The value of the 3rd. Sector in Catalonia

M Merce Rovira Regas — Wed 08 Feb 2012 12:10:11 +0100

Excellent initiative! Will read the repport carefully.

Do you know the recent Third Sector data in Catalonia (Spain)?

Economic volume: 2,8 % of PIB

Employement: 100.000 people

Voluntary work: 245.000 people

People served: 1.700.000

Thanks for help spreading the value of this unknown Third Sector!

MMR

ePractice Journal: New Issue on eGovernance & Social media: Submit your papers!

Vassilia Orfanou — Wed 08 Feb 2012 11:27:54 +0100

Dear members,

The ePractice Journal has opened another issue on eGovernance & Social Media. The Guest Editors of this issue are Gwendolyn Carpenter and Jeremy Millard.

Available information about this call may be seen at http://www.epractice.eu/node/5331756.

Papers may be submitted until March 31, 2012 at vassilia.orfanou@eurodyn.com

Thank you.

The ePractice Communication team

Formal Writing for Public Officials

Sylvia Archmann — Tue 07 Feb 2012 03:52:44 +0100

How to write in an easy to understand and precise way? Can I be concrete and still politicallly and legally correct?

Due to the high number of interested people we repeat our one and a half day workshop "Formal Writing for Public Officials" on the 4th and 5th of June 2012.

For more information, please go to http://seminars.eipa.eu/en/activities09/show/&tid=4989

The SAAPHO (Secure Active Aging: Participation and Health for the Old) project

Roberto Torena — Tue 07 Feb 2012 12:35:49 +0100

The press release of SAAPHO project is available in the "Shared resources" section of the community "eAccessibility practice, policy, monitoring and impact".

keywords

ePractice Editorial Team — Mon 06 Feb 2012 09:32:51 +0100

Dear Mr Motyl,

thank you for your interest and suggestion, which has now been implemented. Both ISA and EIS were added as keywords (tags).

As for the proceedings of the conference, to our knowledge they have not been publicised yet. For more information, we invite you to contact the conference organisers via the dedicated contact form http://www.egov2011.pl/egov2011/contact/.

Kind regards

Topics list

Motyl Pierre — Sun 05 Feb 2012 03:32:12 +0100

May I suggest to add ISA and EIS to the topics (keywords) list ?

BTW, will the complete proceedings and presentations become available on-line and, if yes, when can this be expected?

Thanks for your attention,

Best regards,

Reduction of Administrative Burden

Sylvia Archmann — Sun 05 Feb 2012 02:38:29 +0100

In the current time of financial recession, optimising the use of resources and reducing costs in public service delivery has become a crucial issue in public management; meanwhile, there is also a demand for better quality and efficiency. Is it possible to reduce costs and increase quality at the same time? Yes, it is!

Learn more at the seminar Improving Quality & Reducing Costs: A Mission Possible. It will take place on the 26th and 27th of March 2012 at EIPA in Maastricht.

Benchmarking EU e-government at the crossroads: A framework for e-government benchmark design and improvement.

R.Erdem ERKUL — Sat 04 Feb 2012 09:56:35 +0100

Alexander Schellong. 2010. Benchmarking EU e-government at the crossroads: A framework for e-government benchmark design and improvement. Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy.

Managing Change in Public Administration

Sylvia Archmann — Fri 03 Feb 2012 11:15:05 +0100

The successful seminar Managing Change in Public Administration is repeated on the 19th and 20th March 2012 at the EIPA premises in Maastricht, The Netherlands.

For more information and to register please see here: http://seminars.eipa.eu/en/activities09/show/&tid=4897

Save your seat, registration is already open!

Please note that the world famous art fair TEFAF takes place during this time period in Maastricht, so hotels will be fully booked soon!

4th eProcurement Conference in Vienna, March 21st

Claudia Kasper — Fri 03 Feb 2012 03:18:23 +0100

Dear members,

after 3 successful conferences, auftrag.at & Wiener Zeitung proudly invite you to the 4th eProcurement Conference in the wonderful surroundings of Vienna!

The conference will focus on benefits, costs and savings of eProcurement in the preawarding phase. We are addressing contracting authorities, service providers and members of the administration of EU member states.

Topics of the workshop:

Project First Dissemination Workshop!

Filippo La Noce — Fri 03 Feb 2012 02:26:19 +0100

15 March 2012 – Berlin

The objectives of this first Dissemination Workshop are:

STORK page at EC Joinup source repository

Vassiliki Zalavra — Fri 03 Feb 2012 11:03:42 +0100

The ISA Programme of the European Commission launched Joinup, a new online platform that integrates SEMIC and OSOR. Joinup provides better integrated collaboration and communication tools for the communities, software, and semantic assets hosted on SEMIC and OSOR.

STORK software is published and available at Joinup portal.

MyUniversity Buzz - eParticipation portal newsletter: issue 3

Eirini Souri — Fri 03 Feb 2012 10:46:48 +0100

University of Prešov (PU) is one out of three Slovak Universities participating in MyUniversity project and the third University of the MyUniversity project to be featured in the monthly eParticipation portal newsletter - MyUniversity Buzz!

LSP story: Video that presents the five Large Scale Pilots

Athina Vrakatseli — Fri 03 Feb 2012 10:14:41 +0100

Effective interaction between public administrations, citizens and businesses is essential to build the digital society. Online delivery of basic services to citizens and businesses (such as personal documents, income taxes, company registration, social contributions or VAT) help public authorities meet people’s needs. Today, many public services are available online but their cross-border dimension has to be reinforced.

Third ATIS4all thematic network workshop (12th-13th March 2012)

Alejandra Salmerón Ntutumu — Thu 02 Feb 2012 10:19:58 +0100

Dear community members,

I am writing to invite you to participate in the third Workshop of ATIS4all thematic network, which will take place in Madrid, Spain along 12th-13th of March.

ePractice Journal: New Upcoming issue: Submit your papers today!

Vassilia Orfanou — Wed 01 Feb 2012 07:54:39 +0100

Dear ePractice members,

we are only a few days away from the publication of our more recent issues on Policy Lessons Learned through a decade of eGovernment, eInclusion and eHealth, and Surviving in the Digital eID world.

As we are thrilled of this occasion which showcase all the great work and effort of our authors, guest editors and senior editors of the ePractice team, we also take upon this opportunity to inform you that the ePractice Journal embarks on a new issue that has recently opened a call for papers!

ICCHP: 13th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs

Alejandra Salmerón Ntutumu — Wed 01 Feb 2012 01:09:21 +0100

ICCHP focuses on Assistive Technoloy (AT) and accessible ICT for people with disabilities and older adults enabling a more independent life, participation and inclusion and improved services and support. The call for papers is open until February 1, 2012.

More information here:

http://www.icchp.org/

Writing for the Internet - workshop registration remains open until 1st February

Sylvia Archmann — Mon 30 Jan 2012 11:42:02 +0100

Join us for the interesting workshop "Writing for the Internet" to find out how to hook your target audience and why writing for the web is different from writing for print.

Don´t miss this chance to learn to produce and promote compelling content!

For more information see the relevant webpage here on ePractice!

Healthier ageing is just a click away

Alejandra Salmerón Ntutumu — Mon 30 Jan 2012 10:42:34 +0100

2012 is the European Year for Active Aging. With an ever older population, Europe is looking for ways to improve the quality of living of their elderly people, a generation far more active and technologically trained than previous ones. This Futuris will take a look at how ICT devices can help patients with three different diseases to increase their quality of living -while staying at their homes. In Cadiz, Spain, we´ll be visiting an elderly house and a home where patients of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are currently

Training Employees to Become Digitally Literate in Austria

Carol-Ann Kogelman — Fri 27 Jan 2012 10:04:19 +0100

With over 1,500 stores, SPAR is the second largest grocery chain in Austria, with a turnover of over €5 billion annually. SPAR has over 34,000 employees, making it the biggest private employer in Austria. SPAR is also the largest provider of apprenticeships in Austria, taking on approximately 900 trainees each year.

Formal Writing in English for Public Officials - will be repeated 4-5. June 2012

Sylvia Archmann — Tue 24 Jan 2012 11:17:28 +0100

Dear ePractice members,

Registration closes tomorrow for the Formal Writing in English for Public Officials seminar.

How to write in an easy to understand and precise way?

Can I be concrete and still politicallly and legally correct?

THE EUROPEAN CITIZENS' INITIATIVE (ECI) - a new form of public participation!

Eirini Souri — Fri 20 Jan 2012 10:23:30 +0100

The Europeam Citizens' Initiative is a new form of public participation in shaping European Union policy!

The Lisbon Treaty introduces a new form of public participation in European Union policy shaping, the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI). As required by the Treaty, on a proposal from the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council adopted a Regulation which defines the rules and procedure governing this new instrument (Regulation (EU) No. 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council 16 February 2011 on the citizens' initiative).

Register to the seminar: How to write professional texts for the internet?!

Sylvia Archmann — Thu 19 Jan 2012 03:25:33 +0100

Join us for the interesting workshop "Writing for the Internet" to find out how to hook your target audience and why writing for the web is different from writing for print.

Don´t miss this chance to learn to produce and promote compelling content!

For more information see the relevant webpage here on Practice

Digital Participation in Scotland

Eirini Souri — Thu 19 Jan 2012 10:14:26 +0100

Digital Participation in Scotland: A Review of the Evidence

This is a report providing the findings of a review of data sources on digital participation and a review of evidence on the barriers to participation. The report has been published by the Scottish Government Social Research.

The evidence reviewed in this report is to support the digital
participation strand of work on the Digital Strategy and contribute to the review of ambitions and objectives.

Find more on the Scottish Government Social Research website:

Registration now open for CIP workshop:Funding opportunities in ICT for Health, Ageing Well & Inclusion, 17 February, Brussels!

Eleni Galyfianaki — Tue 17 Jan 2012 07:17:37 +0100

Dear ePractice members,

REGISTRATION is now OPEN for the upcoming CIP workshop: Funding opportunities in ICT for Health, Ageing Well & Inclusion.The event will take place on Friday 17 February 2012 in Brussels at Albert Borschette Conference Centre.

Video presentation of the Quart de Poblet pilot of the Diego project (Highly scalable deployment model of inclusive e-government)

Alejandra Salmerón Ntutumu — Tue 17 Jan 2012 05:22:58 +0100

DIEGO platform improves the citizens’ quality of life by making administration electronic services easier for ALL citizens, with special attention to the elderly, people with disabilities or people with poor IT skills. The project is partially funded under the ICT Policy Support Programme (ICT PSP) as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme.

Go to related site

Sharpen your online writing to rise above the rest

Sylvia Archmann — Tue 17 Jan 2012 10:17:29 +0100

Adapt or drown! Channel the media tsunami by improving your online writing.

2012 Conference Calendar

Tim Bonnemann — Tue 17 Jan 2012 02:33:38 +0100

I'm collecting 2012 events and conferences related to e-participation and neighboring fields.
Please let me know if you see anything missing (especially from non-English speaking countries), and I'll be happy to add.
Thanks, merci and dank u wel! ;-)

'Hosting makes open source easier for public administrations'

Gijs Hillenius — Mon 16 Jan 2012 03:33:16 +0100

Hosted collections of open source IT applications will make it easier for public administrations to use this type of software, says Britt Inger Kolset, coordinator for SuksIt in Norway, a IT project by seven municipalities in the Kongsberg region. "Hosted open source applications are very cost-effective.

Read the article here, on Joinup (link)

Writing for the Internet

Sylvia Archmann — Mon 16 Jan 2012 12:43:46 +0100

A text on the internet has to be attractive, short, simple and use language effectively. How is writing for the internet different from writing other texts? How do I address different audiences in an appropriate way? If you are interested in this topic, please join us at the workshop on the 6th and 7th February 2012 in Maastricht!

E-procurement: France connects to the platform of exchange and European trust - PEPPOL

Dubreuil Johanna — Fri 13 Jan 2012 04:20:05 +0100

On December 12th, 2011, the conference "France connects to PEPPOL" took place in Paris (Bercy), with the sponsorship of the ministers in charge of State Reform, Industry and SMEs, Adetef member for France in the European consortium PEPPOL for e-procurement, has organized a symposium marking the connection of France to the project's platform, to the applause of the public including the European Commission ones, and the consortium PEPPOL.

Formal Writing in English for Public Officials

Sylvia Archmann — Thu 12 Jan 2012 04:24:13 +0100

How to write in an easy to understand and precise way? Can I be concrete and still politicallly and legally correct? This and more is covered in our one and a half day seminar - join us! Registration is still open until the 13th of January 2012.

European Commission seeks public input on measures to break down barriers to disabled people

Alejandra Salmerón Ntutumu — Thu 12 Jan 2012 11:20:58 +0100

Dear community members,

Last 13th December 2011, the European Commission launched a public consultation on its future plans for breaking down barriers to Europeans with disabilities. The consultation will help the Commission to prepare its proposals for a European Accessibility Act, planned for autumn 2012.

Third ETNA thematic network workshop (25th-26th January 2012)

Alejandra Salmerón Ntutumu — Thu 12 Jan 2012 09:33:58 +0100

Dear community members,

I am writing to invite you to participate in the third Workshop of ETNA thematic network, wich will take place in Taastrup-Copenhagen, Denmark along 25th-26th of January.

From Project Proposal to Final Report: Formal Writing in English for Public Officials

Sylvia Archmann — Wed 11 Jan 2012 05:11:23 +0100

The principles of formal writing in English in an easy to understand and useable way brought to you during one and a half days - join us for this seminar! Registration is still open until the 13th of January 2012.

ePracticeTV interviews: 6th Ministerial eGovernment Conference in Poznań now available!

Eleni Galyfianaki — Wed 11 Jan 2012 02:36:35 +0100

ePracticeTV covered the 6th Ministerial Conference on Borderless eGovernment that was held on 17-18 November 2011. The ePractice.eu Communication Team conducted multiple interviews of top eGovernment experts some of which may be accessed through these links:

MyUniversity Buzz – 2nd Issue!

Eirini Souri — Wed 11 Jan 2012 12:17:15 +0100

The 2nd issue of MyUniversity Buzz is out!
MyUniversity Buzz is a monthly newsletter issued by the participating Universities of the MyUniversity project! Each new issue features one of the MyUniversity eParticipation portals!
The 2nd MyUniversity Buzz issue is out featuring the second eParticipation portal in a roll of the participating University, Vilnius University, Lithuania (VU).

Support us to build the new user-centricity indicators

Francesco Niglia — Wed 11 Jan 2012 01:49:23 +0100

the NET-EUCEN project is drafting a new set of eGovernment indicators that shall measure how much a service, seen as both a stand-alone solution and a phase-of-life component, is built in a user-centric way.
Starting from the definition of current indicators and adding the novelty brought by the NET-EUCEN studies, the indicators shall be still measurable with the current available data gathering methods.
3 indicators are forthcoming and we are open to clarification and consultation.

RePost: Libraries as public engagement centers of the future.

Francesco Niglia — Wed 11 Jan 2012 01:41:14 +0100

this conversation replies the one occurred in the linkedin NET-EUCEN group and it has been made available for all those interested.

6th Ministerial Conference on Borderless eGovernment: ePractice TV Interview: Wendy Carrara SPOCS Deputy Programme Director

Athina Vrakatseli — Tue 10 Jan 2012 11:28:23 +0100

The phpPOA project

OSOR.EU - Open Source Observatory and Repository — Mon 10 Oct 2011 08:25:03 +0100

The phpPoA project, one of the oldest in the Rediris forge, aims at securing web pages and enabling developers to dynamically generate web pages with the appropriate information for each user. In order to take advantage of all possible functionalities provided by PAPI (Access Point to Information Providers) without integrating their components into Apache web server, the project's team has developed a simple Point of Access (PoA) in PHP called phpPoA.

eGovernment across borders event opens doors in less than two days! Places are still available!

Eleni Galyfianaki — Sun 09 Oct 2011 07:40:21 +0100

Dear ePractice members,

it's almost time for the 'Addressing evolving needs for cross-border eGovernment services' workshop which opens its doors on Tuesday 11 October in Brussels at European Commission premises!
With only a few places still available to this important-and free to attend-event, just click on the above hyperlink to see the Agenda and register your participation. Please remember to bring a valid form of ID on the day.

The OpenLDAP Baseline Security Analyser project

OSOR.EU - Open Source Observatory and Repository — Fri 07 Oct 2011 04:42:28 +0100

OpenLDAP-Baseline Security Analyser, an extension of the OpenLDAP project, provides a list of criteria that should be taken into account in order to secure any LDAP directory. It briefly documents the main attacks and threats that directory administrators face, and then lists the security criteria to be considered, with an explanation of each criterion, its valuation and how to implement it. Furthermore the project marks the most common mistakes that the administrators must try to avoid.

Digital Agenda eHealth event presentations now online & available to download!

Eleni Galyfianaki — Fri 07 Oct 2011 09:34:41 +0100

Dear ePractice members,

the event 'Towards Digital Agenda targets: Patients' access to their health data' concluded last evening in Gastein, Austria in the frame of the 14th European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG). Ample participation filled the conference room and very important speakers and panellists shared their views.

ePractice session during EHFG in Gastein to open its doors in less than 1 hour!

Eleni Galyfianaki — Thu 06 Oct 2011 04:06:15 +0100

Dear All!

The PortableSigner project

OSOR.EU - Open Source Observatory and Repository — Wed 05 Oct 2011 01:09:58 +0100

PortableSigner is an open-source signing programme for PDF files, which uses X.509 certificates. It is platform independent and runs (tested) under Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. The programme makes the use of PDF signatures available for everyone at no license costs, with easy and understandable use. Furthermore, the signature block is now in conformance with the Austrian eGovernment rules.

More specifically, PortableSigner can work in 2 modes:

awards

Ersin Bicer — Wed 05 Oct 2011 12:39:30 +0100

awards that have been organised every two years and the last one organised in 2009 so in 2011 there supposed to be an organisation, yet i can't find any announcement.
I will be appritiated if some one can inform me about this.

The 2nd project promotional materials have been released

Eirini Souri — Wed 05 Oct 2011 08:23:48 +0100

After the launch of the nine eParticipation portals of MyUniversity, the second project promotional materials were released. The second project promotional materials aimed for the direct marketing of the eParticipation platforms, providing their urls and how they can be accessible as well as presenting the technology provided. The materials were released in all project languages, namely in: Bulgarian, Catalan, English, Lithuanian, Slovak and Spanish.
View the second MyUniversity promotional materials
View and download all the MyUniversity promotional materials on SlideShare
View the orginal MyUniversity news article

I watch movies with my deaf grandma

Christos Kouroupetroglou — Tue 04 Oct 2011 04:59:23 +0100

The eAccessibility2020 study aims to explore and analyse the referred relationships between the emerging ICT landscape, in the societal and economic context and the development and provision of assistive technologies (AT) and e-Accessibility, within a perspective of 10 years. To achieve that the study team developed some initial use-case prescenarios based on promising technologies for eAccessibility and ICT drivers of change identified through its data gathering phase.

ATIS4all Second workshop: "Compilation of information and categorisation"

Elena GÃ³mez-MartÃnez — Tue 04 Oct 2011 01:12:28 +0100

Prague on 8th-9th september
Since the Foundations of ATIS4all have been established through the previous activities carried out in the First Work Package, the next Work Package tries to categorize and compile this information in order to determine the best solution for the future EASTIN 2.0 portal.
Partners had the chance to participate within the different debates about topics related to the project and the opportunity to analyse and agree about next steps.

internet freedom updates

Evika Karamagioli — Mon 03 Oct 2011 10:48:20 +0100

new restrictions in Syria and Pakistan, while watchdog group Freedom House releases a new brief on the growing challenges to Internet freedom
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/09/week-internet-censorship-blocking-social-sites

OpenSource for OpenEyes

Arunas Zutkis — Mon 03 Oct 2011 09:04:55 +0100

A great name for the project!

The ECHO offline eSingleForm project

OSOR.EU - Open Source Observatory and Repository — Mon 03 Oct 2011 08:19:15 +0100

ECHO Offline eSingleForm is an eTool, developed by DG ECHO, which is dedicated to the encoding of proposals and reports in a particular format, known as the Single Form. This open-source technology allows offline encoding in a rich user interface and production of a file that can be uploaded on the Online system, APPEL, in order to initiate ECHO appraisal's workflow.

Preliminary Agenda for Cross Border event on 11 October, now online!

Eleni Galyfianaki — Sat 01 Oct 2011 11:05:00 +0100

Dear ePractice members,

MyUniversity expanding in the social media world

Eirini Souri — Fri 30 Sep 2011 08:29:32 +0100

Our project originally made its social media debut in May 2011, using the most widely known platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and SlideShare.
MyUniversitywas followed by 54 Twitter users in the first month of its presence, while its Facebook page was liked by 31 users. By the end of July, the second month of social media operations, the project managed to increase its followers on twitter by 40% and on Facebook by 30%. There were 131 active Facebook viewers in the last week of July, making the projectâ€™s page very active! By the end of September, our Facebook page was liked by 81 people, while there were more than 525 monthly active users! The projectâ€™s Twitter profile had 95 followers.
At the same time, MyUniversity project had a very active presence on SlideShare, with more than 50 uploaded documents and its most viewable document having more than 400 views. At the MyUniversity SlideShare profile visitors and users can find the promotional material of the project in all different languages of the participating Universities including English, having the opportunity to download them.
Finally, our project has created its own dedicated page on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. In this page, readers can get an overview of the project, its aims and expected results, as well as the participating Universities and their websites. This page will be updated regularly and new content will be added.
Like MyUniversity page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/MyUniversity-project/215302701837871
Follow MyUniversity profile on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/MyUniversity_pr
Follow MyUniversity profile on SlideShare and access MyUniversity promotional material: http://www.slideshare.net/MyUniversity_pr
Visit MyUniversity project's page on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyUniversity_project
MyUniversity social network profiles are also accessible via the MyUniversity website: http://www.myuniversity-project.eu/
Feel free to visit MyUniversity website for more information and project developments!

eID event presentations now online & available to download!

Eleni Galyfianaki — Thu 29 Sep 2011 04:57:53 +0100

Dear ePractice members,

the event 'Reaping the benefits of eID in different business sectors within the EU and beyond' has been completed today in Brussels with great participation from important speakers and very interesting contributions taking place from delegates.

DE: Gummersbach: 'Open source desktops much easier to manage

Gijs Hillenius — Thu 29 Sep 2011 10:32:33 +0100

Here you read my most recent OSOR news item.

MyUniversity eParticipation portals

Eirini Souri — Thu 29 Sep 2011 08:47:52 +0100

September began with the Press Release that announced the official launch of the MyUniversity eParticipation portals of 9 Universities. These Universities and the links to the respective eParticipation platforms are:
International Business School Bulgaria: www.e-myUniversity.eu/ibsedu
University of National and World Economy (Bulgaria): www.e-myUniversity.eu/unwe
University of Vilnius (Lithuania): www.e-myUniversity.eu/vu
University of Presov in Presov (Slovakia): www.e-myUniversity.eu/unipo
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (Slovakia): www.e-myUniversity.eu/stuba
Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra (Slovakia): www.e-myUniversity.eu/uniag
Rey Juan Carlos University (Spain): www.e-myUniversity.eu/urjc
University of LeÃ³n (Spain): www.e-myuniversity.eu/ule
Stockholm University (Sweden): www.e-myUniversity.eu/su
Register to a University of your choice and start a fruitful discussion on European level between the university members and other stakeholders from the EU Member states. Using the eParticipation platforms you can: read about European consultations on the Bologna Process the university personnel and students' feedback on them; find key information on the Bologna process; participate in online surveys and discussions that can enhance the existing traditional â€œon-siteâ€ meetings organized by Universities for their own decision-making processes; track issues raised on other university e-Participation portals, which could have similarities to the ones other universities are experiencing; find more about studentsâ€™ views on the key issues affecting them; use the online collaboration tools that help you to interact with academic stuff and other stakeholders in order to collect data for both university and EU level reports.

Very soon an additional Press Release is due to be submitted to the media, announcing the launch of the remaining five MyUniversity eParticipation platforms from the Universities from Catalonia, which are:
â€¢ Autonomous University of Barcelona
â€¢ Polytechnic University of Catalonia
â€¢ University of Barcelona
â€¢ University of Girona
â€¢ University of Lleida

For more information and project developments feel free to visit the MyUniversity website: http://www.myuniversity-project.eu/

eID event doors open in less than one hour! You still have time to attend!

Eleni Galyfianaki — Thu 29 Sep 2011 08:17:02 +0100

Dear ePractice members,

the eID Workshop opens its doors today in less than an hour! Attendance is still available to this exciting event, just remember to bring a printed copy of the online Agenda and a valid form of ID.
The venue:Albert Borschette Conference Centre, Brussels
Room: AB-3A
Closest Metro station: Schuman
See the Agenda and speakers under the event webpage: Reaping the benefits of eID in different business sectors within the EU and beyond

Join us!

Final Conference Smart Cities puts service delivery in the spotlights

Jeroen Thibaut — Wed 28 Sep 2011 10:52:18 +0100

Last week the Smart Cities project was ceremoniously closed during a 3-day final conference. More than 200 participants from 16 countries listened to the best strategies and practices for the development of personalized and user-oriented services.

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cool smartphone!

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eID workshop on September 29th!

Vassilia Orfanou — Tue 27 Sep 2011 10:28:24 +0100

Dear members,
the eID Workshop is only two days away.. With a great agenda and an innovative workshop approach that will be supported by David Kearns and Aniyan Varghese, we highly encourage your participation and contribution during our discussions taking place the entire day and the World Cafe session.
In particular to the World Cafe, the audience will be split into 6 groups. Each group will take up and discuss one of the below topics and aim to conclude on a set of main points that will then be delivered real time by the animators assigned per group.

The KMKey project

OSOR.EU - Open Source Observatory and Repository — Tue 27 Sep 2011 10:06:11 +0100

Knowledge Management Key (KMKey) is a complete solution for total business information management, which over the years of its operation and application in many sectors and business areas, has shown extraordinary flexibility, and configurational ease. KMKey is a program that enables the user to manage projects, follow any Quality Management System and manage the tickets of their company in a web environment. It is free software licensed under GPL and does not involve costs for its operation.

eHealth Week workshop Report now Online!

Eleni Galyfianaki — Thu 22 Sep 2011 04:39:20 +0100

The ePractice workshop Developing Ideas for the Active and Healthy Ageing Innovation Partnership which took place during eHealth Week this past May has been a great success with many interesting outcomes in the field of eHealth.
You may now review the report online with speaker contributions, in addition to their presentations, and can be accessed and downloaded through the event webpage by scrolling at the bottom of the page, below the Agenda and Speakers.

The gvSIG Desktop and gvSIG Mobile Projects

OSOR.EU - Open Source Observatory and Repository — Thu 22 Sep 2011 01:48:03 +0100

The broader gvSIG project is an open source project, started as a first approach to become the open source geographic information system of the administration in the region of Valencia, Spain. More specifically, the project initiated in 2002 when the Regional Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (CIT) of Valencia started analysing the process of migrating the whole organisation computer system to an open source system.

Updated data on the use of Tax-on-Web (16/03/11)

ePractice Editorial Team — Thu 22 Sep 2011 09:06:00 +0100

The updated statistics on the use of the Tax-on-web application may be found in the following presentation, in French:
http://communicationpublique.be/system/files/Rencontre%20Commuication%20Publique%20-%20Workshop%20-%20Tax%20On%20Web%20-%20F%20De%20Gregorio%20-%2011%2003%2025.pdf
The Editorial Team would like to thank Mr FranÃ§ois Du Mortier, Brussels Regional Informatics Center, E-Government, Team Support Manager, for conveying this information.

1st WeGov Workshop within eChallenges 2011 (e-2011)

Eirini Souri — Wed 21 Sep 2011 08:26:29 +0100

WeGov is happy to announce the 1st WeGov Workshop within the eChallenges 2011 (e-2011), on the 26th â€“ 28th October, 2011 in Florence, Italy.
The 1^st WeGov Workshop aims to demonstrate its toolkit to a panel of experts and stakeholders in the field and gather their feedback. The workshop will be the first within the project that opens up project results in an iterative manner to a wider community of interest. We encourage our readers to participate in this event to add their voice to the many already shaping WeGov outcomes. The 1^st WeGov workshop will be held on the second day of the e-2011 conference, 27^th of October, 2011 (Workshop 7b: WeGov, 14:00).

eChallenges 2011, is the twenty-first in a series of Annual Conferences supported by the European Commission and hosted by national governments, which regularly attracts over 600 delegates from leading commercial, government and research organisations around the world to share knowledge and experience, lessons learnt, good practice and innovation. The conference provides a prestigious, international forum to share success stories and lessons learnt from applied Information and Communications Technology (ICT) related research at European level (FP6 & FP7) as well as Regional, National and Commercial initiatives. International cooperation and discussion of commercialisation, exploitation & interoperability issues are key aspects of the programme. The goals of e-2011 are to promote ICT knowledge sharing and innovation between commercial organisations, government agencies and the research community, exhange experiences about the current state of eAdoption at a sectoral, national or regional level and stimulate rapid take-up of Research and Technology Development (RTD) results by industry and in particular SMEs.

Read original WeGov news article.

More information regarding the 1^st WeGov Workshop will be published soon.

Visit the WeGov project website: www.wegov-project.eu

Only 9 days to go before the eID event on 29 September 2011 in Brussels!

Eleni Galyfianaki — Tue 20 Sep 2011 04:26:00 +0100

Only 9 days left for the upcoming eID event:Reaping the benefits of eID in different business sectors within the EU and beyond to take place in Brussels on Thursday 29 September!

Visit the above webpage and join us on the day for a different than usual event where the renowned field expert David Kearns will be driving the 'World Cafe' session.

european digital solidarity?

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Tue 20 Sep 2011 02:00:25 +0100

I was shocked to read that the budget for internal european solidarity will massively decrease: crisis + crisis could at the end break many wills and hearts! please read the call of "secours populaire" http://www.secourspopulaire.fr/

The SEXTANTE project

OSOR.EU - Open Source Observatory and Repository — Tue 20 Sep 2011 09:35:21 +0100

The SEXTANTE project originated in 2004 by Victor Olaya and Carlos GimÃ©nez. SEXTANTE (Sistema ExtremeÃ±o de AnÃ¡lisis Territorial) is a Geographical Information System (GIS) developed under the auspices of the government of the Spanish autonomous region of Extremadura, originally designed for the needs of forest management. It has now evolved in an all-purpose solution, covering new fields of applications such as ecology and archaeology. It is freely available under the GPL license.

I am having a conversation with my mobile device!

Christos Kouroupetroglou — Mon 19 Sep 2011 07:41:42 +0100

The eAccessibility2020 study aims to explore and analyse the referred relationships between the emerging ICT landscape, in the societal and economic context and the development and provision of assistive technologies (AT) and e-Accessibility, within a perspective of 10 years. To achieve that the study team developed some initial use-case prescenarios based on promising technologies for eAccessibility and ICT drivers of change identified through its data gathering phase.

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Effective & Efficient eGovernment: questions

Vassilia Orfanou — Thu 15 Sep 2011 03:37:30 +0100

Dear ePractice members,
Today's workshop is almost over..Great presentations and discussions were held. We sincerely extend a big thank you for making this wonderful occasion possible!
We are now taking this opportunity to give you the floor and share with us your opinions that is of particular interest to the Commision and may be read below.
Kindly continue the thread of this blog and use the number of the question that you are referring to, so that we are able to track your effort and share it with everyone else.

'Effective & Efficient eGovernment Services' event presentations now online and available to download.

Eleni Galyfianaki — Thu 15 Sep 2011 10:08:18 +0100

Dear members,
the 'Effective & Efficient eGovernment Services' event is well underway today in Brussels with important speakers and very interesting contributions taking place from delegates.
All speaker presentations are now available on ePractice.eu under the above hyperlink to the event webpage.
Follow us on Twitter for live feeds from the event!
ePractice Communications Team

Correction to the figures

Du Mortier FranÃ§ois — Thu 15 Sep 2011 09:52:35 +0100

Please note that 790,000 tax payers representatives filled the tax return form on-line instead of 108,000! More recent figures found here

Join us tomorrow for the 'Effective & Efficient eGovernment services' event in Brussels!

Eleni Galyfianaki — Wed 14 Sep 2011 05:20:39 +0100

Only one day left for the Effective & Efficient eGovernment services event in Brussels tomorrow September 15th!

You still have some time to join us by registering your participation with just one click!
Event registration begins at 09:00am at Avenue de Beaulieu 25, 1160, Brussels, Meeting room BU25/S1.
Please remember to bring a form of ID (Passport or ID card) so as to enter the premises.
Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow!

SPOCS will be present at the ePractice Event

Athina Vrakatseli — Wed 14 Sep 2011 12:27:34 +0100

SPOCS will be present at the ePractice Event: Reaping the benefits of eID in different business sectors within the EU and beyond, Brussels,29 September 2011

Doing business in other EU countries is getting simpler!

Athina Vrakatseli — Wed 14 Sep 2011 10:54:28 +0100

Businesses seeking to expand into other countries often struggle to comply with all the regulations they need to follow.SPOCS (www.eu-spocs.eu) is a large-scale pilot project launched by the European Commission aims to overcome these obstacles. Businesses are invited to test-drive the new services using SPOCS that will support travel agents, real estate agents&master builders in establishing a presence&doing business in other EU countries.

SPOCS project: meeting for Member States representatives

Athina Vrakatseli — Wed 14 Sep 2011 10:49:43 +0100

The purpose of the SPOCS Member States meeting is to discuss the frequently asked questions regarding both the technical solutions and the pilots themselves (21 September,B

SPOCS project: new general project-pilot Factsheet

Athina Vrakatseli — Wed 14 Sep 2011 10:46:00 +0100

SPOCS general project-pilot Factsheet http://www.eu-spocs.eu/index.php?option=com_processes&task=showDocument&did=764&id=21&Itemid=61

SPOCS project: meeting for Member States representatives

Athina Vrakatseli — Wed 14 Sep 2011 10:42:50 +0100

The purpose of the SPOCS Member States meeting is to discuss the frequently asked questions regarding both the technical solutions and the pilots themselves (21 September,Brussels)!http://www.eu-spocs.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=art

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Effective & Efficient eGov: Agenda available online

Vassilia Orfanou — Mon 12 Sep 2011 05:02:59 +0100

Dear members,
The Effective & Efficient eGov workshop is soon to take place!!
There are a few places open and we encourage and truly wish that your schedules would permit your attendance and valuable contributions.
Our final agenda is now available online and it is composed of a great set of presentations and equally dynamic speakers that should not be missed.

The WollMux project

OSOR.EU - Open Source Observatory and Repository — Mon 12 Sep 2011 12:40:01 +0100

The WollMux project is part of the LiMux initiative of the city of Munich (http://www.muenchen.de/limux) towards the evolution of their IT infrastructure. This initiative commenced in early 00s after the announcement from the vendor of the proprietary operating system that was then used, which signalled the end of support and maintenance for it. The migration plan is set to cover the period 2004â€“2011.

INNODIG Conference

GLOMB KRZYSZTOF — Sun 11 Sep 2011 01:26:29 +0100

I invite you cordially to the "Innovation for digiotal inclusion" Conference in Gdansk, Poland (5-7 October) - the main information society related event of Polish Presidency in EU Council. you could expect 3 plennary sessions, 9 workshops and many opportinities to share views and experiences.

â€˜Innovation for Digital Inclusionâ€™ conference in GdaÅ„sk, Poland, 5 - 7 October 2011

Eleni Galyfianaki — Fri 09 Sep 2011 04:44:19 +0100

The Conference â€˜Innovation for Digital Inclusionâ€™, is organised in GdaÅ„sk, Poland, 5 - 7 October 2011 within the framework of the official programme of the Polish Presidency of the EU Council in collaboration with the Directorate General Information Society and Media of the European Commission and the â€œCities on the Internetâ€ Association.

Look momâ€¦ I wrote an essay with no hands!

Christos Kouroupetroglou — Fri 09 Sep 2011 11:23:51 +0100

The eAccessibility2020 study aims to explore and analyse the referred relationships between the emerging ICT landscape, in the societal and economic context and the development and provision of assistive technologies (AT) and e-Accessibility, within a perspective of 10 years. To achieve that the study team developed some initial use-case prescenarios based on promising technologies for eAccessibility and ICT drivers of change identified through its data gathering phase.

Puzzled by Policy aims to reduce the complexity of decision making within the EU and reconnect citizens with politics and policymaking by combining successful pre-existing eParticipation tools

R.Erdem ERKUL — Thu 08 Sep 2011 11:25:46 +0100

Puzzled by Policy aims to reduce the complexity of decision making within the EU and reconnect citizens with politics and policymaking by combining successful pre-existing eParticipation tools

From Teresa Gomes, Future of government group on linkedin

International Exchange of E-Invoices

Stephan Mayer — Thu 08 Sep 2011 12:57:10 +0100

The practical forum of the EXPP Summit provides all the relevant answers to E-Invoicing and E-Billing on only two days
The 7th EXPP Summit will take place in Barcelona on 26th and 27th September 2011. 300 E-Invoicing experts and practitioners from all over Europe, USA, Canada, Russia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Australia have already registered for the leading conference on E-Invoicing and E-Billing.

Yale paper argues social media actually work against political mobilization"

Evika Karamagioli — Wed 07 Sep 2011 11:17:16 +0100
Yale paper argues social media actually work against political mobilization"
STORY HIGHLIGHTS:
A new Yale paper argues social media actually work against political mobilization
"They discourage face-to-face communication and mass presence in the streets," paper says
Digital tools are more commonly seen as tools of modern revolution

The latest issue of the SPOCS Newsletter is out

Athina Vrakatseli — Tue 06 Sep 2011 03:21:20 +0100

The latest issue of the SPOCS Newsletter is out including SPOCS developments, future actions and more interesting news.

Updated: Agenda for the â€˜Effective & Efficient eGovernment Servicesâ€™ event now online!

Eleni Galyfianaki — Fri 02 Sep 2011 04:36:57 +0100

Dear All,

the preliminary Agenda for the â€˜Effective & Efficient eGovernment Servicesâ€™ event is now online for your consultation!

