Dear
Colleagues,
The
World Bank office in Nairobi has kindly availed their facility for those
interested in participating in a videoconference is titled "National
e-Government Strategies: Designing for Success" which is to take place tomorrow
June 19th at 9:00 - 11:30 am EST, which is 4pm here.
This
VC is organized in partnership with USAID/USTTI and Development Gateway
Foundation. The event will feature
several leading experts from
A
great number of governments have now developed e-Government strategies and are
at various stages of implementation. While a significant amount of attention
has been given in the past to identifying the key components of e-Government
strategies and identifying best practices, little attention has been given to
the processes involved in the design of such strategies. Recognizing that the
process of designing an e-Government strategy is perhaps as important if not
more important than the resulting document, this event will be an opportunity
to learn from three different country perspectives. The speakers will address
the process of designing successful national e-Government strategies, focusing
on the following questions:
Why is it important to have well-designed
e-Government Strategies?
Why might the process be as important as the
final document?
What constitutes successful e-Government
strategies? What are the key ingredients?
How should governments go about designing
e-Government strategies?
What are the steps and processes that are
essential not only to the elaboration of the strategy, but also to its
successful implementation?
The
VC room at the Bank can accommodate just a few people, and we have been given
about 15 spaces which shall be allocated on a first come first served basis. Due
to security issues at the Bank’s offices, we have to submit the names of
those interested by 1pm tomorrow. So if you are interested in participating, pls send me an email by 1pm tomorrow 19th June
2007. My apologies for the short notice and we look forward to your
participation!
Best
regards,
Harry
Hare
African
eDevelopment Resource Centre