Dear Femi and Pamela, Thanks for your interesting points. I would like to continue to discuss:
>From the government side, transparency and accountability through ICTs is one of the very important agenda, but at the same time, from local people's point of view, participation through ICTs is very significant for development. For successful implementation of e-government initiatives, necessary knowledge includes technical skills as well as an understanding of the information society, information management, potentials and impacts of ICTs, effects of the digital divide, and ICT literacy. The successful implementation of e-government initiatives also demands fundamental and institutional changes in the work processes. Consultations and collaboration with stakeholders (citizens and the private sector) should be a salient feature of most e-government activities. E-government does not happen with the mere introduction of computers and creation of websites. Government officials need specific knowledge, skills, and capacity to use e-eovernment as an effective interface between citizens and the government. It must also be noted that while e-government initiatives have made major contributions to a country's economy through the increasing numbers benefitting from access to the knowledge economy, large sections of the population continue to live in poverty and engaged in informal sector activities. Their needs and voices are overlooked in the development process. E-government can help address these vulnerabilities, and the needs of the poor and marginalized for economic development, social development, and environmental management. So, considering these issues, we could design a training curriculum for government officials. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Teruhiko "Teru2" YOSHIMURA (Ph.D), Researcher Human Security Programme United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) Nagono 1-47-1, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya 450-0001,Japan TEL:+81-52-561-9522, FAX:+81-52-561-9374 E-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED], URL: http://www.uncrd.or.jp/ *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- ------------ This DOT-COM Discussion is funded by the dot-ORG USAID Cooperative Agreement, and hosted by GKD. http://www.dot-com-alliance.org provides more information. To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd For past messages, see: http://www.dot-com-alliance.org/archive.html