Confirmed speakers for the event include:

A further step for EU Higher Education!

Eirini Souri — Fri 02 Sep 2011 03:18:35 +0100

Nine eParticipation portals for universities are launched today in order to offer to university members and to local, national and EU stakeholders in the higher education system an opportunity to collaborate within the decision â€“ making processes that address several of the Bologna action lines. The portals are all based on the same software solution, as developed within the MyUniversity project and will run in pilot phase for a period of 20 months.

The exciting news have been submitted to the European media via the 2nd MyUniversity press release, which was also circulated to all other intersted stakeholders and parties. The press release announces the official launch of nine eParticipation University portals and presents the relevant urls in the English language.

Find more about the Official launch of eParticipation University portals here:
http://goo.gl/BcohG

View and/or download the 2nd MyUniversity Press Release on SlideShare:
http://www.slideshare.net/MyUniversity_pr/en-2nd-myuniversity-press-release

Follow us @ Twitter!

Eleni Galyfianaki — Thu 01 Sep 2011 03:20:14 +0100

Now you can stay tuned with ePractice.eu through Twitter!
Follow us @ePracticeEu for all the latest updates through your Twitter account!
ePractice Communication Team

Join us on 15 September -'Effective & Efficient eGovernment Services' event in Brussels!

Eleni Galyfianaki — Wed 31 Aug 2011 11:45:38 +0100

The time is almost here for the Effective & Efficient eGovernment Services event on 15 September in Brussels providing for a great opportunity to discuss various issues relating to the eGovernment domain.

Some of the topics of interest that will be discussed are:

* Examples where stronger involvement of local administrations has been displayed.

2nd Workshop ATIS4all

Elena GÃ³mez-MartÃnez — Fri 26 Aug 2011 01:16:05 +0100

Dear community members,

I am writing to invite you to participate in the second Workshop of ATIS4all thematic network, which will take place in Prague, along 8th-9th september.

An OSS Portal for the Italian Civil Protection Department

Rinaldo Bonazzo — Thu 25 Aug 2011 03:10:58 +0100

I need to suggest the Panagiotis Rentzepopoulos post from OSOR.eu

Call for Initiatives and projects for the European eDemocracy Award 2011 with a focus on European Citizensâ€™Initiative!

Daniel VAN LERBERGHE — Wed 24 Aug 2011 11:34:06 +0100

Belgian eGov Community: Join us on 15 September - Upcoming 'Effective & Efficient eGovernment Services' event in Brussels

Eleni Galyfianaki — Wed 24 Aug 2011 10:09:31 +0100

The time is almost here for the upcoming ePractice Effective & Efficient eGovernment Services event on 15 September providing a great opportunity to discuss various issues relating to the eGovernment domain.

Some of the topics of interest that will be discussed are:

ADD ME! Community: Join us on 15 September - Upcoming 'Effective & Efficient eGovernment Services' event in Brussels!

Eleni Galyfianaki — Wed 24 Aug 2011 10:00:06 +0100

The time is almost here for the upcoming ePractice Effective & Efficient eGovernment Services event on 15 September providing a great opportunity to discuss various issues relating to the eGovernment domain.

Some of the topics of interest that will be discussed are:

eGovernment Across Borders Community: Join us on 15 September - Upcoming 'Effective & Efficient eGovernment Services' event in Brussels!

Eleni Galyfianaki — Wed 24 Aug 2011 09:40:30 +0100

The time is almost here for the upcoming ePractice Effective & Efficient eGovernment Services event on 15 September providing a great opportunity to discuss various issues relating to the eGovernment domain.

Some of the topics of interest that will be discussed are:

Inclusive eGovernment Forum: Join us on 15 September - Upcoming 'Effective & Efficient eGovernment Services' event in Brussels!

Eleni Galyfianaki — Wed 24 Aug 2011 09:21:07 +0100

On Monday 6th June 2011, STORK announced that Finland is now live in three STORK pilots. Finland is participating in the Cross-Border Authentication Platform for Electronic Services, Electronic Delivery and Change of Address pilots. The scope of STORK project is to enable online public services to be accessed securely by citizens of Member States using their nationally issued eID credentials.
The full text of the press release is available at the following link:
https://www.eid-stork.eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=293&Itemid=69 .

Albaniaâ€™s Public Procurement System 2010 Assessment

Thomas Burola — Tue 07 Jun 2011 04:27:06 +0100

This month marks my second year, working for the government. Two years from now, I got an offer from the agency that was developing the Turkish e-government portal. I was asked to create a new visual and be responsible for the usability and accessibility features.

ePractice Journal Call for papers: Implementing eAccessibility as a service quality factor!

ePractice Editorial Team — Wed 28 Apr 2010 04:27:52 +0100
Dear members of the eAccessibility community, We are reaching you to inform you about the call for papers that has recently opened for the forthcoming edition of the ePractice Journal: "Implementing eAccessibility as a service quality factor". In this respect, we would highly encourage the submission of articles and invite you to visit the pertinent link: http://www.epractice.eu/en/node/288847 for more information. Please, take particular notice to the article/submission guidelines and proper format of citations to ensure easier and faster evaluation of your article.

T-Seniority Workshop

Tony Thompson — Mon 26 Apr 2010 04:59:08 +0100
The T-seniority consortium members have decided to hold their crucial business modeling workshop on April 27th in the UK. The workshop will provide a forum for all parties to share their thoughts and ideas on how best to deliver the T-Seniority application to market. Partners will meet at a venue near Southampton Airport to focus on strategic business areas like global principals, target customers, marketing and the competition.

COMMUNITY ANSWERS IS TESTING iSAC

Josep Lluis de la Rosa — Mon 26 Apr 2010 03:11:29 +0100

Community Answers is the first USA partner of the iSAC6+ project. Its mission is to test the validity of the iSAC platform in other organisational venues.

COMMUNITY ANSWERS IS TESTING iSAC

Josep Lluis de la Rosa — Mon 26 Apr 2010 03:11:29 +0100
Community Answers is an independent nonprofit information and referral service providing answers to a wide variety of questions of interest to the Greenwich community since 1969. All our services are FREE. COMMUNITY ANSWERS IS TESTING iSAC http://easyinnova.udg.edu/greenwich/servlet/cerca OUR DATABASES With utmost accuracy, Community Answers collects and updates information about services, programs and non-profit organizations in town. This information is maintained in our two online databases: Organizations and Events.

Following the Money: How the 50 States Rate in Providing Online Access to Government Spending Data,

R.Erdem ERKUL — Sat 24 Apr 2010 03:44:49 +0100

A new report by the US PIRG, Following the Money: How the 50 States Rate in Providing Online Access to Government Spending Data, examines whether states allow citizens to see government expenditures online.

Smart Cities customer profiling guide online

Bart Noels — Fri 23 Apr 2010 01:04:23 +0100
The Smart Cities project has developed a detailed customer profiling tool, based on several meetings and a test in the Kortrijk region by Leiedal.

Original URL of WCAG 2.0

Christophe Strobbe — Fri 23 Apr 2010 11:30:27 +0100

Note that the orginal URL at the bottom of this article should be http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-WCAG20-20081211/ or http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/ instead of http://www.w3.org/TR/.

Standards for classifying services and related information in the public sector - a Smart Cities research brief

Dave Fitch — Thu 22 Apr 2010 11:37:34 +0100
This report describes the role of standards in local government. It draws on the experience of the esd-toolkit in the UK, and describes how controlled vocabularies maintained by esd-toolkit help municipalities improve their service delivery. Standards are viewed within the context of a consistent model for the public sector. For the purposes of this report, standards are defined as: * Data structures that are common to organisations (primarily municipalities) who share or refer to the same information. * Controlled vocabularies which list values that are acceptable to describe a particular concept (eg a service, a citizen, a resource) according to commonly agreed definitions. The purpose of standards are to allow different organisations to behave according to their own priorities while employing a set of uniform building blocks in different ways that suit their needs. Standards allow organisations to efficiently offer services in accordance with their own priorities while using resources that have been developed and tested elsewhere. A complete copy of the report can be downloaded from http://www.smartcities.info/standards-classifying-services-and-related-information-public-sector-scran-research-brief-0

Standards for classifying services and related information in the public sector - a Smart Cities research brief

Dave Fitch — Thu 22 Apr 2010 11:37:34 +0100

This report describes the role of standards in local government. It draws on the experience of the esd-toolkit in the UK, and describes how controlled vocabularies maintained by esd-toolkit help municipalities improve their service delivery. Standards are viewed within the context of a consistent model for the public sector. For the purposes of this report, standards are defined as: * Data structures that are common to organisations (primarily municipalities) who share or refer to the same information.

IT and Enterprise 2.0 get serious - could it lead to Government 2.0?

Andy Mulholland — Wed 21 Apr 2010 07:53:21 +0100

eYouGuide portal providing useful information

eYouGuide Olaf — Wed 21 Apr 2010 04:29:34 +0100

Hello,
I am part of the EU Commission's eYouGuide team. While searching for relevant websites providing useful information for/on elderly people using the internet I came across your interesting article. I thought that you might want to know that the EU Commission's eYouGuide contains some useful info on the subject: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/eyouguide/navigation/index_en.htm?mid=accessibility

(The eYouGuide site sets out the online rights of European consumers, covering issues as diverse as protecting online privacy, buying online safely or handling spam.)

Best regards,

Olaf
eYouGuide team
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/eyouguide/navigation/index_en.htm

EU Commission provides info on online rights via eYouGuide portal

eYouGuide Olaf — Wed 21 Apr 2010 03:54:55 +0100

Hello,
I am part of the EU Commission's eYouGuide team. While searching for relevant websites providing useful information on online rights of EU citizen I came across your blog. I thought that you might want to know about the EU Commission's eYouGuide: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/eyouguide/navigation/index_en.htmÂ

(The eYouGuide site sets out the online rights of European

Digital Mentors

Martin Cantor — Wed 21 Apr 2010 03:34:07 +0100
South Yorkshire's ESF (Innovation and Transnational) funded project http://www.makingitpersonal.org.uk/ to develop a training and accreditation model for digital mentors is due to visit our transnational partner in Malta next week. Waiting to see whether we can fly, but prospects are looking better today.

Sharing ISAC6+ to date with The NPIA

Joanne Rimmer — Wed 21 Apr 2010 02:31:46 +0100
I had a meeting on Monday 19th April with Nick Keane from The NPIA. Nick was very keen to understand the progress and success of ISAC6+ so far. I shared the progress on specific tasks and deliverables. We discussed the additional benefits of ISAC6+ including the positive disseminatioin in the Newspapers in St Medard. I will continue to satisfy The NPIAs interest in ISAC6+

Conference presentations are now on-line

Juliane Jarke — Tue 20 Apr 2010 11:40:15 +0100
Dear eGovMoNet-members, this is to let you know that the presentations of our European eGovernment Measurements conference from 08-09 April 2010 are now online at http://www.epractice.eu/en/workshops/egovmonet2010 . The conference report will follow shortly. Best wishes, Mikael, Andrea and Juliane

welcome message

raniero chelli — Tue 20 Apr 2010 05:39:31 +0100
Dear ADD ME partners, as the former ADD ME! project manager may I join Marta in welcoming you to this Community of Practice. AS you might have noticed it was not easy to open it up, however now we are on line and we want to catch up. Maurizio and Marta will contact you either directly or through this site in order to stimulate and drive the growth of the community, and on my side I will try and contribute as much as I can. I am looking forward to a successful, truly international Community of Practice. cheers to all Raniero

Welcome to the ADD ME! Community!

Marta Donolo — Tue 20 Apr 2010 11:44:59 +0100
Dear All, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the Add Me! Community of Practice. If you are reading this post you probably received the message from the ADD ME! project manager Maurizio Roscani who invited all of you to join and become members of the Community in order to animate it with contents, experiences and best practices. I wish you a good job and I hope that this collaboration will be fruitful. Marta Donolo

Future of eHealth

Evika Karamagioli — Tue 20 Apr 2010 09:18:20 +0100

interesting publication in the field of eHealth entitled "eHealthÂ ; a Global Perspective by Sylviane Toporkoff, Founder & Partner Items International & Alan Shark, CEO Public Technology Institute -PTI
http://www.items.fr/

Comprehending Engineers, Cybernetics revisited

Per-Olav GRAMSTAD — Tue 20 Apr 2010 09:08:29 +0100

Technology as a tool is probably not likely to "save us from ourselves" but of course don't forget to remember "we shape the tools and the tools shape us", McLuhan.
McLuhan didn't, way back in time early 60s, expect to receive kudos for this but I probably will ;) as kudos in ePractice isn't what kudos used to be.
We shape the kudos and the kudos shape us :)

Comprehending Engineers

Per-Olav GRAMSTAD — Tue 20 Apr 2010 08:31:05 +0100

To the optimist, the bottle is half full. To a pessimist, the bottle is half empty. To the engineer, the bottle could be twice as big as it needs to be. :)
As so many times before, it is a question about what is needed hence the sometimes painful introspection and the challenge of describing the public business need ;)

practice/web/France/4th European eAccessibility Forum/WEB ACCESSIBILITY SUCCESS CASES

Miguel Gonzalez-Sancho — Sat 17 Apr 2010 10:36:40 +0100
I attended and spoke at this good conference: http://inova.snv.jussieu.fr/evenements/colloques/colloques/62_index_en.html#contenu I found particularly interesting some presentations from administrations in France and Luxembourg that had succesfully implemented web accessibility strategy. Some of the keys to success include: 1. Have a 'champion' (politician or high-ranked official); obtain a mandate to improve accessibility in your organisation 2. 'Make your webmaster a star'; give them training, tools, support 3. Have a broad understanding of accessibility (usability, ergonomics...); treat and present accessibility as an additional web quality parameter 4. Adress accessibility since the start and at all stages of the web production process; follow a project cycle approach 5. Monitor compliance with the implementation plan and the target specifications; certify the process 6. Sell the benefits of accessibility (better pages, easier to maintain and to display in other platforms..) Question: do you know similar examples where a practical approach of web accessibility implementation within an organisation (and the results obtained) has been documented?

practice/web/France/4th European eAccessibility Forum/WEB ACCESSIBILITY SUCCESS CASES

Miguel Gonzalez-Sancho — Sat 17 Apr 2010 10:36:40 +0100
I attended and spoke at this good conference: http://inova.snv.jussieu.fr/evenements/colloques/colloques/62_index_en.html#contenu I found particularly interesting some presentations from administrations in France and Luxembourg that had succesfully implemented web accessibility strategy. Some of the keys to success include: 1. Have a 'champion' (politician or high-ranked official); obtain a mandate to improve accessibility in your organisation 2. 'Make your webmaster a star'; give them training, tools, support 3.

Using DAISY instead of/in addition to MP3

Christophe Strobbe — Wed 14 Apr 2010 02:34:24 +0100

Dear Antoine Bidegain,
MP3 is a format that many people can use, but it has an important disadvantage: it lacks structure and navigation aids, which is important when you convert longer files into audio. Digital talking books in the DAISY format overcome this problem by providig both text and audio, synchronising the text with the audio (useful for using digital talking books in a software-based player on a PC) and enabling searching and navigation. Converting word processing documents to DAISY books has become much easier since the release of (1) the Open XML to DAISY XML Translator for Microsoft Office and (2) odt2daisy for OpenOffice.org Writer. The audio format in DAISY is MP3, so the output of these converters can be used in MP3 players. Moreover, the latest version of odt2daisy also generates playlists.

Best regards,

Christophe Strobbe

Flashvote: â€œQuick and efficient resultsâ€

Christophe Strobbe — Wed 14 Apr 2010 02:19:00 +0100

Dear Antoine Bidegain,
Where can we find more information on the "quick and efficient results" mentioned in the case? Is the Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=313372971253 successful?
Best regards,
Christophe Strobbe

META-NET goals: mainly network or concrete deliverables?

Christophe Strobbe — Wed 14 Apr 2010 02:09:10 +0100

Dear Brigitte Joerg,
Could you explain whether META-NET is primarily a network of organisations that are active in the field of language technologies or whether it will also produce output (for example, tools) for end users?
Â
Best regards,
Christophe Strobbe

Swiss Environmental Protection Act

Evika Karamagioli — Tue 13 Apr 2010 09:02:46 +0100
Article 6 of the Swiss Environmental Protection Act provides a sufficient legal basis for the active provision of environmental information by agencies, especially in the field of environmental monitoring. In principle Special legislation governing geoinformation, meteorological information and statistical data must also be complied with. The main restrictions on active environmental information arise from data protection requirements.

What is Green e-Government ?

R.Erdem ERKUL — Mon 12 Apr 2010 01:16:00 +0100

I Think This topic looks like very interesting ;

http://www.koreaittimes.com/story/5619/what-green-e-government

eParticipation in Central and Eastern Europe: PEP-NET Online Discourse

John Heaven — Mon 12 Apr 2010 11:48:53 +0100
In case you haven't already seen it, here's a blog post about the Online Discourse on eParticipation in Central and Eastern Europe: http://epractice.eu/en/blog/312441 Or you can go straight to the discussion at http://www.internet-discourse.eu/

eParticipation in Central and Eastern Europe: PEP-NET Online Discourse

John Heaven — Mon 12 Apr 2010 11:47:15 +0100
In case you haven't already seen it, here's a blog post about the Online Discourse on eParticipation in Central and Eastern Europe: http://epractice.eu/en/blog/312441 Or you can go straight to the discussion at http://www.internet-discourse.eu/

eParticipation in Central and Eastern Europe: PEP-NET Online Discourse

John Heaven — Mon 12 Apr 2010 11:33:06 +0100
You may have seen my other post about this -- http://epractice.eu/en/blog/312441 Visit http://www.internet-discourse.eu/ to take part in the 2nd PEP-NET Online Discourse! It started this morning and is already warming up. It only lasts two weeks, so have your say while you can!

eParticipation in Central and Eastern Europe: PEP-NET Online Discourse on

John Heaven — Mon 12 Apr 2010 11:09:18 +0100

Starting from today, April 12th 2010, there will be a two-week discourse on the above topic. Anyone can take part and have their say. It would be great if as many eParticipation experts/practitioners from across Europe would take part. When the discourse closes, a paper will be produced on the basis of the discussion. This will be submitted to the European Commission. See the full invitation text below, or on PEP-NET at: http://pep-net.eu/blog/2010/04/12/%e2%80%9eeparticipation-in-central-and-eastern-europe%e2%80%9c-invitation-to-participate-in-an-online-discourse/ ***

PEP-NET Online Discourse on eParticipation in Central and Eastern Europe

John Heaven — Mon 12 Apr 2010 11:09:18 +0100
Starting from today, April 12th 2010, there will be a two-week discourse on the above topic. Anyone can take part and have their say. It would be great if as many eParticipation experts/practitioners from across Europe would take part. When the discourse closes, a paper will be produced on the basis of the discussion. This will be submitted to the European Commission.

A snapshot review of web accessibility testing approaches

Detlev Fischer — Mon 12 Apr 2010 08:28:45 +0100

The test development module of the BIK project (www.bitvtest.de) has conducted a short review of accessibility testing approaches in Europe.

Monitoring and impact/ web/ Germany/ A snapshot review of web accessibility testing approaches

Detlev Fischer — Mon 12 Apr 2010 08:28:44 +0100
The test development module of the BIK project (www.bitvtest.de) has conducted a short review of accessibility testing approaches in Europe: URL: http://www.bitvtest.eu/articles/artikel0/lesen/eu-accessibility-testing.html Short URL: http://bit.ly/dAABXG We have contacted a number of organisations active in this field.

Benchlearning Expertise for Public Administration - Romanian project

Mihai Ionescu — Thu 08 Apr 2010 03:16:13 +0100
The Romanian Central Unit for the Public Administration Reform (part of the Romanian Administration and Interior Ministry) has recently launched a tender for "Consulting and expertise services required for the project 'Modern Mechanisms for an Efficient Administration'". We are looking for experts with at least 3 years experience in defining methodologies and implementing Benchlearning in public administration organizations in Europe.

eProcurement Map: contribute to the new edition

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Thu 08 Apr 2010 10:17:05 +0100
The eProcurement Map ( http://www.epractice.eu/en/library/296612 ) is currently undergoing a major revision. If you are involved in or are aware of an eProcurement project that, in your opinion, should be inlcuded in this document, or if you have spotted errors or incomplete information (i.e.: new deliverables not cited, different contact persons,..) in the previous edition, that's the right time to contact us and propose modifications. Just send an email to: eprocurement@epractice.eu Thanks in advance for your contributions!

eProcurement Map: contribute to the new edition

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Thu 08 Apr 2010 10:17:04 +0100
The eProcurement Map ( http://www.epractice.eu/en/library/296612 ) is currently undergoing a major revision. If you are involved in or are aware of an eProcurement project that, in your opinion, should be inlcuded in this document, or if you have spotted errors or incomplete information (i.e.: new deliverables not cited, different contact persons,..) in the previous edition, that's the right time to contact us and propose modifications. Just send an email to: eprocurement@epractice.eu

Join the electronic exchange of Civil Registry documents Community

dovile rutkauskaite — Thu 08 Apr 2010 09:03:39 +0100
ECRN is pleased to invite you to enter the project ECR Community Platform (ECR_P). This invitation is part of ECRN's policy to enlarge the number of Members interested in the project core activities of international electronic exchange of Civil Registry documents. The ECR_P today counts about 80 members from the Administration, Industry and Research world of the Civil Registry in Europe, and is continuously growing.

JOIN the ECR Community Platform

dovile rutkauskaite — Thu 08 Apr 2010 08:47:00 +0100

ECRN is pleased to invite you to enter the project ECR Community Platform (ECR_P). This invitation is part of ECRN's policy to enlarge the number of Members interested in the project core activities of international electronic exchange of Civil Registry documents. The ECR_P today counts about 80 members from the Administration, Industry and Research world of the Civil Registry in Europe, and is continuously growing.
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As a Member of the ECR_P you have the following advantages:
â€¢Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â cooperate with the colleagues in Civil Registry working groups - Administration, Industry, Research and User;
â€¢Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â receive all the ECRN Newsletters, contribute to the ECRN Forum on LinkedIn, attend ECRN public workshops and conferences.
â€¢Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â use the exchange trial platform if you are an Administration and receive pilot program training for free.
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To join the ECR_P you can complete the online form in the website www.ecrn.euÂ

JOIN the ECR Community Platform

dovile rutkauskaite — Thu 08 Apr 2010 08:45:39 +0100

ECRN is pleased to invite you to enter the project ECR Community Platform (ECR_P). This invitation is part of ECRN's policy to enlarge the number of Members interested in the project core activities of international electronic exchange of Civil Registry documents. The ECR_P today counts about 80 members from the Administration, Industry and Research world of the Civil Registry in Europe, and is continuously growing.
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As a Member of the ECR_P you have the following advantages:
â€¢Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â cooperate with the colleagues in Civil Registry working groups - Administration, Industry, Research and User;
â€¢Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â receive all the ECRN Newsletters, contribute to the ECRN Forum on LinkedIn, attend ECRN public workshops and conferences.
â€¢Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â use the exchange trial platform if you are an Administration and receive pilot program training for free.
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To join the ECR_P you can complete the online form in the website www.ecrn.euÂ

Procurement of eHealth solutions workshop: Rescheduled for October

ePractice Editorial Team — Wed 07 Apr 2010 12:57:51 +0100

Dear members,
Please, be kindly informed that the workshop on Procurement of eHealth Solutions has been rescheduled for October.
Thank you.
The Procurement of eHealth solutions Team

Final deliverables of the Benchlearning Study now available

Francesca Gargaro — Wed 07 Apr 2010 11:08:20 +0100
Last December the two year project of "Supply of services for the further development, reinforcement and promotion of Benchlearning" was concluded and final deliverables were approved by the European Commission. Final deliverables about the three eGovernment Pilots and the final Policy Recommendations have been published in the Section "Shared Resources" of this Benchlearning Community. If you are interested reading the final results of the project and downloading the documents please go to "Shared Resources" and feel free to post your comments!

Policy/ web/ Switzerland/ Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 in Switzerland

Christophe Strobbe — Tue 06 Apr 2010 03:12:28 +0100
The blogpost â€œWeb Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 in Switzerlandâ€ at http://www.epractice.eu/en/blog/308297 was not visible on the eAccessibility blog. Switzerland updated its guidelines for accessible websites to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 in January 2010. (The community blog has fewer editing features than the general blog, so I'm posting a reference instead of copying or moving the original blog post.)

State of Play & Visionary Scenarios Validation Workshop, 29-30 April 2010, Seville, IPTS

irina zalisova — Tue 06 Apr 2010 02:11:28 +0100
Last few places are avaliable for experts from several research areas, policy makers and practitioners in order to discuss and validate the results of the first phase of the project CROSSROAD, namely the Analysis of the State of Play of Research in the domain of ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling and the Visionary Scenarios designed to explore how governance and policy modelling could develop at the horizon 2030. In case of your interest to participate in Sevilla workshop, please, contact Gianluca Misuraca, Scientific Officer, Information Society Unit, IPTS: gianluca.misuraca@ec.europa.eu. For more information please visit www.crossroad-eu.net

State of Play & Visionary Scenarios Validation Workshop, 29-30 April 2010, Seville, IPTS

irina zalisova — Tue 06 Apr 2010 02:11:27 +0100
Last few places are avaliable for experts from several research areas, policy makers and practitioners in order to discuss and validate the results of the first phase of the project CROSSROAD, namely the Analysis of the State of Play of Research in the domain of ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling and the Visionary Scenarios designed to explore how governance and policy modelling could develop at the horizon 2030.

Digital humour!!

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Thu 01 Apr 2010 10:34:40 +0100

On that first april, digital humour should be celebrated and I was told some good funny story encountered by a friend. He sold his car one year ago to a private buyer. Official documents were used to inform the competent local authority (prÃ©fecture)Â so that buyer can ask for new document and an identification number for the car he bought .
From that period, the seller received two infraction papers from local police .

Smart Cities Project Guide published

Dave Fitch — Tue 30 Mar 2010 12:17:42 +0100
The Smart Cities Project has just published a detailed guide to the project and the project partners. The guide provides information on:

the project's aims and goals

the project's unique approach to improving e-government

details of project's municipal and academic partners

details of the project's six workpackages

the pilots each project partner will be delivering over the next 18 months

An electronic [pdf] copy of the guide can be downloaded from http://www.smartcities.info/project-guide

Smart Cities Project Guide published

Dave Fitch — Tue 30 Mar 2010 12:17:41 +0100
The Smart Cities Project has just published a detailed guide to the project and the project partners. The guide provides information on:

the project's aims and goals

the project's unique approach to improving e-government

details of project's municipal and academic partners

details of the project's six workpackages

the pilots each project partner will be delivering over the next 18 months

An electronic [pdf] copy of the guide can be downloaded from http://www.smartcities.info/project-guide

towards digital society

Evika Karamagioli — Tue 30 Mar 2010 10:35:43 +0100

Interesting reading from Peter Bradwell and the Guardian
No need to fear a database society
People recognise their lives could be easier with the responsible sharing of personal information - as long as they're in control
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/mar/28/online-privacy-database-surveillance
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The most we leave in the digital sphere...........?

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Mon 29 Mar 2010 10:52:55 +0100

The most we leave in the digital sphere is on one side a positive work for transparency and democracy requiring that each user or contributor improves his capacities of understanding and benchmarking. Digital sphere should stimulate the taste of knowledge and of high academic education.

Strategy Report 2010 of the eProcurement Forum community now available

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Sun 28 Mar 2010 10:34:36 +0100
The Strategy Report 2010 provides an insight into the dynamics and trends of the eProcurement Forum community as emerged in the last 12 months (February 2009- February 2010). It also presents the objectives for the next period and a preliminary plan to ensure sustainability to the community, after the end of the IDABC programme. It is meant to be not only a report about the status and activities of the community, but also as a minimal guide to facilitators of other communities on ePractice. Comments are welcome and can be sent by email to: eprocurement@epractice.eu is now available in the shared document section of the eProcurement community, at: http://www.epractice.eu/community/eprocurement/view_resources/eprocurementforumstrategyreport2010 This section is reserved to members of the community. People who are not members can contact the Forum faciltators to ask for a copy. The Report

Strategy Report 2010 of the eProcurement Forum community now available

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Sun 28 Mar 2010 10:34:35 +0100
The Strategy Report 2010 provides an insight into the dynamics and trends of the eProcurement Forum community as emerged in the last 12 months (February 2009- February 2010). It also presents the objectives for the next period and a preliminary plan to ensure sustainability to the community, after the end of the IDABC programme. It is meant to be not only a report about the status and activities of the community, but also as a minimal guide to facilitators of other communities on ePractice.

Call For Papers: E-government interoperability, enterprise architecture and strategies

R.Erdem ERKUL — Sun 28 Mar 2010 07:18:15 +0100

Special issue Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research
Guest editors; Marijn Janssen, Yannis Charalabidis, George Kuk and Tony Cresswell

Interesting.

Anka Onka — Fri 26 Mar 2010 06:57:35 +0100

Very interesting project.

1st Legora workshop // Bringing together legal and e-government practitioners

Slim Turki — Wed 24 Mar 2010 11:15:31 +0100
The 1st Legora Workshop aims to bring together legal and e-government practitioners. Relevant cases based on real experience in the design and realisation of e-government services will be selected to guide the discussions. The workshop will be organised to give all participants an opportunity to present their cases, projects and initiatives. It will have an interactive format: main issues should be addressed in presentations; and then moderated discussions will follow. Participants are expected to contribute with their expertise and experience. Expected activities and outcomes * Present and discuss real cases related to legal opportunities and barriers in the e-government domain * Offer a high level discussion panel * Provide networking opportunities and extend the Legora Community * The workshop minutes and conclusion will be published Who should attend/participate The workshop is meant to gather different e-government stakeholders: * Public Administrations (organizations and persons in charge of the e-government processes) * Policy makers, regulators, legal practitioners * IT solutions providers, from private and public sector * Research community active in the domain >> Legora ws1.0@ECEG'2010 (option) << We have the opportunity to organise the 1st Legora Workshop in conjunction with the 10th European Conference on eGovernment, on June 17th or 18th, 2010, at the University of Limerick, Ireland (http://academic-conferences.org/eceg/eceg2010/eceg10-home.htm). We invite you to fill this form to let us know, before the end of March 2010, if you are interested in participating to the workshop and if you are available on these dates: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dGFpc01ldnVSSGd1ODl4bmd2aDAwbGc6MA

1st Legora workshop // Bringing together legal and e-government practitioners

Slim Turki — Wed 24 Mar 2010 11:15:30 +0100
The 1st Legora Workshop aims to bring together legal and e-government practitioners. Relevant cases based on real experience in the design and realisation of e-government services will be selected to guide the discussions. The workshop will be organised to give all participants an opportunity to present their cases, projects and initiatives. It will have an interactive format: main issues should be addressed in presentations; and then moderated discussions will follow.

Process Modelling for municipalities - a Smart Cities research brief

Dave Fitch — Wed 24 Mar 2010 05:38:00 +0100
When developing and evaluating businesses and information systems, business process modelling has become an important and increasing task. This report provides an introduction to municipalities on this approach and shows how they can use it to improve the delivery of municipal services to citizens. The process oriented approach is based on values such customer focus and value added activities and results (to do things right and to do right things). Process diagrams give a horizontal view of the business that elucidates connections, handovers and the responsibility for what happens between administrations and organisations. Knowledge concerning business processes are essential when analyzing, (re)designing, testing, evaluating and launching new business logic and information systems. Process modelling is used to reach an understanding of business performance and may focus on former, present, possible and future business processes (e.g. use of e-services). A copy of the full report can be downloaded from http://www.smartcities.info/process-modelling-municipalities-scran-research-brief

Process Modelling for municipalities - a Smart Cities research brief

Dave Fitch — Wed 24 Mar 2010 05:37:59 +0100
When developing and evaluating businesses and information systems, business process modelling has become an important and increasing task. This report provides an introduction to municipalities on this approach and shows how they can use it to improve the delivery of municipal services to citizens. The process oriented approach is based on values such customer focus and value added activities and results (to do things right and to do right things).

Interesting Project

Ersin Bicer — Wed 24 Mar 2010 03:44:31 +0100

At first glance I thought it as a data mining project, Â but when I read the details I understand the project. Since I am a statistician, I know that collecting the correct data is very essential.
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What is European SME Week?

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Tue 23 Mar 2010 10:12:21 +0100

In that period of crisis and sometimes deep doubt , it's really important that people and economic forces have a better feeling of the european and internal market. The next session of that EUROPEAN SME's weekÂ willÂ take advantage of the digitalÂ communication , makingÂ the people quickly together and in capacity to share practice or cooperation.
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/entrepreneurship/sme-week/press/index_en.htm

U@MARENOSTRUM SCHOOL WEEK in Greece!

Evika Karamagioli — Mon 22 Mar 2010 11:47:31 +0100
U@MARENOSTRUM in the occasion of the International Year of Biodiversity 2010, is organizing a one month eParticipation event in a series of different Schools in the Periphery of Attica, Greece. In each Greek High School participating in the event a presentation of the project and a tutorial demonstration of how student can use the platform is going to take place. The aim is to raise awareness and inform Greek students about issues that have to do with water and maritime protection.

eGovMoNet final conference agenda and registration are now available

Andrea Velazquez Guerrero — Sun 21 Mar 2010 11:53:30 +0100
The online registration and the final agenda are available at: eGovMoNet Final Conference. There is no registration fee but the capacity is limited as room capacity allows so register as soon as possible to assure your place.

UBL is the official specification for eInvoicing in Turkey

Ken Holman — Sat 20 Mar 2010 05:40:34 +0100

On March 5, 2010 the Official Gazette of Turkey no 27512 Sequence No 397 titled "Tax Procedure Law" published the official assessment of the eInvoicing project in Turkey.
According to this law, if an organization wishes to send an electronic invoice to the Revenue Administration, it has to comply with the OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL) schemas as customized by the UBL Turkish Localization Subcommittee (TRLSC).
Technical details are available from: http://www.efatura.gov.tr

eProcurement/eTransport/eInvoicing: hands-on UBL and code list training

Ken Holman — Sat 20 Mar 2010 09:00:25 +0100

Hands-on, in-depthÂ training in OASIS and W3C Specifications:
June 2-3, 2010: Practical Universal Business Language Deployment
June 4, 2010: Practical Code List Implementation
June 7-11, 2010: Practical Transformation Using XSLT, XQuery and XPath
Trondheim, Norway: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/index.html#Crane201006TRD

La citÃ© de la connaissance

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Thu 18 Mar 2010 02:51:22 +0100

La citÃ© de la connaissance: CDLC
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For those reading french, do join the pages of CDLC offering a taste of smooth running thinking around the topic of knowledge. The speech of Michel SERRES is a masterpiece of that new thinking when considering the relation between "tools" and human knowledge.Go and breath , please.
M.P H

Policy / several technologies / USA / New draft for 508 section

Jose Angel Martinez Usero — Thu 18 Mar 2010 09:18:09 +0100
Last 22th of March, the Access Board released the new 508 draft. It provides requirements for electronic and information technology, necessary to implement the requirements for Federal departments and agencies (â€œAgenciesâ€), including the United States Postal Service, set forth in section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. 794d). You can find further info in http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/refresh/draft-rule.htm I would like to point out the "Amendments to the ADA Accessibility Guidelines", item "220 Automatic Teller Machines, Fare Machines, and Self-Service Machines" which is very interesting and extend the existing regulatory framework in USA. http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/refresh/draft-rule.htm#a220

Policy / several technologies / USA / New draft for 508 section

Jose Angel Martinez Usero — Thu 18 Mar 2010 09:18:09 +0100
Last 22th of March, the Access Board released the new 508 draft. It provides requirements for electronic and information technology, necessary to implement the requirements for Federal departments and agencies (â€œAgenciesâ€), including the United States Postal Service, set forth in section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C.

StakeholdersÂ´ involvement in the Roadmapping on ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling

irina zalisova — Wed 17 Mar 2010 03:57:40 +0100
The CROSSROAD validation and dissemination workshop is organised as the pre-event to the 8th Eastern European eGovernment Days in Prague and will take place on April 21, 2010 (http://www.epma.cz/programme.html). The participation on the workshop is free of charge. The Prague workshop is focused on dissemination and consultation with stakeholders on the roadmapping process and building of the Validation Community. Specific objectives of the workshop are: - to raise awareness and create consensus among the eGovernance and ICT communities of research and practice on future research priorities in the field of participation, governance and policy modelling; - to involve a wide range of interested experts into the Validation Community in order to support the consultation process of the roadmapping. Each participant may become involved into the roadmap development and join the Validation Community by discussing the state of the art of the research fields, related to ICT for governance and policy modelling.

StakeholdersÂ´ involvement in the Roadmapping on ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling

irina zalisova — Wed 17 Mar 2010 03:57:39 +0100
The CROSSROAD validation and dissemination workshop is organised as the pre-event to the 8th Eastern European eGovernment Days in Prague and will take place on April 21, 2010 (http://www.epma.cz/programme.html). The participation on the workshop is free of charge. The Prague workshop is focused on dissemination and consultation with stakeholders on the roadmapping process and building of the Validation Community.

