The Brunei-Korea-e-Government Seminar was held at Brunei Darussalam's Civil Service Institute, and was opened by Pehin Orang Kaya Pekerma Laila Diraja Dato Paduka Awang Haji Hazair Bin Haji Abdullah, Permanent Secretary at the Prime Minister's Office. "Shaping new forms of governance in the digital era requires knowledge of the dynamics of the electronic processes and structures in the government as well as an adequate insight in the capabilities of ICT technologies," explained Pehin Dato Haji Hazair. The seminar was co-organised by the Civil Services Institution and Brunei-Korea Association for Friendship (B-KAF) and supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea. Also present at the event were Dato Paduka Awang Haji Alimin bin Abdul Wahab, President of (B-KAF), Woongnam Kim, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, government officers and invited guests. The Permanent Secretary went on to say that e-government will redefine how governments relate to citizens and businesses, as well as how it relates internally to its own agencies and its own employees.
Successful e-government was about improving the coordination of government resources, creating better analytical tools to solve the increasingly complex problems faced by modern governments, and decision support tools to enhance effectiveness of public policy. Pehin Dato Haji Hazair suggested that easily transmitted information was key to the improvement in the dispensation of public services.
Innovation in governance will require addressing a number of issues: organisational structure, policy, implementation and IT research and development.
Quelle: Public Service Technology & Management, 11.06.2004
