VI. Working Group on E-Government
WG Programme Coordinators:
John Taylor, Glasgow Caledonian University, Business School, UK NISPAcee Project Manager:
The WG will both continue with and upgrade the work and research done over the last years, in particular during the Moscow conference. The aims and objectives of further research will be focused on the specific problems and conditions of e-government development in particular, though not exclusively in CEE countries. We will be aiming to direct research on the region in a concrete framework, hence trying to produce results important not only for academic discussion but also useful as a reference point by the key decision makers in the various countries.
At the Moscow conference a wide range of a ‘country based’ reports were presented. We would like to encourage additional country specific studies in order to obtain a more holistic picture of e-government development in CEE countries. However, in addition, we would also like to deepen the scope of our studies with as many as possible field-specific, empirically based, studies of different policy domains, areas and problems relating to e-government development.
As in the past the intention is for the research to involve both academics and other experts. In 2006 the working group will try to focus particularly (but not exclusively) on the following issues:
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