Vienna 2010 Workshop "Uptake of pre-awarding phases in eProcurement" - report available

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Tue 16 Mar 2010 01:38:49 +0100
The report of the workshop on "Uptake of pre-awarding phases in eProcurement", held last 22nd February 2010 in Vienna, is now available at: http://www.epractice.eu/en/workshop/300136/workshop_presentation_documents?page=2

New G2010 Open Data event launched

Diarmaid Lynch — Tue 16 Mar 2010 12:06:39 +0100

A New G2010 Open Data event has been launched.Â The Open Technology Conference takes place on April 22nd.
This event will examine how the Open Data revolution is changing Government service delivery.
Visit www.G2010.co.uk for further information

Practice/ assistive-technologies/ UK/ PERSONALISED TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, 9.3.2010, LONDON

Miguel Gonzalez-Sancho — Mon 15 Mar 2010 10:54:12 +0100
I attended this very interesting conference focused on technologies for assisting and empowering people with learning disabilities (PWLD), including elderly people with dementia, many of which also have physical impairments; see programme at http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/conferences/showfull.asp?Conference=895 I could see practical technology applications at the conference exhibition and then visiting after the conference various residences and homes for PWLD managed by HFT (UK charity who organised the conference). What I got from this trip is that TECHNOLOGY CAN SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE BOTH: A) THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES B) THE QUALITY AND EFFICICIENCY OF THE WORK OF THEIR CARERS. More specifically: * A lot can be achieved with simple/ unexpensive tecnology-enabled applications, e.g. dectors and sensors (for fire and water hazards, falls, epilepsy seizures, people with dementia leaving the premises...); environmental and emergency controls (monitors and cameras, adapted switches, panic buttons...); simplified white goods and communication services (picture phones, washing machine with couple of buttons...). * Tecnology applications are an important element of a personalised and comprehensive approach for supporting a PWLD. Each application needs to be tested and adapted for each person's needs (which evolve over time), with the involvement of the carer. * Tecnology-enabled applications improve the autonomy and thus the self-esteem of PWLD. As a 1st step technology enables PWLD to gain control over their own safety, which is a pre-requisite for living independently, then technology allows PWLD to better manage their daily living. * Moreover, using technology in relation to safety and daily leaving, as well as following ICT courses then using the skills learned, can greatly improve the PWLD confidence and empower them. * Technology use for PWLD assistance also has benefits on the quality and efficiency of the work of their carers, e.g. dedicated software programmes allow for better planning and monitoring of personalised care; savings in hours dedicated to clerical tasks like watching if someone with dementia leave the premises (this can be entrusted to movement detector) which allows more time for more added-value tasks, etc. It is important to identify and measure the impact from the use of technology in terms of quality of life and efficiency. Another ePractice community was recently started on this: http://www.epractice.eu/community/ageingimpact

Practice/ assistive-technologies/ UK/ PERSONALISED TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, 9.3.2010, LONDON

Miguel Gonzalez-Sancho — Mon 15 Mar 2010 10:54:12 +0100
I attended this very interesting conference focused on technologies for assisting and empowering people with learning disabilities (PWLD), including elderly people with dementia, many of which also have physical impairments; see programme at http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/conferences/showfull.asp?Conference=895 I could see practical technology applications at the conference exhibition and then visiting after the conference various residences and homes for PWLD managed by HFT (UK charity who organised the conference).

Policy/ web+several-technologies/ European/ 12th MEETING OF THE i2010 e-INCLUSION SUBGROUP, 28-29.1.12010, MALTA

Miguel Gonzalez-Sancho — Mon 15 Mar 2010 09:37:28 +0100
The e-inclusion subgroup is chaired by the European Commission (unit ICT for inclusion, DG Information Society and Media) and is composed by national civil servants from European countries involved in e-inclusion policy. The e-inclusion subgroup reports to the i2010 High-Level Group; see http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/einclusion/groups/index_en.htm. The main points discussed were: 1 Web accessibility: National specifications and guidelines; Approaches and tools for implementation; Monitoring and certification at national and European level The Commission presented the results from a recent study comparing policies on web accessibility and measuring levels of compliance in several European countries; see http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/einclusion/library/studies/web_access_compliance/index_en.htm . Then, national representatives reported their experiences in implementing web accessibility specifications and discussed about the way forward. Several countries have already adopted or foreseen measures to implement WCAG 2.0. There are differences in national approaches as to the exact reference specifications (e.g. sometimes a mix from WCAG 1.0 and 2.0, in other cases specifications from other sources like the US 508 Act are considered), and the implementation measures in place, including different forms of support and control. The challenges of interpreting and implementing in practice WCAG 2.0, as well as the need for complementing or further elaborating these guidelines in some cases, were also stressed at the meeting. The Commission reminded the various European activities existing or planned to further support cooperation on web accessibility amongst European countries, notably: mandate 376, support under the ICT Policy Support Programme, studies, e-practice. The upcoming digital agenda (the new European strategy on the information society, to succeed the current i2010 by mid 2010) may also address web accessibility. 2 Other aspects of e-accessibility: Policy context; Follow-up of Communication "towards and accessible information society" (COM (2008)) Several countries reported on their initiatives on e-accessibility and the Commission updated on recent important developments, notably: - The follow-up process on the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, which addresses amongst other new technologies (including ICT and assistive technologies), with strong focus on their accessibility, availability and affordability. - The preparation of the "EU disability strategy 2020" and the Commission proposal for a horizontal Directive on non-discrimination, which deals with equal rights to access all product and services, also ICT, and contains an article on persons with disabilities. - The revised EU regulatory framework on electronic communications (ex-telecoms), which reinforces the provisions on persons with disabilities, and other relevant pieces of European legislation, e.g. the "audio-visual media services" Directive contains a provisions on persons with disabilities. - Standardisation work, notably mandate 376 but also other accessibility mandates, European funding opportunities (on research, deployment, etc), ongoing and recent European studies on e-accessibility (some of which are reported about in this e-practice community). 3 Follow-up of previous subgroup works; next steps in e-Inclusion policy The Commission updated on the follow-up of the "Limassol report" on future e-inclusion policy (see http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/einclusion/groups/limassol/index_en.htm) and on various developments, including the "EU2020" and the "European digital agenda", and several European studies on e-inclusion. Then, several countries reported about national e-inclusion initiatives. The next meeting of the i2010 e-inclusion subgroup is foreseen in October 2010.

Policy/ web+several-technologies/ European/ 12th MEETING OF THE i2010 e-INCLUSION SUBGROUP, 28-29.1.2010, MALTA

Miguel Gonzalez-Sancho — Mon 15 Mar 2010 09:37:27 +0100
The e-inclusion subgroup is chaired by the European Commission (unit ICT for inclusion, DG Information Society and Media) and is composed by national civil servants from European countries involved in e-inclusion policy. The e-inclusion subgroup reports to the i2010 High-Level Group; see http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/einclusion/groups/index_en.htm.

The real world

Mick Phythian — Sun 14 Mar 2010 11:16:21 +0100

If the conference is to focus on "big" government it's fair enough, but if one is toÂ consider on local government which frequently has more to do with the citizen, I haven't seen any evidence from the named speakers that mightÂ focus on that end.
In the UK there are a number of commercial tools, including GovMetric and CMetrix, which are really useful for making service improvement across all channels. I have a list of around 12 on my blog.
Mick http://greatemancipator.com

Meet MIKE â€“ Methodology for managing Data and its use

Andy Mulholland — Fri 12 Mar 2010 02:23:58 +0100

This blog got kicked off by the press announcement that Structured Dynamics had donated its Semantic Enterprise Adoption and Solutions, or SEAS, methodology to MIKE 2.0, which stands for Method for an Integrated Knowledge Environment. My guess is that MIKE hasnâ€™t hit your attention yet, but I am going to suggest it might be good to know about it. Why?

ECRN and the City Administration of Zielona Gora Meetin

dovile rutkauskaite — Wed 10 Mar 2010 04:23:46 +0100

ECRN Press release
8 March 2010
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The ECRN project is continuously building strong links with new European Administrations to improve its services with the ambition for an European Service Platform for the Civil Registry.
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ECRN is happy to inform you that the City Administration of Zielona Gora in Poland has joined ECR_Platform in February 2010. The execution of the first Pilot testing will start in March and last till October. The city Zielona Gora is in western part of Poland, with 411,557 inhabitants in its area, including three neighbouring counties (2005) and a high number of foreign residents. The city's name in Polish means "green mountain". It is one of the best known places for wines in Poland.
The agreement to enter the ECR_Platform was signed by Janusz Kubicki, the mayor of the City Zielona Gora, and Paride Gullini, President of Anusca and coordinator of ECRN. The exchange protocol ceremony was held with the participation of Vice Major Dariusz Lesicki, Tomasz Brzozka, Wladyslaw Penar, and the ECRN representatives Antonio Dâ€™Amico and Maurizio Pallotti.
The invitation to Zielona Gora to collaborate with ECRN project sharing its vision and contributing to the achievement of its objectives started in 2009, and it was welcome by Â Zielona Gora that demonstrated its commitment to the testing of innovative ECRN system for the electronic documental exchange among civil registries. The responsible for the ECRN activity in Zielona Gora will be Mr Tomasz Brzozka, Head of the Register Office and president of the Association of the Registrar of the Republic of Poland (SUSC RP - Stowarzyszenie UrzÄ™dnikÃ³w Stanu cywilnego Republic of Poland), which is a member of the European Association of Professional Civil servants and State officials, (EVS).
The ECRN consortium ensured its commitment for assistance and training to the new Administration Â for the documents exchange ECRN Tool.
The ECRN Committee thanks the City of Zielona Gora for joining the project and wish in the future valuable cooperation.

SUBJECT: ECRN and the City Administration of Zielona Gora Meetin

dovile rutkauskaite — Wed 10 Mar 2010 04:22:09 +0100

ECRN Press release
8 March 2010
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The ECRN project is continuously building strong links with new European Administrations to improve its services with the ambition for an European Service Platform for the Civil Registry.
ECRN is happy to inform you that the City Administration of Zielona Gora in Poland has joined ECR_Platform in February 2010. The execution of the first Pilot testing will start in March and last till October. The city Zielona Gora is in western part of Poland, with 411,557 inhabitants in its area, including three neighbouring counties (2005) and a high number of foreign residents. The city's name in Polish means "green mountain". It is one of the best known places for wines in Poland.
The agreement to enter the ECR_Platform was signed by Janusz Kubicki, the mayor of the City Zielona Gora, and Paride Gullini, President of Anusca and coordinator of ECRN. The exchange protocol ceremony was held with the participation of Vice Major Dariusz Lesicki, Tomasz Brzozka, Wladyslaw Penar, and the ECRN representatives Antonio Dâ€™Amico and Maurizio Pallotti.
The invitation to Zielona Gora to collaborate with ECRN project sharing its vision and contributing to the achievement of its objectives started in 2009, and it was welcome by Â Zielona Gora that demonstrated its commitment to the testing of innovative ECRN system for the electronic documental exchange among civil registries. The responsible for the ECRN activity in Zielona Gora will be Mr Tomasz Brzozka, Head of the Register Office and president of the Association of the Registrar of the Republic of Poland (SUSC RP - Stowarzyszenie UrzÄ™dnikÃ³w Stanu cywilnego Republic of Poland), which is a member of the European Association of Professional Civil servants and State officials, (EVS).
The ECRN consortium ensured its commitment for assistance and training to the new Administration Â for the documents exchange ECRN Tool.
The ECRN Committee thanks the City of Zielona Gora for joining the project and wish in the future valuable cooperation.

Measuring levels of supply and demand for e-services and e-government: a toolkit for cities - a Smart Cities research brief

Dave Fitch — Wed 10 Mar 2010 11:28:28 +0100

Most cities offer some kind of e-government services. Often this offer is mainly content- and technology driven, and not based on the needs and expectations of the different target groups. In order to develop a well balanced e-government vision and operation, we need to understand the relationship between a government and its different target groups: citizens, companies, associations.

The best way to map out this relationship is through a well balanced review of digital services and information from both a demand perspective (citizen, local companies and associations) and a supplierâ€™s perspective (municipality and city services).

This report sets out five steps to achieve this.

Supply perspective: inventory and benchmarking

Supply and demand perspective: list of indicators

Demand perspective: local e-gov points for attention & citizenâ€™s priorities

Demand perspective: develop a representative image of local e-gov use, take up and priorities

Integration â€“ indicators and recommendations

The complete report can be downloaded from http://www.smartcities.info/files/SCRAN_Research_Brief_Measuring_levels_of_supply_and_demand_for_eservices_and_egov_0.pdf Other Smart Cities research briefs can be downloaded from http://www.smartcities.info/research-briefs

Measuring levels of supply and demand for e-services and e-government: a toolkit for cities - a Smart Cities research brief

Dave Fitch — Wed 10 Mar 2010 11:28:28 +0100

Most cities offer some kind of e-government services. Often this offer is mainly content- and technology driven, and not based on the needs and expectations of the different target groups. In order to develop a well balanced e-government vision and operation, we need to understand the relationship between a government and its different target groups: citizens, companies, associations.

LINKED DATA

Iain Chorlton — Wed 10 Mar 2010 12:06:38 +0100
Please see link below that outlines how linked data and the semantic web are related. The UK Government are developing a website (www.data.gov.uk) where they will make their data publicly available as linked data. http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/484

Great project, with whom are you working together in Belgium?

Bart Collet — Tue 09 Mar 2010 09:31:34 +0100

I've been following the proceedings of Caalyx with great interest.
The project is mentioned in two of my presentations as examples with great mhealth potential.
http://www.slideshare.net/BartCollet/non-invasive-health-monitoring-with-mhealth
http://www.slideshare.net/BartCollet/mhealth-is-huge
I was wondering with which firms the project is working together in Belgium.
Thank you for your answer.

INCLUSO 2010 call for papers extended till March 22nd

Dekelver Jan — Mon 08 Mar 2010 06:53:41 +0100

The call for papers of the INCLUSO 2010 conference has been extended till March 22, 2010

More information on the conference can be found on http://www.incluso.org/conference
The present conference will introduce the experience and the practice of scientific and educational institutions on this subject. Public and community services, schools, training centres will also be invited to give their contribution. The call for papers, along with background information about the INCLUSO project can be found here.

Effective and efficient eGovernment workshop, March 17, Brussels!

Vassilia Orfanou — Mon 08 Mar 2010 04:49:46 +0100
Dear members, This is to inform you on the forthcoming workshop on Efficient and effective eGovernment to be held in Brussels, March 17, 2010. For further information and registration purposes, please kindly visit the workshop announcement at http://www.epractice.eu/en/workshops/efficiency Abstract submission is still open until March 11 and among other topics, we are also looking to fill areas related to the: ~Potential of a single structure for the delivery of social assistance services (child support, unemployment, disability benefit, pensions).

Effective and efficient eGovernment workshop, March 17, Brussels!

Vassilia Orfanou — Mon 08 Mar 2010 04:33:54 +0100
Dear members, This is to inform you on the forthcoming workshop on Efficient and effective eGovernment to be held in Brussels, March 17, 2010. For further information and registration purposes, please kindly visit the workshop announcement at http://www.epractice.eu/en/workshops/efficiency Abstract submission is still open until March 11 and among other topics, we are also looking to fill areas related to the: ~Potential of a single structure for the delivery of social assistance services (child support, unemployment, disability benefit, pensions).

Effective and efficient eGovernment workshop, March 17, Brussels!

Vassilia Orfanou — Mon 08 Mar 2010 04:00:34 +0100

Dear members,
This is to inform you on the forthcoming workshop on Efficient and effective eGovernment to be held in Brussels, March 17, 2010.
For further information and registration purposes, please kindly visit the workshop announcement at http://www.epractice.eu/en/workshops/efficiency
Abstract submission will be open until March 11 and among other topics, we are specifically looking for abstracts related to the:

Effective and efficient eGovernment workshop, March 17, Brussels!

Vassilia Orfanou — Mon 08 Mar 2010 04:00:34 +0100
Dear members, This is to inform you on the forthcoming workshop on Efficient and effective eGovernment to be held in Brussels, March 17, 2010. For further information and registration purposes, please kindly visit the workshop announcement at http://www.epractice.eu/en/workshops/efficiency Abstract submission will be open until March 11 and among other topics, we are specifically looking for abstracts related to the: ~Potential of a single structure for the delivery of social assistance services (child support, unemployment, disability benefit, pensions).

human rights and the internet

Evika Karamagioli — Mon 08 Mar 2010 02:05:23 +0100

Almost four in five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right according to a poll fromÂ BBC World ServiceÂ
for more info http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8548190.stm

Open source software workshop - 12 March 2010 - Brussels

Christine Mahieu — Fri 05 Mar 2010 04:08:46 +0100
SÃ©minaire "Logiciels libres, une fenÃªtre ouverte sur lâ€™avenir ?" - SPF Economie, P.M.E., Classes moyennes et Energie - Date: 12/03/2010 - http://economie.fgov.be/fr/modules/activity/activite_1/20100312_logiciels_libres.jsp Seminarie "Vrije software, een venster op de toekomst?" - FOD Economie, K.M.O., Middenstand en Energie - Datum: 12/03/2010 - http://economie.fgov.be/nl/modules/activity/activite_1/20100312_logiciels_libres.jsp

ISAC6+ PROJECT EXECUTIVE BOARD

Iain Chorlton — Fri 05 Mar 2010 12:42:29 +0100
I have attended the latest meeting of the Project Managemnt Board in St Medarde, a very stimulating event allowing all attendees to contirbute. It is clear that all members are excited at deploying the application in the next few months. The leaders and those involved in work package 2 have also met to define the baseline measures on which the project will be measured. I now leave to travel home enthused to exploit the opportunities that Isac6+ brings to South Yorkshire Police.

Welcome to the PIKE Community!

Vassilia Orfanou — Fri 05 Mar 2010 10:22:59 +0100
Dear Sir or Madame, We take this opportunity to encourage your active involvement to the PIKE community! The PIKE community is an interactive forum that is intended to exchange and transfer eGovernment and wireless broadband good practices and to discuss how to best convey these good practices into the mainstream Structural Funds programmes and regional policy.

Post-Doctoral Position Available

Enrico Ferro — Thu 04 Mar 2010 02:43:12 +0100

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POSITION:

Post-doctoral Position

INSTITUTION:

Istituto Superiore Mario Boella (ISMB)

TEAM:

BRAZIL EMBRACES DIGITIAL AGE WITH NEW INTERACTIVE E-GOV PORTAL - BRASIL.GOV.BR

R.Erdem ERKUL — Wed 03 Mar 2010 07:25:17 +0100

MARCH 3, 2010 (Brasilia) â€“ In its latest move to increase engagement with the global public and promote democratic access to information , the federal government of Brazil today launched â€˜Portal Brasilâ€™Â (www.brasil.gov.br)Â â€“Â the new official website of the Brazilian State.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 in Switzerland

Christophe Strobbe — Tue 02 Mar 2010 01:16:04 +0100

Switzerland has updated its guidelines for accessible websites to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. On 26 January 2010 the Federal IT Council (FITC) in Switzerland (Informatikrat des Bundes - IRB) accepted with unanimous consent the changes to standard P028 Version 2.0.

The advanced search is only available to registered users

Master Admin — Tue 02 Mar 2010 10:55:00 +0100
The ePractice Technical Team announces that the advanced search is only available to registered users now.

The advanced search is only available to registered users

Master Admin — Tue 02 Mar 2010 10:54:59 +0100
The ePractice Technical Team announces that the advanced search is only available to registered users now.

Experiencia de mejora del acceso a la informaciÃ³n en el Principado de Asturias a travÃ©s de la modernizaciÃ³n del BOPA

M Merce Rovira Regas — Sun 28 Feb 2010 08:24:31 +0100
Experiencia de mejora del acceso a la informaciÃ³n en el Principado de Asturias a travÃ©s de la modernizaciÃ³n del BOPA ePractice iSAC6+ Community â€“ Feb, 28 â€“ 2010 M MercÃ¨ Rovira The experience was presented at the FESABID 2009 in Zaragoza under the name "LA RELACIÃ“N ENTRE EL ADMINISTRADO Y SU ADMINISTRACIÃ“N, VIEJAS LIMITACIONES Y NUEVOS RETOS ANTE EL MARCO DE LA E-ADMINISTRACIÃ“N: DEL RECEPTOR PASIVO AL CIUDADANO INTERACTIVO. PROCEDIMIENTOS, PROCESOS, SERVICIOS, TRÃMITES...

Do You Know These !!

Özkan KÖSE — Fri 26 Feb 2010 11:59:24 +0100

- Used in Turkey with SMS Information System 4060 from your mobile phone 'by sending a text message to subscribe in the event of lawsuits filed about you can learn instantly, in the process of trial and after the d

Results of survey on etendering uptake are now available

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Fri 26 Feb 2010 09:47:07 +0100
During the workshop held in Vienna last 22nd February, the main results of a survey conducted by Auftrag.at in cooperation with the Forum have been presented.

Web accessibility evaluation: The German BITV-Test in the international and European context

Detlev Fischer — Fri 26 Feb 2010 09:04:21 +0100

I thought members of the eAccessibility community might be interested in the extended notes of a talk about the German BITV-Test in the European context that I gave a while ago at a European Blind Union Technical Group Meeting, Leipzig, 26. 09. 2009. I would be very curious to have your opinion regarding all matters related to accessibility testing methodologies. You could comment here or below the notes linked to.

"Uptake of pre-awarding phases in eProcurement" - some outcomes from an interesting workshop

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Wed 24 Feb 2010 05:06:26 +0100
The â€œUptake of pre-awarding phases of eProcurementâ€ workshop has successfully been held on Monday in Vienna. Around 65 experts met and shared their experience and ideas. I try to synthesize some issues and ideas that emerged: 1. The adoption of eProcurement, and of pre-awarding phases in particular, is progressing all over Europe. However, we are still far from the objectives of 2010 eGov Action plan: 100% availability, 50% adoption of eProcurement. Which are the main remaining barriers and what can we do to overcome them? 2. The major challenges are no more on the technical side: there are several working implementations already in use. Some of them have been presented during the workshop. The big obstacles are still human and organizational 3. Legislation can be an effective triggers: Member States that made eProcurement mandatory seem to progress faster and better (e.g: Portugal, France for eTendering, Sweden for eInvoicing) 4. Knowledge & experience sharing is fundamental to avoid repeating errors and duplicating things but also to create a global trust and acceptance of IT technologies applied to eProcurement. New models for training people and demonstrate eProcurement benefits should be explored, such as Living Labs 5. Cross border eProcurement: is there a real request for it? Volumes are not so large for the moment. The reasons are legal barriers (different regulations), lack of interoperability but sometimes are also the contracting authorities that are not really interested in receiving offers from foreign bidders: Why? they prefer to receive offers in their own language, to avoid surprises and to have representatives of the supplier close to them. 6. However, projects like PEPPOL, standardization initiatives such as CEN/BII and other Commissionâ€™s activities are now working closely together, with a large commitment from European Public and Private organizations. We expect great results from them! If you are interested in knowing more about what has been presented, all the slides are now available on the workshop page at: http://www.epractice.eu/en/workshops/vienna2010

"Uptake of pre-awarding phases in eProcurement" - some outcomes (and slides) from an interesting workshop

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Wed 24 Feb 2010 05:06:26 +0100
The â€œUptake of pre-awarding phases of eProcurementâ€ workshop has successfully been held on Monday in Vienna. Around 65 experts met and shared their experience and ideas. I try to synthesize some issues and ideas that emerged: 1. The adoption of eProcurement, and of pre-awarding phases in particular, is progressing all over Europe.

Interesting initiative but...

Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen — Wed 24 Feb 2010 11:34:00 +0100

Africa4All: Interesting initiative and you may find the following of pep-net entries interesting:
eParticipation in Lesotho - An important reminder
Technology use in the 2009 South African Elections
Personally all in favour of increased transparency and more and better links between decision-makers/politicians and the citizens/voters no matter where in the world. That said, in an African context direct access to politicians, technology and digital literacy is unfortunately still the priviledge of the few - even in relatively (for the region) wealthty countries like Kenya and Namibia - as Julia Glidden also points out in her blog entry on eParticipation in Lesotho. In factÂ rural remoteness and exclusion is substantial and also relevant factors in Kenya, Tanzania and Namibia.
On the other hand two interesting countries to encourage to participate in the Africa4All project would be South Africa and Botswana - and for several reasons for this eg:
Will achieve a blance between East and Southern African project partners
Both countries have relative good internet coverage
Both countries are democratic with regular free-and-fair elections.Â The South African President has also created a hotline for complaints and input (albeit with some faults, favouring telephones and still to prove its usefulness to citizens)
GDP per capita (even in light of large discreprency in wealth distribution) are among the highest in the region and will provide a different ancle to the project
South Africa also battle with youth participation in election and public debate.

Vox Internet II Colloquium PARIS

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Wed 24 Feb 2010 11:33:37 +0100

March 26-27, 2010Â Â Â Paris
"Internet Governance and the Dynamics of the Commons: the Issue of Access"
to the programmeÂ http://www.voxinternet.fr/spip.php?article344&lang=en

Call for interest to join a thematic network on eID

Tilman Vincent — Wed 24 Feb 2010 10:50:47 +0100
The European Commission will fund a Thematic Network over a period of 3 years. The aim of the network will be to provide a platform for all the stakeholders of eID (electronic identity) to work together and collaborate to prepare a strategy for the coming a large scale deployment of an electronic identity management (eIDM) infrastructure. Declare your interest to join the network: http://www.chambersign.com/news.

Customer profiling to target service delivery - a Smart Cities Research Brief

Dave Fitch — Tue 23 Feb 2010 04:31:20 +0100
Customer profiling is a practical, evidence-based approach to understanding who are the customers for each public sector service, the channels through which those customers can be served, and how these customers can best be targeted. This report describes techniques of customer profiling to help target the delivery of services in the public sector. The approach set out in this report relies on use of standard definitions of customer profiles, services and channels.

Customer profiling to target service delivery - a Smart Cities Research Brief

Dave Fitch — Tue 23 Feb 2010 04:25:21 +0100
Customer profiling is a practical, evidence-based approach to understanding who are the customers for each public sector service, the channels through which those customers can be served, and how these customers can best be targeted. This report describes techniques of customer profiling to help target the delivery of services in the public sector. The approach set out in this report relies on use of standard definitions of customer profiles, services and channels.

Customer profiling to target service delivery - a Smart Cities Research Brief

Dave Fitch — Tue 23 Feb 2010 04:15:25 +0100

Customer profiling is a practical, evidence-based approach to understanding who are the customers for each public sector service, the channels through which those customers can be served, and how these customers can best be targeted.

highly recommended

Mark Hol — Tue 23 Feb 2010 01:20:37 +0100
I can only recommend it to everybody. Great articles, already looking forward to the next issue.

Call for papers extension - 2nd International conference on eParticipation (ePart) 2010

Eleni Panopoulou — Fri 19 Feb 2010 04:14:32 +0100
The 2nd International conference on eParticipation (ePart) 2010 29 August â€“ 2 September 2010; Lausanne, Switzerland (co-organised with EGOV 2010) www.demo-net.org/epart Call for Papers The scope of the ePart 2010 covers the whole range of research in eParticipation. Its principal aim is to review research advances in both social and technological scientific domains, seeking to demonstrate new concepts, methods and styles of eParticipation. This second ePart conference focuses on, but is not limited to, the following topics around eParticipation: The Research landscape, directions and foundations Research methods, method integration and techniques Cultural and normative differences in eParticipation Comparative analyses of eParticipation practices eParticipation projects: design, implementation, evaluation, quality and impact Technologies for eParticipation, policy modelling, simulation and visualisation Online conversation and deliberation, eConsulation, ePoling, eLegislation, eElectioneering, eVoting, Social networking Education, training courses, and curricula The conference allows for four distinct types of submissions: Completed research papers Ongoing research and innovative projects Workshops and panels on pertinent issues PhD colloquium submission. ePart is closely aligned with EGOV 2010 - the IFIP eGovernment conference and the EGOV community. Note that this year both conferences will be located for the first time outside the DEXA cluster of conferences. ePart 2010 is sponsored by IFIP, WG8.5. Important Dates Submission of papers: 3 March 2010 Submission of workshop/panel proposals: 15 March 2010 Submissions to PhD colloquium: 15 March 2010 Notification of acceptance for papers: 30 March 2010 Notification of acceptance for workshops/panels: 30 April 2010 Publication All accepted completed research papers will be published by Springer LNCS. Ongoing research and innovation projects papers will be published by Trauner Druck. Outstanding research papers from the conference might be selected for further development and publication in a special issue of a relevant journal. Conference chairs Ann Macintosh, The University of Leeds, United Kingdom Efthimios Tambouris, University of Macedonia, Greece Olivier Glassey, IDHEAP- University of Lausanne, Switzerland Program committee Georg Aichholzer, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria Kim Viborg Andersen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Lasse Berntzen, Vestfold University College, Norway Yannis Charalabidis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Fiorella de Cindio, University of Milan, Italy Clelia Colombo, Generalitat of Catalonia, Spain Simon Delakorda, Institute for Electronic Participation, Slovenia Annelie Ekelin Blekinge Institute of Technology Sweden Olivier Glassey, Institut de Hautes Etudes en Administration Publique, Switzerland Tomas Gordon, Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communications Systems, Germany Dimitris Gouscos, University of Athens, Greece Mary Griffiths, University of Adelaide, Australia Ake GrÃ¶nlund, Ã–rebro University, Sweden Konstantinos Koskinas, Panteion University, Greece Patrizia Lombardi, Politec di Turin, Italy Euripides Loukis, University of the Aegean, Greece Ann Macintosh, Leeds University, United Kingdom Ursula Maier-Rabler, Salzburg University, Austria Peter Mambrey, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany Rony Medaglia, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Jeremy Millard, Danish Technological Institute, Denmark David O'Donnell, Intellectual Capital Research, Institute of Ireland, Ireland Peter Parycek, Danube University Krems, Austria Cristian Peraboni, Universita degli Study di Milano, Italy Vassilios Peristeras, DERI, University of Ireland, Ireland David Price, Thoughtgraph Ltd., United Kingdom Ã˜ystein SÃ¦bÃ¸, University of Agder, Norway Efthimios Tambouris, University of Macedonia, Greece Konstantinos Tarabanis, University of Macedonia, Greece Ella Taylor-Smith, International Teledemocracy Center, United Kingdom Maria Wimmer, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany Scott Wright, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom Alexandros Xenakis, Panteion University, Greece

Call for papers extension - 2nd International conference on eParticipation (ePart) 2010

Eleni Panopoulou — Fri 19 Feb 2010 04:14:32 +0100
The 2nd International conference on eParticipation (ePart) 2010 29 August â€“ 2 September 2010; Lausanne, Switzerland (co-organised with EGOV 2010) www.demo-net.org/epart Call for Papers The scope of the ePart 2010 covers the whole range of research in eParticipation.

The tendering platform of the Council of the European Union has been updated!

Maurizio Megliola — Thu 18 Feb 2010 05:15:21 +0100
Consilium Tendering, the tendering platform of the Council of the European Union, was launched in May 2008. Final objective is to have an electronic tendering system at the Council fully operational. This includes, in addition to the development of the platform, its accreditation in compliance with the security and legal requirements, setting up user support, adaptation of relevant internal procedures and training of end users. After the second phase of developments in 2009, new aspects are now covered. Find them here: http://www.epractice.eu/en/cases/consiliumtendering .

The tendering platform of the Council of the European Union has been updated!

Maurizio Megliola — Thu 18 Feb 2010 05:15:20 +0100
Consilium Tendering, the tendering platform of the Council of the European Union, was launched in May 2008. Final objective is to have an electronic tendering system at the Council fully operational. This includes, in addition to the development of the platform, its accreditation in compliance with the security and legal requirements, setting up user support, adaptation of relevant internal procedures and training of end users.
After the second phase of developments in 2009, new aspects are now covered.

2010 World Environment Day

Evika Karamagioli — Thu 18 Feb 2010 10:22:19 +0100
Rwanda will host to celebrations for the 2010 World Environment Day, on 5 June. â€œRwanda is an African nation that, despite big challenges, is seizing the multiple opportunities possible from green economic policies,â€ said UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner. The East African country, known as the â€œland of a thousand hills,â€ is turning to some innovative environmental strategies, such as a ban on plastic bags, ecological clean up campaigns, a conservation corridor for chimpanzees, and the development of renewable energies such as solar power and biogas generation, noted UNEP. More inf

Merci ANDY... and?

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Thu 18 Feb 2010 09:41:31 +0100

Your writing is really clear and I do agree with your main conclusion.Even if I have less facilities to express an opinion in english , I would like to submit some commentary regarding the question of new global design of digital systems.

A fundemental issue in introducing new technology and business practices

Andy Mulholland — Mon 15 Feb 2010 05:54:24 +0100

We are glad to announce that we released a free version of SimpleInvoicer targeted for QuickBooks accounting software.

References and links needed for a review of e-democracy

David Stodolsky — Mon 07 Dec 2009 08:01:00 +0100

I have been invited to write a state of the art review of e-democracy. I need references, links, software abstracts, unpublished reports, etc. Links will be most valuable, since this is an online Journal (See below).
Â

Climate change

Evika Karamagioli — Mon 07 Dec 2009 12:13:58 +0100
Climate change the second most serious problem faced by the world today according Eurobarometer. For more information http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1858&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Very good

CD Rates — Fri 04 Dec 2009 04:36:35 +0100

The initiative for this solution originated from among the ranks of the judiciary and was supported by the three presidents of the courts of appeals in the FYR of Macedonia.

Great

CD Rates — Fri 04 Dec 2009 04:35:45 +0100

The city of BesanÃ§on (122,308 inhabitants) is a pioneer in the area of information and communication technologies.

Nice

CD Rates — Fri 04 Dec 2009 04:34:27 +0100

Ultimately, the goald is to help stimulate the adoption of e-Invoicing in Europe.

Great

CD Rates — Fri 04 Dec 2009 04:33:25 +0100

The Citizen Service Centres are an advanced multi-channel system for the delivery of public services to citizens and businesses, regardless of their digital capabilities, social orientation or locality.

Are we sure that.....?

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Fri 04 Dec 2009 10:14:48 +0100

Are we sure that eNetworking and classical democracy work in the same field and need each other?
Classical democracy was a step forward to make people live together in a common way managed by leaders they have chosen (from the city or from the village).
eNetworking is taking off in a sphere of high technology placed in the heart of a field of automatization and complexe processes.

Can eParticipation improve democratic culture?

Feil Bengt — Thu 03 Dec 2009 06:21:36 +0100
There seems to be a general consensus that an increase of overall political participation would help to improve democratic culture in general. A strong democracy has to offer different participatory processes to answer a variety of needs of both citizens and government bodies.

Can eParticipation improve democratic culture?

Feil Bengt — Thu 03 Dec 2009 05:21:36 +0100
There seems to be a general consensus that an increase of overall political participation would help to improve democratic culture in general. A strong democracy has to offer different participatory processes to answer a variety of needs of both citizens and government bodies. As no single participation tool is able to cover all forms of participation and wide variety of participation processes have to be practiced - both online and offline. An election for example is excellent in involving almost the whole population in a decision making process but is very restrictive in its options (e.g. parties and people to vote for) and does not facilitate deliberation. A public hearing on the other hand can only be attended by a relatively small number of people but offers an open space to discuss many different options and develop compromises in collaboration. One cannot state that one form of political participation is â€œbetterâ€ than the other but both processes answer specific needs by citizens and government and contribute to the democratic culture at large. The electronic aspect of eParticipation enhances participation processes without losing their intention. eDeliberation processes for example can involve a larger number of participants and lower the barrier to entrance in comparison with their offline counterpart but the key factor still is deliberation. By enhancing the underlying participation processes through the use of information and communication technologies eParticipation is able cover participatory needs which were uncovered before. eParticipation can therefore be an important instrument in the orchestra of participation. The whole article stating the above argumentation in detail can be found here on the PEP-NET blog: http://pep-net.eu/blog/2009/12/03/eparticipation-its-cousins-and-democracy/

The Benchlearning Final Conference: succesfully concluded!

Francesca Gargaro — Thu 03 Dec 2009 03:22:02 +0100
On the 30th of November and on the 1st of December 2009, in sharing with the eGovMoNet workshop, the Benchlearning Final Conference has been held in Ghent, Belgium, with the aim of presenting the results of the project and the final recommendations. The two events involved about 60 participants among organisators, pilot agencies and expert participants. For anyone interested to read the documents presented during the conference, please go to the dedicated "shared resources" section to visualise and download the presentations. Thank you all and look forward to developing additional interest

The Benchlearning Final Conference: succesfully concluded!

Francesca Gargaro — Thu 03 Dec 2009 02:22:23 +0100
On the 30th of November and on the 1st of December 2009, in sharing with the eGovMoNet workshop, the Benchlearning Final Conference has been held in Ghent, Belgium, with the aim of presenting the results of the project and the final recommendations. The two events involved about 60 participants among organisators, pilot agencies and expert participants. For anyone interested to read the documents presented during the conference, please go to the dedicated "shared resources" section to visualise and download the presentations. Thank you all and look forward to developing additional interesting activities with the Benchlearning! Francesca Gargaro, Study Team and organisator

ePrivacy Directive will strenghten the protection of privacy and personnal data

Evika Karamagioli — Thu 03 Dec 2009 01:43:44 +0100

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On November 24, 2009, the European Parliament formally approved the European Union's telecoms reform package.Â This reform proposed by the European Commission in November 2007 consists of various different EU Directives that set-up the legal framework applicable to the electronic communications sector (telecoms) and includes a new e-Privacy Directive.

New provisions of the e-Privacy Directive will strengthen the protection of privacy and personal data in the electronic communication sector and includes the following:

Broken link

VAILLE Gilles — Thu 03 Dec 2009 01:07:00 +0100

The EPBD Buildings Platform has been replaced by BUILD
UP in June 2009.

As a consequence, the link you posted is broken.

Could you please replace the obsolete link

http://www.buildingsplatform.eu/cms/index.php?id=179#c735

by the new one:

http://www.buildup.eu/publications/1720

Thank you very much in advance for this update.

www.buildup.eu is a European initiative for building professionals, public authorities and occupants willing to share their experience on how to cut energy consumption in buildings.

Improve registration

Emilio Castrillejo — Wed 02 Dec 2009 05:49:26 +0100
From time to time, some users mention that registration at epractice is difficult. It usually happens for users who become members to participate at a workshop. I would suggest that, at the moment of registering as a new user, the list of open workshops would be included so that the user can select one of them.

EU: Eprocurement and eInvoice management tools published as open source (Open e-PRIOR)

Joao Rodrigues Frade — Wed 02 Dec 2009 12:41:16 +0100
Open e-PRIOR (electronic PRocurement, Invoicing and ORdering) has been published as open source by the Directorate General for Informatics (DIGIT) of the European Commission. The software is made available at the OSOR Forge, the open source software development platform of the Commission. The software is aimed at public administrations that wish to try out electronic procurement, including cross-border procurement. The software is meant to bridge the legacy systems used by public administrations and the systems of their suppliers.

