IfG.CC - The Potsdam eGovernment Competence Center

The 3 top prize winners for the eEurope awards for eGovernment Applications were announced today by European Commissioner Erkki Liikanen, in a formal ceremony held in the presence of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Lucio Stanca Italian Minister for Innovation and Technology. This ceremony was attended by some 30 Ministers participating in the European eGovernment Conference at Villa Erba, beside Lake Como in Italy. The top winners are:

• Award Winner: The role of eGovernment for European competitiveness

  Title: Bremen Online Services

  Description: Integrated portal for e-Government transactions, security and legally binding electronic signatures Organisation: Senator for Finances - Department for New Media and e-Government Germany

• Award Winner : A better life for European citizens

  Title: '"HELP" Description: Online guide to authorities, offices and institutions Organisation: Federal Chancellery Austria

• Award Winner: European, Central and Local Government e-Cooperation and Public eServices

  Title: Tax administration e-Services Description: Tax authorities provide electronic certificates Organisation: Agencia Tributaria Spain

In addition to the top-winners, Honourable Mentions were awarded to:

• Title: AMS Swedish National Market Board

  Description: Well-established integration of a wide set of job-related services Organisation : Swedish National Market Board Sweden

• Title: Special Citizens Web Portal

  Description: Example of how to move to fully open and transparent government

  Organisation: Department of State Information Systems Estonia

• Title: Three Islands Partnership 3IP

  Description: Supporting remote islands comunities

  Organisation: Argyll and Bute Council United Kingdom

• Title: "�Auto e-Counter"

  Description: Example of good inter-agency collaboration

  Organisation: Automobile Club d'Italia Italy

• Title: Inter-Agency Messaging Service (IAMS)

  Description: Messaging Service between various agencies

  Organisation: Reach Agency Ireland

In presenting the prizes, Commissioner Liikanen said: "I congratulate the winners and the runners-up for their excellent applications. These are an inspiration to us all. By showing so clearly what can already be done, such applications serve to redouble our political determination to thoroughly modernise the entire public sector of Europe. Everyone stands to benefit from more effective and more personalised services being offered by administrations".

The top prize winners and honourable mentions were chosen by an independent jury. All 65 best practices that had already been selected by an independent panel of experts from some 360 applications to exhibit at the conference, received a "Finalist" certificate.

Background information:

The eEurope 2005 Action Plan identifies a number of key target areas in which services, applications and content should be stimulated. The provision of modern online public services in areas such as eGovernment, eHealth and eLearning is a key element in this strategy. eEurope aims to build upon existing experiences by identifying and exploiting good practices, and promoting them as showcases.

The Commission foresees a total of four separate award competitions in 2003 - 2005; two in eGovernment and two in eHealth. These are organised with the support of the European Institute of Public Administration in Maastricht (NL).

The present competition for the «eEurope Awards for eGovernment Applications» was launched though a public Call to identify current best practices in the field. This led to 65 exhibits being selected from 357 applications received.

Further information on the eEurope Awards may be found at: www.e-europeawards.org

Quelle: Tenders Direct