Workshop: eGovernment Research – Visions and Policies
From scenarios to roadmap, programmes, instruments and evaluation
11th April 2007, Prague
The aim of EU sponsored eGOVERNET project is to support the creation of national eGovernment RTD programmes and initiatives, as well as to stimulate the cooperation of and learning from existing national eGovernment R&D programmes.
The workshop was the second in a series of four, involving key stakeholders of eGovernment research, and aiming at building a Common Framework for eGovernment Research Programmes in the European Research Area.
The objective of this workshop was to
- present the results of the eGovRTD2020 project (www.egovrtd2020.org)
- present the results to date of eGOVERNET, and in particular the survey of
research programmes on eGovernment in the European Research Area
- discuss commonalities and differences between different countries,
- create a discussion forum on eGovernment research strategy and programmes, in order to build a common framework in the European Research Area on the basis of input from eGovRTD2020 and existing regional and national research strategies
Workshop Documentation
Workshop report
Report from workshop in Prague on the 11th of April (PDF 315 kB)
Workshop presentations• ”Introduction to the eGovRTD2020 Roadmap project”
Maria Wimmer, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
• “Introduction to the eGOVRENET project”
Madeleine Siösteen-Thiel, VINNOVA, Sweden
• “Scenarios and key research themes for future eGovernment - Results from eGovRTD2020”
Melanie Bicking, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
• "A Vision of eGovernment Development of Prague and Czech Cities -the Needs for Support of Researchand Cooperation"
Jaroslav Solc, Head of Strategic Development Unit, IT Dept.Prague Municipality
• “The success of eGovernment research in Sweden: The Implementation of e-Me–an student e-passport in Sweden”
Mikael Lind, University College of Borås and Sören Berglund, University of Umeå, Sweden
• “Funding eGovernment research in the European Research Area: an overview of different national and regional models”
David Osimo, IPTS, DG JRC, European Commission
• Session 2a: The e2010 Roadmap –eGovernment Research Focus –New Programmes, New Initiatives
a) Enterprise interoperability for businesses and government - Charalabidis
• Agenda Session 2b: eGovernment research programmes in the European Research Area: Commonalities and differences in design, management and evaluation
a) Introduction –Osimo
b) Learning from CISTRANA experience –Doussineau
c) National cases: Emilia-Romagna - Lotti,
Flanern, Belgum - Verplancke
Norway - Knudsen
d) Overview of evaluation processes–K Aim
• “The need and contributions of eGovernment Research for an innovative Europe 2020”, Maria Wimmer, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
The workshop programme included presentations of both project findings and suggested framework inputs with an aim to stimulate discussion and provide an interdisciplinary approach to the project work. The previous workshop on this theme held in Barcelona last year Beginning a Framework for eGovernment research serves as a successful example and provides interesting presentation material and a workshop report.
A report on the findings of the workshop will soon be published on this website (www.eGOVERNET.org).
Agenda:
Invitation letter and agenda (PDF 59KB)
Venue:
Novotneho lavka 5, Prague 1, The Czech Republic (Venue map).
Work Shop Fee:
Invited eGovernment stakeholders attended free of charge.
Practical information:
The workshop was held in conjunction with the Eastern Europe eGOV Days (11-13 April 2007).
For further information, please contact:
Trond Knudsen, Tel. (+47) 9170 3728, tk@rcn.no
Kim Davis, Tel. (+47) 93059307, kid@rcn.no