GREEN AND CONNECTED CITIES - Strasbourg

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Wed 02 Dec 2009 09:31:36 +0100

Strasbourg - 10 & 11 DEC 2009

Call for Papers: Ambient Assisted Living in Europe â€“ Technology and Innovation for Ageing Well

Wehrmann Christian — Tue 01 Dec 2009 03:41:26 +0100

The Coordination Action AALIANCE - funded by the European Commission, DG Information Society and Media, within the 7th Framework Programme - focuses on Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) solutions based on advanced ICT technologies for the areas of AAL4Persons, which includes at home and on the move, AAL@community and AAL@work. AALIANCE provides a framework for stakeholders, led by industry, to define research and development priorities, timeframes and action plans on strategically important issues in the field of Ambient Assisted Living.

EU: E-procurement and e-invoice management tools published as open source (Open e-PRIOR)

Joao Rodrigues Frade — Tue 01 Dec 2009 11:52:06 +0100

Open e-PRIOR (electronic PRocurement, Invoicing and ORdering) has been published as open source by the Directorate General for Informatics (DIGIT) of the European Commission. The software is made available at the OSOR Forge, the open source software development platform of the Commission.
The software is aimed at public administrations that wish to try out electronic procurement, including cross-border procurement.

Web 2.0 For E-Government?

R.Erdem ERKUL — Mon 30 Nov 2009 10:27:01 +0100

by Ian Smith;
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http://intelegia.com/mediacenter/tools_for_thought/2009/11/27/web-20-for-e-government/
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The Impact of Social Computing on the EU Information Society and Economy

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Mon 30 Nov 2009 05:05:15 +0100

Study on the impact of Web 2.0 on Europeâ€™s economy and society available online.
The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) of the Joint Research Center (JRC) has published a study entitled 'The Impact of Social Computing on the EU Information Society and Economy'.
The study can be downloaded at:

E-Goverment Awards: Five Propositions on Advancing their Value

Kim Normann Andersen — Sun 29 Nov 2009 05:25:34 +0100
At the recent pre-ministerial conference in MalmÃ¸ I gave a talk on eGovernment Awards...The talk was based on a paper that appears in the book " State of the eUnion: Government 2.0 and Onwards" The paper and the book is available at http://21gov.net/ but can be ordered at Amazon as well....

eID post-Doc position coming up at EC JRC IPTS

Wainer Lusoli — Fri 27 Nov 2009 04:06:28 +0100
We are looking for candidates for recently opened (post Doc) position on eID. You can download the call here: http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/jobs/documents/91130-J04-70.doc More information provided here: http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/jobs/vacancies.cfm Please examine carefully the eligibility criteria before applying. Please feel free to distribute this message to whom may be interested.

eID post-Doc position coming up at EC JRC IPTS

Wainer Lusoli — Fri 27 Nov 2009 03:06:45 +0100
We are looking for candidates for recently opened (post Doc) position on eID. You can download the call here: http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/jobs/documents/91130-J04-70.doc More information provided here: http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/jobs/vacancies.cfm Please examine carefully the eligibility criteria before applying. Please feel free to distribute this message to whom may be interested.

Add a "Make ePractice your home page" button

Enrico Ferro — Thu 26 Nov 2009 11:32:24 +0100
I use ePractice as my home page and I find it very usefull to keep up with all the e- related activities taking place around Europe.

Good procurement practice

Paul Cheshire — Tue 24 Nov 2009 04:51:43 +0100
Available in the "Shared Resource" area is a report on "Good Procurement Practice". It was written by a EURIM committee (see the report for information about this organisation) and it contains a digest of the reports and guidance on Procurement Practice produced by the Office of Government Commerce, the National Audit Office, the Audit Commission, Intellect (the UKâ€™s Technology Trade Association) and the British Computer Society, including links to the sources.

5th Ministerial eGovernment Conference Executive Summary

Michael Kaschesky — Tue 24 Nov 2009 01:44:34 +0100

The 5th Ministerial eGovernment Conference occurred in a time of profound economic and social change. Not only do we witness how fragile and vulnerable our environment has become. We also witness how fragile and vulnerable our biggest institutions have become. As a consequence, trust in the ability of professionals and politicians to safeguard future well-being is diminishing.

Social Networks; from knowledge management to knowing

Andy Mulholland — Sun 22 Nov 2009 05:47:10 +0100

Its an interesting point as to whether any organisation of size can function with out both â€˜Business Intelligence' meaning reporting on how well it is succeeding against the operational measures it has set itself, and its Knowledge Management system as its reference base of experience gained. However both are also strongly internally focussed and make assumptions that activities will happen with in the structure of the internal enterprise operational model.

User satisfaction in the City of Stockholm

Mikael Snaprud — Sun 22 Nov 2009 05:19:20 +0100
The City of Stockholm has provided a service to compare the cities public services. In this way, citizens can compare and chose from a range of services including schools, public sports venues, or services for the elderly. To compare, the user selects a subset of e.g. the existing schools and gets an overview of the quantitative properties like number of pupils per teacher, or average performance of the pupils. In addition the degree of user satisfaction is included in the comparison.

The best European eGovernment solutions selected at the 4th European eGovernment Awards ceremony

Elina Jokisalo — Thu 19 Nov 2009 07:18:57 +0100

This yearâ€™s best European eGovernment solutions have been awarded today by the European Commission in the framework of the 5^th Ministerial eGovernment Conference in MalmÃ¶, Sweden.

AQUAWARENESS: A NEW VISION FOR WATER

Evika Karamagioli — Thu 19 Nov 2009 01:37:23 +0100
According the Commissioner for environment, Stavros Dimas regional and local governments have a crucial role to play if Europe is to encourage responsible water consumption among citizens For more information Assembly of European Regions at www.aer.eu European Water Partnership at www.ewp.eu

Finalist exhibition launched at the 5th Ministerial eGovernment Conference in MalmÃ¶

Elina Jokisalo — Wed 18 Nov 2009 10:29:44 +0100

The 52 finalists for the 4th European eGovernment Awards set up their exhibition stands today in full preparation for the 5th Ministerial eGovernment Conference, which starts tomorrow 19 November. Under the title â€œTeaming up for the eUnionâ€, the conference expects to bring together over 1,000 prominent public and private decision-makers and experts from across Europe and further afield.

IFIP IDMAN 2010 - 2nd IFIP WG 11.6 Working Conference on Policies & Research in Identity Management (IDMANâ€™10)

Elisabeth De Leeuw — Wed 18 Nov 2009 01:59:10 +0100
In Cooperation with The Norwegian Computing Center will take place in Oslo / Norway, 18 â€“ 19 November 2010 Special theme: (e)surveillance and monitoring "The omnipresence of surveillance and monitoring systems might be at daggers drawn with public and democratic liberties." The world of the 21st century is, more than ever, global and impersonal. Criminal and terrorist threats, both physical and on the internet, increase by the day. The demand for better methods of identification is growing, not only in companies and organisations but also in the world at large.

IFIP IDMAN 2010 - 2nd IFIP WG 11.6 Working Conference on Policies & Research in Identity Management (IDMANâ€™10)

Elisabeth De Leeuw — Wed 18 Nov 2009 12:59:10 +0100
In Cooperation with The Norwegian Computing Center will take place in Oslo / Norway, 18 â€“ 19 November 2010 Special theme: (e)surveillance and monitoring "The omnipresence of surveillance and monitoring systems might be at daggers drawn with public and democratic liberties." The world of the 21st century is, more than ever, global and impersonal. Criminal and terrorist threats, both physical and on the internet, increase by the day. The demand for better methods of identification is growing, not only in companies and organisations but also in the world at large. Identity management is put under pressure, due to the growing number of frauds who want to hide their true identity. Identity management challenges the information security research community to focus on interdisciplinary and holistic approaches while retaining the benefits of previous research efforts. As part of this tendency, surveillance and monitoring are more prominently present in society, both in the public and private domain. The original intention being to contribute to security and safety, surveillance and monitoring might, in some cases, have unintended or even contradictory effects. Besides, the omnipresence of surveillance and monitoring systems might be at daggers drawn with public and democratic liberties.

neuroscience

Ersin Bicer — Wed 18 Nov 2009 10:25:35 +0100

Workshops are useful since we share our knowledge face to face. Brain storming enables us to come up brilliant ideas in such groups. In fact it is the main aim of the neuroscience.

3 day free PEPPOL Conference in February 2010 - call for participation

Mikkel Hippe Brun — Wed 18 Nov 2009 01:13:34 +0100
The 4th International PEPPOL conference will be held in MalmÃ¶, Sweden, from February 9th to February 11th 2010. Learn how large buying organizations in the public and private sector can benefit from connecting to PEPPOL. Discover the business applications available for eInvoicing, eOrdering & eCatalogues and see how easily you can connect suppliers through service providers. Get the business overview or dive into the details of the standards. The event is offered free of charge for all registrations made before December 15th. The number of free seats is limited to 250 participants.

looking for impact measurement cases...

gino verleye — Tue 17 Nov 2009 03:50:30 +0100

Dear all, in the eGovMonet community, we currently focus on a second paper on the impact of eGov.Â Now, during the previous group meeting, we all came to the conclusion that impact is to be interpreted as 'any change'. So this is a broad and open scope.Â Â In order to illustrate our thoughts and findings, we are currently looking for interesting cases where impact was measured in whichever way.Â So please email me gino.verleye@skynet.be or put the reference in this blog.Â Please feel free to add your personal comments and remarks on the case.

Web 2.0 and ICT use at the 5th Ministerial eGovernment Conference and 4th European eGovernment Awards

Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen — Tue 17 Nov 2009 03:40:28 +0100

Much focus has been on Web 2.0 technology as an enabler for wider dissemination, awareness raising and not least participation and transparency. It is therefore interesting to see that Web 2.0 technologies are being used in various ways for a range of purposes in this yearâ€™s 5th Ministerial eGovernment Conference, 18-20 November, in MalmÃ¶ (Sweden) and 4th European eGovernment Awards.
RSS AND TWITTER FEEDS

The fourth annual IGF Meeting will be held from 15-18 November 2009 in Egypt.

Evika Karamagioli — Tue 17 Nov 2009 03:10:26 +0100

The overall theme of the meeting will be Internet Governance - Creating Opportunities for All. The theme reflects the basic purpose of the IGF to develop a common understanding of how to maximize the opportunities the Internet offers for all nations and peoples, and how to address the risks and challenges, while also raising awareness of the development dimension of Internet governance.

looking for impact measurement cases...

gino verleye — Tue 17 Nov 2009 10:53:41 +0100
Dear all, in the eGovMonet community, we currently focus on a second paper on the impact of eGov. Now, during the previous group meeting, we all came to the conclusion that impact is to be interpreted as 'any change'. So this is a broad and open scope. In order to illustrate our thoughts and findings, we are currently looking for interesting cases where impact was measured in whichever way. So please email me gino.verleye@skynet.be or put the reference in this blog. Please feel free to add your personal comments and remarks on the case. In the name of EGovMonet, thanks a lot. Gino

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E-government Turkey

Ersin Bicer — Mon 16 Nov 2009 04:15:14 +0100

Social Assistance Information System, known as SOYBÄ°S, will be awarded in the "BiliÅŸim YÄ±ldÄ±zlarÄ±" compatition in Turkey.

top content

Emilio Castrillejo — Mon 16 Nov 2009 04:07:23 +0100
Most epractice sections do not have a 'top content' box. Only 'top events' are manually selected by the editor. My suggestion would be to include, together with the 'related content' another 'top content' box that would display the three most relevant items of the same kind in the window (eg.

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Adrian Pintilie — Mon 16 Nov 2009 03:40:44 +0100
Most epractice sections do not have a 'top content' box. Only 'top events' are manually selected by the editor. My suggestion would be to include, together with the 'related content' another 'top content' box that would display the three most relevant items of the same kind in the window (eg.

Policy/ public terminals+assistive technologies/ European/ Workshop on Self-service terminals and Assistive technologies

Sara Pérez — Mon 16 Nov 2009 11:31:45 +0100
Brussels, 7 December 2009 DG INFSO Meeting Room S1 Avenue de Beaulieu 25, 1160 Brussels, Belgium The purpose of this meeting is to identify grounds for possible further action at European level, notably with support from the European Commission in various possible ways: policy recommendations, stakeholder dialogue, standardisation activities, funding from EC programs, etc. The INREDIS Consortium will take part of this event with the following talks: - â€œEnhanced Interoperability Architecture to Enable Universal Access to ATMâ€, presented by Mr. Carles Sans.

Practice/ assistive technologies/ international/ Transforming the Assistive Technology Ecosystem

Sara Pérez — Mon 16 Nov 2009 11:18:33 +0100
A G3ict workshop and brainstorming session hosted by the Microsoft Corporation to facilitate a high level, multi-stakeholder dialogue on how to promote a greater interoperability of IT and assistive technologies with a focus on practical technical and policy solutions. JosÃ© Ãngel MartÃnez Usero will deliver the talk titled "The Accessible Technology Ecosystem and Why it is Critical". * Microsoft Executive Briefing Center for European Innovation, Brussels, Belgium * November 17, 2009 * Hosted by Microsoft Corporation URL: http://dev.g3ict.com/events/schedule/event_overvie

Workshop report

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Mon 16 Nov 2009 09:18:38 +0100

Dear Alberto,
after the workshop, a report will be issued and uploaded on this page, together with the slides. The document will summarise the presentations and the most relevant outcomes. Those experts who cannot attend the event will find there some useful information.
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Strong price reduction

paula ruiz — Sun 15 Nov 2009 10:12:47 +0100

This system produces strong price reduction in procurement of goods and services for public amministrations!!!!

El gobierno local mas cerca

Antonio Martinez Molina — Sat 14 Nov 2009 01:41:45 +0100

Gracias a este proyecto, el gobierno local se acerca mas a los ciudadanos, facilitando en gran manera la participaciÃ³n de los mismos en las decisiones de sus Alcaldes y Concejales pudiendo realizar propuestas a traves de una plataforma sencilla y que pone a disposiciÃ³n del ciudadano todas las herramientas para hacer todo esto desde su casa frente a su ordenador.

Well done!

Alberto Cottica — Sat 14 Nov 2009 09:52:09 +0100

Thanks, info on local workshops are useful. It would be great if you could post the link to one paper - the presentation of the Korean case study would be great, fot those of us who do not live in Rome.

Reducing Information Asymmetries to inhance learning opportunities

Enrico Ferro — Fri 13 Nov 2009 12:47:28 +0100
Hi all, I think the learning experience that ePractice offers could be increased by encouraging or providing an incentive to projects and communities to share their outputs.

Participa en andalucia

Leandro Robles Martin — Thu 12 Nov 2009 07:41:51 +0100

Me parece un proyecto muy bueno sienpre y cuando sea para la mejora de nuestra Andalucia.

participa en andalucÃa

Eva LÃ³pez Ramos — Thu 12 Nov 2009 07:07:55 +0100

la imagen corresponde a mi pueblo que se encuentra ubicado en las llamadas Alpujarras granadinas. Bonita la imagen verdad!!

Web 2.0 and ICT use at the 5th Ministerial eGovernment Conference and 4th European eGovernment Awards

Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen — Thu 12 Nov 2009 04:40:27 +0100
Much focus has been on Web 2.0 technology as an enabler for wider dissemination, awareness raising and not least participation and transparency. It is therefore interesting to see that Web 2.0 technologies are being used in various ways for a range of purposes in this yearâ€™s 5th Ministerial eGovernment Conference, 18-20 November, in MalmÃ¶ (Sweden) and 4th European eGovernment Awards. RSS AND TWITTER FEEDS In addition to RSS feed, twitter feed is available onthe Ministerial eGovernment Conference website www.egov2009.se.

What about a translator?

Alberto Ortiz de Zarate — Thu 12 Nov 2009 02:53:58 +0100
I think putting a translator (google translator or similar) on the page would help to engage non-english spaeakers.

SPOCS presentation at the 5th Ministerial eGov conference

Evika Karamagioli — Thu 12 Nov 2009 02:11:01 +0100
Thursday the 19th November Peter Kustor, Head of eGovernment department, Federal Chancellery, Austria will present the SPOCS project at the specific session entitled The Services Directive â€“ Making Life Easier for Entrepreneurs. This session will give an overview of the solutions and ongoing activities in the EU regarding improved access to cross-border electronic procedures through Points of Single Contact. For more information please visit http://www.egov2009.se/programme/

4th European eGov Awards 2009

Luis Meneses — Wed 11 Nov 2009 10:20:48 +0100

Public votingÂ for the 4th European eGov AwardsÂ was a good initiative to increase the visibility of the award and also toÂ have new users registered in epractice.eu. The challenge is how to keep these new registered users interested and active, in a world where large scale, world wide, social networks compete for their time and attention. Â

Applying standards in eProcurement and eInvoicing - new venue

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Wed 11 Nov 2009 09:30:59 +0100

Please note that the workshop venue has been changed.
The new one is:
EFTA HEADQUARTERS
Rue Joseph II 12-16, Brussels
The final agenda and other information are available at: http://www.epractice.eu/en/workshops/einvoicestd
Registrations are open on the same page: due to the limited number of available places, we invite you to register now!

UYAP SMS INFORMATION SYSTEM

Erhan POLAT — Wed 11 Nov 2009 08:07:09 +0100

The SMS judicial information system provides an outstanding service for the citizens and lawyers which enables them to receive SMS messages containing legal information such as ongoing cases, dates of court hearings, the last change in the case and suits or dept claims against them. Therefore, they can be instantly informed by SMS about any kind of legal event related to them without going to courts. A cooperation agreement has been signed with the GSM operators in order to establish this system that makes it possible to send SMS to the concerning partiesï¿½ mobile phones. This system aims to automatically inform all related parties of cases when any legal event, data or announcement (which has to be sent parties) realized by the judicial units such as courts, public prosecutor offices and enforcement offices. Sending a SMS does not replace official notification as it provides information to the parties so that they can take necessary measures in time without delay in order to prevent loss of legal rights.

Plataforma participa

Maria de Lourdes Portilla Cuen — Wed 11 Nov 2009 07:30:20 +0100

Â Os animamos a que voteis por esta iniciativa,aun puedes participar Â¡Animate!

hola

sebastiÃ¡n magro — Wed 11 Nov 2009 07:16:51 +0100

Hola a todos/as desde EspaÃ±a me llamo SebastiÃ¡n, encantado de saludaos

Problem accessing CVS repository

Enrico Vena — Wed 11 Nov 2009 07:08:15 +0100

I need to check out the last release of ePocurement Demonstrator Source files, but i find many problems connecting to the Osor CVS repository. Can you help me? Also, i have required development access to repository but i am waiting the administrator response: the CVS repository is down? Is necessary to update the connection setting respect to https://forge.osor.eu/scm/?group_id=35Â ? I wait for a feedback.
Thanks.
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Jaime FernÃ¡ndez — Wed 11 Nov 2009 06:51:55 +0100

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excelente idea

julio manuel primera guzman — Wed 11 Nov 2009 06:40:08 +0100

yo voto por el proyecto participa en andulicia es una excelente idea

participa en Andalucia

eugenia fernandez — Wed 11 Nov 2009 06:01:08 +0100

El proyecto me gusta bastante ya que da la posibilidad de participar en los proyectos y dar propuestas para proyectos que a los ciudadanos de a pie nos gusten ya que desde aqui nos dan la oprtunidad.

Guadalinfo

Juan Moreno — Wed 11 Nov 2009 05:54:20 +0100

Esta es la votacion que estamos haciendo desde el centro guadalinfo de cortes de baza Granada EspaÃ±a

Guadalinfo

Juan Moreno — Wed 11 Nov 2009 05:52:51 +0100

Esta es la votacion que estamos haciendo desde el centro guadalinfo de cortes de baza Granada EspaÃ±a

Participa en AndalucÃa

Isabel MarÃa Serrano LÃ³pez — Wed 11 Nov 2009 05:30:47 +0100

Participa en AndalucÃa es un gran proyecto en el que todos los ciudadanos podemos observar, comentar y proponer sobre la gobernaciÃ³n de nuestro municipio. Con esta herramienta podemos resolver de una forma mÃ¡s rÃ¡pida nuestras inquietudes. Por ello, os animo a votarla.

Participa en AndalucÃa

Isabel MarÃa Serrano LÃ³pez — Wed 11 Nov 2009 05:24:06 +0100

Participa en AndalucÃa es un gran proyecto en el que todos los ciudadanos podemos observar, comentar y proponer sobre la gobernaciÃ³n de nuestro municipio. Con esta herramienta podemos resolver de una forma mÃ¡s rÃ¡pida nuestras inquietudes. Por ello, os animo a votarla.

Geoportal MyTIC Hidrocarburos

ALFONSO PEDRIZA REBOLLO — Wed 11 Nov 2009 05:11:42 +0100

Interesante proyecto acerca del posisiconamiento georreferecniado de las gasolineras. A travÃ©s de este portal se podrÃ¡n consultar los precios mÃ¡s baratos a lo largo de todo el territorio espaÃ±ol

Sectorial Committee

Elena Rubiralta Ortiz — Wed 11 Nov 2009 05:05:03 +0100

Sectorial Committee is the technical body of cooperation between the General Administration of the State, Autonomous Communities and Local Governments in the field of eGovernment

share experience

Elisabete Silva — Wed 11 Nov 2009 04:56:39 +0100

Congratulations for the initiative! Is a good way to increase the diffusion of good initiatives those are effectively done by the countries that contribute for the share of ideas and experience.

Directorate General for the Promotion of eGovernment

Cristian Tobar Fuente — Wed 11 Nov 2009 02:28:20 +0100

A part of the Secretariat of the Ministry of Public Administrations, this Directorate General promotes eGovernment by conducting relevant studies, setting up action programmes, disseminating good practice cases, ensuring cooperation among all levels of Government and raising awareness on the necessary tools for developing eGovernment

red.es

Cristina Benito Perez — Wed 11 Nov 2009 02:11:00 +0100

is a State-owned company that is part of the State Secretariat for Telecommunications and the Information Society in the Ministry of Industry,Tourism and Trade.

Data Protection

Soledad Puerta Garcia — Wed 11 Nov 2009 01:59:42 +0100

Some Autonomous Communities have their own Data Protection Agencies, e.g. the communities of Madrid or the Basque Country

votaciones participa

encarni hidalgo — Wed 11 Nov 2009 01:57:29 +0100

DeverÃa de estar en todos los idiomas ya que es difÃcil rellenarlo, los usuarios al ser en inglÃ©s les cuesta mucho trabajo entenderlo y hacer la votaciÃ³n.

Proyecto participa en Andalucia

Celedonio MuÃ±oz — Wed 11 Nov 2009 01:53:21 +0100

Me parece un gran proyecto aunque mi ayuntaamiento no se ha adherido pero desde aqui los ciudadanos pueden participar en la poitica municipal y dar propuestas para actuaciones futuras

Bad link

David Newman — Wed 11 Nov 2009 01:52:31 +0100
The link goes back to this page, rather than to a downloadable newsletter.

Municipalities

Esperanza Otero Lastras — Wed 11 Nov 2009 01:52:28 +0100

Local eGovernment initiatives are led and coordinated by local authorities, mostly municipalities

Reduction of Administrative burdens

Yolanda Ramirez Vazquez — Wed 11 Nov 2009 01:41:50 +0100

In June 2008, the Spanish Council of Ministers approved a â€˜Plan for the Reduction of Administrative Burdens and the Improvement of Regulationâ€™ with a view to enhance the competitiveness of Spanish companies

Adjusting administrative procedures to the requirements of the new law

Santiago Frutos Diaz — Wed 11 Nov 2009 01:28:47 +0100

In this light, all administrative procedures and public services shall be made electronically accessible from 2010 onwards

Participa en Andalucia

Petra jimenez — Wed 11 Nov 2009 01:19:07 +0100

Segun la explicaciÃ³n y la demostraciÃ³n de la dinamizadora me ha parecido un proyecto estupendo ya que toda persona interesada en laa politica puede participar sin tener que estar en los plenos o ir a solicitar algun tramite.

Participa en Andalucia

Petra jimenez — Wed 11 Nov 2009 01:18:47 +0100

Segun la explicaciÃ³n y la demostraciÃ³n de la dinamizadora me ha parecido un proyecto estupendo ya que toda persona interesada en laa politica puede participar sin tener que estar en los plenos o ir a solicitar algun tramite.

Spain divided in autonomous communities...

Ruben Villasana — Wed 11 Nov 2009 01:16:52 +0100

Each of the 17 Autonomous Communities has a separate action plan and budgetary contribution

Vote for the best

Wed 11 Nov 2009 12:56:33 +0100

Vote for Intercent-ER!

edni

Rosa Matias Andres — Wed 11 Nov 2009 12:55:40 +0100

new electronic identity card is officially launched in Spain together with a new eID website and a freephone helpline for citizens

BaÅŸaralÄ± bir e-devlet projesi

Abidin TopaÃ§oÄŸlu — Wed 11 Nov 2009 12:48:07 +0100

Bu proje sadeceÂ yargÄ±nÄ±n otomasyona geÃ§irilmesi dÃ¼ÅŸÃ¼nÃ¼lmemiÅŸ aynÄ± zamanda Ã¶rnek bir e-devlet projesi olmasÄ± amaÃ§lanmÄ±ÅŸtÄ±r.

circe

Rodolfo Gutierrez Lopez — Wed 11 Nov 2009 12:44:50 +0100

SinceÂ March 2007,

participa andalucia

francisca serranoalamo — Wed 11 Nov 2009 12:34:08 +0100

Es un sitioen internet abierto aciudadanos y ciudadanas, asociacionesÂ que los representan, corporaciones municipales, grupos y partidos politicos,para que expongan publicamente a traves de i

participa en andalucia

ines delafuentedelafuente — Wed 11 Nov 2009 12:32:29 +0100

participa en andalucia es una plataforma tecnolÃ³gica que permite a la ciudadania participar de forma activa en todos los aspectos de la vida publica de los municipios andaluces

Law on Citizensâ€™ Electronic Access to Public Services

Roberto Peregrino Fernandez — Wed 11 Nov 2009 12:27:51 +0100

The Law on Citizensâ€™ Electronic Access to Public Services is adopted in June 2007. It officially recognises the right of citizens to communicate electronically with Public Administrations; this right is set to become effective from 31 December 2009 onwards

participa en andalucia

maricarmen leon vioque — Wed 11 Nov 2009 12:25:11 +0100

participa en andalucia es una plataforma tecnolÃ³gica que permita a la ciudadanÃa participar de forma activa en todos los aspectos de la vida pÃºblica de los municipios andaluces, tanto en el Ã¡mbito civil como en el polÃtico.

participa en andalucia

Saul Hinojales — Wed 11 Nov 2009 12:12:08 +0100

Seguimos votando, pronto se acaba el tiempo, vamos a aprovecharlo.

Idiomas

Francisco JosÃ© DÃaz — Wed 11 Nov 2009 12:08:08 +0100

Una web perteneciente a la comunidad europea debe ser accesible en todos los idiomas de la misma.

E-DEVLET

hÄ±dÄ±r gÃ¼rgÃ¶ze — Wed 11 Nov 2009 12:00:43 +0100

En temel insan hakkÄ± bilgiye hÄ±zlÄ± ve gÃ¼venilir bir ÅŸekilde ulaÅŸmaktÄ±r. Ulusal YargÄ± AÄŸÄ± Projesi temel insan haklarÄ±na yaptÄ±ÄŸÄ± katkÄ±dan dolayÄ± bu gÃ¼ne kadar gerÃ§ekleÅŸtirilmiÅŸ ulusal ve uluslar arasÄ± en Ã¶zgÃ¼n proje olma niteliÄŸine sahiptir.
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PARTICIPA NECESITA TU VOTO

Esperanza JesÃºs MuÃ±oz MuÃ±oz — Wed 11 Nov 2009 11:55:57 +0100

Ya estamos en la recta final pero aÃºn podemos votar, Vota a al proyecto Partiicpa.
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PARTICIPA NECESITA TU VOTO

Esperanza JesÃºs MuÃ±oz MuÃ±oz — Wed 11 Nov 2009 11:55:44 +0100

Ya estamos en la recta final pero aÃºn podemos votar, Vota a al proyecto partiicpa.
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Intercent-ER

Wed 11 Nov 2009 11:41:35 +0100

perfect

sms2008

hakan Ã¶zgÃ¶ncÃ¼ — Wed 11 Nov 2009 11:37:51 +0100

sms2008 ile artÄ±kadli iÅŸlemlerinizde zaman, para,emek harcamaya son istediÄŸiniz bilgisay her an her yerden bir kÄ±sa mesajla ulaÅŸabilirsiniz...

Participa

Angeles Guadalinfo — Wed 11 Nov 2009 11:29:12 +0100

Desde los centros Guadalinfo apoyamos esta candidatura, que para eso es la nuestra. Votad que se acaba el tiempo.

Intercent-ER

Wed 11 Nov 2009 11:16:25 +0100

Intercent-ER is the most e-procurement experience at regional level in italy

excelente idea

julio primera guzman — Wed 11 Nov 2009 10:58:24 +0100

yo voto por el proyecto participa en andalucia es buena idea

CCT

Francisco Garmendia De Miguel — Wed 11 Nov 2009 10:56:11 +0100

Centre of Transfer of Technology aimed at facilitating the circulation and re-use of technical

Useful project

Wed 11 Nov 2009 10:48:14 +0100

Project very useful and interesting for the local public administration

Sara

Esther Villegas Ortiz — Wed 11 Nov 2009 10:42:10 +0100

Public Administration network SARA furthermore incorporates a new range of multimedia services

afirma

Andres Moncada Garcia — Wed 11 Nov 2009 10:04:11 +0100

the multiPKI validation platform @FIRMA validates 900 000 certificates on a monthly basis in Spain

060 network

Andres Mejias Gomez — Wed 11 Nov 2009 09:46:39 +0100

includes 13 Autonomous Communities and 1 300 municipalities while offering 700 eGovernment services

good project

Wed 11 Nov 2009 09:40:35 +0100

I think that it's a good project.

Cenatic

Aitana Ruperez Castellanos — Wed 11 Nov 2009 09:36:28 +0100

The 2009 strategy of Spainâ€™s Open Source centre, CENATIC, focuses on the development of technologies promoting citizen access to public services

Certificates

Eva Martinez Fraile — Wed 11 Nov 2009 09:24:07 +0100

Certificate administration will be a new function that an administration group will have to take on.

sso

Elena Frances Cuevas — Wed 11 Nov 2009 09:06:40 +0100

Users can reduce the number of passwords they must remember using single, or reduced, sign-on techniques

Secure communications

Lorena Bernabe Fuentes — Wed 11 Nov 2009 08:37:40 +0100

PKI can secure communications over the Internet and other open communications channels

Secure e-mail

Ruben Esparza Montero — Wed 11 Nov 2009 08:23:13 +0100

PKI can provide integrity, privacy, and authenticity for e-mail messages

interoperability

M Dolores Barcenas Jover — Wed 11 Nov 2009 08:14:25 +0100

From the very start one of the main goals for the SIG has been to include a regulatory

Bluetooth

Felipe CastaÃ±eda Manzano — Wed 11 Nov 2009 08:03:08 +0100

Today Bluetooth wireless technology enables people to talk to each other, but this time by means of a low-cost short-range radio link

SMS info enables integrated and flexible data communication

Ozlem Cam — Wed 11 Nov 2009 06:18:26 +0100

Â The new technological developments in the world lead to new changes in the way of e-government, provide mobile services to citizens and businesses. It is widely believed that M-government is the next inevitable direction of e-government. The number of people geting access to information by mobile phones and mobile internet connection is increasing rapidly. The mobile Access to informationÂ - anywhere any time â€“ is becoming a daily routiene, and the governments will have to change their IT policies according to this demand .Â SMS information system enables integrated and flexible data communication and exchange mechanism between citizens and government units in the legal sector for better access to justice. The success of SMS information system in Turkey is a very good example of this evolution.Â SMS information systemÂ applications has become a key method for reaching citizens living in remote areas and promotingÂ exchange of communications. Â Ability of reaching people living in rural areas in which Turkey has many may be considered as an important feature of the system.

good project

LÃœTFULLAH ATEÅž — Tue 10 Nov 2009 11:55:07 +0100

I liked your project. After that, I wish you success.

Votacion Guadalinfo

angel ruiz — Tue 10 Nov 2009 08:16:06 +0100

Esta es la votacion que estamos haciendo desde el centro guadalinfo de cortes de Baza Granada EspaÃ±a.
Desde aqui tengo que decir !!!NO AL TRANSVASE!!! del rio de cortes
Agua para toda la comarca del altiplano para beber y regar desde el pantano del Negratin. proyecto alternativo YA.

a bit slowly

Gabriele Hlavac — Tue 10 Nov 2009 08:13:21 +0100

We work hard on the performance of our local e-government-applications. But epractice itself seems to be a bit slowly...

Participa en Andalucia

Pepe Luis Valentin — Tue 10 Nov 2009 08:01:22 +0100

Segun se ve en las entradas de este Blog, Participa en Andalucia tiene un gran seguimiento y ademas ha despertado un gran interes entre la poblaciÃ³n.
Nunca se habia producido tanto deseo de participaciÃ³n ciudadana. Hacia falta un proyecto como este, donde se pueda interactuar en las ideas y en los proyectos para la ciudadania de forma transparente y democratica...

Votacion Participa en Andalucia

Puri Asturias — Tue 10 Nov 2009 07:35:30 +0100

Estamos desde el centro guadalinfo de Sorvilan (Granada), votando por Participa en Andalucia, una propuesta de participaciÃ³n ciudada.

UYAP SMS 2008

ddd fffffff — Tue 10 Nov 2009 07:34:29 +0100

The Party's Over The case of UYAP System and Instant Information Retrieval in Query Yap / Disclosure Instant Message Being Sent to Registered Subscribers

Â Targets

Â Â Â Â Â Management Information System which provide information to parties involved in the fastest way UYAP
Information from anywhere at any time in UYAP system achieve (GSM network is active everywhere)
Â Â Â Â Parties in the file system operations UYAP be informed immediately of the notification process by shortening the notice to reduce expenses and stationery,

There are 4 kinds of SMS transaction.

SMS query
Â Â Â Â Through the system by mobile phone with UYAP TC Identification number and file number, can make a query by typing instant

Information SMS
Â Â Â Â Â Registered subscribers to the mobile phone of the party message to be sent information on file

Lawyers SMS
Â Â Â Â Â Lawyers for the files to be representative of the query can benefit from SMS SMS and Information

UYAP SMS
Â Â Â Â Â Sending SMS to a file by UYAP screen is used.

guadalinfo

lorena larragay — Tue 10 Nov 2009 07:30:56 +0100

esta es la votaciÃ³n que estamos haciendo desde el centro guadalinfo de cortes de baza Granada EspaÃ±a

Guadalinfo

ismael cortes — Tue 10 Nov 2009 07:26:21 +0100

Esta es la votaciÃ³n que estoy haciendo desde el centro guadalinfo de Cortes de Baza (Granada)

participa en andalucia

evelin de cara — Tue 10 Nov 2009 07:13:25 +0100

participa en andalucia un proyecto de innovacion andaluza, con mucho caracter.

participa en Andalucia

irene puertas — Tue 10 Nov 2009 07:11:19 +0100

Vota por particita en andalucia el mejor proyecto democratico en el que puedas dar tu opiniÃ³n.

participo en andalucia

laura roman — Tue 10 Nov 2009 07:07:38 +0100

por participa en andalucia el mejor proyecto democratico enel que puedes dar tu opinion

guadalinfo

abel martinez — Tue 10 Nov 2009 06:55:55 +0100

estamos votando desde el centro de cortes de baza (granada)

Participa en AndalucÃa

Margarita ViÃ±olo — Tue 10 Nov 2009 06:44:46 +0100

La primera propuesta de participaciÃ³n ciudadana en la polÃtica local, es un gran paso para conseguir que la polÃtica local represente realmente los intereses de los ciudadanos.

Buen proyecto pero muy dicifil de votar

francisco javier palomino — Tue 10 Nov 2009 06:43:48 +0100

El proyecto participa en Andalucia me parece un buen proyecto aunque le veo un gran inconveniente a la hora d ehacer las votaciones para ser ganadores de proyecto

proyectoparticipaenandalucia

Mary Poyato — Tue 10 Nov 2009 06:42:05 +0100

The best project of europe. learm over this project. The people belive in this project. It's the very special for andalucia.

guadalinfo

rebecca fernandez — Tue 10 Nov 2009 06:31:20 +0100

estamos votando desde el centro guadalinfo de cortes de baza granada espaÃ±a europa
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VotaciÃ³n

IvÃ¡n BarragÃ¡n LÃ³pez — Tue 10 Nov 2009 06:22:32 +0100

Vamos a votar desde guadalinfo. Todos desde Andalucia o desde EspaÃ±a no pasa nada.

VotaciÃ³n

IvÃ¡n BarragÃ¡n LÃ³pez — Tue 10 Nov 2009 06:22:02 +0100

Vamos a votar desde guadalinfo. Todos desde Andalucia. Hala Madrid.

votacion

asun navarro barragan — Tue 10 Nov 2009 06:20:53 +0100

todo el mundo a votar participa en Andalucia desde guadalinfo

centro guadalinfo

Dani Pozo — Tue 10 Nov 2009 06:20:27 +0100

esta es la votacion que estamos realizando desde el centro guadalinfo cortes de baza granada espaÃ±a europa el mundo mundial

centro guadalinfo

naomi valero — Tue 10 Nov 2009 06:20:27 +0100

esta es la votacion que estamos realizando desde el centro gualinfo cortes de baza granada espaÃ±a europa el mundo

centro guadalinfo

rosalba martinez — Tue 10 Nov 2009 06:20:27 +0100

esta es la votacion que estamos realizando desde el centro cuadalinfo cortes de baza granada espaÃ±a europa el mundo

participa en andalucia

amanda aguilera rodriguez — Tue 10 Nov 2009 06:18:28 +0100

me parece bien porque asi puedo participar directamente todos los ciudadanos del pueblo

ola

lucia uceda dominguez — Tue 10 Nov 2009 06:18:28 +0100

mu bonito todo pero que pongan las paginas en espaÃ±ol por favor que cuesta un huevo leerla

participa en andalucia

luis dominguez gonzalez — Tue 10 Nov 2009 06:16:58 +0100

me parece muy bien este proyecto por que la gente se mete mas en internet

participa en andalucia

carmen gonzalez oliva — Tue 10 Nov 2009 06:16:00 +0100

Me parece muy bien que hayan hecho este proyecto porque asÃ puede participar directamente la ciudadanÃa.

