GCC leaders joined forces sharing experiences on how to overcome eGovernment challenges. Mr. Richard Kerby, Senior Inter-Regional Advisor on eGovernment, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, presented ways of enhancing citizen engagement with the use of effective online tools that will create an environment that is conducive to citizen engagement and e-participation. This will serve as the platform to encourage citizens to voice feedback and empower citizens to be more connected.
Ms. Rebecka Naslund, Researcher at the Department of Human Work Science, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden, addressed delegates on the issue of technology and disabilities, focusing on both benefits and weaknesses. She proposed ways how Information Community Technology (ICT) can be part of disabled people's everyday lives, utilizing technology and providing recommendations to defuse the digital divide so that those with intellectual disabilities can gain access to eInformation.
Dr. Adriana Alberti, Coordinator of the United Nations Public Service Awards Program addressed positive innovation in governance. "Innovation is mankind's effort to endlessly pursue change for a better world," she said.
She emphasized that it is important for governments to innovate. "Since good governance is not a one-time exercise, but an open-ended process, innovation in governance is a must for all countries and should become a culture embraced by public sector managers at all levels. Positive innovation includes maximising the utilization of resources and capacities to create public value that follows with other steps creating positive effects," she added.
Dr. Jamal Shahin, Lecturer, Development of eGovernment at the University of Amsterdam and Vesalius College, Brussels, focussed on the impact of ICT and economic growth with Prof. Dennis Anderson, Internationalist, Technologist, ICT Adviser & Strategist, USA, exploring the impact of eGovernment on the economy. Dr. Nagwa El-Shenawy, Information Centre Director, Ministry of Telecommunications & Information Technology, Egypt, shared the ICT Egyptian experience of communication services and development of systems of national accounts.
The three-day GCC eGovernment Conference concludes tomorrow with the announcement of the winners of the inaugural GCC eGovernment Award at a special Awards ceremony at the Al Bustan Hotel.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Rana Mesbah
Quelle/Source: AME Info, 22.12.2009
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