Reaping the Benefits of eGovernment

OBJECTIVE

The contractor for the European eGovernment Awards, organised – at the request of the European Commission Services and the 2007 Portuguese Presidency – a competition to select the exhibitors for the "Reaping the Benefits of eGovernment" conference and the winners of the European eGovernment Awards 2007.

The following four themes were covered by the Awards:

• Better public services for growth and jobs: Online public services directly contributing to the economic growth and jobs creation strategy of the European Union (known as Lisbon Agenda).
• Participation and transparency: Interactive initiatives that empower citizens and business to influence open government, policy-making and the way public administrations operate and deliver services.
• Social impact and cohesion: Public service initiatives contributing to improve the social environment and social cohesion. Services can be local, national, or European; user-oriented, inclusive, and interoperable.
• Effective and efficient administration: Innovations or re-organisations in services and processes, which make administrations more efficient and effective and reduce administrative burden.

In addition a fifth prize for the “most inspiring good practice” will be Awarded to the initiative that provide creative solutions to common challenges and inspire others. For this prize there will be a vote by the public. All who register with the Good Practice Portal by 7 September 2007 can vote and provide comments (until 20 September 2007 at 16:00 CET).

Independent experts evaluated the applications and determined the winners of the Awards. The 53 best applications were given the opportunity to exhibit at the conference. Vice President and Commissioner of the European Commission Siim Kallas together with Minister Silva Pereira of the Portuguese Presidency will present the European eGovernment Awards 2007 for the most outstanding eGovernment solutions at the Ministerial Government Conference and Exhibition in Lisbon, Portugal, on 19-21 September 2007 - winners will be announced on 20 September 2007.

FACTS

Submissions from 31 of 34 eligible countries
Number of submissions: 310
Number of finalists: 52

SUBMISSIONS PER COUNTRY AND THEME

WINNERS

• HoReCa1 – One-stop-shop for Hotel Resturants Café licences, Economic Development Department of the City of Amsterdam (NL)
• Mypage, Norge.no (NO)
• Besancon.clic, City of Besançon (FR)
• DVDV - German Administration Services Directory, Senator for Finances in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (DE)
• OLPS - Online Police Station, Italian State Police (IT)

RESEARCH REPORT

European eGovernment 2005-2007: Taking stock of good practice and progress towards implementation of the i2010 eGovernment Action Plan (2007)

This report takes stock of good practices in 2007 based inter alia on the cases submitted for the European eGovernment Awards 2007. The report also describes the progress made in the period 2005-2007 toward the implementation of the i2010 eGovernment Action Plan for the following five areas: inclusive eGovernment, efficient and effective eGovernment, high impact services, key enablers and eParticipation.

Editor: Jeremy Millard

CATALOGUE

eGovernment - 2007: Good Practice Cases

This catalogue provides a short description and contact details of all 310 cases that met the criteria for the Europe eGovernment Awards 2007, as well as a detailed overview of the 52 cases selected for the exhibition. The cases are divided into four categories:

• Better public services for growth and jobs
• Participation and transparency
• Social impact and cohesion
• Effective and efficient administration

OTHER

• Meet, share and learn - Selected articles from 16 European eGovernment Awards 2007