Avanzando en la e-administraciÃ³n

Maria del Carmen de la Hoz DÃaz de Alda — Tue 10 Nov 2009 05:40:44 +0100

El modelo de contrataciÃ³n electrÃ³nica del gobierno vasco supone un avance en la administraciÃ³n electrÃ³nica y con ello el planteamiento de nuevas perspectivas para los archivos.

Mucho Ã¡nimo Atleti

Pedro Fernandez Porras — Tue 10 Nov 2009 05:14:45 +0100

Aupa Atleti. Somos el peor equipo y perdimos con los merengues
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participa en andalucia

manuel carmona roque — Tue 10 Nov 2009 04:59:12 +0100

creo que es un proyecto magnifico por que todo lo que pida me lo puede hacer el alcaldeÂ por ejemplo un campo de futbol de cesped pues yo voy y se lo digo al alcalde y el alcalde me dira lo que el piensa sobre este proyecto

participa en andalucia

salvador carmona roque — Tue 10 Nov 2009 04:58:42 +0100

me parece muy bien porque es muy importante para todas las cosas

participa en andalucia

fernando martinez bidon — Tue 10 Nov 2009 04:58:14 +0100

Me parece este parece este proyecto muy inteligente.
Porque la gente le va aÂ pedir a su alcalde propuestas.

Participa en AndalucÃa

felipe espinola castillo — Tue 10 Nov 2009 04:58:12 +0100

Este proyecto supone una gran oportunidad para acercar la polÃtica a los ciudadanos a travÃ©s de las nuevas tecnologÃas. Animo desde aquÃ a que voteis este proyecto

Participa en AndalucÃa

hermnio flores vazquez — Tue 10 Nov 2009 04:58:05 +0100

Este programa me parece muy bien porque, le puedo decir a mi alcalde mis ideaspara mejorar mi pueblo
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participa en andalucia

isaac antunez martin — Tue 10 Nov 2009 04:57:06 +0100

me parece mui bien este proyecto porque asin el alcalde de mi pueblo hace proyectos

participa en andalucia

emilia diaz nevado — Tue 10 Nov 2009 04:47:24 +0100

participa en andalucia es una plataforma tecnologica que permite a la ciudadania de formaÂ participar

Perfect!

Tue 10 Nov 2009 04:36:33 +0100

Perfect!!!!

participa en andalucia

maria romerolopez — Tue 10 Nov 2009 04:21:23 +0100

es una idea innovadora de dar a conocer la labor diaria de las instituciones y las inquietudes de la ciudadanÃa, construyendo entre todos un espacio natural donde actuar en e-Democracia.

Participa en Andalucia

Carmen Garcia Sicilia — Tue 10 Nov 2009 04:05:34 +0100

Participa en Andalucia es una plataforma tecnolÃ³gica que permite a la ciudadanÃa
participar de forma activa en todos los aspectos de la vida pÃºblica de los municipios
andaluces, tanto en el Ã¡mbito civil como en el polÃtico.

participa en Andalucia

isabel diaz sicilia — Tue 10 Nov 2009 04:00:17 +0100

es una manera innovadora de dar a conocer la labor diaria de las instituciones y las

PARTICIPA EN ANDALUCIA

Higinia Diaz Merino — Tue 10 Nov 2009 03:58:48 +0100

Â ES UNA MANERA INNOVADORA DE DAR A CONOCER LA LABOR DIARIA DE LAS INSTITUCIONESÂ LAS INQUIETUDES DE LA CIUDADANIA
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Intercent-ER's innovation

Tue 10 Nov 2009 03:15:35 +0100

Intercent-ER provides tools and methods to bust the innovation in the Public Administration

Performance Management

GÃ¼nter Stessl — Tue 10 Nov 2009 02:56:58 +0100

Did anyone implement a performance management system in public sector comparable to LoS (European eGov Award Finalist 2009, Category 3) at the Federal ministry of Finance in Austria ?

Uyap - Uyap - Uyap

sait Ã§iftÃ§i — Tue 10 Nov 2009 02:41:40 +0100

Uyap for efficient me

Uyap - Uyap - Uyap

sait Ã§iftÃ§i — Tue 10 Nov 2009 02:39:42 +0100

Uyap for efficiencient me

Euro Health Consumer very for leasing efficiency

sait Ã§iftÃ§i — Tue 10 Nov 2009 02:22:42 +0100

this represents a project where the public sector has implemented technology to reach efficiency

Intercent-ER

Tue 10 Nov 2009 02:13:11 +0100

great project!

Practice/ web/ Spain/ Engineering web accessibility seminar. 24 November 2009, Donostia-San SebastiÃ¡n

Amaia Aizpurua — Tue 10 Nov 2009 01:50:02 +0100
Dear friends, The Laboratory of Human-Computer Interaction for Special Needs invites you to attend the seminar: "Engineering Web accessibility" to be held on 24 November 2009 in Miramon, the Technological Park of Donostia-San Sebastian.

SMS

SACÄ°T AÅžAR — Tue 10 Nov 2009 01:01:27 +0100
SMS Projesi sayesinde vatandaÅŸlar kendileri hakkÄ±nda yÃ¼rÃ¼tÃ¼lmekte olan tÃ¼m davalarla ilgili anÄ±nda bilgi sahibi olabilmektedirler.

PARTICIPA ALMA DE EDEMOCRACIA

RICARDO RONQUILLO FERNADEZ — Tue 10 Nov 2009 12:56:33 +0100

Tenemos la oportunidadÂ ciudadanos de entrar de lleno en e-democracia,, sin duda alguna es gran alegria para la ciudadania participar de esta manera en decisiones polÃticas, ya no solo cuenta nuestro voto, va mucho mÃ¡s allaÂ puediendo participar activamente en la vida politica -social de nuestro municipio,, ANIMAROS..

Hello!!!

Tue 10 Nov 2009 12:53:33 +0100

Perfect...
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Bye bye

I love this project

Tue 10 Nov 2009 12:44:37 +0100

I love this project

Participa en Andalucia

lola gomez — Tue 10 Nov 2009 12:44:03 +0100

Seria conveniente que todos votasemos por este proyecto de participacion ciudadana

public e-procurement

Tue 10 Nov 2009 12:40:34 +0100

this represents a project where the public sector has implemented technology to reach efficiency

public e-procurement

Tue 10 Nov 2009 12:40:28 +0100

this represents a project where the public sector has implemented technology to reach efficiency

a very intersting project

Tue 10 Nov 2009 12:36:30 +0100

a very intersting project

Government regulations

Jesus Juarez Diez — Tue 10 Nov 2009 12:25:16 +0100

In the United States, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has regulations governing electronic record submissions and the use of electronic signature regulations, under CFR21 Part 11

perfect

Tue 10 Nov 2009 12:24:51 +0100

perfect

participa en andalucia

pedro guija sanchez — Tue 10 Nov 2009 12:20:59 +0100

El proyecto participa en andalucia me parece el mas interesante de todos, y que puede cambiar muchas cosas en un municipio.

my opinion

Tue 10 Nov 2009 12:20:57 +0100

IÂ think that this project is very important for public administrationÂ

Proyecto participa en andalucia

pedro guija sanchez — Tue 10 Nov 2009 12:20:28 +0100

EL proyecto participa en andalucia me parece el mas interesante de todos, y que puede cambiar muchas cosas en un municipio.

Opciones del Perfil

Rosario Perez Varela — Tue 10 Nov 2009 12:14:04 +0100

completar el perfil profesional es algo estricto deberÃa dejar mÃ¡s libertad en las opciones.

Lenguajes

loli Almendros Garcia — Tue 10 Nov 2009 12:12:02 +0100

Seria interesante que la pÃ¡gina estuviera disponible en mÃ¡s idiomas y permitiera la traducciÃ³n.

Prefo

Rafael Nogueras Fernandez — Tue 10 Nov 2009 12:10:51 +0100

The Spanish photovoltaic market has undergone bullish development since the implementation of the feed-in tariffs in 2004

perfect

Tue 10 Nov 2009 12:10:35 +0100

very perfect project

wind energy

Pedro Gimenez Aznar — Tue 10 Nov 2009 12:01:02 +0100

The future of wind energy development in Europe and worldwide is undoubtedly the offshore wind farm

Participa en AndalucÃa

Gloria MarÃa GarcÃa MerchÃ¡n — Tue 10 Nov 2009 12:00:23 +0100

Votar por este proyecto es muy interesante para la participaciÃ³n ciudadana en AndalucÃa.

Process switching

Angel Quesada Barrios — Tue 10 Nov 2009 11:49:25 +0100

Operation that provides full route evaluation and per-packet load balancing across parallelWAN links

participa en andalucia

mariaisabel duque rico — Tue 10 Nov 2009 11:44:24 +0100

Una plataforma muy interesante para la ciudadania. Vota por participa en Andalucia

a very intersting project

Tue 10 Nov 2009 11:44:06 +0100

a very intersting project

Participa en Andalucia

maria rosa higuera muÃ±oz — Tue 10 Nov 2009 11:42:17 +0100

Una plataforma muy interesante para la ciudadania. Vota por el Participa

RSA

Luis Duque Sanchez — Tue 10 Nov 2009 11:37:34 +0100

One suggested use of RSA is to sign a message and then encrypt the resulting signature

votaciones On line

Dolores Medina Romera — Tue 10 Nov 2009 11:33:37 +0100

El proceso de votar los premios es muy complicado para la proxima vez habÃa que agilizarlo.

participa en andalucia

margarita lopez — Tue 10 Nov 2009 11:30:53 +0100

una plataforma muy interesante, para que los ciudadanos podamos participar. VOTA PARTICIPA.

participa en andalucia

leonor chaves — Tue 10 Nov 2009 11:30:52 +0100

una plataforma muy interesante , para que los ciudadanos podamos participar.VOTA PARTICIPA.

Participa en AndalucÃa

RocÃo Higuera FernÃ¡ndez — Tue 10 Nov 2009 11:27:44 +0100

Una plataforma muy interesante para que los ciudadanos podamos participar, vota y participa.
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Participa en Andalucia

Raquel Andujar — Tue 10 Nov 2009 11:27:44 +0100

Una plataforma muy interesante para que los ciudadanos podamos participar. Vota por participa.

Lower user support costs

Angel Luis Garcia Ruiz — Tue 10 Nov 2009 11:26:35 +0100

Corporate computer users use a large number of applications, each requiring a separate user account ID and password.

sudo

Ana Maria Palazuelos Linares — Tue 10 Nov 2009 11:15:09 +0100

There is this neat little program called sudo that allows the admin on a Unix system to grant certain users the ability to run certain programs as root.

participa en andalucia

mari carmen fernandez — Tue 10 Nov 2009 11:09:20 +0100

Vota por participa en andalucia el mejor proyecto democratico en el que puedes dar tu opinion

message attacks.

Luis Cogorro Valcarce — Tue 10 Nov 2009 11:05:35 +0100

An adversary is able to examine signatures corresponding either to known or chosen messages

Information privacy, integrity, and authenticity

Anibal Baquero — Tue 10 Nov 2009 10:55:50 +0100

The company wants to use the Internet as a communications channel between its different locations, or between itself and its partners and customers

participa en andalucia

flore astasio — Tue 10 Nov 2009 10:50:15 +0100

vota en participa andalucia el mejor proyecto andaluz en el que puedes opinar

PARTICIPA

MarÃa Rosa LÃ³pez Carrillo — Tue 10 Nov 2009 10:49:41 +0100

Creo que es una idea fantÃ¡stica. De Ã©sta manera podemos votar todos

Oportunidades en la web

Isabel Tarifa Martin — Tue 10 Nov 2009 10:46:40 +0100

Me alegra ver que hay oportunidades para superar fronteras y dar a conocer el perfil profesional de la gente en Internet.

Paperwork reduction

Teresa Peris — Tue 10 Nov 2009 10:42:53 +0100

The company has to process signed documents and then archive the documents for an extended period to satisfy legal regulations.

NetFlow

Maria Sanchez Jover — Tue 10 Nov 2009 10:33:20 +0100

Network flow is defined as a unidirectional sequence of packets between given source and destination endpoints

Premios europeos

Inmaculada MartÃn Morales — Tue 10 Nov 2009 10:24:25 +0100

Me parece una iniciativa premiar proyectos interesantes, animo y continuar asÃ.

Enhanced IGRP

emilio rueda — Tue 10 Nov 2009 10:15:18 +0100

Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol. Advanced version of IGRP developed by
Cisco. Provides superior convergence properties and operating efficiency, and combines

Animo para votar

Elizabeth Zapata — Tue 10 Nov 2009 10:10:33 +0100

He visto un montÃ³n de proyectos interesantes asÃ que animo todo el mundo a votar.

Information security

raquel vazquez — Tue 10 Nov 2009 10:01:45 +0100

Digital signatures have many applications in information security, including authentication, data integrity, and non-repudiation

perfil europeo

Rosi Valdearenas Fernandez — Tue 10 Nov 2009 09:52:08 +0100

Esta pÃ¡gina me parece una buena oportunidad para darnos a conocer en Europa.

Selecting a PKI

M Victoria Carrillo — Tue 10 Nov 2009 09:50:07 +0100

The business problem being solved will define the extent to which PKI should be integrated into the corporation

Participa en Andalucia

Maria Jesus Buzon Garcia — Tue 10 Nov 2009 09:31:26 +0100

Es un proyecto muy bueno que ha dado y darÃ¡ la posibilidad a los ciudadanos andaluces de que su voz se oiga. Felicidades por el proyecto y espero que vaya a mÃ¡s.

Participa en Andalucia

Maria Jesus Buzon Garcia — Tue 10 Nov 2009 09:31:19 +0100

Es un proyecto muy bueno que ha dado y darÃ¡ la posibilidad a los ciudadanos andaluces de que su voz se oiga. Felicidades por el proyecto y espero que vaya a mÃ¡s.

MIP

Juan MuÃ±oz — Tue 10 Nov 2009 09:28:40 +0100

MultiChannel Interface Processor. Interface processor on the Cisco 7000 series routers
that provides up to two channelized T1 or E1 connections via serial cables to a CSU.

Goverment huge

HÃ¼snÃ¼ ErtÃ¼rk — Tue 10 Nov 2009 09:28:33 +0100

ThisÂ blog have a nice appearence and have a lot of people there

Goverment huge

HÃ¼snÃ¼ ErtÃ¼rk — Tue 10 Nov 2009 09:28:20 +0100

ThisÂ comment have a nice appearence and have a lot of people there

SMS: OlasÄ± hukuki problemlerde bir adÄ±m Ã¶nde olmak

Fikret GÃ¼lÃ¼m — Tue 10 Nov 2009 09:23:00 +0100

Zaman aÅŸÄ±mÄ±na baÄŸlÄ± haklarÄ±mÄ±zÄ± kaybedebileceÄŸimiz/kazanacaÄŸÄ±mÄ±z ikilemi bulunan hukuk alanÄ±nda, bilgimiz haricinde hakkÄ±mÄ±zda aÃ§Ä±lan davalardan haberder olmak, bizi avantajlÄ± hale getirecektir.

SMS

neslihan kaplan — Tue 10 Nov 2009 09:17:14 +0100

SMS is perfect project for all people

Specially important in Spain

jon Garcia — Tue 10 Nov 2009 09:15:06 +0100

This Blog have a nice appearence and have a lot of people there

E-business

emilia herguedas — Tue 10 Nov 2009 09:11:57 +0100

The company wants to expand its e-commerce business and must make sure its transactions are secure

Types of attacks on signature schemes

M Carmen Hernandez — Tue 10 Nov 2009 09:00:03 +0100

The goal of an adversary is to forge signatures; that is, produce signatures which will be

egoverment awards 2009

Rafael Hernandez — Tue 10 Nov 2009 08:50:06 +0100

in the egoverment awards 2009 you can see lots of projects based in web 2.0 ideas

DUAL

Eva Albiol — Tue 10 Nov 2009 08:41:19 +0100

Diffusing Update Algorithm. Convergence algorithm used in Enhanced IGRP that provides loop-free operation at every instant throughout a route computation. Allows routers involved in a topology change to synchronize at the same time, while not involving routers that are unaffected by the change.

Predeployment PKI

M. Dolores CastaÃ±o — Tue 10 Nov 2009 08:31:50 +0100

Predeployment PKI planning needs to consider a number of issues, including identifying business drivers, application migration to PKI, acceptable user impact, and more.

BPX Service Node

Felix Murcia — Tue 10 Nov 2009 08:22:16 +0100

Closely integrated BPX switch, AXIS interface shelf, and extended services processor

Digital Signature

Mariano Moragon — Tue 10 Nov 2009 08:13:46 +0100

A digital signature of a message is a number dependent on some secret known only to the signer, and, additionally, on the content of the message being signed.

UYAP

Ä°BRAHÄ°M Ä°STANBUL — Tue 10 Nov 2009 08:10:33 +0100

UYAP SÄ°STEMÄ° YARGININ HIZLI VE GÃœVENÄ°LÄ°R BÄ°R ÅžEKÄ°LDE Ä°ÅžLEMESÄ°NÄ° SAÄžLAMAKTADIR.

STORK: Multi PKI

Luis Casado — Tue 10 Nov 2009 08:05:04 +0100

Operating a PKI entails a lot more than just generating certificates.
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SMS Bilgilendirme Sistemi

ihsan arslan — Tue 10 Nov 2009 07:56:41 +0100

UYAP SMS Bilgilendirme sistemi TÃ¼rkiye'nin geliÅŸmiÅŸ olduÄŸunun gÃ¶stergesidir. Teknolojik geliÅŸmelerin bu ÅŸekilde kullanÄ±lmasÄ± diÄŸer tÃ¼m sektÃ¶rler iÃ§in bir Ã¶rnek teÅŸkil etmektedir.

uyap

umran koc — Tue 10 Nov 2009 07:56:22 +0100

adalet bakanlÄ±ÄŸÄ± bilgi iÅŸlem merkezinin hazÄ±rlamÅŸ olduÄŸu uyap Ã§ok iyi bir sistmdir

Accesible services

Ana Mansilla — Tue 10 Nov 2009 07:53:45 +0100

The move to internet-accessible services has resulted in increasing requirements for security, scalability and high availability when compared to intranet-only processing.

proposal for connecting projects

Lorenzo Brambille — Mon 09 Nov 2009 11:38:06 +0100

It would be great if all the finalists tried to know each other's work, and to find a way to connect more individual projects to build consistent and interregional platforms of homogeneous services.

Well done!

Mon 09 Nov 2009 11:32:46 +0100

This case seems quite interesting. Hope to see a widespread use of these new web services in the short term future.

participa en Andalucia

Emma Fernandez Alvarez — Mon 09 Nov 2009 11:03:49 +0100

Me parfece una oportunidad muy interesante este proyecto Porque estÃ¡ permitiendo a todos los Ciudadanos participar ACTIVAMENTE en las Decisiones imporftantes que se plantean en nuestros municipios.

A Network of Good and Applied Practices

AntÃ³nio Bento — Mon 09 Nov 2009 10:28:12 +0100

Congratulations to all case's teams.
This is a powerfull newtwork that can increase the motivation for developing innovationÂ on the way organizations communicate and deploy high quality services for citizens and every other stakeholder.

Participa en andalucia

carmen escuin — Mon 09 Nov 2009 09:29:20 +0100

es lsa mejor propuesta sin duda alguna voten por ella saludos a mi madre y mi padre

Participa en Andalucia

jose angel merino fernandez — Mon 09 Nov 2009 09:26:15 +0100

Estoy muy contento de pertenecer a Participa en AndalucÃa saludos a mis primos

participa en andalucia es mi opcion

fernando camara padilla — Mon 09 Nov 2009 09:24:14 +0100

participa en andalucia es mi opcionÂ y la voto barriendo con mi pda

Â¡Participa por Andalucia es la mejor, por eso debe ganarÂ¡

ConcepciÃ³n Parra Jurado — Mon 09 Nov 2009 09:22:50 +0100

Â¡Participa porÂ Andalucia es la mejor, por eso debe ganarÂ¡
Â¡Participa porÂ Andalucia es la mejor, por eso debe ganarÂ¡
Â¡Participa porÂ Andalucia es la mejor, por eso debe ganarÂ¡

Participa en andalucia es genial

mariano garcia cardenas — Mon 09 Nov 2009 09:21:58 +0100

Participa en andalucia es genial me lo paso fenomenal un saludo a todos amigos de todo el mundo .

Participa en Andalucia

Carmen Rodriguez BolaÃ±os — Mon 09 Nov 2009 09:15:33 +0100

Este proyecto es muy bueno e interesante ya que hace participes a todos los ciudadanos de la gestiÃ³n de sus municipios.

Participa en AndalucÃa es el mejor

Diego Ortega Alonso — Mon 09 Nov 2009 08:54:20 +0100

Â¡Voten por Participa en AndalucÃa! Es la mejor.
Vote for Participa en AndalucÃa! Is the best.

Participa en Andalucia

Juan Manuel Heredia — Mon 09 Nov 2009 08:49:00 +0100

Participa en Andalucia, es un proyecto fenomenal para la democracia.

Participa en AndalucÃa

MÂª JosÃ© GarcÃa Plata — Mon 09 Nov 2009 08:41:25 +0100

Participa en andalucÃa es un gran proyecto, que estÃ¡ llevÃ¡ndose a cabo en toda nuestra comunidad Â¡Votemosle todos!

EL mejor proyecto

ramona garcia — Mon 09 Nov 2009 08:40:46 +0100

Participa en Andalucia es el mejor proyecto democratico, en el puedes dar tu opinion

Votemos por Prticipa en AndalucÃa

MÂª JosÃ© GarcÃa Plata — Mon 09 Nov 2009 08:35:46 +0100

Â¡Participa en AndalucÃa! Votemosle todos, es un gran proyecto, echadle un vistazo :)

Participa en AndalucÃa

Brigida Torres — Mon 09 Nov 2009 08:34:56 +0100

Participa en AndalucÃa es un proyecto muy bueno para los ciudadanos.

Participa en Andalucia

Ana Belen Garcia Rosa — Mon 09 Nov 2009 08:24:09 +0100

Participa en Andalucia es un proyecto muy interesante para guadalinfo y para los municipios andaluces

Participa en AndalucÃa

Luis Dengra — Mon 09 Nov 2009 08:15:08 +0100

Un gran proyecto, si seÃ±or. Desde aquÃ os animo para que lo voteis!!!

Participa en AndalucÃa

Jose Manuel Valenzuela BolÃvar — Mon 09 Nov 2009 08:11:13 +0100

Interesante proyecto el de ParticipaÂ en AndalucÃa, Â¡os animo a que lo votÃ©is tod@s!

participa en andalucia

fanny sanchez — Mon 09 Nov 2009 07:43:13 +0100

me parece un prioyecto magnifico porque los ciudadanos a pie pueden participar en la politica locar y formar parte de ella

Muchos

Diana Uceda — Mon 09 Nov 2009 07:37:53 +0100

Somos muchos los que nos acercamos a votar, me gusta leer comentarios en otros idiomas, saludos a todos los espaÃ±oles.

ola

sergio tabas delgado — Mon 09 Nov 2009 07:27:18 +0100

estoy votando para el concurso en el centro guadalinfo de hinojosa del duque

Participa en Andalucia

Torcuato Porcel — Mon 09 Nov 2009 07:22:12 +0100

Me gustan los proyectos de participacion de cuidadanos y me parece muy bien este proyecto en especial.

Participa en AndalucÃa

ernesto garcia — Mon 09 Nov 2009 07:16:18 +0100

Es un gran proyecto para los ciudadanos, ya que les va a permitir participar en la vida polÃtica de su municipio. Animo desde aquÃ a que todo el mundo vote por este proyecto.

Participa en Andalucia

juan antonio martinez — Mon 09 Nov 2009 07:13:19 +0100

votemos participa en Andalucia, la mejor pagina democratica en la que podemos dar nuestra opinon

hola

juan josÃ© gallego perea — Mon 09 Nov 2009 07:12:20 +0100

estoy votando para el concurso en el centro guadalinfo de hinojosa del duque

participa andalucia

ana belen ramirez garcia — Mon 09 Nov 2009 07:09:44 +0100

Participa Andalucia , sin duda el mejor proyecto de todos!!!

Participa Andalucia

Jose Miguel Baena — Mon 09 Nov 2009 07:04:08 +0100

Buen proyecto que intenta recuperar la comunicaciÃ³n entre ciudadanos y polÃticos.

Participa en Andalucia

Angustias MartÃn — Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:58:23 +0100

Proyecto por el cual los andaluces podremos participar en la vida municipal y gestiÄºon de nuestra poblaciÃ³n.

participa en andalucia

Jose Salazar — Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:55:15 +0100

Me gustan los proyestos participativos a nivel europeo y regional.

Participa en AndalucÃa

Yolanda Ruiz — Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:54:31 +0100

Participa en AndalucÃa es un gran proyecto, animo a que todo el mundo vote por Ã©l.

Participa en Andalucia

Pedro Perez — Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:54:06 +0100

Me gusta ser ciudadano participativo de Europea y a nivel regional.
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registro

Ignacio de palma — Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:47:18 +0100
me parece un poco complicado el registro en este portal

Hola

Gema Marta Revaliente — Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:46:51 +0100

Estoy votando para el concurso en el centro guadalinfo de Hinojosa del Duque

Participa en Andalucia

Antonio Miguel Huertas — Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:44:35 +0100

Me gusta la posibilidad de participar en este proyecto como ciudadano Europeo.

Participa en Andalucia

JosÃ© Carmona — Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:43:06 +0100

Participa en Andalucia es un proyecto muy bueno para los municipios.

Participa en AndalucÃa

Miguel Segura Rayo — Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:37:26 +0100

Participa en AndalucÃa supone una gran oportunidad para incorporar a los ciudadanos en la vida polÃtica de sus municipios. Animo desde aquÃ a que votÃ©is este proyecto

Petrol Stations Geoportal (MITYC) Un Gran Proyecto

David David BaladrÃ³n Pardo — Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:34:32 +0100

Petrol Stations Geoportal (MITYC) is a great project VOTE for it

ola

tomas ruiz martinez — Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:27:54 +0100

estoy votando para el concurso en el centro guadalinfo de hinojosa del duque

Un proyecto de gran valor para las empresas

Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:27:42 +0100

El sistema permite a las empresas licitar de una manera mucho mÃ¡s sencilla, cÃ³moda y segura

PARTICIPA EN ANDALUCIA

Julia Estefania Rivas — Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:27:15 +0100

con participa podemos hacer que nuestro pueblo se parezca mÃ¡s a lo que nos gustaria

a useful and complete project

Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:25:50 +0100

intercent-er is a useful and complete project for all public administrations.

PARTICIPA EN ANDALUCIA

juan luis crespo castro — Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:23:37 +0100

proyecto muy interesante para que los andaluces podemos hacer llegar nuestras propuestas a los responsables municipales

Vota por participa en Andalucia

Miguel Barrera Chamorro — Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:22:28 +0100

Vota participa en Andalucia por ser proyecto Andaluz de EspaÃ±a

Vota por participa en Andalucia

Miguel Barrera Chamorro — Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:22:12 +0100

Vota participa en Andalucia por ser proyecto Andaluz de espaÃ±a

Vota por participa en AndalucÃa

amalia castilla garcia — Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:21:32 +0100

Vota por participa en AndalucÃa por ser un proyecto andaluz.

Vota por participa en Andalucia

conce gonzalez daza — Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:21:17 +0100

Vota por participa en Andalucia por ser un proyecto andaluz

Bota por participa en Andalucia

miriam pablo gonzalez — Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:21:06 +0100

Bota por participa en Andalucia por ser un proyecto andaluz

Vota por participa AndalucÃa

manuel melo cuevas — Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:20:57 +0100

Vota por particuipa en Andalucia por ser un proyecto andalus

no entiendo nada

antonia arroyo lopez — Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:17:38 +0100

esta pagina en ingles no entiendo nada ponerla en espaÃ±ol jodreÂ¡Â¡

The importance of GPP

Pietro Leone — Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:15:11 +0100

EXCELENTES RESULTADOS
Wed 04 Nov 2009 12:49:38 +0100

Facilita las tareas deÂ gestiÃ³n en las contrataciones.Â Buen Producto

Innovation

Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:32:54 +0100

Intercenter promotes innovation and cooperation between actors

EXCELENTE PROYECTO

Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:32:09 +0100

ME PARECE MUY PRACTICO RAPIDO Y EFICIENTE,

BGEPS - Buen comienzo

Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:31:02 +0100

En poco mas de dos aÃ±os se encuentra enÂ tal fase de desarrollo que dentro de un aÃ±o puede estar establecido como procedimiento Ãºnico de licitaciÃ³n.
Zorionak

excelent

Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:17:31 +0100

Una organizaciÃ³n excelente, con un resultado en la contrataciÃ³n electrÃ³nica muy eficaz, y a su vez con un sistema en el aprendizaje del mismo que vale como modelo de enseÃ±anza.

Gran ayuda

Wed 04 Nov 2009 09:50:53 +0100

Nuevo sistema de ayuda que facilita la tramitacion de un complicado tipo de expediente

digital security and smart technologies:Cartes & IDentification 2009

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Tue 03 Nov 2009 11:47:22 +0100

The CARTES & IDentification Trade show will open its doors from November 17
th to 19th at Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre.
The world leading event on digital security and smart technologies

UYAP History

Omer Ordulu — Tue 03 Nov 2009 10:42:47 +0100

UYAP History

Â Â Â Â The first studies concerning this project started in 1998. In order to realize modernisation wtihin judiciary, Information Technologies Department was established as a result of the reorganization study in the structure of Ministry of Justice at the end of 1999 . Later on, having discussed with the technology companies, to

Participa en Andalucia

Tue 03 Nov 2009 09:49:44 +0100

Un Proyecto innovador y consolidado en nuestra region.
Animo!!!!
Es la mejor iniciativa!!

PARTICIPA EN ANDALUCIA

Mari Trini CortÃ©s — Tue 03 Nov 2009 07:29:14 +0100

Este Proyecto es muy interesante y muy importante para la participaciÃ³n ciudadana de cada municipio, por eso debemos votarlo para que sea reconocido por todos, por la gran labor que desempeÃ±a.
This is a very interesting and important project in order to participate in our towns, so all of us should vote it to be recognized for everybody, because of the work and effort it performs.

UYAP

ÅŸeyda Ã–ZCAN — Tue 03 Nov 2009 07:24:09 +0100

UYAP : The national judgment network project.
E-goverment gives an opportunity for the citizens, who will instantly be aware of the trials without going to courthouse and it is also wanderful project of government constituting justice branch of state and minimizing the expenses together with limiting the duration of judgment...

Un gran proyecto

Tue 03 Nov 2009 07:04:52 +0100

Un excelente proyecto para la participaciÃ³n e implicaciÃ³n de los ciudadanos en el desarrollo de la administraciÃ³n local y regional

Un gran proyecto.

Tue 03 Nov 2009 05:15:14 +0100

Un gran proyecto de participaciÃ³n ciudadana, tiene todo mi apoyo :)
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A very good project of eParticipation for de Andalusian's people :)

Ventajas del procedimiento electrÃ³nico

Tue 03 Nov 2009 05:06:13 +0100

Incrementa la eficacia y reduce los costes de gestiÃ³n, ademÃ¡s de fomentar la competencia.

Facilidades de relaciÃ³n con la administraciÃ³n

Tue 03 Nov 2009 04:30:05 +0100

Creo que facilita considerablemente la relaciÃ³n con la administraciÃ³n.

Buen trabajo!

Tue 03 Nov 2009 04:28:08 +0100

Es el fruto del buen hacer de buenos y punteros profesionales.

ContrataciÂ´pn Gobierno Vasco

Tue 03 Nov 2009 03:53:49 +0100

Espero que se lleve el premio el mejor proyecto... el del Gobierno Vasco, por supuesto ;)

Me parece una buena idea

Tue 03 Nov 2009 03:51:52 +0100

Me parece una buena forma de contacto con la administraciÃ³n.

MAKING SWEDISH!!!!!!

Tue 03 Nov 2009 03:13:33 +0100

MAKING SWEDISH!!!!!!

zorte on!

Tue 03 Nov 2009 02:46:27 +0100

zorte on!

On Youtube: 'Video-intro' to the new ETSI standard PAdES

Marc Straat — Tue 03 Nov 2009 01:36:10 +0100

Roger Dean (EEMA) interviewing Jim King (Adobe) on PAdES (PDF Advanced Electronic Signature).
ETSI published PAdES last July as part of the AdES family of XAdES and CAdES.
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzJDcY8vyQ4&NR=1
www.eema.org: http://www.eema.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.content&cmid=400

Mejor soluciÃ³n

Tue 03 Nov 2009 01:29:48 +0100

Mejor soluciÃ³n

Interoperability and EU Services Directive

Evika Karamagioli — Tue 03 Nov 2009 01:17:41 +0100
On Thursday 8 October SPOCS was presented by Jens Fromm, Thomas RÃ¶ssler and Dinand Tinholt before an audience of member states, EC officials and officials from the European Parliament at the Services Directive Event hosted by Microsoft in Brussels. To view the video click here http://www.eu-spocs.eu/

Zorionak

Jose Luis Mendiola — Tue 03 Nov 2009 12:38:24 +0100

Oso proiektu interesgarria.

A practical solution

Carlos GarcÃa — Tue 03 Nov 2009 12:33:48 +0100

The system offers an innovative and practical solution to a problem that exists in many companies

Comment

Tue 03 Nov 2009 12:33:04 +0100

A very interesting project

Email as the central and broken tool for online communication

Feil Bengt — Tue 03 Nov 2009 11:45:27 +0100
Today social networks and other online messaging tools all use email as the central method to notify users of events (e.g. new messages, content) on their platforms. But email is not able to handle the task of being the unifying tool for online communication very well. This development also negatively effects public administrations which try to use email and other forms of online communication depended on email to engage with citizens.

Nice project

Tue 03 Nov 2009 11:17:37 +0100

Good to know that in the Basque Country we're working on these areas.

Proyecto

Neus Manresa Mateu — Tue 03 Nov 2009 10:06:59 +0100

Es un proyecto muy util y de esa manera facilita el trabajo a los que realizamos estas tareas.

CALLIOPE

Jose Luis Bacigalupe — Tue 03 Nov 2009 09:43:55 +0100

Una idea innovadora

A very good project

Tue 03 Nov 2009 09:41:11 +0100

Perhaps, it's the most complete eProcurement system in Europe. It deserves the award.

An innovative system

Tue 03 Nov 2009 08:57:42 +0100

This innovative system developed by the Basque Goverment, itÂ´s been a great work for our country.

Amazing project

Tue 03 Nov 2009 08:40:36 +0100

One of the most interesting cases I went through. Congratulations!

Zorionak

Arantza Larrinaga — Tue 03 Nov 2009 08:40:16 +0100

Oso proiektu ona

Un caso de Ã©xito pionero en las AAPP de la UE

JosÃ© Javier Aguirre — Mon 02 Nov 2009 11:30:33 +0100

En mi opiniÃ³n, el Gobierno Vasco ha sabido interpretar que conseguir el Ã©xito de este tipo de proyectos supone una alta inversiÃ³n de esfuerzos en publicidad, formaciÃ³n, ... y asistencia a los usuarios potenciales del sistema.
Irabaziko duzu ala ez, baina jadanik TXAPELDUNAK ZARETE!
Eutsi goiari!

Oops, ePractice videos not for disabled

Velleman Eric — Mon 02 Nov 2009 10:04:22 +0100

Why do videos on ePractice not have captions and audio description as required by the EU for conformance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)?
Captions and audiodescription are easy to make and do not cost much if built in from the start.Â The community could also help to make the older videos accessible. Maybe we can build a community caption and audiodescription tool into the tv part of the website so we can all help the site to conform with WCAG like required by the Commission. The files can be offered seperately for download.

Ejemplo a seguir

Izaskun Altube — Mon 02 Nov 2009 07:30:42 +0100

Es un ejemplo de innovaciÃ³n y mejora para el dia a dÃa

UNA REFERENCIA PARA TODA LA UNIÃ“N EUROPEA

Mikel Orobengoa — Mon 02 Nov 2009 06:16:07 +0100

MÃ¡s allÃ¡ de las palabras y declaraciones tan usuales en las administraciones pÃºblicas europeas y espaÃ±olas, este proyecto es una iniciativa rigurosa y una implantaciÃ³n prÃ¡ctica de la administraciÃ³n electrÃ³nica, fruto de 4 aÃ±os de arduos trabajos. Zorionak Talde guztiari.

extraordinaro proyecto

LeKuona David — Mon 02 Nov 2009 05:22:14 +0100

Perfecto desarrollo tÃ©cnico y Mejor involucraciÃ³n de las personas

Estupendo

IÃ±aki Bolumburu EcheandÃa — Mon 02 Nov 2009 05:04:28 +0100

Un proyecto prÃ¡ctico.

Una visiÃ³n innovadora

JosÃ© Ignacio Familiar EcheverrÃa — Mon 02 Nov 2009 04:56:50 +0100

La interacciÃ³n entre ciudadanos y administraciÃ³n es un aspecto crÃtico para que la segunda cumpla su funciÃ³n de resultar realmente Ãºtil a los primeros. Enhorabuena por el enfoque innovador adoptado y por la nominaciÃ³n a los premios.

Un avance ineludible

JosÃ© Ignacio Familiar EcheverrÃa — Mon 02 Nov 2009 04:50:30 +0100

La atenciÃ³n es una materia fundamental a efectos de hacer una administraciÃ³n prÃ³xima y Ãºtil a la ciudadanÃa. MÃ¡s cuando se trata de un territorio tan extenso como Castilla y LeÃ³n. Enhorabuena por el proyecto y por la nominaciÃ³n.

