Belarusian and foreign experts, including Alexander Danilin from Microsoft Russia and Andrei Marusov, director of the Ukrainian Information Development Agency, participated in the discussion. Belarusian President Assistant Secretary Valery Tsepkalo informed participants about e-government initiatives within the E-Belarus programme framework. Vladimir Novosiad, a member of the lower chamber of Belarusian parliament, shared his views on the role of parliamentarians in the development of e-governance strategies.
The participants agreed that political will, adequate resources, appropriate changes in legislation and citizens' access to new ICTs are the major prerequisites for e-governance strategy development, and that the Belarusian parliament must play the leading role in e-governance strategies development and implementation.
The participants of the discussion supported a proposal to create a kind of ‘expert council’, which was originally put forward by Mr Novosiad. Such a body would provide information and analysis on e-governance issues for legislative and executive authorities and would monitor e-governance developments in the country.
It was emphasized by the participants that development of a comprehensive programme for government portals creation and initiating the appropriate changes in laws and regulations are the first steps towards e-governance project implementation.
Quelle: DMeurope, 05.03.2004
