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Workshop Proceedings: ICT4Democracy in East Africa
E-Governance, Event Material, Civil SocietyThe ICT4Democracy in East Africa Network convened a workshop in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania at the National Museum and House of Culture in December last year. The main purpose of this event was to bring together International and regional development partners to re-view the important work being accomplished by the partners. The network has seed funding from Spider.
Article | Reducing Corruption in African Developing Countries: The Relevance of E-Governance
Article / Working Paper, E-Governance, Academic/Think TankThis paper presents a review on reducing corruption in African developing countries, to lessen the discretion of officials, and increase transparency. While it is true that ICT eliminates many opportunities for corruption for those who do not understand the new technology fully, however, it opens up new corruption vistas for those who understand the new systems well enough to manipulate them....
Research: Availability and adoption of m-Government services in South Africa
Article / Working Paper, E-Governance, Academic/Think TankThe adoption and penetration of mobile phones has been on the rise in South Africa with the increased cellular network coverage being a key driver to this growth. It has also fast tracked its usability in a number of areas such as education, health and payments, yet its adoption for m-Government has not experienced the same level of growth. Although m-Government is a prospect for South Africa,...
Senegal | Web Resource | Mackymetre.com
Africa, Civil Society, Democracy, E-Governance, Web Resource, Civil SocietyMackymetre.com répond à la question: “Comment utiliser le web pour s’assurer que le Président de la République et son gouvernement respecteront leurs engagements vis-a-vis de leurs électeurs? “.
Global survey on internet privacy and freedom of expression
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, E-Governance, Europe and CIS, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, Other UN AgencyThis publication seeks to identify the relationship between freedom of expression and Internet privacy, assessing where they support or compete with each other in different circumstances. The report maps out the issues in the current regulatory landscape of Internet privacy from the viewpoint of freedom of expression. It provides an overview of legal protection, self-regulatory guidelines,...
E-Governance Assessment Frameworks (EAF ) Version 2.0
Asia and the Pacific, E-Governance, Framework, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyAuthors/Editors: Prof. T. P. Rama Rao, Prof. V. Venkata Rao, Prof. S. C. Bhatnagar & Shri. J. Satyanarayana. The Department of Information Technology, Government of India, has created a rational framework for assessing e-Governance projects on various dimensions. The objective for the proposed Framework is to: To create an assessment framework that make it possible to evaluate...
Self-Assessment Questionnaire the Quality of E-Governance & E-democracy projects/ Fragebogen zur Selbstbewertung der Qualität von E-Government & E-Democracy Projekten
E-Governance, Europe and CIS, Questionnaire , Civil SocietyThe BEGIX is a self-evaluation tool in German for assessing E-governance. The 27 questions in the questionnaire is aimed primarily at local authorities, but is designed so that it is suitable for all public institutions in Germany, but may be a source of inspiration for others who wish to conduct a national assessment of E-governance. The first five points revolve around the dimension "Use your...
SAc 2.0 - Amplifying Social Accountability through ICT (ppt)
Asia and the Pacific, E-Governance, Latin America and the Carribean, Presentation, GovernmentPresentation delivered at a workshop on the Oslo Governance Forum on Democratic Governance Assessments for Social Accountability, in Oslo 2011
Successful Experience on Citizen’s Attention in the Dominican Republic (ppt)
E-Governance, Latin America and the Carribean, Presentation, GovernmentPresentation delivered at a workshop on the Oslo Governance Forum on Democratic Governance Assessments for Social Accountability, in Oslo 2011
A Manager's Guide to Evaluating Citizen Participation (eGovernment Resource Centre)
Civil Society, E-Governance, Guide / Manual / Indicators, Academic/Think TankThe Obama administration's Open Government Initiative is now three years old. But is it making a difference? By Tina Nabatchi, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, IBM Center for the Business of Government, Fostering Transparency and Democracy Series, 2012. "... This report is designed to assist public managers with the evaluation of their citizen participation projects and programs...