Proyecto de ContrataciÃ³n ElectrÃ³nica

iÃ±aki ormaetxe — Mon 02 Nov 2009 04:49:38 +0100

Estupendo trabajo. Zorionak.

it is very good proyect

Mon 02 Nov 2009 04:49:00 +0100

it is very good proyect

Ãštil y sencillo

JosÃ© Ignacio Familiar EcheverrÃa — Mon 02 Nov 2009 04:45:51 +0100

El sistema es sencillo, fÃ¡cil de usar y de una indudable visiÃ³n prÃ¡ctica. Enhorabuena por el proyecto y por la nominaciÃ³n.

Enhorabuena

Ricardo Oterino GarcÃa — Mon 02 Nov 2009 04:43:48 +0100

Un proyecto espectacular desde el diseÃ±o conceptual inicial hasta la puesta en prÃ¡ctica que ha movilizado a miles de personas y abre una expectativa enorme de futuro para incorporar otros servicios telemÃ¡ticos

Great project!

JosÃ© Ignacio Familiar EcheverrÃa — Mon 02 Nov 2009 04:42:38 +0100

Congratulations to all the team specially to our friends of CodeSyntax

Un importante esfuerzo

JosÃ© Ignacio Familiar EcheverrÃa — Mon 02 Nov 2009 04:39:10 +0100

Lo cierto es que el proyecto ha requerido un importante esfuerzo por parte del Gobierno Vasco, de todos los colaboradores y tambiÃ©n de los participantes. Seguro que ha merecido la pena.

Un proyecto bien trabajado

David FernÃ¡ndez — Mon 02 Nov 2009 04:29:23 +0100

En cuanto aÂ comunicaciÃ³n, yÂ comoÂ miembro de una empresa que somos las mÃ¡s interesadas en conocerÂ todos los procedimientos de licitaciÃ³n con la administraciÃ³n pÃºblica, la informaciÃ³n y formaciÃ³nque se ha venido dando desde que este proyecto se puso en marcha. Muchas gracias.
Un saludo,

uyap

MURAT KARAMAN — Mon 02 Nov 2009 04:25:09 +0100

YÃ¶netim Bilgi Sistemi olan UYAPâ€™Ä±n en hÄ±zlÄ± ÅŸekilde taraflara bilgi sunmasÄ± UYAP sistemindeki bilgiye her an her yerden ulaÅŸÄ±labilmesiÂ saÄŸlamakta olduÄŸundan zaman ve iÅŸgÃ¼cÃ¼ kazancÄ± saÄŸlamaktadÄ±rÂ

Proyecto electrizante

Rodrigo Josean — Mon 02 Nov 2009 04:24:14 +0100

SÃ³lo leer el resumen, ya da calambre...

Interesting project

Mon 02 Nov 2009 04:17:35 +0100

Interesting project for future purpose

eup!

F. Javier Garcia Ramos — Mon 02 Nov 2009 04:13:49 +0100

eup!

sms

Eren ELIGUL — Mon 02 Nov 2009 03:54:42 +0100

sms system is very quick and easy

Un proyecto con carrera

Rodriguez Jose Angel — Mon 02 Nov 2009 03:44:50 +0100

Proyecto en marcha desde 2003, con la licitaciÃ³n electrÃ³nica. Admirado por otras Comunidades AutÃ³nomas del Estado espaÃ±ol, incluso por la AdministraciÃ³n General de Estado...

4060-SMS

Hulusi Semih Korkut — Mon 02 Nov 2009 02:58:21 +0100

SMS through the disposal has been provided at there important than declaration fees and the judgement process has gained speed.

SMS

YalÃ§Ä±n Bekman — Mon 02 Nov 2009 02:07:26 +0100

SMS sistemi sayesinde vatandaÅŸÄ±n iÅŸi daha hÄ±zlÄ± gerÃ§ekleÅŸmektedir.

SMS

YalÃ§Ä±n Bekman — Mon 02 Nov 2009 02:07:25 +0100

SMS sistemi sayesinde vatandaÅŸÄ±n iÅŸi daha hÄ±zlÄ± gerÃ§ekleÅŸmektedir.

SMS

YalÃ§Ä±n Bekman — Mon 02 Nov 2009 02:07:24 +0100

SMS sistemi sayesinde vatandaÅŸÄ±n iÅŸi daha hÄ±zlÄ± gerÃ§ekleÅŸmektedir.

SMS

YalÃ§Ä±n Bekman — Mon 02 Nov 2009 02:07:14 +0100

SMS sistemi sayesinde vatandaÅŸÄ±n iÅŸi daha hÄ±zlÄ± gerÃ§eklemektedir.

Turkey's realistic future project

Nuri Ã‡Ä±ÄŸ — Mon 02 Nov 2009 10:51:18 +0100

I have been working in this project in istanbul courts as a prosecutor and as technician. Its a systemÂ about online jurisdiction. Executors on every step of jurisdiction may use this aplication. At the mean time people can use this system . It brings and ensures effective procedures of law .

Turkey Adalet BakanlÄ±ÄŸÄ±

Haluk YÄ±ldÄ±rÄ±m KAÄžANKAYA — Mon 02 Nov 2009 09:22:11 +0100

Â Â Â Â TÃ¼rkiyedeki Adalet hizmetlerinin vatandaÅŸa Ã§ok bÃ¼yÃ¼k kolaylÄ±k saÄŸlamaktadÄ±r, UYAP bu Ã¶dÃ¼lÃ¼ gerÃ§ekten hak etmektedir, inÅŸallah alacaÄŸÄ±na hiÃ§ ÅŸÃ¼phem yok

uyap

Erdi SARAK — Mon 02 Nov 2009 08:22:52 +0100

yargÄ±nÄ±n gÃ¼ler yÃ¼zÃ¼...

UYAP

Ercan DerviÅŸ — Mon 02 Nov 2009 08:10:09 +0100

Uyap Adli konularda taraflara en hÄ±zlÄ± ÅŸekilde bilgi sunmasÄ± ve bu sistemdeki bilgiye her an her yerden ulaÅŸÄ±labilmesi bakÄ±mÄ±ndan dÃ¼nya Ã§abÄ±nda emsalsiz yazÄ±lÄ±mlardan biridir.

Ãnimo chavales!

Mon 02 Nov 2009 07:37:26 +0100

Â¡Que el premio es casi vuestro!

Una experiencia muy prometedora

Mon 02 Nov 2009 05:27:11 +0100

El Ã¡mbito de la licitaciÃ³n pÃºblica a travÃ©s de medios electrÃ³nicos presenta innumerables aspectos crÃticos que dificultan de manera notable la puesta en prÃ¡ctica de una iniciativa de estas caracterÃsticas. Es digno de admiraciÃ³n la manera en que las diferentes barreras estÃ¡n siendo superadas por el sistema en cuestiÃ³n.

Vote for Genvej

Tina Iversen — Sun 01 Nov 2009 09:31:27 +0100

Online voting for European eGovernment Awards is open - visit us, and see how much service and information the Citizens of the Municipality of Gentofte in Denmark can get in seconds. If you have questions, do not hesitate to contact me - ti@gentofte.dk

Engeller Sizler Sayesinde AÅŸÄ±lÄ±yor

ÃœMÄ°T DEMÄ°RCAN — Sun 01 Nov 2009 01:14:38 +0100

YapmÄ±ÅŸ olduklarÄ±nÄ±zla ve hedeflerinizle sizleri tebrik ediyor ve destekliyorum. Hedefleriniz ve hayallerinizle bÃ¼tÃ¼n engelleri aÅŸacaÄŸÄ±nÄ±za inanÄ±yorum. Tebrikler.

Bringing together the stakeholders of Europe's future!

Derrick Pisani — Sat 31 Oct 2009 06:40:05 +0100

The last decade has seen an evolution in terms of the participatory role of the Internet user in the lives of other users. The evolution has been brought about by what Tim O'Reilly termed Web 2.0 (2005). O'Reilly discovered the rising phenomenon, tagged it as Web 2.0, and analysed the success factors which characterise some of its most successful products â€“ FlickR, Wikipedia, blogs, syndication etc...

As part of the UN e-Government Survey, we highlight innovating government national web portals/sites and ministries please share sites that you could recommmend.

R.Erdem ERKUL — Sat 31 Oct 2009 02:15:14 +0100

As part of the UN e-Government Survey, we highlight innovating government national web portals/sites and ministries please share sites that you could recommmend.
From; Richard Kerby, Adviser at United Nations from Linkedin future of government group.

Good

Abdul Celil Top — Sat 31 Oct 2009 12:51:00 +0100

Good system
web tasarÄ±m

Winners of the free admissions selected... but online voting continues!

Elina Jokisalo — Fri 30 Oct 2009 11:33:46 +0100

All those who voted for their three favourite cases (with a complete public profile) latest by 18 October participated in a special draw where 5 free admissions to the 5th Ministerial eGovernment Conference were awarded.

Wonderful Project

Fri 30 Oct 2009 04:53:01 +0100

I haven't seen this kind of project all over the world. I am really impressed with UYAP which make it possible to give a legal function to judicial staff. It is also big project in term of its users.

A very important project

roberto setien — Fri 30 Oct 2009 03:00:10 +0100

Vote for Basque Governmentâ€™s eProcurement System (Spain, 2005-09)

Buon progetto

raffaello panini — Fri 30 Oct 2009 02:49:34 +0100

Ottimo

InfoDay

Francesco Veroni — Fri 30 Oct 2009 02:24:22 +0100

The event it's maybe too short, only two hour in a day

InfoDay

Francesco Veroni — Fri 30 Oct 2009 02:24:22 +0100

The event it's maybe too short, only two hours in a day

InfoDay

Francesco Veroni — Fri 30 Oct 2009 02:24:22 +0100

The event it's maybe too short, only two hours in a day

Promotional Video of the RMD project

Jose Gonzalez — Fri 30 Oct 2009 12:21:19 +0100

Here you can see the promotional video of the RMD project (finalist at the European eGovernment Awards in Category 3) :
Â
http://www.jcyl.es/web/jcyl/pr/es/MunicipiosDigitales/Page/PlantillaN3SinHijos/1255644284692/_/_/_?asm=jcyl

Public geographic information system in the service of environmental democracy

Evika Karamagioli — Fri 30 Oct 2009 11:29:38 +0100

As Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) advance, new participation methods based around these technologies have been developed making online participation possible.

SMS Bilgi Sistemi

AyÅŸe Ã‡iller — Fri 30 Oct 2009 10:35:28 +0100

e-devlet ayaÄŸÄ±nda SMS ile yargÄ± bilgilerinin alÄ±nabildiÄŸini ender bir sistem.Â Â UmarÄ±m hak ettiÄŸi Ã¶dÃ¼lÃ¼ alÄ±r.

eID on Open Source?

Aleksej Kovaliov — Fri 30 Oct 2009 12:02:12 +0100
Looking for EU case studies about open source PKI and Certification Authority solutions in terms of eID programs. All qualified Certification Authorities, I know about, were built on propriatary software.

Discover PROXIMA MOBILE

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Thu 29 Oct 2009 10:33:38 +0100

Discover PROXIMA MOBILE: http://www.proximamobile.fr/index.html
Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, secrÃ©taire dâ€™Ã‰tat chargÃ©e de la Prospective et du DÃ©veloppement de lâ€™Ã©conomie numÃ©rique, a prÃ©sentÃ©, lundi 26 octobre 2009, les laurÃ©ats de lâ€™appel Ã projets "Proxima Mobile". Initiative unique en Europe, \"Proxima Mobile\" est le premier portail de services innovants - applications utiles et services dâ€™intÃ©rÃªt gÃ©nÃ©ral - gratuits et accessibles depuis les tÃ©lÃ©phones mobiles connectÃ©s Ã Internet.

Registration for the 4th eGovMoNet workshop and the Final conference of Benchlearning Study are now open

Andrea Velazquez Guerrero — Thu 29 Oct 2009 06:34:09 +0100
The online registration for the 4th eGovMoNet meeting is available at: eGovMoNet event registration eGovMoNet is joining forces with the Final Conference of Benchlearning Study on measuring online public service impacts. You are invited to both events.

THIS IS VERY NICE INFORMATION SYSTEM

Thu 29 Oct 2009 03:48:10 +0100

This system is one of the most outstanding features of UYAP. it is very useful for citizens by sending a shortÂ messages including someÂ information about cases. Thank you very much to Turkey Minister of justice.
The SMS judicial information system provides an outstanding service for the citizens and lawyers which enables them to receive SMS messages containing legal information such as ongoing cases, dates of court hearings, the last change in the case and suits or dept claims against them. This system aims to automatically inform all related parties of cases when any legal event, data or announcement (which has to be sent parties) realized by the judicial units such as courts, public prosecutor offices and enforcement offices.Â

Real business facts using Congress Events: not bad!

Thu 29 Oct 2009 12:23:35 +0100

I want to highlight the new initiative from ID WORLD Organisation in order to enhance and facilitate the encounters among Companies and future Resellers and VARs for the European Market. In Italy only CDO (Compagnia delle Opere), a great and private organisation, is used to do it but in a privately and exclusive way.
I think it is a good way to enlarge and make business!
Luca

European elections and the Internet

Evika Karamagioli — Thu 29 Oct 2009 12:18:27 +0100

A panel on "European elections and the Internet"Â co-organized by the RC10 "Electronic Democracy" and the RC22 "Political Communication" will take place at the next intermediary IPSA conference in Luxembourg (March 18-20, 2010).
For info
http://www.luxembourg2010.org/abstract

Mira que es dificil votar

Ana Vitorica — Wed 28 Oct 2009 01:52:25 +0100

Aqui estoy tratando de votar. Cuesta lo suyo

SMS

Recep BAHADIR — Wed 28 Oct 2009 10:46:28 +0100
Uyap kendi alanÄ±nda Ã§ok profesyÃ¶nel bir programdÄ±r.

techinal staff

nevzat parladi — Tue 27 Oct 2009 08:16:34 +0100

sms, masrafsÄ±z anÄ±nda kiÅŸiye ulaÅŸma

Zorionak

Xabier Zabaleta — Tue 27 Oct 2009 03:52:32 +0100

finalara iritsi zarete... ZORIONAK!
Orain irabazi behar duzue! ;-)

sms2008

Necip FazÄ±l DilbirliÄŸi — Tue 27 Oct 2009 01:32:36 +0100

according to today's conditions to be available to the public on behalf of technology for developing a good system implemented

Online voting.

Tue 27 Oct 2009 11:55:40 +0100

Very useful! I'm really interested in knowing who will be the winner.

Social Assistance Information System

Ersin Bicer — Tue 27 Oct 2009 09:18:37 +0100

I did insert a booklet to the library about Social Assistance Information Systems.
There is a detailed information about this System. Full text is in Turkish but also there is a brief English version. You can see the item from this link:
Â
http://epractice.eu/en/library/295292

Saludos desde CÃ¡diz

JOSE MARQUEZ ESPEJO — Tue 27 Oct 2009 08:39:55 +0100

AhÃ va un nuevo voto a "Participa en AndalucÃa"

Blessings

Cengiz Tanrikulu — Mon 26 Oct 2009 07:45:00 +0100

I wish success to the Ministry of Justice, Malta, due to creating this new and very extensive web page. I hope this site will be developed continuously and serve many years successfully.

Congratulation

Cengiz Tanrikulu — Mon 26 Oct 2009 07:32:00 +0100

In the context of increasing privacy, this project is very useful and a sample project. I congratulate those who prepared

Projects in Europe

Mon 26 Oct 2009 06:09:39 +0100

It's a good way of knowing ideas and projects developed in
Europe.

New Broadband technologies in eGovernment

Juan Pablo Hervas Garrachon — Mon 26 Oct 2009 10:59:09 +0100

It is always relevant to take into consideration the importance of new Broadband technologies in eGovernment in case of very extensive regions, with many municipalities and with very dispersed population.

In these cases, the technology WiMAX is our best ally, allowing to obtain real possibilities of communication and information between the Administrations and the Citizens.

Â

Nice integration project

GÃ¶rkem Onat — Sun 25 Oct 2009 11:19:02 +0100

Actually this project has two advantages.First one is the integration in one common system betweenÂ the countriesÂ agencies.And the second one is that the project is really cost-efficientÂ as notÂ onlyÂ it reduces the paperwork needs to be used but also it's a timesaving project too ; so congrats i thinkÂ this projectÂ deserves the editor's choice award.

Powerful empowerment citizen tool

Sun 25 Oct 2009 09:02:46 +0100

Congratulations toÂ the regional authorities and so many local municipalities for implementig this powerful tool, which bringsÂ Â new empowerment citizen tools.

MOST BEAUTIFUL

ÃœMÄ°T DEMÄ°RCAN — Sun 25 Oct 2009 03:07:15 +0100

MOST BEAUTIFUL

outstanding project

Sat 24 Oct 2009 09:10:30 +0100

Â
This project is one of the most outstanding features of UYAP, which impressed me deeply. Because it is very useful for us by sending a sms messages including some valuable information about cases. Thank you very much the team who spent their time and effort to establish this service.
The SMS judicial information system provides an outstanding service for the citizens and lawyers which enables them to receive SMS messages containing legal information such as ongoing cases, dates of court hearings, the last change in the case and suits or dept claims against them. Therefore, they can be instantly informed by SMS about any kind of legal event related to them without going to courts. A cooperation agreement has been signed with the GSM operators in order to establish this system that makes it possible to send SMS to the concerning partiesâ€™ mobile phones. This system aims to automatically inform all related parties of cases when any legal event, data or announcement (which has to be sent parties) realized by the judicial units such as courts, public prosecutor offices and enforcement offices. Sending a SMS does not replace official notification as it provides information to the parties so that they can take necessary measures in time without delay in order to prevent loss of legal rights.

e-government

Fri 23 Oct 2009 09:52:12 +0100

Effective eGovernment also involves rethinking organisations and processes, and changing behaviour so that public services are delivered more efficiently to the people who need to use them.

Smart Cities partners create European service list

Bart Noels — Fri 23 Oct 2009 09:39:24 +0100

The Smart Cities partners create an European service list. This is a repository of all services municipal, regional and national government bodies deliver in the different nation states represented in the Smart Cities project. The EU service list is based on the work of the UK esd-toolkit. The EU service list will contain Dutch, UK, Belgian, German, Swedish and Norwegian governmental product titles. The lists will be translated and mapped.

managing identities - whose responsibility?

Andy Mulholland — Fri 23 Oct 2009 08:27:46 +0100

Congratulations: itÅ› a good project

participa en andalucia

Fri 16 Oct 2009 11:18:59 +0100

want to vote by the project of take part in andalucia since it seems me very interesting because it is well that there is a place where the people of the municipios expose his ideas , criticize, needs that sees in his municipality

Good work

Luis CÃ¡rcar — Fri 16 Oct 2009 10:24:50 +0100

congratulations, is a good project and good luck

Intercent-ER seems to really work

David Osimo — Fri 16 Oct 2009 03:47:47 +0100

I am impressed by this project because besides delivering a useful service it generates continuous innovation, for example in facilitating green public procurement.

Social Networking Sites Dominate Mobile Web...

R.Erdem ERKUL — Thu 15 Oct 2009 08:08:16 +0100

This is an interesting news article;Â It shows how mobile technology is growing interms of usage. More people are replacing computers with mobile phones.Â Â
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/social_networking_sites_dominate_mobile_web.phpÂ

Practice/ machine learning/ international/ Mini-symposia on Assistive Machine Learning for People with Disabilites

Sara Pérez — Thu 15 Oct 2009 07:21:18 +0100
INREDIS and the Network of Excellence PASCAL 2 organize a mini-symposia on â€œAssistive Machine Learning for People with Disabilitesâ€ in next NIPSâ€™09 International Conference (Neural Information Processing Systems). It will be held on 10th December in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The deadline for submission of extended abstracts is 30th October, 2009. More information on the web of the NIPS Conference: http://nips.cc/Conferences/2009/Program/event.php?ID=1499 And on the web of the mini-symposia: http://www.davidroihardoon.com/AMD09/Description.html

UYAP

Özkan KÖSE — Thu 15 Oct 2009 07:03:00 +0100

Practical standards for municipalities

Thu 15 Oct 2009 03:32:07 +0100

GEMMA delivers practical standards which municipalities
can finetune into their local specific architectures, procurement- requirements and products.

Open Declaration published - now let's endorse it!

David Osimo — Thu 15 Oct 2009 11:15:18 +0100

We collaboratively and openly wrote the Open Declaration on European Public Services.
Here is final version of the open declaration. Now letâ€™s get as many people as possible to ENDORSE it!

What is the SMS INFORMATION SYSTEM?

edip yÄ±ldÄ±z — Thu 15 Oct 2009 10:35:32 +0100

The SMS judicial information system provides an outstanding service for the citizens and lawyers which enables them to receive SMS messages containing legal information such as ongoing cases, dates of court hearings, the last change in the case and suits or dept claims against them. Therefore, they can be instantly informed by SMS about any kind of legal event related to them without going to courts. A cooperation agreement has been signed with the GSM operators in order to establish this system that makes it possible to send SMS to the concerning partiesï¿½ mobile phones.

UYAP SMS

Mutlu AYDOÄžMUÅž(AYDEMÄ°R) — Thu 15 Oct 2009 10:17:00 +0100

http://www.sms.uyap.gov.tr/english/

Catalonia

Alvaro Sanchez Muro — Thu 15 Oct 2009 09:57:22 +0100

Catalonia will won this prize!
Its on on our hands since the begining of times.
UPC rules!

i coruocity this project

Taner ORMAN — Thu 15 Oct 2009 09:45:51 +0100

i coruocity this project

UYAP HAS RECEIVED ITS LAUREATE GOLD MEDAL IN THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM

UÄŸur SÃœRMELÄ° — Wed 14 Oct 2009 06:35:11 +0100

UYAP HAS RECEIVED ITS GOLD MEDAL BECAUSE OF BEING SELECTED AS A LAUREATE IN THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM HELD IN ANDREW W. MELLON AUDÄ°TORÄ°UM IN WASHINGTON DC IN 01.06.2009 AND HONORED AS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FIVE FINALIST IN THE AREA OF E-GOVERNMENT PROJECTS IN THE WORLD. IN ADDITION IT HAS BECOME THE ONLY E-JUSTICE PROJECT AMONG THE FINALISTS.

About communities of practice

Sandra Lotti — Wed 14 Oct 2009 05:45:58 +0100

I'd be interested to know more about the strucutre you havedevised to have the communities working. We have started a similar process in emilia-romagna last year and are very enthusiastic . COuld be get in touch?

Internet is the problem not the solution for obese children

Wed 14 Oct 2009 04:29:17 +0100

I disagree with policy to promote healthier life style by givnig anotherÂ fun web site (like mentionedÂ 'Tasty Bunch' website)Â to children who already spend too much time with television and computers.

5th Edition of the gvSIG Conference

Juanjo Ripolles — Wed 14 Oct 2009 03:26:25 +0100
The 5th Edition of the gvSIG Conference [1], organized by the Regional Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (CIT), will be held from December 2nd until December 4th at the Feria Valencia Convention and Exhibition Center, and will once again host the eclipseDay. In these difficult times when collaboration is most important, we cope with the adversities together with the aim of coming out strengthened by them. We continue moving ahead together. This is part of the gvSIG project and through this approach we keep on growing.

20 New Indicators Established For Measuring State Of EGovernment In Latin America

Evika Karamagioli — Wed 14 Oct 2009 01:55:13 +0100
The new e-gov indicators elaborated by SCA-ECLAC, in collaboration with the Observatory for the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean (OSILAC), measure not only the type of access and use of ICTs in governmental organizations, but they also seek to quantify the type of services offered to the public as well as spending on these new technologies.

Smart Cities partners launch wi-fi networks

Bart Noels — Wed 14 Oct 2009 09:50:43 +0100
The Mayor of Groningen officially inaugurated the Groningen Unwired Network at the NITE (Northern IT Event). The first phase of the network, in the city center and in the Zernike campus has been rolled out. Though the network is only in the first phase, the Zernike Campus is already the largest wifi employment in the Netherlands. The City of Kortrijk launches free internet access in the inner city. The hotspots of the city are now recognizable wih the new hotspot-logo the city uses.

Aurrera

Gabriel Antolin ArangÃ¼ena — Wed 14 Oct 2009 09:09:47 +0100

Segi orain arte bezala!!!

this project is good

GÃ¼rkan ZEREYALP — Wed 14 Oct 2009 08:32:31 +0100

this project is good

Video: National Judiciary Informatics System

Mehmet Fatih SANCAK — Wed 14 Oct 2009 08:17:46 +0100

Watch and Vote for this cases;
UYAP National Judiciary Informatics System | SMS Information System 2008

INTERESTING

GÃ¼rkan ZEREYALP — Wed 14 Oct 2009 07:12:01 +0100

INTERESTING

Development of PEP-NET well one track and received in the US

Feil Bengt — Tue 13 Oct 2009 05:26:04 +0100
The Pan European eParticipation Network has developed very well since it was launched in May 2008. With more than 40 members from 17 European countries and various successful activities like for example the joint online consultation with the European eParticipation study and involvements on the major eParticipation related conferences. This success has also been noticed by the organisers of the Personal Democracy Forum in the United States (and for the first time this year also here in Europe).

Development of PEP-NET well one track and received in the US

Feil Bengt — Tue 13 Oct 2009 03:26:05 +0100
The Pan European eParticipation Network has developed very well since it was launched in May 2008. With more than 40 members from 17 European countries and various successful activities like for example the joint online consultation with the European eParticipation study and involvements on the major eParticipation related conferences. This success has also been noticed by the organisers of the Personal Democracy Forum in the United States (and for the first time this year also here in Europe). PEP-NET representatives are contributing to the PDF blog (http://personaldemocracy.com/blog-entry/networking-better-e-participation-%E2%80%93-pan-european-eparticipation-network-1) and the network also provides one of the key speakers to the conference in November in Barcelona. This is a great chance for PEP-NET to help to bridge the gap between the US activities in participatory democracy and the work done here in Europe. Links: http://www.pep-net.eu/ http://personaldemocracy.com/blog-entry/networking-better-e-participation-%E2%80%93-pan-european-eparticipation-network-1

Big benefit for municipalities

Tue 13 Oct 2009 03:20:14 +0100

GEMMA is really a big benefit for municipalities. A lot of knowledge is shared. Municipalities dont need to re-invent ict-architecture, but can use what is already available.

GEMMA program

Tops Jeroen — Tue 13 Oct 2009 12:21:20 +0100

The GEMMA program is very successful in helping local governments in their information and process architecture, standards and efficient work.
I would recommend everybody to vote for this submission.

A DIFFERENT PROJECT

GÃ¼rkan ZEREYALP — Tue 13 Oct 2009 11:18:49 +0100

A DIFFERENT PROJECT

A DIFFERENT PROJECT

GÃ¼rkan ZEREYALP — Tue 13 Oct 2009 11:16:01 +0100

A DIFFERENT PROJECT

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registrations are open

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Tue 13 Oct 2009 10:27:28 +0100
As remarked in the post of Mrs. Russo ( http://www.epractice.eu/en/blog/294016), the registration to the workshop http://www.epractice.eu/en/workshops/eprocforsmes is now open!

Please vote me . Duma Cornel Lucian teacher and education counselor who help students with special needs

Lucian DUMA — Tue 13 Oct 2009 07:59:55 +0100

Albania 's first Master's level course in Public Procurement
University of Tirana's Faculty of Economics

Open Gov: Democratizing the revision of the EU E-Government Benchmark

Alexander Schellong — Fri 22 May 2009 03:50:05 +0100

The EU and theÂ UN are currently revising their respective eGovernment benchmark methodologies. This happens in backroom dealings between government representatives and select experts: There is no opportunity for the public to participate, [...]

Practice/ interface/ Spain/ Workshop on Adaptive interface techniques and their use for people with special needs

Jaisiel Madrid-SÃ¡nchez — Fri 22 May 2009 02:57:52 +0100
Hello everybody, I just wanto to invite you to the international workshop on â€œAdaptive interface techniques and their use for people with special needsâ€ is sponsored by the INREDIS Consortium dedicated to basic research in accessible, interoperable and ubiquitous technologies. This workshop will be delivered by Professor Alfred Kobsa, an international expert in the field of adaptive interfaces.

INREDIS: Workshop on â€œAdaptive interface techniques and their use for people with special needsâ€

Jose Angel Martinez Usero — Fri 22 May 2009 12:55:39 +0100
Hello everybody, I just wanto to invite you to the international workshop on â€œAdaptive interface techniques and their use for people with special needsâ€ is sponsored by the INREDIS Consortium dedicated to basic research in accessible, interoperable and ubiquitous technologies. This workshop will be delivered by Professor Alfred Kobsa, an international expert in the field of adaptive interfaces. The following topics will be address: user modeling and personalized systems (with applications in the areas of information environments, expert finders, and user interfaces for disabled and elderly people), privacy, and in information visualization, and their connections with the research held in the INREDIS project.

Procurement and electronic document interchange in a free-trade zone

Ken Holman — Thu 21 May 2009 12:40:13 +0100

Announced on April 29, 2009, Canada is negotiating "first-generation" free-trade in talks with Europe:
Â http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-acc/efta-aele.aspx
Are there any citations to the impact of free-trade relationships between Europe and other countries on the interchange of electronic documents such as for government procurement?
My overtures in Canada to bring light to the Universal Business Language (UBL):

The new SEMIC.EU version V1.3 is now available for download on OSOR.EU

Aldo Laudi — Wed 20 May 2009 01:47:45 +0100
http://forge.osor.eu/projects/repository/

Digital Social House Zwijndrecht available online

Marc van Daele — Wed 20 May 2009 10:18:25 +0100

The local authority of the belgian Zwijndrecht has published its Digital Social House .
This project is published as a case .
Comments are of course welcome.
Â

A workable approach to ID

Andy Mulholland — Wed 20 May 2009 07:11:49 +0100

A secure ID is the starting point for most in-house IT systems, but we really need a federated ID that is still secure for most of what we are now contemplating in terms of the people based Web 2.0 style interactions that are driving a lot of the new business value today. No where can this be more essential thanÂ for eGovernment, or perhaps more importantly to allow e citizens to gain and use IDs.

Mobile Government versus Digital Government ?

R.Erdem ERKUL — Tue 19 May 2009 08:58:19 +0100
Is Mobile Government ( m-government ) the follower of Digital Government ( e-government ) or is it going to replace Digital Government.

Is the dynamic purchasing system supported by the demonstrators?

IDABC eProcurement Demonstrators contact — Tue 19 May 2009 01:10:46 +0100

You can easily set up a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) using the eProcurement Demonstrators. DPS is a completely electronic process for making commonly used purchases, like for example of stationery, which is limited in duration and open throughout its validity to any economic operator which satisfies the selection criteria.

All phases of a DPS are supported by the eProcurement Demonstrators:

â€¢Â Â Â Tender Workspace Creation,
â€¢Â Â Â Indicative Tender Submission,
â€¢Â Â Â Opening of Indicative Tenders,
â€¢Â Â Â Evaluation of Indicative Tenders,

EIT - European Institute of Innovation and Technology

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Tue 19 May 2009 10:17:29 +0100

The EIT - European Institute of Innovation and Technology settled in Budapest has launched its first call for experts on 14 May 2009.
http://eit.europa.eu/fileadmin/Content/Downloads/PDF/experts_page/experts_call_2009_05_14.pdf
The call is addressed to individuals for the establishment of a database of independent experts to provide expertise in support of evaluations and of implementation of the EIT and of Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs).

A model for cities around the world

Stacy Baird — Tue 19 May 2009 08:25:30 +0100

Fantastic work!

Share your ideas to promote the creation of web services between the Participant Portal and your existing tools

De Peutter Dimitri — Mon 18 May 2009 03:50:09 +0100
The community is intended to bring together grant beneficaries that would like to have newly defined web services or interfaces at their disposal in other for their existing application to exchange information with the Participant Portal

Finally

Esa Tiainen — Thu 14 May 2009 08:51:26 +0100

It works fine for minor additions, I did use the application myself.

Senior Advisor

Esa Tiainen — Thu 14 May 2009 08:47:06 +0100

Well done.

Improving Access to Government through Better Use of the Web: W3C eGov Issues Document Published

JosÃ© M. Alonso — Thu 14 May 2009 08:06:42 +0100

The W3C eGovernment Interest Group has published a Group Note of Improving Access to Government through Better Use of the Web. This document is an attempt to describe, but not yet solve, the variety of issues and challenges faced by governments in their efforts to apply 21st century capabilities to eGovernment initiatives. It provides examples of existing, applicable open Web standards.

EUROPEAN eDEMOCRACY AWARD 2009 â€“Call for Applicants

mercier claire — Wed 13 May 2009 06:01:43 +0100

EUROPEAN eDEMOCRACY AWARD 2009 â€“Call for Applicants

Potential benefits of PCP

Lieve Bos — Tue 12 May 2009 11:04:50 +0100

HI,
Short answer to the question posed by Philippe Bourqui:
You can subscribe to the PCP workshop on June 16Â just by sending me an e-mail: lieve.bos@ec.europ.eu.
I'll post some info to answer the more fundamental questions on what are exactly the potential benefits of PCP in the PCP blog: http://www.epractice.eu/en/blog/288142
Kind regards,
Lieve Bos

ICT for efficient government: the role of research

George Kolomvos — Mon 11 May 2009 12:34:42 +0100

Efficiency in governmental operations is the overall target when applying ICT on public administration. Attempts to treat eGovernment applications in a simplistic manner usually result in inefficient solutions of limited benefit to the administrative process. Underlying problems such as interoperability, integration, knowledge management, identification, authentication and others, remain unsolved, thus constituting vibrant fields of modern research.

The workshop on "ICT for efficient government: the role of research"

Digital Government versus Mobile Government

R.Erdem ERKUL — Sat 09 May 2009 01:22:04 +0100

Is Mobile Government ( m-government ) the follower of Digital Government ( e-government ) or is it going to replace Digital Government.

EU Orientation Tour on "eInclusion" for Chinese guests

Ivor Ambrose — Thu 07 May 2009 07:31:17 +0100

Within the framework of the EU-CHINA-INFSO project, seven high-level Chinese state officials visited the Secretariat of ENAT, the European Network for Accessible Tourism, in Athens on 13 January 2009 on the first leg of a European Study Tour to Greece, Spain and the United Kingdom.

The tour gave the Chinese visitors first-hand knowledge of European policies and experiences in the area of â€e-Inclusionâ€ - overcoming the so-called â€Digital Divideâ€.

Read more about the presentations given during the visit at the ENAT website and view photos of the meeting participants.

Gov 2.0 Barcamp Berlin

Alexander Schellong — Wed 06 May 2009 09:59:11 +0100

There will be a Government 2.0 bar camp in Berlin end of August 2009. You can still join the organizing committee, sponsor it or contribute in a different way

http://gov20camp-berlin.mixxt.de/

May be an interesting followup of the Public Service 2.0 workshop on Member State level...

User-centricity measurement tool

Francesco Belgioioso — Wed 06 May 2009 04:34:28 +0100
Find out the user centric degree of your organisation! The Benchlearning project defined a methodology and a practical toolkit to assess user-centric impact of national government portals. Join the Benchlearning Community and access to shared resources section in order to find and use the measurement tool.

Preliminary leading organisations list

Cinzia Rubattino — Mon 04 May 2009 02:54:23 +0100
The "ICT for Governance and policy modelling" Team has drawn up a list of organisations acting in areas relevant for the community. The list is available here. The Team invites you to revise the list and provide feedbacks to ictgovfp7@epractice.eu. Details about any other organisation not yet in the list or contact person for each organisation are welcome. Looking forward to receiving your feedbacks!

Submit your case to the European eGovernment Awards 2009!

Elina Jokisalo — Mon 04 May 2009 12:25:03 +0100

The European Commission is, for the fourth time, running a European eGovernment Award scheme which culminates in a Ministerial eGovernment Conference in MalmÃ¶ (SE) in November attended by the Member State Ministers and public and private sector stakeholders.

The awards are a great opportunity to show and demonstrate different solutions for eGovernment practices in the use of public administration. Participating in the awards ensures greater visibility across Europe for the best eGovernment practices from your country and its regions.

eProcurement next workshops: open Call for Proposals

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Mon 04 May 2009 07:43:57 +0100

The eProcurement Forum Team is looking for the active support of the ePractice community in order to organise the next community workshops.

Therefore a Call for Proposals is open to collect suggestions about: topics to be covered, cases to be presented and venues and organisational support.

Government 2.0 - Truly new for government?

Alexander Schellong — Thu 30 Apr 2009 12:25:15 +0100

In the late 1990s everything connected to the Internet got an "e"â€“say eGovernment or eCommerce. With the evolution of mobile technology we saw the "m" appear by 2002â€“say mGovernment. Eventually we also saw the rise of "i" a little later. Now its a "2.0" frenzy every time ideas and principles of Web 2.0 are applied to a subject matter.

Could the demonstrators be used as a real eProcurement system?

IDABC eProcurement Demonstrators contact — Wed 29 Apr 2009 03:27:30 +0100
The eProcurement Demonstrators have been designed and developed as a real eProcurement system. However, since their use is intended mainly for demonstration purposes, the provided functionality is adapted to this scope in order to allow a more user-friendly experience. This means, that in order to use the dynamic eProcurement Demonstrators as a real eProcurement system, you should first perform certain modifications to the existing application.

PCP, What is new ?

BOURQUI PHILIPPE — Wed 29 Apr 2009 02:50:51 +0100

European or national founds already exist to push innovation in Europe.

Is thatÂ mean PCP change the rule of game ?

Untill now, foundsÂ gave opportunity for institutionals actors (research, laboratory etc..) to start a research without obligation forÂ effectiv results.

I understand that PCP

a) Ask the needs of european's cityzens first.

b) Put on some concrete objective by publics procurers.

c) Select a few candidat which could pretend to reach the goal of PCP.

d) SupportÂ the development's costs untill prototyp test.

f) Help for property rights of partners

g) If success , give more opportunities to find private investments for mass market manufactoring.

h) At the endÂ Publics procurersÂ take a part of benefits .

