WORLD BANK'S E-DEVELOPMENT THEMATIC GROUP
invites you to a Global Dialogue via live webcast on
e-Government Experience in the US and Canada:
How Relevant is it to Developing Countries?
As part of e-Development Dialogues Seminar Series
Participating Countries (via videoconference):
Azerbaijan, Brazil, Guatemala, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Uganda
Wednesday, June 15, 2005, 9:30 am ? 12:00 pm (EST)
Room I1-200, 1850 I Street NW Washington DC USA
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
The United States and Canada have been at the forefront of the e-government
revolution. According to the latest Accenture annual e-government maturity
report issued on 6 April 2005, for the fifth consecutive year Canada ranked
first out of the 22 surveyed countries, followed by the United States, Denmark,
Singapore and Australia.
Many World Bank client countries are looking at the US and Canadian experience
as the source of inspiration, good practices and lessons learned when designing
and implementing national e-government strategies, interoperability and
governance frameworks, and integrated architectures. There is a growing demand
to learn from early implementers in order to avoid common pitfalls and to
maximize returns on investment. However, there are many factors to be
considered, such as population size; cultural, socio-economic and political
differences; Internet penetration; and sources and availability of funding.
This seminar will highlight a number of lessons learned in the US and Canada
that might or might not be applicable to developing and transition countries.
Featuring:
? Rakesh Asthana, Director, ISGCI, World Bank (Welcome and Opening Remarks)
? Mark Forman, former Administrator, E-Government and Information
Technology, United States (keynote presentation)
? Shauneen Furlong, former Executive Director, Government On-Line, Canada
? Lalith Weeratunga, Secretary to the Prime Minister, Sri Lanka
? Godfrey Kibuuka, Commissioner for Communications, Ministry of Works,
Housing and Communications
? Alejandro Ludlow, e-Mexico National & International Digital Sharing
Director
? Patricia Pessi, e-Government Coordinator, Ministry of Planning, Brazil
? Jani Makraduli, President, Committee for Information Technology, Macedonia
? Ilyas Naibov-Aylisli, e-Government Coordinator, Ministry of ICT,
Azerbaijan
? Robert Schware, Lead Informatics Specialist, Global ICT Department, World
Bank
? Deepak Bhatia, ISG e-Government Practice Manager, World Bank
Moderator: Robert Valantin, Manager, Development Information, ISG & Co-Chair,
e-Development Thematic Group, World Bank
Live Webcast will start on June 15 at 9.30 am EST at:
http://webcast-ext.worldbank.org/streaming/live.ram
To watch the live webcast click here:
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.
You can send us your questions to speakers and short comments in advance of the
seminar.
For detailed program and further information on the seminar, please write to
[EMAIL PROTECTED], or contact Sally Song at 202-473-9078.
All materials of this seminar will be posted to the e-Development Thematic Group
site: http://www.worldbank.org/edevelopment.
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