WORLD BANK'S E-GOVERNMENT PRACTICE invites you to a training workshop via live webcast
?Designing and Implementing e-Government: Key Issues, Best Practices and Lessons Learned? Tuesday, April 26, 2005, 8:45 am ? 4:45 pm (EST) Wednesday, April 27, 2005, 8:45 am ? 4:45 pm (EST) Room MC C2-131, 1818 H Street NW Washington DC Participating by videoconference: World Bank Country Offices in Azerbaijan, Ghana and Rwanda PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: E-Government is a comprehensive approach to leveraging Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for public sector modernization and private sector competitiveness. In addition to the technology components, successful implementation of e-government requires a complementary set of government process changes to induce governance that is more client-oriented, transparent, effective, efficient, and empowering. It could establish a new way of doing the business of government with a more integrated delivery of information, services and processes. Many World Bank client countries are in the process of designing and implementing e-government strategies, programs and projects. There is a growing demand for World Bank assistance in this area both in terms of knowledge and financial support. Many countries have already requested Bank support and several projects are under preparation or implementation (e.g. in Sri Lanka, India, Romania, Ukraine, Tunisia, Ghana, Indonesia, Vietnam, Ethiopia et al). Learning about best practices and lessons learned from early implementers may help avoid common pitfalls and maximize returns on investment. The purpose of this training workshop is to empower Bank staff and clients with knowledge, tools and operational recommendations to design and implement comprehensive e-government strategies, programs, projects and increase effectiveness of traditional Bank projects in various sectors through the use of ICT. The discussion will start with a comprehensive overview of the e-government framework and enabling environment on the first day and move towards detailed discussion of implementation issues, emerging trends and applications on the second day with a strong focus on good practices and lessons learned in the context of mainstreaming e-government in World Bank Operations. Therefore, the workshop will provide both macro- and micro-views on e-government. Featuring: Albert Kan-Dapaah, Ghana ICT Minister, Ministry of ICT Ghana (via videoconference) Ali Abbasov, Minister of ICT of Azerbaijan, Ministry of ICT Azerbaijan (via videoconference) Sam Pitroda, Former Adviser to Prime Minister of India (via videoconference) Mark Forman, former Administrator, Office of E-Government and IT, USA (via videoconference) Mart Laar, former Estonian Prime Minister (via videoconference) Jeongwon Yoon, Director, National Computerization Agency Ake Gronlund, Swedish e-Government Expert Subhash Bhatnagar, Professor, IIM Ahmedabad and many World Bank experts: Arleen Seed, Senior Information Officer, ISGIF (via videoconference) Bruno Lanvin, Senior Adviser, E-Strategies, CITPO Carlos Braga, Senior Adviser, PRMTR Charles Watt, Senior ICT Policy Specialist, CITPO Deepak Bhatia, Manager, ISG e-Government Practice, ISGIF Eduardo Talero, Senior Consultant, E-Government, E- Procurement, ISGIF Fernando Rojas, Lead Public Sector Management, LCSPS Greg R. Georgeff, Corporate Chief Information Officer, Government of Ontario Hamid R. Alavi, Senior Private Sector Development Spec., MNSIF Mark Dutz, Sr Private Sector Development Spec., SASFP Mohamed Muhsin, ISG VP and CIO, ISGVP Navin Girishankar, Senior Public Sector Specialist, AFTPR Pierre Guislain , Manager, CITPO Ramesh Siva, Lead Information Officer, ISGIF Randeep Sudan, Senior ICT Policy Specialist, CITPO Robert Schware, Lead Informatics Specialist, CITPO & Co-Chair, e-Development TG Robert Valantin, Lead Information Officer, ISGIF & Co-Chair, e-Development Thematic Group Roberto Panzardi, Senior Public Sector Management Specialist, LCSPS Samina Melhem, Senior Operations Officer, infoDev Sanjay Pradhan, Sector Director, PRMPS Sudhakar Kaveeshwar, Program Manager, ISGIF Tenzin Dolma Norbhu, Senior ICT Policy Specialist, CITPO Waleed Haider Malik, Lead Public Sector Management, LCSPS To watch the live webcast click here: http://webcast-ext.worldbank.org/streaming/live.ram Tip: The live stream is only to be viewed with Real Player (RealOne or the latest RealPlayer10 that can be downloaded for free at http://www.real.com). We will encode at both 56K for low bandwidth connections and at 150K for higher bandwidth connections . For more information or to register in the webcast please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit: http://www.worldbank.org/egov or http://www.worldbank.org/edevelopment _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