3 winners : End users + Public procurers + company which reach the goal of PCP.

Do I understand well the PCP process ?

How can we registered for 16 june ?

P.BOURQUI

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Could the demonstrators be used as a real eProcurement system?

IDABC eProcurement Demonstrators contact — Wed 29 Apr 2009 01:27:30 +0100
The eProcurement Demonstrators have been designed and developed as a real eProcurement system. However, since their use is intended mainly for demonstration purposes, the provided functionality is adapted to this scope in order to allow a more user-friendly experience. This means, that in order to use the dynamic eProcurement Demonstrators as a real eProcurement system, you should first perform certain modifications to the existing application. For instance, the functionality for electronic registration should be added. To this end, you can use the source code of the dynamic eProcurement Demonstrators which is freely available to everyone (href=http://forge.osor.eu/projects/eprocdemos) and develop a real eProcurement application. Furthermore, the eProcurement Demonstrators could act as the basis for eProcurement systems with enhanced features, such as conformance to national standards and legislation or the provision of additional functionality. The eProcurement Demonstrators Helpdesk Team.

THEME of the WEEK: which ICT architecture for an open and empowering public sphere

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Tue 28 Apr 2009 02:29:36 +0100
This week, the theme of discussion has been suggested by a member of our community, Mr. Michael Kaschesky. He observed that a sustainable ICT architecture for Europe will not establish itself per decree.

The perfect storm?

Jeremy Millard — Tue 28 Apr 2009 06:47:41 +0100

Carlota Perez, in her seminal 2002 book on technology revolutions and financial capital, talks about general purpose technologies (like steam, electricity, mass media and now ICT) that give rise to techno-societal revolutions occurring about every half century.

Office 2003

Sat 25 Apr 2009 01:35:22 +0100

Is Office 2003 still available for students and teachers?

European eGovernment Awards 2009 Information Day

Master Admin — Fri 24 Apr 2009 01:22:50 +0100
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Swedish EU election campaigners reach out via social networks

Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen — Thu 23 Apr 2009 03:41:45 +0100
Following on the posting on "Technology use in the 2009 South African elections" Anna Kelly (a Swedish colleague and Head of eStrategy at Solna Municipality) point out earlier today (on Facebook) that a number of swedish parties have been inspired by Obamaâ€™s 2008 election campaign to make more use of social networks and ICT tools. The inspiration comes at a apt time with the European Parliament elections loomes increasingly large on the horizon. As with any election the main motivational factor is a wish to canvas the electorate, bring out and secure their votes.

Digital Laws 2.0

Adrian Pintilie — Thu 23 Apr 2009 03:35:06 +0100
I am not sure if this fits under eGovernment but i am wondering if there are any common government initiatives to create similar laws for digital-related activities. Should web 2.0 become regulated?

Digital Laws

Adrian Pintilie — Thu 23 Apr 2009 03:16:04 +0100
I am not sure if this fits under eGovernment but i am wondering if there are any common government initiatives to create similar laws for digital-related activities.

Swedish EU election campaigners reach out via social networks

Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen — Thu 23 Apr 2009 01:41:45 +0100

Following on the posting on "Technology use in the 2009 South African elections" Anna Kelly (a Swedish colleague and Head of eStrategy at Solna Municipality) point out earlier today (on Facebook) that a number of swedish parties have been inspired by Obamaâ€™s 2008 election campaign to make more use of social networks and ICT tools.

The inspiration comes at a apt time with the European Parliament elections loomes increasingly large on the horizon.

Convergence of UBL into UN/CEFACT

Cinzia Rubattino — Thu 23 Apr 2009 12:53:49 +0100
Dear all, the minutes of the meeting on convergence of the Universal Business Language (UBL) standard into standards developed by UN/CEFACT, held in Brussels on 15 October 2008 have been published on our shared resources section: http://www.epractice.eu/community/eprocurement/view_resources/convergenceuncefactoasisublandcenbii Our intention is to keep the the community informed about convergence process of UBL into UN/CEFACT and about the outcomes of the 14th UN/CEFACT Forum ta

Commercial payment services vs. customized

Francisco Marcelo — Thu 23 Apr 2009 11:15:05 +0100

Hello,

The reason for the development of a non-commercial payment gateway in Spain is a legal one:

When you pay a tax or fee in SpainÂ it is not legal that anybody gets a percentage.

So to introduce commercial payment services we need legal reforms.

Regards

Great project

Abbas Badran — Thu 23 Apr 2009 11:04:40 +0100

I had a look at the project website, I could understand the technology stack (standards, java...) however, I don't know too much spanish.

We are trying hard in Lebanon to implement a local payment gateway, but, we are afraid to waste all our efforts when companies like Paypal and 2Checkout come into the market and offer competetive services...

Is it worth to contine the investement and build a local payment gateway?

Answers from the pros. are appreciated.

Â

its not about eGovernment but about enabling eCitizens

Andy Mulholland — Wed 22 Apr 2009 09:26:17 +0100

The idea of eGovernment is not exactly new, but definitely back in focus again as Governments everywhere seem to be all looking for savings, and see the idea of eGovernment as one of the ways to achieve some savings. The rationale sounds good to a Politician â€˜we will deliver more for less costâ€™, move efficient government, joined up government etc.

Second Annual Great E-mancipator Survey - please assist

Mick Phythian — Wed 22 Apr 2009 08:49:56 +0100

In April 2008 I started my detailed research by posting a questionnaire to record any usage of satisfaction, along with trying to obtain an initial view of the status of avoidable contact in the context of National Indicator 14. The results were that there was a lot more support for measuring citizen satisfaction than Iâ€™d imagined. There was also a general lack of awareness by practitioners of all the academic and private sector work that had been going on in the background around engaging with customers or citizens.

Next workshops - open Call for Proposals

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Wed 22 Apr 2009 04:08:00 +0100
The Forum Team is looking for your active support in order to organise the next community workshops. Therefore a Call for Proposal is open to collect your suggestions about: topics to be covered, cases to be presented and venues and organisational support A preliminary list of topics we collected so far is: - eProcurement for SMEs (barriers and solutions) - The non-technological requirements for eProcurement (adoption guidelines, organisational parameters, change management) - Presentation and demonstration of cross-border solutions - eCatalogue - eAuc

environmental democracy

Evika Karamagioli — Tue 21 Apr 2009 10:33:29 +0100

Public participation in environmental decision making has become in the last decades the goal of different recommendations and declarations at the international level, elaborated by the European Union.

The Ã…rhus Convention entitles the public - individuals and environmental organisations - to participate in environmental decision-making. This

means that public authorities have to inform them in time of relevant proposals, so that they can submit their comments. These comments need to be taken into consideration. The authorities are also required to inform the public of their final decisions and the underlying reasons.

Under the Ã…rhus Convention, public authorities are obliged to organize, make accessible and disseminate the environmental information in their possession. This means they are obliged to keep and share the environmental information relevant to their functions, such as the quality of water, air and the atmosphere, land and biological diversity; energy, noise, development plans and policies; and the effects of these on human health, safety and the environment. This information has to be made accessible and disseminated, for example by putting it on the Internet, informing the media or using other channels of communication.

Environmental democracy is subject of the Aarhus Convention that goes to the heart of the relationship between people and governments. The Convention is not only an environmental agreement; it is also a Convention about government accountability, transparency and responsiveness.

Reconnecting citizens with politics and policy making â€“ what is happening now and what should be done in future

Evika Karamagioli — Tue 21 Apr 2009 10:26:29 +0100

A joint workshop between the European eParticipation study and the Demos@Work project will take place the 22nd of April 2009 from 15.30pm-18.00pm in the framework of the 7th Eastern European eGovernment Days.

Technology use in the 2009 South African elections

Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen — Mon 20 Apr 2009 02:02:24 +0100
With South African going to the polling stations for the 4th democratic elections since 1994 you may be interested in the latest blog from DTI titled "Technology use in the 2009 South African elections" on PEP-NET: http://pep-net.eu/wordpress/?p=397 In the run up to Wednesday 22 April elections, campaigning is being played out in traditional media (TV, radio, print), on the internet, on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, in text messages/smsâ€™s with street banners and in rallies across South Africa. 173 parties â€“ 134 at national level plus 39 purely provincial parties â€“ are officially register

Technology use in the 2009 South African elections

Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen — Mon 20 Apr 2009 12:02:24 +0100
With South African going to the polling stations for the 4th democratic elections since 1994 you may be interested in the latest blog from DTI titled "Technology use in the 2009 South African elections" on PEP-NET: http://pep-net.eu/wordpress/?p=397 In the run up to Wednesday 22 April elections, campaigning is being played out in traditional media (TV, radio, print), on the internet, on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, in text messages/smsâ€™s with street banners and in rallies across South Africa. 173 parties â€“ 134 at national level plus 39 purely provincial parties â€“ are officially registered for the 2009 elections, but the blog look into the use ICT by the four main parties (alphabetical order): ANC - African National Congress, COPE - Congress of the People, DA - Democratic Alliance and IFP - Inkatha Freedom Party. The blog look at the functionalities of the party websites and their presence on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.

a glimp into the future of e-invoicing

Gaethofs Danny — Fri 17 Apr 2009 07:28:07 +0100

Vision on electronic invoicing (business) in the future
The most important theme on the agenda of companies and government bodies at this moment is electronic invoicing. Many companies see electfronic invoicing as an instrument to realise cost savings and to improve the socially responsible undertaken - image. Not always will electronic invoicing lead to cost savings but generally it is assumed it will.

Changes in workplace

Adrian Pintilie — Thu 16 Apr 2009 07:53:34 +0100
I am pretty sure that the future work place will look different due to web 2.0. As new recruits come in, grown in web 2.0 era, they will ask for web 2.0 tools. Or this is happening already?

Changes in workplace

Adrian Pintilie — Thu 16 Apr 2009 07:46:07 +0100
I am pretty sure that the future work place will look different due to web 2.0. As new recruits come in, grown in web 2.0 era, they will ask for web 2.0 tools. Or this is happening already?

Changes in workplace

Adrian Pintilie — Thu 16 Apr 2009 05:46:07 +0100
I am pretty sure that the future work place will look different due to web 2.0. As new recruits come in, grown in web 2.0 era, they will ask for web 2.0 tools. Or this is happening already?

Reconnecting citizens with politics and policy making â€“ what is happening now and what should be done in future

Evika Karamagioli — Thu 16 Apr 2009 11:12:18 +0100
A joint workshop between the European eParticipation study and the Demos@Work project will take place the 22nd of April 2009 from 15.30pm-18.00pm in the framework of the 7th Eastern European eGovernment Days. This workshop will present initial results from these two initiatives, giving participants an opportunity to learn at first hand what the research is demonstrating and how future work should be designed. The European eParticipation study has undertaken a comprehensive review of eParticipation across Europe at all levels, including the European level.

How can I organise an eAuction event using the dynamic demonstrators?

IDABC eProcurement Demonstrators contact — Thu 16 Apr 2009 09:48:21 +0100
eAuction events can be organised in a straightforward manner using the dynamic eProcurement Demonstrators. You just have to prepare a new Call for Tenders and when prompted to declare whether â€˜An electronic auction will be usedâ€™ you have to select â€˜Yesâ€™.

CfP: EDem 2009 Conference, 7-8 September Vienna

Noella Edelmann — Thu 16 Apr 2009 07:49:57 +0100

CALL FOR PAPERS EDEM09 http://edem2009.ocg.at/
2009 Conference on Electronic Democracy
7.-8.9.2009 University of Economics and Business Administration Vienna, Austria

Submissions deadline: 17 May 2009

How can I organize an eAuction event using the dynamic demonstrators?

IDABC eProcurement Demonstrators contact — Thu 16 Apr 2009 07:48:21 +0100
eAuction events can be organised in a straightforward manner using the dynamic eProcurement Demonstrators. You just have to prepare a new Call for Tenders and when prompted to declare whether â€˜An electronic auction will be usedâ€™ you have to select â€˜Yesâ€™. Then, in the â€˜eAUCTION DEFINITIONâ€™ page, you have to define the eAuction type (Time, Rounds), the eAuction parameters (Period for applying extension, Extension time, Period between rounds, Duration of each round) as well as the information that will be available to tenderers (Best Offer, Relative Ranking, Next Possible Bid, List of all Bids, Graph history of ranking, Send notification). The next step is to select the awarding criteria to be used in the eAuction, as well as to set their parameters (min, max, weight, ascending or descending). At this point, tenderers can submit their initial offers. During evaluation of tenders, you have to select which economic operators will take part in the eAuction. To inform tenderers about the upcoming eAuction event click on â€˜Editâ€™ next to â€˜Fix eAuction parametersâ€™ in the Call Details page to launch the respective page. Enter the date and time for the eAuction to begin and prepare the invitation to be sent to the participating economic operators. When this date and time have been reached, tenderers are allowed to enter the eAuction room and submit their bids. The eProcurement Demonstrators Helpdesk Team.

Supporting developing countries in coping with the crisis

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Wed 15 Apr 2009 09:25:29 +0100

I invite readers to join the document published by the EU Commission on 8th of april 2009:Â Supporting developing countries in coping with the crisis

http://ec.europa.eu/development/icenter/repository/COM_2009_0160_4_EN.pdf

Report from eGovernment Impact Measurement Workshop now ONLINE

Mikael Snaprud — Tue 14 Apr 2009 06:24:57 +0100
The full report from the presentations and discussions on eGovernment Impact Measurement (26-27 March 2009, Veszprem, Hungary) is now on-line at Impact Measurement report (Size 1.8 MByte). The report also includes the results of the conducted group work. Many thanks to all the participants for great contributions making the workshop a successful event!

Why do we need Civil Servant 2.0?

Davied van Berlo — Thu 09 Apr 2009 07:38:07 +0100

I donâ€™t have to explain to anyone is this audience the monumental change weâ€™re witnessing in society these last few years. However, I do have some doubts whether we as public servants understand fully how fundamental this change really is, how this will turn the way government works, and has worked for over a hunderd years, upside down.

Europe-America Conference "Participatory Democracy and the Internet"

Tiago Peixoto — Wed 08 Apr 2009 10:56:09 +0100

The Poitou-Charentes Region and Sciences Po, in parternship with the DEL research network, organize the 5th Europe-America Conference on "Participatory Democracy and the Internet".

GET eGOVERNMENT AWARDS 2009

BOURQUI PHILIPPE — Wed 08 Apr 2009 10:30:12 +0100

We would like toÂ provide our technology to anyÂ publics sectors organisations in Europe.(Single or consortium)

With Clap-technology citizens who can not use computer today would be able to haveÂ accessÂ for digital content and informations directly fromÂ book orÂ paper publishing by publics administrations.

People JustÂ need to touch theÂ book or magazineÂ Â with USB TeCLAP PEN,Â to acces digital content on their computer (EEEPC with XP 200 euros, for example) or digital TV, Â and controll it from the paper.

AT eGov WG on Environmental Information

Rudolf Legat — Mon 06 Apr 2009 02:28:36 +0100

This document provides very useful information for the activities of the AT eGovernment working group on environmental information. (Please refer to http://www.epractice.eu/en/news/282030)

THEME of the WEEK: Web3.0 in eGovernment

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Sun 05 Apr 2009 05:30:33 +0100
Hi everybody, I am here again to encourage discussions about topics of interest for the "ICT for Governance and Policy modelling" community, hoping that, after the closure of the call, everyone is more relaxed and keen to participate. This week I propose you to share your ideas and doubts about the impact of Web3.0 and Semantic web on eGovernment. Adding semantic to information, making machines able to understand, search and reasoning upon information is great and definitely will have a huge impact on improving citizens participation and policy modelling and simulation. Citizens will

THEME of the WEEK: Web3.0 in eGovernment

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Sun 05 Apr 2009 03:30:34 +0100
Hi everybody, I am here again to encourage discussions about topics of interest for the "ICT for Governance and Policy modelling" community, hoping that, after the closure of the call, everyone is more relaxed and keen to participate. This week I propose you to share your ideas and doubts about the impact of Web3.0 and Semantic web on eGovernment. Adding semantic to information, making machines able to understand, search and reasoning upon information is great and definitely will have a huge impact on improving citizens participation and policy modelling and simulation. Citizens will be able to create avatars that will interact and negotiate with other ones. New services will be able to reason about citizens opinions and semantically enriched data, to better support policy makers in performing analysis and forecasts. But, are we talking about something that is ready now? Or, better, are citizens and administrations ready for that? Could the Web 3.0 make definitely easier the interaction between citizens and administrations and intra-administrations or things are, from the social and technological points of view not mature enough? Do you have examples to demonstrate that Web3.0 is definitely penetrating the eGovernment domain?

Presentations from eGovernment Impact Measurement Workshop are ONLINE

Juliane Jarke — Thu 02 Apr 2009 11:24:01 +0100
All presentations from our eGovernment Impact Measurement workshop (26-27 March 2009, Veszprem, Hungary) are accessible on-line now under http://www.epractice.eu/en/workshops/egovernmentimpact. The workshop report that summarises the presentations and discussions around them, and that includes also the results of the conducted group work will follow shortly. Thanks again for these productive days!

Presentations from eGovernment Impact Measurement Workshop are ONLINE

Juliane Jarke — Thu 02 Apr 2009 09:24:01 +0100
All presentations from our eGovernment Impact Measurement workshop (26-27 March 2009, Veszprem, Hungary) are accessible on-line now under http://www.epractice.eu/en/workshops/egovernmentimpact. The workshop report that summarises the presentations and discussions around them, and that includes also the results of the conducted group work will follow shortly. Thanks again for these productive days!

Company registration portal in Estonia

Ingmar Vali — Tue 31 Mar 2009 04:02:23 +0100
ESTONIAN COMPANY REGISTRATION PORTAL ACCEPTS DIGITAL SIGNATURES GIVEN IN OTHER COUNTRIES Maris JÃ¤rv, Ministry of Justice Ingmar Vali, Centre of Registers and Information Systems ingmar.vali@just.ee http://www.epractice.eu/en/cases/crossborderds The development of e-services in Estonia has been fast in recent years. Most management of business with the state can be executed either by e-mail or through different portals.

Report of international workshop on â€œElectronic Public Procurement in South-East Europeâ€

Christos Georgousopoulos — Tue 31 Mar 2009 03:24:50 +0100
Dear all, I would like to inform you that the report for the International Workshop on â€œElectronic Public Procurement in South-East Europeâ€ (http://www.epractice.eu/en/workshops/electronicp), held on the 26th of Feb. â€™09 in Athens has been compiled and may be directly downloaded from the following URL: http://www.epractice.eu/files/ELLECTRAWeB%20workshop%20report.pdf Kind regards, Christos Georgousopoulos

BE: Smart Cities partners invite customers to co-design services

Bart Noels — Tue 31 Mar 2009 11:19:52 +0100
The Belgian partners of the Smart Cities project launch the website www.zegonshoehetkan.be. This website invites customers to co-design municipal and regional electronic services by collecting user stories. The website builds further on the UK-experience of www.showusabetterway.co.uk . The City of Kortrijk, Memori and Leiedal work together in creating customer-focused electronic service solutions. The website invites people to give their ideas, not by asking them specific solutions, but asking them to tell their story.

School on Digital Transformation (Texas University / University of Porto)

Tiago Peixoto — Mon 30 Mar 2009 05:55:23 +0100

International School on Digital Transformation
Porto, Portugal
University of Porto and the University of Texas at Austin
July 19-25, 2009

http://colab.ic2.utexas.edu/dm/international-school/

Info Day on "European eGovernment Awards 2009", 21st April 2009, Brussels - Registration open

BARBIER Helene — Thu 26 Mar 2009 11:27:58 +0100

Â ^{^{^{The European Commission and the Awards consortium organise an information workshop to present the "4th European eGovernment Awards 2009" and answer questions on the submission process with the participants. You are all welcome to attend! The Awards ceremony will take place during the Ministerial eGovernment Conference organised under the Swedish presidency in MalmÃ¶ (19-20 November).}}}

Using simulation models in modelling eGovernment

Ahmed Abdeltawab Abdelgawad — Mon 23 Mar 2009 06:49:04 +0100
I am working on building a simulation model using System Dynamics methodology, aiming at enabling eGovernment decisionâ€‘makers/managers to examine the effects of their policies/decisions on the eGovernment performance â€“ each according to his/her scope respectively â€“ in terms of eGovernment Accessibility, Transparency, Efficiency and Impact, and to enhance their mental models by exposing the underlying system structure and feedback loops to them. I am searching for examples on modelling eGovernment using System Dynamics and/or Simulation in general.

What your choice of a PC or a Blackberry says about your role

Andy Mulholland — Fri 20 Mar 2009 04:13:05 +0100

I work in an environment where the expectation of fast responses doesnâ€™t make any allowance for my not being at my (or even any) desk. It simply would not be expected that I utilize a â€˜travelling and not available on emailâ€™ notice on Exchange. Therefore, I must have and use a Smart Phone (or a Blackberry â€“ take your pick). The case that this is a normal, IT-supported tool seems obvious to me.

Which eProcurement phases are supported by the eProcurement demonstrators?

IDABC eProcurement Demonstrators contact — Fri 20 Mar 2009 10:48:48 +0100
The dynamic eProcurement demonstrators were developed to help getting familiar with electronic public procurement procedures. The demonstrators support the following electronic procurement phases: eNoticing, eAccess, eSubmission and eAwarding including eAuctions. During the eNoticing phase, you are allowed to prepare new calls for tenders and upload the relevant contract documents. A simulation of how notices are electronically created and submitted to the EU Official Journal is also provided.

Which eProcurement phases are supported by the eProcurement demonstrators?

IDABC eProcurement Demonstrators contact — Fri 20 Mar 2009 09:48:48 +0100
The dynamic eProcurement demonstrators were developed to help getting familiar with electronic public procurement procedures. The demonstrators support the following electronic procurement phases: eNoticing, eAccess, eSubmission and eAwarding including eAuctions. During the eNoticing phase, you are allowed to prepare new calls for tenders and upload the relevant contract documents. A simulation of how notices are electronically created and submitted to the EU Official Journal is also provided. The eAccess and eSubmission phases support a functionality for preparing tenders, uploading them to the system and signing them by using a sample electronic certificate. The eAwarding phase supports the evaluation of received tenders, while this phase can be extended by establishing and performing eAuctions for awarding the contract to the bidder with the best offer. The eProcurement Demonstrators Helpdesk Team.

Planned initaitives

Aldo Laudi — Thu 19 Mar 2009 06:10:55 +0100
Dear Tommi and Harry, Welcome again to the community. You are the very first two experts to have joined this community. @ Tommi - I invite you to draft the case on ePractice showing your experiences with the re-use of SEMIC.EU technology, since you are already in the process. This will serve as the basis for discussions and also a good practice case. We are also working on drafting a document - guidlines on the customisation of SEMIC.EU and also a workshop on the re-use of the technology. thanks again

an immersive experience

Eleonora Panto — Wed 18 Mar 2009 12:57:38 +0100

I did not attend to this workshop, if you read the list of the participants, but in a certain way I was here (for almost the whole morning). The streaming audio video was perfect, through the chat I could even interact with the speakers and I twittered with people in and out the room, all over Europe and maybe not only.

Sure, I had already participated in webcasting and videoconfering, allowing chat interaction, but this time I got the impression of a vibrant community, in which the followers-at-distance was as important as the followers-in-presence.

CEN new project for classification systems in procurement (CEN Workshop eCAT CC3P project)

Alain DECHAMPS — Wed 18 Mar 2009 12:37:26 +0100

Kick-off meeting â€“ Brussels, 3 April

Call for 4 experts â€“ deadline to apply 15 April

PEPPOL conference in Oslo

Peter Sonntagbauer — Wed 18 Mar 2009 10:49:08 +0100

The PEPPOL project (Pan-European Public Procurement Online) is arranging an international conference in Oslo on 18 â€“ 20 May 2009 in collaboration with BUSINESSEUROPE. The PEPPOL project is inviting all members of the community to participate. Please see below for more information and registration.

http://www.peppol.eu/news/news/would-you-like-to-learn-more-about-public-procurement-for-the-future

A selection of speakers:

Do I need a database installation in order to use the dynamic eProcurement Demonstrators?

IDABC eProcurement Demonstrators contact — Wed 18 Mar 2009 10:35:27 +0100
The installation of the dynamic eProcurement Demonstrator provides you with two database options: MySQL and HSQLDB. For the HSQLDB no database installation or configuration is required. HSQLDB runs in embedded mode and stores data in the file system. For the MySQL, you need to have the MySQL database installed and to provide the configuration parameters during installation such as MySQL host and port, root username and password, MySQLuser and database that will be used by the application.

Do I need a database installation in order to use the dynamic eProcurement Demonstrators?

IDABC eProcurement Demonstrators contact — Wed 18 Mar 2009 09:35:27 +0100
The installation of the dynamic eProcurement Demonstrator provides you with two database options: MySQL and HSQLDB. For the HSQLDB no database installation or configuration is required. HSQLDB runs in embedded mode and stores data in the file system. For the MySQL, you need to have the MySQL database installed and to provide the configuration parameters during installation such as MySQL host and port, root username and password, MySQLuser and database that will be used by the application. All relevant information is also provided in the installation manual (http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/3488/5874). The eProcurement Demonstrators Helpdesk Team.

Welcome

Aldo Laudi — Tue 17 Mar 2009 03:13:21 +0100
Dear new comer, First of all I would like to welcome you to this new community. The SEMIC.EU team felt the need to start a community on the re-use of the technlogy for SEMIC. When we work together we can achieve more, both for the individual needs and also for the needs of the community. Therefore, lets give a kick start to this new community and feel free to give input in any way you like. Thanking you in anticipation and I look forward to working together.. Aldo

Public Services 2.0 workshop - Great success

Juan Gonzalez — Tue 17 Mar 2009 12:11:40 +0100

Tech4i2, Headshift and Futuregov made an amazing job putting together such an incredible amount of interesting presentations and speakers and animating the sessions (thanks David, Dominic, Justin and Lee) It was aÂ great honour for ePractice to host this interactive, on-the ground event. The number of participants present largely exceeded 100, without including the people that followed the event remotely.

Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP)

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Tue 17 Mar 2009 12:07:48 +0100

Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP)

By acting as technologically demanding first buyers, public procurers can drive innovation from the demand side. In addition to improving the quality and effectiveness of public services, this can help create opportunities for European companies to take international leadership in new markets.

READ MORE : http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/tl/research/priv_invest/pcp/index_en.htm

13 partners ready for Creating Smarter Cities

Bart Noels — Tue 17 Mar 2009 10:13:19 +0100
Edinburgh Napier University and Edinburgh City Council hosted the international conference on â€˜Creating Smarter Citiesâ€™ in March 2009.

Online discussion on European eParticipation a success!

Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen — Mon 16 Mar 2009 08:09:52 +0100
With 90 participants registered to debate eParticipation in Europe and 158 ideas and opinions voiced the online discussion is deemed a great success! The objective of this online discussion was to arrive at a high quality analysis of a number of European eParticipation issues and to make recommendations on how to address these. Activity levels have been high, and the debate rich, with participants posting 158 ideas and opinions. Participants and visitors from 43 countries (mainly Europe) have made 1254 visits and 5082 page views since the online discussion started.

Online discussion on European eParticipation a success!

Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen — Mon 16 Mar 2009 07:09:52 +0100
With 90 participants registered to debate eParticipation in Europe and 158 ideas and opinions voiced the online discussion is deemed a great success! The objective of this online discussion was to arrive at a high quality analysis of a number of European eParticipation issues and to make recommendations on how to address these. Activity levels have been high, and the debate rich, with participants posting 158 ideas and opinions. Participants and visitors from 43 countries (mainly Europe) have made 1254 visits and 5082 page views since the online discussion started. Each visit has been circa 15 minutes long. The online discussion initially proposed 10 issues arising from the preliminary work of the European eParticipation Study (see Library section). However, participants also had the opportunity to raise their own separate issues â€“ something many did. The result is four wikiâ€™s covering a number of issues raised by the European eParticipation Study and by the participants during the initial phase of the online discussion . The wikiâ€™s focus the following four areas: â€¢ Technological Questions â€¢ Organisation and Channels â€¢ Evolution and Dangers â€¢ The European Sphere The wikiâ€™s will be finalized in the coming days and published on the online discussion site (www.internet-discourse.eu) with links from PEP-NET (www.pep-net.eu) and the European eParticipation Study (www.european-eparticipation.eu). The online discussion was a joint initiative by PEP-NET and the European eParticipation Study. The discussion took place from 3 to 13 March 2009. Thanks you all very much for your contributions and ideas! Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen (Moderator) on behalf of PEP-NET and the European eParticipation Study

epractice communities workshop

Paulo Nunes de Abreu — Sun 15 Mar 2009 06:50:15 +0100

I want to thank the organizers for the learning gathered and the networking opportunities. As I have mentioned in the meeting, maybe a "facilitators" community could be of interest to those who run or plan to run communities in epractice.eu

I currently run two social networks using Ning as a platform and there is a "network creators" social network that I seldom use. So one needs to address this suggestion with utmost care. As everyone knows, running a virtual community is a very time-consuming task.

howto dutch goverment 2.0 competition and conference

Chris Smissaert — Sun 15 Mar 2009 04:29:52 +0100
Howto Government 2.0 competition and conference. 1 Is this for you? Do you work at national level (at a ministry for example)? Do you wish to organize a conference about web 2.0 and government? Do you have some experience in organizing conferences for > 100 participants? Do you have some knowledge already about web 2.0? Are you at least a team of two? Do you have an idea which companies could help you with organizing? Do you like a lot of stress? Answered yes? Continue.

Howto dutch widgets project

Chris Smissaert — Sun 15 Mar 2009 04:27:27 +0100
Howto Widgets 1 Is this for you? Do you work for a government organization that wants to take some small 2.0 steps? Do you have dynamic and (for the public) interesting information? Do you wish to maintain control over your content? 2 Why should you read this then? This howto can help you as a sponsor to have some widgets developed for your organization. Weâ€™re still in the process of realisation, so this how to is a work in progress too. 3 What should be at your disposal if you decide to go for it? If you have the technical skills yourself, it only costs you time.

howtos dutch open government project and overheid20.nl project

Chris Smissaert — Sun 15 Mar 2009 04:25:07 +0100
I couldâ€™t get around to writing the howtos on the Government 2.0 platform and our open data project. However, there is some interesting material for you to read, written by the people involved. This one is about open government, by Ton Zylstra: http://www.zylstra.org/blog/. About the government 2.0 platform, the platform itself is supposed to be a howto. So check it out at http://www.overheid20.nl/. Blogposts are in Dutch, so use Google Translate or send me an e-mail for further information.

The eGovernment City's Forum

Mark Hol — Fri 13 Mar 2009 02:21:50 +0100

Hello, I would like to make a little sales pitch for The eGovernment Cityâ€™s Forum, an ePractice community which you can find on this website.
As facilitator, Iâ€™ve been looking on this website for potential members.
I found many of you have jobs and/or submitted cases that fit in with this forum.
However, the majority of you have chosen to keep his/her personal details private.
So, I cannot send you an invitation.
If you are working for a city, a municipality or in local governmentâ€¦
If you are interested in eInclusion or eGovernmentâ€¦

EUPL is now OSI certified

Patrice E. Schmitz — Thu 12 Mar 2009 07:32:16 +0100
The EUPL (European Union Public Licence) published by the European Commission has just been certified as â€œOpen Sourceâ€ by the OSI â€“ Open Source Initiative. A real â€œworld premiereâ€, as the OSI never approved before a licence in other language than English. This was possible because all the 22 linguistic versions of the EUPL have the same value: developers who want to use the licence can pick whichever language version they prefer. This makes the EUPL unique.

THEME of the WEEK: â€œVirtual worlds for modelling citizens behaviours: pros and consâ€

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Thu 12 Mar 2009 06:33:51 +0100
see the post at http://www.epractice.eu/en/blog/288058

eParticipation wikis now online - Final phase of online eParticipation discussion starts today

Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen — Thu 12 Mar 2009 11:31:58 +0100
Thursday 12 March kicks-off the third and final phase of the online dicussion on Participation organised (www.internet-discourse.eu) by PEP-NET (www.pep-net.eu) and the European eParticipation Study (www.european-eparticipation.eu). The four wikis have been posted. Each with a specific focus i.e.: - Technical questions - Organisation and channels - Evolution and dangers - The European sphere The four wikis are intended to finalise the documentation of results and collection of the recommandation.

eParticipation wikis now online - Final phase of online eParticipation discussion starts today

Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen — Thu 12 Mar 2009 10:31:59 +0100
Thursday 12 March kicks-off the third and final phase of the online dicussion on Participation organised (www.internet-discourse.eu) by PEP-NET (www.pep-net.eu) and the European eParticipation Study (www.european-eparticipation.eu). The four wikis have been posted. Each with a specific focus i.e.: - Technical questions - Organisation and channels - Evolution and dangers - The European sphere The four wikis are intended to finalise the documentation of results and collection of the recommandation. We invite you to enter the wikis and check if your thoughts and recommandations are included. If they are not you can easily edit the wikis on www.internet-discourse.eu. We look forward to your thoughts and input.

Changes in the work place with web 2.0

Adrian Pintilie — Wed 11 Mar 2009 09:18:03 +0100
I am pretty sure that the future work place will look different due to web 2.0. As new recruits come in, grown in web 2.0 era, they will ask for web 2.0 tools. Or this is happening already?

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egovernment people should not limit themselves to the internet...

R.Erdem ERKUL — Wed 11 Mar 2009 09:05:51 +0100
I believe the people specializing in egovernment or eparticipation should not limit the communication among them to online channels. We should not forgeet the power of face-to-face communication and think of ways to utilize it for the success of epractices...

THEME of the WEEK: â€œVirtual worlds for modelling citizens behaviours: pros and consâ€

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Wed 11 Mar 2009 06:52:55 +0100

Can we really use these virtual worlds to analyse social dynamics and thus create simulations that can help policy makers?

I took the inspiration of this week's theme from a speech of Prof. Dora Varvarigou at the consultation meeting on the 27th February in Athens.

I can see a number of positive aspects, first of all the enormeous popularity that VWs have gained, the fact they are already the subject of socialÂ analysis studies and that, in a certain sense, they are there and thus usable (with limitations) "for free".

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Public services 2.0: workshop full but livestream and remote participation enabled

David Osimo — Tue 10 Mar 2009 03:53:56 +0100

In view of the ongoing changes with the ePractice platform we here give a clarification on the ePractice workshop Public Services 2.0 http://www.epractice.eu/publicservices (Brussels 16th March).

The workshop is fully booked so no new registration are allowed. However we ensured that the workshop can be attended in remote in the following ways:

The eGEP 2.0 measurement tool now available!

Francesco Belgioioso — Tue 10 Mar 2009 02:48:44 +0100
The eGEP 2.0 measurement tool is now available for download. This methodology represents a valid tool for impact measurement of eGovernment. We invite all administrations and users that are dealing with eGovernment projects to use this effective model. In addition to the methodology, a template is available for the calculation of User Centricity. Just log in and you will find them in the "Shared Resources" section. Have a look at these powerful tools and please reply to this post for any comment or for additional information.

Past workshop on â€˜http://www.epractice.eu/en/workshops/electronicpâ€™

Christos Georgousopoulos — Tue 10 Mar 2009 02:06:03 +0100
Dear all, I would like to thank all of those that have participated in this Workshop. I hope that this event gave us the opportunity to be better informed on the current status of electronic Public Procurement in the South-East Europe, exchange and share our experiences. Please be informed that all presentations have been uploaded in ePractice portal (http://www.epractice.eu/en/workshops/electronicp) and at the main web-page of ELLECTRA-WeB website (www.ellectra-web.eu).

Is animation a good mean to promote eProcurement?

Murmylo Maciej — Mon 09 Mar 2009 05:54:45 +0100
I believe we were numerous to appreciate the video done by the European Commission and showing in a simply and humorous way main benefits of public procurement chain digitization (see: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/egovernment/library/video/video/e_procurement_hq.wmv). To facilitate communication with different groups, the Procure project proposes also a 3D animation in English and in French (to see go at: www.eten-procure.com, it shall soon be available in ePracticeTV section).

Thematic Network to support eHealth Procurement - call for proposals

Corinne Wenner — Mon 09 Mar 2009 05:45:06 +0100
The â€œCommunication on a lead market initiative for Europeâ€ COM(2007) 860 final, identified the need to improve the process of procurement of eHealth solutions by promoting networking and cooperation among public procurers in the development process of new solutions. It has therefore been decided to fund the creation of a broad community of procurers (i.e.

Is animation a good mean to promote eProcurement?

