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, 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 (TBC)
* Javier Perez-Mazatan, General Coordinator, e-Mexico National System
* Patricia Pessi, e-Government Coordinator, Ministry of Planning,
Brazil (TBC)
* Jani Makraduli, President, Committee for Information Technology,
Macedonia (TBC)
* 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
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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