IfG.CC -
Institute for eGovernment

Connect Web is a resource that allows SDCC communities to create an online presence: the site creation and hosting is done free of charge and community leaders are trained to update and manage their group.

Ansip introduced to Eitan, who had come to view the IT achievements in Estonia, the e-government information system that Estonia has used for ten years. “Besides being very comfortable and saving time of people, e-solutions also save taxpayers money,” said Ansip.

During the meeting between the Prime Minister of Estonia, Andrus Ansip and the Head of Japanese Government, Yuki Hatoyama that took place on the 15th of February, the discussion focused mainly on collaboration of public sectors for e-services with only minor mentions about other issues such as an intensification in the economic collaboration and communications.

During the meeting, attended by Turkish Ambassador to Jordan Sedat Onal, the minister said that ties between Jordan and Turkey are progressing in various domains, noting the existing level of cooperation in the ICT sector. The minister said that Jordanian telecom companies have entered a strategic alliance with Turkish companies to build a landline fibre optic cable linking the Kingdom with Europe and the U.S.

The government has underscored that deeper collaboration with Japanese partners will directly support Kenya’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA).

This came during a high-level Kenya-Japan workshop hosted by Konza Technopolis, under the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy (MICDE) in the smart city.

This strategic event focused on establishing areas for digital and technology collaboratiom between Kenyan companies and Japan enterprises.

The partnership follows an ongoing government contract with private companies to provide bandwidth capacity necessary for the delivery of electronic government (e-government) services to the public.

The European Union named the electronic government of Korea the world’s best in 2010 and 2012. It is an incontrovertible fact that Korea’s electronic government is the best one in the world, said the Korea Information Certificate Authority CEO.

The agreement came at a meeting between KIPA President Park Eung-kyuk and CAG Vice President He Jiacheng held at the CAG office here. As a practical measure to translate the accord into action, Park and He agreed to activate joint research on how to effectively nurture competent public officials for national development.

The discussion was made during a workshop on the applications of e-government on the levels of regions and localities, organized by the ministry with the participation of experts from Syria and Turkey.

During its pilot phase, the project will be implemented in five state institutions, namely: the Customs Administration, the Ministry of Interior, the Central Registry, the Tax Administration and the Cadastral Administration.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora also viewed Malaysia as a model country which had successfully managed people of different races and religions.

Port Louis (Mauritius The Mauritius State Informatics Limited (MSIL) has landed a big contract from the Namibian government to advise and help put in place an e-government project, APA learns in the Mauritian capital Port Louis on Friday.

Kemraz Mohee, Director of the MSIL indicated here that the state company has won the 18-month contract after the Namibian government had invited tenders.

Schwerin (dpa) Fast ein Drittel der Einwohner Mecklenburg- Vorpommerns kann die zuständige Kommunalverwaltung inzwischen auch über das Internet erreichen. Dem Zweckverband „Elektronische Verwaltung MV“ haben sich bislang 45 Kommunen und Ämter mit zusammen mehr als 500 000 Einwohnern angeschlossen. „Unser Ziel ist es, Bürgern und Unternehmern sämtliche Verwaltungsdienstleistungen von jedem Ort aus zugänglich zu machen“, sagte Klaus-Peter Glaser vom Städte- und Gemeindetag heute in Schwerin bei der Eröffnung der neu eingerichteten Geschäftsstelle.

Awang Abdul Mutalib bin Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Setia Dato Paduka Haji Mohd Yusof said that in the areas of e-Government, Brunei Darussalam and the Republic of Korea share the common goals to provide better services to the citizens.

Recognising the 'bridging the digital divide' is one of the most important dimensions to reduce poverty and to facilitate nationwide economic growth for developing countries, the Korean government has taken initiative to establish the ICT centre to share the benefits of information technology and develop digital opportunities.

Resident Representative of Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Kim Bok-hee, and Executive Director of National Information Technology Centre Subarna Shakya, signed a record of discussions on the GIDTC project on Thursday.

An Internet gateway that would make two billion people across six continents feel more connected to one another? On May 3, 2011, OpenText™ and the Commonwealth Secretariat answered that question when they announced the creation of Commonwealth Connects.

Featuring the latest OpenText technology, Commonwealth Connects is an innovative portal which will allow members of the Commonwealth community — including individuals, organizations and governments — to share information, network and collaborate online.