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Minister of Information and Communication Trương Minh Tuấn has expressed hope that French businesses, with their advantages in capital and information and experience in international business, will continue investing in Việt Nam.

At a meeting with French Minister of State for Economy, Industry and Digital Technology Bertrand Pailhes during his visit to France from November 26 to 29, Minister Tuấn said that since the two countries set up their strategic partnership in 2013, bilateral co-operation had thrived in all fields, including information and communication technology (ICT).

A strategic cooperation and partnership agreement was recently signed at the Department of Finance headquarters at H.H. Dubai Ruler's Court, between the Department of Finance (DoF) and Dubai eGovernment to manage and govern the Government Resources Planning (GRP) systems and other financial and accounting systems being used or to be implemented or developed across government bodies in Dubai. The agreement covers all technical, practical and contractual procedures, policies and accounting structures. Both parties have also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the implementation of ePay service.

The delegation listened to a presentation from Kerby about international criteria of eTransformation, improving eServices and online presence for the ministry. He also highlighted best practices of publishing data and statistics in open formats to be used by the public. Kerby answered the delegation’s questions on how to improve eServices and other eGovernment aspects in the ministry.

Die Erwartungen der Österreicher an die öffentliche Verwaltung nehmen zu: Serviceleistungen sollen mindestens so schnell wie in der Privatwirtschaft erbracht, Doppelgleisigkeiten und Bürokratie vermieden werden. Damit diese hohen Anforderungen der Bürger erfüllt werden können, ist nicht nur eine moderne, abteilungs- und ämterübergreifende Vernetzung und Zusammenarbeit notwendig, auch Know-how und Teamgeist bei den Bediensteten dürfen nicht fehlen.

Visiting Wellington, the Assistant Treasurer announced the formalisation of the Memorandum of Understanding on Standard Business Reporting (MOU SBR) with his New Zealand counterpart, the Hon Simon Power, New Zealand Minister of Commerce.

According to Ministry, stressing the reforms in ICT sector, national and regional projects implemented, the ambassador noted that Sweden sees Azerbaijan as strategic ICT partner in Caucasus. According to Eriksson, Swedish leading companies are interested in investing in Azerbaijan and State Fund for IT Development, as well as techno park, to be established, will allow realization of these projects.

The sides will also discuss establishing an ICT bilateral cooperation working group, Azerbaijani Communications and IT Ministry Scientific Capacity and Strategic Planning Department Director Isfandiyar Aliyev told Trend. The group's first meeting will be held in early 2011.

Azerbaijan has presented a list of its proposed working group members to Belarus. Belarus is expected to present a similar list to the Azerbaijani side.

"The development of information technology and satellite launch creates great opportunities for cooperation with other countries, including with Estonia. A good example of this cooperation is the creation of the most important link of "electronic government" - its electronic portal by the Estonian company Subernet together with local companies," Mammadov said.

He said issues will be considered during the two-day joint workshop on ICT, which started today. The Korean side's delegation includes representatives from 22 enterprises and companies.

Bangladeshi ICT entrepreneurs Saturday sought training and business supports from their Indian counterparts for the betterment of the sector in Bangladesh.

They stressed the need for cooperation from the entrepreneurs of the neighbouring country, which is leading the ICT business globally, at a seminar on “ICT Development in Bangladesh: Opportunities and Challenges” in Dhaka.

They also urged their Indian counterparts to assist Bangladesh in winning a larger share of the global IT business.

Bangladesh has a huge shortage of skilled IT professionals as the educational institutions in the country cannot produce the expected number of skilled people, said Mustafa Jabbar, president of Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS), the national association of ICT companies.

Botswana Export Development and Investment Authority (BEDIA) and Singapore Information Communication Technology (ICT) Federation last week signed a memorandum of agreement which will lead to increased knowledge sharing in the ICT field.

According to the spirit of the agreement, Singapore ICT companies will be able to partner with local companies whenever they find opportunities in other African countries.

Die Grenzen zwischen Bremen und dem Umland verwischen zunehmend. Im Internet ist das deutlich zu erkennen. Eine Reihe von Dienstleistungen wollen die Verwaltungen künftig gemeinsam anbieten: Vom gemeinsamen Internet-Fundamt bis zum An-, Ab- und Ummelden überall in der vernetzten Region. Den Anfang in einer Kette von Neuerungen macht ab sofort eine Job-Plattform des öffentlichen Dienstes.

"The MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) signed today paves the way for cooperative activities, including joint studies and workshops on e-government, the establishment of countermeasures to mitigate any adverse effects of e-government such as the provision of support for the establishment of information security policy and technology, and also mutual human resource development in ICT through personnel interchanges," said a press release from the signing.

The signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Ministry of Public Administration and Security (MOPAS), Republic of Korea, on cooperation in the area of e-Government was held at the Empire Hotel and Country Club yesterday morning.

The purpose of this committee is to allow working-level officials to decide and implement avenues of the cooperation, which will best benefit Brunei's relatively novel e-Government system and yield as much as possible from, according to the United Nations, the top e-Government system in the world.

According to Park II (picture), "The Korea Embassy of Brunei would like to place a special meaning on the recent MoU because it is a follow-up action to the summit between His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam and President Lee Myung-bak which was held in June 2009, in Jeju Island, S Korea."

Also the Counsellor and Deputy Chief of Mission at the Korea Embassy, he mentioned that during the talks, the two leaders agreed to strengthen cooperation between Brunei and S Korea in areas of ICT.