOA Competency Centers are playing a useful role in rationalizing and coordinating IT deployments, in cost effective and efficient ways.

 This workshop will discuss the role of a new generation of e-government organizations which could extend the role of e-Government "Centers of Excellence" or "Competency Centers" in keeping with emerging technology and organizational  trends. These organizations could potentially help expand and scale-up successful e-Government approaches, including those using Service Oriented Architecture and Web 2.0 technologies. These "e-Gov 2.0" organizations could be designed as hybrids with flexible structures, drawing expertise from government agencies, academia, private sector and  industry. The session intends to explore promising approaches to the design of such organisations drawing upon successful experiences from the private and public sectors. The session will discuss the applicability of such next generation e-government organizations to different environments. In environments where e-Government projects are risky and, involve high level technical skills, and domain expertise, such approaches could effectively meld the business of government with new technologies and business models to achieve future oriented and high impact eGovernment  applications.                                                                                                         

 The speakers will include:                                                                                            

    Philippe Dongier, Sector Manager, Global ICT Dept., World Bank                                                     

    Reinhard Posch, Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Government of Austria

    Randeep Sudan, Lead ICT Policy Specialist, Global ICT Dept., World Bank                                             

    Jaijit Bhattacharya, Country Director at Sun Microsystems India

    Samia Melhem (Moderator), Senior Operations Officer, Global ICT Dept., World Bank; and Chair, e-Development        

    Thematic Group                                                                                                     

    Juan Navas Sabater, Senior Operations Officer, Global ICT Dept., World Bank                                        

Additional information on this seminar, such as the agenda, speaker profiles and slides will be placed online as they become available at http://go.worldbank.org/2LA3GGGEA0.

Participation to the event is free; however, one needs to register to get access to the venue. If you are interested in participating send an email directly to susan@africanedevelopment.org giving your name, organization, position and contacts. Space is limited at the venue; only 15 places are available and will be given out on a first-come-first-served basis. Deadline for registration is midday Monday 31^st March 2008.

Kindest Regards

Harry Hare

African eDevelopment Resource Centre

3rd Floor, Nelleon Place

Raphta Road, Westlands

PO Box 49475 00100

Nairobi, Kenya

Cel +254 725 650044

Land +254 20 4453445

www.africanedevelopment.org

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