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Boosting intelligent eGovernment services for the Environment

According to UN e-Government Survey 2008, Europe is leading the e-Government in the world. However, while the uptake of programmes for 'linking up Europe' is progressing in the economic and social sector, the environmental sector is lagging behind. The relatively slow modernisation of environmental public authorities and the development of e-Government services (national and (pan)-European) in the environmental field clearly undermines the ability of public policy makers either to respond quickly and wisely to crisis situations or to design and implement long-term and sustainable policies and the interaction with civil society at large. It is expected that SEIS will enable and boost the development of intelligent e-services (e-Government, e-Environment, e-Reporting) by taking advantage of data sharing infrastructures.

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Latest news for eGovernment:

1 August 2008

Opportunities and Rewards for Regional Development through ICT: new Paradigms -New Challenges, 2008 Conference Report by the European Regional Information Society Association (eris@)

June 2008

Bringing Together and Accelerating eGovernment Research in the EU 

Report commisioned by European Commission presenting the 2nd phase of review for FP6 research projects in eGovernment for the IST programme. The report presents the features and accomplishments of eGovernment research, which has reached a certain level of maturity.

20 February 2008

The future direction of public e-service delivery strategies: beyond 2010 - A step-change in technology, institutions and thinking. The European Commission launches a study for visionary insights for the future of public e-service delivery. This vision study will explicitly look at innovative transformation in the public sector beyond the 2010 time horizon of the current eGovernment Action Plan.

15 January 2008

Europe is the world leader in e-Government

In this year's global e-Government readiness rankings, the European countries made up 70 % of the top 35 countries while the Asian countries made up 20 % of the top 35. The survey assesses the e-government readiness of the 192 Member States of the United Nations according to a quantitative composite index of e-readiness based on website assessment, telecommunication infrastructure, and human resource endowment. ICTs can help reinvent government in such a way that existing institutional arrangements can be restructured and new innovative arrangements can flourish, paving the way for a transformed government. The focus of the report this year, in Part II, is e-government initiatives directed at improving operational efficiency through the integration of back-office functions. Whilst such initiatives, if successful, will deliver benefits to citizens, the primary purpose is to improve the effectiveness of government and governmental agencies.