Taipei was rated “Best” in the awards category of services, while New Taipei was listed as “Best” in the category of digital divide, the organization said in a statement released Wednesday.
The Indian city of Bangalore won the award in the category of efficiency, Helsinki — Finland's capital — won in the category of open city, while Seoul — South Korea's capital — won the award for urban management.
New Taipei won the award in digital divide for its good use of cloud computing technologies to build a network connecting databases of all its administrative districts to streamline the services offered to its people, the city government said in a statement.
It also provides free computer courses to help the elderly and disadvantaged to learn digital technologies, the statement said.
Wu Chao-ming, a New Taipei City Government official responsible for promoting the city's e-government project, said the city has been making efforts to launch better services by using information and communication technologies.
For example, it provides inter-city and county administrative services and has launched an online system that the public can use to apply for official documents such as personal household information.
A total of 68 cities around the world were competing in the five categories of the e-government awards. The award ceremony will be held Nov. 5 during the 3rd WeGo General Assembly in Chengdu, China.
Established in 2010, the Seoul based WeGO is an international cooperative body for cities and local governments.
The organization pursues sustainable city development based on e-government by fostering collaborations among e-governing cities, bringing efficiency and transparency into public administration by strengthening the digital capacity of cities, enhancing online public services, helping bridge the digital-divide, and promoting mutual cooperation and solidarity among cities.
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Quelle/Source: The China Post, 17.10.2014
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