Murmylo Maciej — Mon 09 Mar 2009 04:54:45 +0100
I believe we were numerous to appreciate the video done by the European Commission and showing in a simply and humorous way main benefits of public procurement chain digitization (see: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/egovernment/library/video/video/e_procurement_hq.wmv). To facilitate communication with different groups, the Procure project proposes also a 3D animation in English and in French (to see go at: www.eten-procure.com, it shall soon be available in ePracticeTV section). Our aim was to issue a persuasive support towards local decision-makers across Europe highlighting main topics covered by modern public borderless procurement. Do you think we have succeed, what are in your opinion paths of improvement? Your feedback is welcome and would definitively help other eProcurement stakeholders in their future communication efforts. Please let me recall that Procure holds its final conference in Brussels on March 17 (see in Workshops section) and we would be very happy to see you amongst attendants to our event! Do not hesitate to register and to send me your queries or suggestions at contact@eten-procure.com. I look forward to hear from you soon, Matthias

Thematic Network to support eHealth Procurement - call for proposals

Corinne Wenner — Mon 09 Mar 2009 04:45:07 +0100
The â€œCommunication on a lead market initiative for Europeâ€ COM(2007) 860 final, identified the need to improve the process of procurement of eHealth solutions by promoting networking and cooperation among public procurers in the development process of new solutions. It has therefore been decided to fund the creation of a broad community of procurers (i.e. healthcare providers, private entities, hospital managers), responsible for procurement and implementation of eHealth services. Funding: up to 500K EUR Expected outcomes: - Provide a forum to exchange good practices for deploying sustainable innovative eHealth services, including procurement strategies, specifications and contract management; - Create synergies to increase quality and interoperability of deployed solutions as well as the negotiation power of procurers versus vendors and/or developers of eHealth tools ; - Support the sharing at European level, of technical knowledge and expertise needed to deploy innovative eHealth tools and services; - Produce a tool kit for healthcare providers on how to deploy innovative eHealth tools and services, in a sustainable manner. Target: procurers both from public and private sectors, in particular on regional and local levels (including hospitals and or healthcare centres) The focus should be on gathering and sharing experiences on how to overcome barriers to wider deployment in a sustainable manner. Special attention should be paid to: - Protection of personal data - Interoperability - Use of existing standards For details, see: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/ict_psp/index_en.htm

New Issue of the "European Journal of ePractice" dedicated to eParticipation

Eleni Panopoulou — Fri 06 Mar 2009 01:17:46 +0100
Hi everybody! This is to let you know that the newly published issue of the "European Journal of ePractice" is entirely dedicated to eParticipation. The journal includes an editorial article by Jeremy Millard and 8 very interesting articles by members of this community. You may read and download the whole issue at: http://www.epracticejournal.eu/volume/7

New Dutch accessibility mailing list: dfa-ict-nl

Christophe Strobbe — Wed 04 Mar 2009 12:00:00 +0100
For many years, there have been mailing lists and forums about ICT accessibility in English, French, German, Spanish and other languages, but not in Dutch. As o

3rd European eParticipation newsletter released

Eleni Panopoulou — Tue 03 Mar 2009 11:38:12 +0100
Our 3rd project newsletter, including details on projectÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s progress and results over the previous five months, has been sent out to all interested parties. If you did not receive our newsletter, you may view it or download it at our website: http://www.european-eparticipation.eu/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=48&&Itemid=82 . Moreover, you may register online and you will not miss our next and final newsletter expected in June 2009.

Patrick Lismore, Rate Your Politician

Patrick Lismore — Mon 02 Mar 2009 03:42:00 +0100

I was reading your Case, the project sounded Interesting is there anywhere I can I more about the project. It sounds like something that could be useful for visualising data across several of my country web sites.

Polish Open Standards Policy

Trond Arne Undheim — Mon 02 Mar 2009 12:00:00 +0100
If anybody has more details on the 23 Feb article on Osor.eu: http://www.osor.eu/news/pl-open-standards-definition-in-it-policy-to-be-weakened I would love to g

Final agenda for the eGovernment Impact Measurement meeting

Mikael Snaprud — Sun 01 Mar 2009 09:52:39 +0100
The final agenda for the third eGovMoNet meeting is now available. Go to the final agenda. The meeting will take place in 26-27. March, in VeszprÃƒÂ©m, Hungary. Please contact me or Andrea for further information.

Final agenda for the eGovernment Impact Measurement meeting

Mikael Snaprud — Sun 01 Mar 2009 08:52:39 +0100
The final agenda for the third eGovMoNet meeting is now available. Download the final agenda The meeting will take place in 26-27. March, in VeszprÃ©m, Hungary. Please contact me or Andrea for further information.

Open innovation, uncomfortable parallels

Chris Smissaert — Sat 28 Feb 2009 02:01:12 +0100
When we (Dutch ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations) started with our government 2.0 projects last year, we chose to embark on a perilous journey called open innovation. Well, for as open as we thought government might be. That meant we needed to follow through the idea that the best ideas on improving the workings of government by web 2.0 would probably always come from outside our high-security buildings (anyone ideas for a physically open government?). So, innovative as we civil servants are, what we did was to steal from the UK (showusabetterway) the idea for a contest.

Join us! First online discussion on eParticipation kick-off 10:00am CET Monday 2 March

Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen — Sat 28 Feb 2009 11:48:13 +0100
Join us in the first online discussion on eParticipation organised jointly by PEP-NET and the European eParticipation Study. The online debate will take place on www.internet-discourse.eu from 10:00am CET Monday 2 March to Friday 13 March. We hope you will actively contribute to our online discussion, and help us demonstrate the value of such activities in achieving specific and valuable outputs.

Join us! First online discussion on eParticipation kick-off 10:0

Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen — Sat 28 Feb 2009 10:48:13 +0100
Join us in the first online discussion on eParticipation organised jointly by PEP-NET and the European eParticipation Study. The online debate will take place on www.internet-discourse.eu from 10:00am CET Monday 2 March to Friday 13 March. We hope you will actively contribute to our online discussion, and help us demonstrate the value of such activities in achieving specific and valuable outputs. Although you will get most out of the process if you contribute regularly over the next two weeks, even only several inputs will be welcome! Our objective with this online discussion is to arrive at a high quality analysis of a number of European eParticipation issues, plus recommendations as to how each should be addressed. You can find out more about the ten issues proposed for this discussion in the Library section. These issues arise from the preliminary work of the European eParticipation Study. However, the online discussion is also open for you to raise your own separate issues if you wish. Important parts of the website: 1) READ THIS BEFORE YOU BEGIN: Outlines the objectives, our definitions, the process and phases of the online discussion 2) FORUMS: Most of the contributions by participants will be made in either the main forum or in the sub forums. Participants can either start a new thread in any forum or add to already existing threads. 3) IDEAS LIST: The ideas list is to be used by participants who do not want to participate in an actual discussion but just want to leave a short comment or opinion. Other participants can vote on the different â€˜ideasâ€™ which gives them a ranking structure. 4) LIBARY: In the library, the ten suggested issues can be found, as well as background information on each. We look forward to your input on www.internet-discourse.eu.

Extension of Deadline till 15th March 2009

Maria A. Wimmer — Fri 27 Feb 2009 04:11:54 +0100
The submission of papers has been extended till 15th March 2009.

1st International eParticipation conference (ePart) 2009 - extension of submissions deadline till 15th March 2009

Eleni Panopoulou — Fri 27 Feb 2009 11:19:11 +0100
Co-located with the EGOV conference (www.egov-conference.org) and organised within the DEXA conference cluster (www.dexa.org) Linz, Austria; 31 August Ã¢â‚¬â€œ 4 September, 2009 Call for papers - extension of deadline till 15th March 2009 The scope of the ePart09 (http://www.demo-net.org/epart) covers the whole range of research in eParticipation.

1st International eParticipation conference (ePart) 2009 - exten

Eleni Panopoulou — Fri 27 Feb 2009 10:19:11 +0100
Co-located with the EGOV conference (www.egov-conference.org) and organised within the DEXA conference cluster (www.dexa.org) Linz, Austria; 31 August â€“ 4 September, 2009 Call for papers - extension of deadline till 15th March 2009 The scope of the ePart09 (http://www.demo-net.org/epart) covers the whole range of research in eParticipation. Its principal aim is to review research advances in both social and technological scientific domains, seeking to demonstrate new concepts, methods and styles of eParticipation. ePart is dedicated to innovative and rigorous eParticipation research. It aims to bring together researchers from a wide range of academic discip lines. ePart provides the scientific community with a platform for discussing and advancing research findings, for networking among researchers, and for providing an environment for young researchers to enter into a community which deals with a highly complex and multi-faceted discipline of research. The first ePart conference focuses on, but is not limited to, the following topics around eParticipation: - The Research landscape, directions and foundations - Research methods, method integration and techniques - Comparative analyses of eParticipation practices - Quality and impact of eParticipation projects - Inclusive eParticipation - Understanding online conversation and supporting deliberation - Representatives and eParticipation - Social networking and eParticipation - Cultural and normative differences in eParticipation - Education, training courses, and curricula - Governance and eParticipation toolbox - Policy modelling, simulation and visualisation - eConsulation, ePoling, eLegislation, eVoting. The ePart Conference hosts the following distinct types of contributions: Scientific papers (distinguished between completed resear ch and ongoing research); project presentations, and workshops. These formats encourage scientific rigor and discussions of the state of the art in the study domain, but also welcome innovative research in progress, and studies of practical eParticipation projects, as well as system implementations. We seek innovative and rigorous contributions. All accepted completed research papers will be published in "Lecture Notes in Computer Science" (LNCS) by Springer Verlag. Outstanding research papers from the conference might be selected for further development and publication in a special issue of a suitable journal. Ongoing research and innovation projects papers will be published by Trauner Druck along with relevant papers of the EGOV conference. Deadlines: Submission of papers - extended deadline: March 15, 2009 Submission of workshop / panel proposals: April 15, 2009 Notification of acceptance for papers: April 15, 2009 Notification of workshops / p anels: May 15, 2009 Submission is only possible through the relevant web-based submission system (see http://www.demo-net.org/epart). Ann Macintosh, Efthimios Tambouris Conference chairs of ePart 2009

recommended for novice users

Wed 25 Feb 2009 12:58:16 +0100
would you recommend this workshop for novice epractice users or people that are planning to start using it in the future?

e-bourgogne platform awarded by Ã‚Â« the Public Manager of the year Ã‚Â» label

Murmylo Maciej — Wed 25 Feb 2009 12:16:37 +0100
The prize has been set up this year by the French General Directorate of State Modernization in cooperation with Bearing Point agency and IFOP institute. It aims at highlighting managers leading successfully ambitious and innovative projects to modernize the public administration.

Learn how to manage change and complexity by Zachman Live.

caroline smith — Wed 25 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0100
John Zachman (Father of enterprise architecture) Given this renascent interest, who better to explain the principles behind Enterprise Architecture than the m

Relating business, systems & technology during turbulent time -By John Zachman

caroline smith — Wed 25 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0100
If you want to understand Complexity and Contradiction in IT Architecture and struggling to manage non-adaptive and dysfunctional systems, you don't want to mis

Advanced BPM program in USA and India discount for Group Membership

caroline smith — Wed 25 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0100
One day, Advanced BPM Certified program led by Global Leader, Steve Towers. Latest Case Studies and innovations - hands-on, practical. Event locations USA

Enterprise Architecture Conference by - John Zachman. Johannesburg (25th March) , Cape Town (27Th March) Dubai (23rd March)

caroline smith — Wed 25 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0100
Why You Need To Attend THIS CONFERENCE â€¢ Understand the multi-dimensional view of business-technology alignment â€¢ A sense of urgency for aggressively pur

New European eParticipation deliverables are now available!

Eleni Panopoulou — Tue 24 Feb 2009 02:07:21 +0100
The European eParticipation study team is glad to announce that 8 new project deliverables are now ready and available on our website.

Municipal catalogue

Ferron Pierre-Antoine — Mon 23 Feb 2009 04:07:26 +0100
TrÃ¨s intÃ©ressant, j'aimerais beaucoup en savoir plus....

The eProcurement Forum Strategy Report is now available!

Cinzia Rubattino — Mon 23 Feb 2009 01:01:11 +0100
The eProcurement Forum Team has prepared and published a report which provides a description of the eProcurement Forum in terms of the strategic objectives to be achieved by this Commission initiative and of the actions that have been put in place by the facilitators.

The eProcurement Forum Strategy Report is now available!

Cinzia Rubattino — Mon 23 Feb 2009 12:01:11 +0100
The eProcurement Forum Team has prepared and published a report which provides a description of the eProcurement Forum in terms of the strategic objectives to be achieved by this Commission initiative and of the actions that have been put in place by the facilitators. The document contains an analysis of the community dynamics, of the eProcurement trends and of the identified obstacles and some conclusions about the re-definition and tuning of the objectives for the next period. The report is available at: http://www.epractice.eu/community/eprocurement/view_resources/eprocurementforumstrategyreport For any comment please contact eprocurement@epractice.eu

THEME of the WEEK - GalazyZoo: a crowd sourcing experiment for the classification of huge amounts of data

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Sun 22 Feb 2009 03:19:13 +0100
We started last week from the clouds, now we are moving to the galaxies.... We have recently seen an interesting initiative that could be not at sidereal long distance from egovernment: https://www.galaxyzoo.org/ The idea is to ask massive contributions for completing easy but repetitive classification tasks, that should be performed on a huge amount of data.

The "THEME of the WEEK" initiative at "ICT for Governance and Policy modelling" community

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Sun 22 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0100
We have recently launched the idea of proposing every week a new topic of discussion for the members of the "ICT for Governance and Policy modelling" community.

A 2.0 workshop?

Eleonora Panto — Thu 19 Feb 2009 11:21:54 +0100
Due to the economic crisis, I think it would be more and more important to grant in some ways the virtual participation, as most academic conference are starting to do, using different tools (like elluminate, voicethread, etc.) In another way, what about to make possible an online pre-conference (and maybe also a) follow-up discussion? thank you Eleonora

Is it time ?

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Thu 19 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0100
The last posts in that blog make me think that it is time maybe to read again or discover the work of KARL POLANY (1886-1964) "the great transformation". The

Europe-wide: direct, acitve votes for European citizens'

Tue 17 Feb 2009 09:45:00 +0100
Direct elections in Europe are possible. Please notice the Link I found on an Austrian Website: www.we-change-europe.eu Do you know the alternative to vote Europe-wide? Best Regards Bea

Collaborative Working Techniques; are we practising what we preach?

Andy Mulholland — Tue 17 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0100
In the industry we like to talk about the transformational potential of the technologies with which we work and the profound way in which they impact individual

When Desperate Times Call for Participatory Measures

Tiago Peixoto — Sat 14 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0100
41 U.S. states currently face budget gaps, and judging by the forecasts of even the most optimistic specialists, such a situation is far from being substantiall

comuno - what kind of deliberation?

Simon Smith — Fri 13 Feb 2009 04:03:43 +0100
Sounds like an interesting project, Michael, although from reading your description I'm not quite clear how you defined the field, i.e. what kind of public deliberation or problem-solving exercises did the study encompass?

Government Transformation, Digital Government&Business Ecosystem, eJustice, Public Sector Information

irina zalisova — Fri 13 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0100
The registration is opened!!! http://www.epma.cz/7th_eeegovdays.html The exchange of creative ideas on Government Transformation, Digital Government&Business E

The report of the Workshop 'Development of eProcurement solutions in line with the European Directives' is now available!

Cinzia Rubattino — Thu 12 Feb 2009 06:00:13 +0100
The report of the workshop of our community, held in Wien on 14 January 2009, is now available for download at http://www.epractice.eu/files/upload/workshop/11651-1234454035.pdf. For any comment please contact eprocurement@epractice.eu

The report of the Workshop 'Development of eProcurement solution

Cinzia Rubattino — Thu 12 Feb 2009 05:00:13 +0100
The report of the workshop of our community, held in Wien on 14 January 2009, is now available for downlaod at http://www.epractice.eu/files/upload/workshop/11651-1234454035.pdf. For any comment please contact eprocurement@epractice.eu

comuno - Internet-Enabled Deliberation and Collective Decision-Making

Michael Kaschesky — Thu 12 Feb 2009 03:00:27 +0100
The comuno case http://www.epractice.eu/cases/comuno developed and tested a novel methodology and ICT-toolset for identifying and tracing processes of public opinion-forming and mobilization on the internet.

Visualizing user-generated content - can we get a meaningful lev

Michael Kaschesky — Thu 12 Feb 2009 02:00:27 +0100
One advantage of broadcasting media (such as TV) is the fairly straightforward number of providers. Every provider is registered, and every contributer (e.g. author) to a provider is also recorded. This neatly layouted system is breaking apart as broadcasting media are replaced by websites that come and go and contributors that come and go. Broadcasting media are a key building block of traditional democracies and as they vanish, so will traditional democracies. The questions is, how does "modern" democracy look like? It is not too farfetched to assume that democracy will go where opinion-forming and public deliberation are going at rapid speeds. If we, who grew up with broadcasting media are embracing the internet, how much more will those who grew up with the internet do so? It's not a question of whether traditional democracies will be replaced or not, it's a question of how. A core tenet of institutional theory posits that institutional forms vanish most of the times not via revolutions but via small incremental steps away from the old and towards a new form. One response is to ignore early signs (such as voter dissatisfaction) and resume business as usual. Another response is to exploit early signs and actively engage in the construction of what is already in the making. How can we visualize the early signs that show what is already in the making? It would allow to trace the socio-technical evolution, to add 1 + 1 together, and to project possible future trajectories. That way, we are are able to steward the process, rather than to reactively respond to it. The project comuno is one vivid example of how the process of internet-enabled opinion-forming and public deliberation can be traced to inform strategies and courses of actions ( http://www.epractice.eu/cases/comuno ).

Relevance to Security and Disaster Response Situations

Thu 12 Feb 2009 09:05:19 +0100
Coming from india, the application has a direct relevance and applicability to disaster response and security applications. More so in situations where there is no single chain of command and there are a multiplicity of agencies needing to work together in the same geography for a concerted action.

To secure Britainâ€™s place at the forefront of the global digit

Wed 11 Feb 2009 12:43:58 +0100
Digital marketplace requires infrastructure that is not there. If the notion against the digital signatures and Identity Cards is that huge mainly because of the privacy threats, people not trusting the very government and - most of all - unawareness, this is a show stopper for Britain. The main issue here is effective identification. Digital economy can not bypass identification issues and the synergy beyond that. So since there's no ID cards in effect, all this is a no-go and belongs to the cloud cuckoo land. Forefront is already secured by a number of countries that have deployed effective e-policies. Estonia has e or ID prefixed to almost every public service incl. school, tax board, parking, utility management or bus tickets making it a part of everyday life. Most recently, domestic online banking suites have made it amongst worldwide payment methods for many merchants in various industries, e.g. telecom and casinos. What kind of effort is required to catch up here for Britons? What about the conservative banking policies? Is the list proposed even doable or is it merely political semantics?

Electronic Public Procurement (ePP) in South-Eastern Europe

Xenia Ziouvelou — Wed 11 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0100
Dear ePractice members, We would like to invite you to the International Open Workshop titled "Electronic Public Procurement (ePP) in South-Eastern Europ

ePractice Communities workshop on the 12th of March in Brussels

Anna Schmitthelm — Wed 11 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0100
The ePractice Communities workshop will be held on the 12th of March in Brussels: Do you want to learn about the improved tools and functionalities provided

Workshop about social and economic aspects in eGov Research

George Kolomvos — Wed 11 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0100
eGovernment challenges are strongly connected with changes in society and the economic environment. - How can eGovernment restructure public sector labour so

[Announce] New dates and expanded syllabus for code list and UBL training - Brussels, March 2009

Ken Holman — Wed 11 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0100
I'm pleased to announce new dates and an expanded syllabus for the code list and UBL training being delivered next month, March 2009, in Brussels Belgium.

THEME of the WEEK: Public sector data available from the cloud

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Tue 10 Feb 2009 11:00:04 +0100
It's highly time to start using this community to launch debates on research topics falling in the scope of the Objective 7.3. Starting from today, the facilitator team will propose every week a new discussion topic.

GTC:s concept

Sun 08 Feb 2009 08:28:56 +0100
It seems as if the answers of many ananswered questions are to be found in the GTC concept. (www.globaltrustcenter.org)

eGovernment project evaluation

Tony Elliman — Sun 08 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0100
Much is made of identifying and publishing best parctice. However, at this time each year when I look for papers being submitted to AMCIS (http://amcis2009.org/

Keeping dynamic discussions about a document is really challenging with just posting comments

Andrea Velazquez Guerrero — Fri 06 Feb 2009 05:33:43 +0100
Posting comments are mostly suitable for keeping a discussion. However, when you want to provide comments of a document, it is not the best option. In a long document, you may miss a lot of time trying to find where the comment is targeted. A possibility would be to add a function for supporting uploading documents with track changes, or the possibility to add notes providing a clear link between both documents. Also, versioning functionality, to keep track of different versions of documents, would be helpful.

New website on European elections 2009

Eleni Panopoulou — Fri 06 Feb 2009 05:02:01 +0100
The following post presents a newly launched website on European elections 2009 with interesting information. Post url: http://www.epractice.eu/blog/533 *** Post text by MARC PIERRE HENRIOT below: "The European Parliament and the European Commission have launched a 2009 European elections awareness raising campaign on 19 January 2009. The European elections take place in the 27 Member States from 4-7 June 2009. DG Communications invites networks to disseminate the information about 2009 European elections where appropriate by inserting a link to: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/

On a Monday?!?

Martin Cantor — Fri 06 Feb 2009 12:44:05 +0100
It really isn't a good idea to hold these events on a Monday. Travelling from the West (UK, Ireland, Portugal) is as good as impossible to do on the day, and I'm not willing to give up half of Sunday, even for what sounds like a really useful and interesting event.

2009 European elections

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Fri 06 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0100
The European Parliament and the European Commission have launched a 2009 European elections awareness raising campaign on 19 January 2009. The European ele

Workshop on ICT for Governance & Policy Modelling, in Athens, Greece

Yannis Charalabidis — Thu 05 Feb 2009 10:22:45 +0100
This workshop in Athens (27/2/2009) will be a good opportunity to exchange ideas on the ICT Objective 7.3, interact with EC and continue working towards common goals. eGovernance practitioners and researchers that would like to present their ideas and current work are invited to submit an abstract beforehand. Participation is free, but prior pre-registration is needed, since space is unfortunately limited. Information is provided at: http://www.epractice.eu/document/5447 Looking forward to welcoming you in Athens !

Will It be possible to attend the workshop online?

Alberto Ortiz de Zarate — Thu 05 Feb 2009 06:33:57 +0100
I can not get to Brussels to attend this workshop. Will It be possible to attend the workshop online? I am thinking of streaming, twittering, ...

Updated measurement nethodology template available for use

Mikael Snaprud — Thu 05 Feb 2009 12:45:32 +0100
The template used in October 2008 in the Copenhagen meeting has been updated with the comments collected in that meeting and the following discussions. You find the full document as one of the community shared resources at measurement methodology template for use. The template is intended to facilitate the sharing of methods and practices from eGovernment impact measurements to be used in the the workshop in Hungary as described at:
HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Thu 05 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0100
the contributions received during the public consultation on "the early challenges of the Internet of Things" (September - November 2008) are now on line at:

Updated measurement nethodology template available for use

Mikael Snaprud — Wed 04 Feb 2009 11:45:32 +0100
The template used in October 2008 in the Copenhagen meeting has been updated with the comments collected in that meeting and the following discussions. You find the full document as one of the community shared resources at measurement methodology template for use. The template is intended to facilitate the sharing of methods and practices from eGovernment impact measurements to be used in the the workshop in Hungary as described at: Impact measurement workshop

How can the project result for blind be sustained after terminat

Nabil Eid — Wed 04 Feb 2009 06:55:10 +0100
Sustainability this project is possible where people with blind and visually impaired want to live and work, in the future. It is our strategy to rehabilitate our ICTs in SNE to acquire jobs in the future. We are training them to be self dependent and to get involved in practical life. On the same scale of interest we are qualifying the rural disabled people in the Syrian society to be income generator and to be linked together by forming groups. In this way the blind and all disabled people are going to have respectable life, self dependence. To sum up, We are laying the bases for healthy, coherent, liberated society. The ICTs give them opportunity to learn, work and live. A sustainable future for the project depends on whether each of us will make decisions to support the aims of sustainable development, and thereby improve the quality of life for disabled people. Another factor for project sustainability is the local, national and organizational support to our project. Furthermore; our local community is getting wider sense of understanding to the goals of our project. We are no longer a queer fish; we are gradually a deeply rooted base from volunteers and donor's that would ensure sustainability. We are consistent communications with sister NGO's over the world which provide us with consultations, advices, and good planning, we hope for more support we must seek to ensure that we create circumstances which enable everyone to live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives without damaging the opportunities for future generations to do the same. We must work to: - Development of youth with blind and visually impaired whose successful transition from education to work. - Increase employment participation earnings and the quality of employment for groups that experience persistent labor market barriers including disabled people. - And improve overall employment outcomes for blind through extending sustainable employment objectives. - Encourage the development of a range of options recognizing the diverse needs of disabled people. - Ensure disabled people have the same employment conditions, rights and entitlements as everyone else has, including minimum wage provisions for work of comparable productivity. - Provide opportunities in employment and economic development for disabled people. - Educate employers about the abilities of disabled people - Foster an aware and responsive public service - Make all information and communication methods offered to the general public available in formats appropriate to the different needs of disable people.

Difficulties to access files on ePractice

Rasa Juciute — Wed 04 Feb 2009 12:01:38 +0100
Deal All, if you experiencing any problems downloading documents from Shared Resources section, please go directly to the project website: http://www.mcegov.eu/ . You can find all case studies here: http://www.mcegov.eu/case-studies.aspx and all Think Papers here: http://www.mcegov.eu/think-papers.aspx . Thank you and I am sorry for any inconvenience caused. Kind regards, Rasa Juciute

When using the eProcurement Demonstrators, do I have to wait for the deadline for tender submission to pass in order to open tenders ?

IDABC eProcurement Demonstrators contact — Fri 30 Jan 2009 02:50:58 +0100
For demonstration purposes only, it is possible to accelerate the eProcurement procedure by opening tenders before the deadline for tender submission. This functionality can be used for example in a presentation simulating the complete procurement cycle by using the eProcurement Demonstrators. Obviously, this functionality is implemented only in the Demonstrators as opening any tender before the deadline is illegal. When using the eProcurement Demonstrators the opening date defined in the Call for Tender details can be overridden.

When using the eProcurement Demonstrators, do I have to wait for

IDABC eProcurement Demonstrators contact — Fri 30 Jan 2009 01:50:58 +0100
For demonstration purposes only, it is possible to accelerate the eProcurement procedure by opening tenders before the deadline for tender submission. This functionality can be used for example in a presentation simulating the complete procurement cycle by using the eProcurement Demonstrators. Obviously, this functionality is implemented only in the Demonstrators as opening any tender before the deadline is illegal. When using the eProcurement Demonstrators the opening date defined in the Call for Tender details can be overridden. Following the creation of a Call for Tenders and the submission of tenders, you can login as Opening Staff and you will find a link highlighted in red that allows the commencement of the tender opening procedure. By clicking on this link, the deadline for submission of tenders is automatically overridden, and you can proceed with the opening of tenders. Once the tenders have been unlocked, you can login as Evaluating Staff and proceed with the evaluation of the tenders and the awarding of the contract. The eProcurement Demonstrators Helpdesk Team.

ePractice workshops 2009 - help us defining the topics

Juan Gonzalez — Fri 30 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0100
Fantastic contributions so far, thank you very much to all of you! Other users interested in providing input can still do it by replying to the following pos

New ePractice workshop: WEB 2.0 FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONS

Juan Gonzalez — Fri 30 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0100
The registration for this workshop, which will take place in Brussels on the 16 March, is now open. The aim is to avoid presentations on what can done with web

ICT have the potential to support the democratic decision-makin

Evika Karamagioli — Thu 29 Jan 2009 02:11:11 +0100
ICTs have the potential to make government more accessible, to make decision making processes more open and to reduce the distance between authorities and individuals Access to information is basic to the democratic way of life. Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights includes the freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

EPSA 2009 now open

Bernhard Krabina — Thu 29 Jan 2009 09:48:24 +0100
EPSA now accepts applications for this year's award: http://www.epsa2009.eu

Updated measurement nethodology template available for comments

Mikael Snaprud — Wed 28 Jan 2009 09:15:14 +0100
The template used in October 2008 in the Copenhagen meeting has been updated with the comments collected in that meeting and the following discussions. You find the full document as one of the community shared resources at measurement methodology template for comments. Please post your comments to the template here on this blog. We plan to collect them by 3.

Updated measurement nethodology template available for comments

Mikael Snaprud — Wed 28 Jan 2009 08:15:14 +0100
The template used in October 2008 in the Copenhagen meeting has been updated with the comments collected in that meeting and following discussions. You find the full document at http://www.epractice.eu/community/egovmonet/view_resources/drafttemplatetodescribemeasurementmethodology Please post your comments to the template here. We plan to collect them by 3. of February and prepare a final update of the template to be used in the the workshop in Hungary as described at: http://www.epractice.eu/workshop/38 test text

New Factsheets

Sarah Buelens — Tue 27 Jan 2009 01:00:18 +0100
A new release of the eGovernment factsheet for Belgium (10.1) is now available online. We invite you to visit the relevant section for regular and/or ad hoc updates related to the factsheets

Final mcegov workshop Ã¢â‚¬â€œ 23rd February 2009! 9:30am-5pm, DG Information Society and Media

Rasa Juciute — Tue 27 Jan 2009 11:39:41 +0100
Dear All, warm welcome to our new members! I am pleased to let you know that we are organising Final MC-eGov seminar in Brussels on the 23rd of February 2009: Ã¢â‚¬Å“Inclusive eGovernment - Sustainable Services for Socially Excluded PeopleÃ¢â‚¬Â. As you probably know, the study was commissioned by the DG Information Society and Media and undertaken by Ecotec Research and Consulting Ltd. The event will take place in Brussels on the 23rd of February 2009, 9:30-16:45 at the EC premises (DG Information Society and Media, Beaulieu 25, Brussels).

Could the eProcurement Demonstrators be translated to other languages?

IDABC eProcurement Demonstrators contact — Tue 27 Jan 2009 11:39:25 +0100
The Graphical User Interface (GUI) of the IDABC eProcurement Dynamic Demonstrators can support multiple languages, allowing users to experiment with all functionalities in their preferred display language. To this end, new GUI languages can be added to the demonstrators.

Final mcegov seminar â€“ 23rd February 2009!

Rasa Juciute — Tue 27 Jan 2009 10:39:41 +0100
Dear All, warm welcome to our new members! I am pleased to inform you that we are organising Final MC-eGov seminar in Brussels on the 23rd of February 2009: â€œInclusive eGovernment - Sustainable Services for Socially Excluded Peopleâ€. As you probably know, the study was commissioned by the DG Information Society and Media and undertaken by Ecotec Research and Consulting Ltd. The event will take place in Brussels on the 23rd of February 2009, 9:30-16:45 at the EC premises. Agenda and the venue fill follow shortly. Language: English. Participation has no cost. Interested please register at: inclusive_egov@ecotec.com. For more information: http://www.mcegov.eu/ and Inclusive eGovernance Community on ePractice. Short description of the study: This year-long Project has been addressing â€œMulti-channel Delivery Strategies and Sustainable Business Models for Public Services addressing Socially Disadvantaged Groupsâ€. In the current environment of economic and social stress, the demand for services for socially excluded people is significant, and is putting government finances under ever greater pressure. Because services for disadvantaged groups in society are complex and often expensive, efficiency and effectiveness are central to designing and delivering services that offer sustainable value to socially excluded people. This can mean multi-channel services, but, overall, integration is the key. Integration requires new ways of approaching the issue, including fresh thinking on business models and a renewed commitment to achieving common social policy goals. The study: â€¢ Presents research evidence supporting the validity and significance of Inclusive eGovernment approaches; â€¢ Offers a practical framework for understanding inclusive eGovernment, and identifying the components and key steps necessary to move forward; â€¢ Uses real case study material to illustrate inclusive eGovernment approaches in action; â€¢ Promotes a â€œsustainable network valueâ€ paradigm. We are very interested in your experience and views and believe that this will inspire great discussions. All are welcome! Kind regards, Project Team

Could the eProcurement Demonstrators be translated to other lang

IDABC eProcurement Demonstrators contact — Tue 27 Jan 2009 10:39:38 +0100
The Graphical User Interface (GUI) of the IDABC eProcurement Dynamic Demonstrators can support multiple languages, allowing users to experiment with all functionalities in their preferred display language. To this end, new GUI languages can be added to the demonstrators. Furthermore, the text of existing GUI languages can be modified. The procedure for adding a new GUI language to the demonstrators includes three steps: - Creation of the language property file - Creation of images - Modification of the application configuration file All steps are defined in detail in the Translation Manual of the eProcurement Demonstrators, which is available at: http://forge.osor.eu/projects/eprocdemos If you need additional information, you can also contact the helpdesk service of the demonstrators. The eProcurement Demonstrators Helpdesk Team.

UWEM and Euracert

Christophe Strobbe — Mon 26 Jan 2009 04:44:39 +0100
Several things have happened since the publication of this news item on 6 November 2006 (http://www.epractice.eu/document/270). The Web Accessibility Benchmarking Cluster (WAB Cluster) continued working on the Unified Web Evaluation Methodology (UWEM) and published newer versions: version 1.1 became available in July 2007, version 1.2 in November 2007. UWEM 1.2 is an evaluation methodology for the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1.0) levels A and Double-A. However, as WCAG 2.0 was nearing completion during the WAB Cluster's work on UWEM, the UWEM editors also created a migration plan that describes how UWEM could be upgraded to WCAG 2.0. In October 2007, UWEM became the basis for a new European web accessibility label, Euracert. See "New European web accessibility label launched" (1 October 2007): http://www.epractice.eu/document/3940 UWEM 1.2 is available on the WAB Cluster web site at http://www.wabcluster.org/uwem1_2/

New municipal websites launched in Kortrijk region

Bart Noels — Mon 26 Jan 2009 03:00:47 +0100
The twelve municipalities of the Kortrijk region launched their new websites. 150 editors and 25 webmasters contributed to a project which took 1,5 year and started with a functional analysis and a profound pre-research. More interactivity User registration, comments, self-owned pages for associations and subwebsites for neighbourhoods are new features of these sites, which should let people be more involved. Usability Special efforts were made to make information and services easy to find.

New municipal websites launched in Kortrijk region

Bart Noels — Mon 26 Jan 2009 02:56:20 +0100
The twelve municipalities of the Kortrijk region launched their new websites. 150 editors and 25 webmasters contributed to a project which took 1,5 year and started with a functional analysis and a profound pre-research. More interactivity User registration, comments, self-owned pages for associations and subwebsites for neighbourhoods are new features of these sites, which should let people be more involved. Usability Special efforts were made to make information and services easy to find.

Impact & results

Leroy Christian — Sat 24 Jan 2009 09:33:46 +0100
"...a well structured dissemination plan aimed at enhancing awareness raising and promoting OLDES technological results, share information and know...- Implementation: â‚¬1,000,000-5,000,000..." This is an interesting project, but only results are interesting for the community. The only visible result is a photo gallery after two years of works and a project size over 1.000.000â‚¬ !

Final results of this project

Peter Cornelius — Thu 22 Jan 2009 08:00:30 +0100
As far as I understand the available descriptions, this project started a long time ago. It also delivers information, possibly as an eSender, to the TED database. I want to get more information from the project team on their experience in information exchange with the Office for Official Publications.

VÃdeo

Gustavo Julio Garcia — Wed 21 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0100
Video on the latest activities in Caceres, the Department of Innovation and local eGovernment. The summary talks about citizen participation in activities of t

ePractice workshops 2009 - help us defining the topics!

Juan Gonzalez — Wed 21 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0100
Dear users, We are currently working in the planning of ePractice workshops in the eGovernment area for the following months. Since our aim is to find the mo

Some real experiences on Social Computing and a code of conduct

Andy Mulholland — Mon 19 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0100
Real experience on adopting Social Computing It was an interesting time in the Christmas to New Year break in the West, on one hand the pace slows down oper

Questions from readers

Ingmar Vali — Sat 17 Jan 2009 04:53:18 +0100
I just read your entry in the ePractice portal on the Cross-border digital signature case with high interest. In the description you say that there are different types of digital signatures in the Member States (what makes it complicated for cross-border activities). You close this description with Lesson 1 - It is possible to accept digital signatures from other EU member state! All the problems where technical! For my understanding: Lesson 1 is only correct in cases when qualified signatures are used; i.e. when they are available in a country? The countries in your project all require qualified signatures to sign the application for a company registration and provide the organisational and technical infrastructure to issue and deal with qualified signatures. France or the Czech Republic for example could not take part in your project as they do not provide the organisational and technical infrastructure for qualified signatures and/or have additional legal requirements; is that correct? Iâ€™m asking you because Iâ€™m currently concerned with the issue of recognition of electronic signatures in the topic of cross-border public procurement. Countries involved are Czech Republic, France, Spain and Sweden. From my point of view, first of all the different legal requirements make it impossible to allow for eSignature recognition. And in the second step, the technical issues need to be solved. Looking forward to your answer. X Dear Mr X Thank you for your letter. It is always good to get feedback. I will try to answer your questions. However I am a business analyst and not PKI technical specialist, therefore the answers may be a bit shallow. In case you should need more detailed technical information, I may need to discuss these topics with my colleagues. Different kind of digital signatures. In Estonia the documents are signed with special software called Digidoc (http://www.sk.ee/pages.php/020305010101). The outcome of the signing process is file *.ddoc, similar to zip container. With Digidoc software any file(s) or document(s) can be signed and encrypted. Today it is possible to use this special format, but in the future it is possible to sign PDF or ODT documents without the Digidoc software(under development). The point is that when someone sends digitally signed application to other country the receivers does not know how to read it, as it requires special software. Within Estonian users this is not a problem because everyone knows where and how to get this free software. So in Estonia only Estonian way of digital signing is accepted. If anyone sends us a digitally signed document that is signed with different software, we do not understand it and we do not accept it (not yet anyway). In case of foreign digital signature the reader does not know if the digital signature is equal to Estonian digital signature or not. To solve this problem the system lets applicants to sign documents inside our Internet portal (https://ettevotjaportaal.rik.ee/). This way the system can control the signing process with trusted digital signature creation application and this way the output format is also controlled (.ddoc). The output can be archived to the Commercial register digital archive for long time(relatively) archiving. Signing process also includes time stamping (in OCSP response). In technical view, in the signing process the web application contacts Estonian CA (certification authority) OCSP service that in turn contacts foreign CA to receive the signature validation confirmation. Therefore to accept foreign users to establish new legal entities in Estonian Company registration portal it was necessary to check that the foreign ID-card has government support (associated with the person/identification document) and that the certificates (one for authentication and second for digital signing) in the smart card are qualified. This way we can produce qualified digital signatures (equal to Estonian digital signature defined in the digital signature law). Estonian ID-card certificates and digital signature are qualified. To retain the legal certainty in company registration process over the Internet, qualified digital signature that is equal to Estonian qualified digital signature (stated by the digital signature law) is needed. Before the system can accept foreign digital certificates the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications has to validate the foreign certificates and acquirement processes. This is one time process. So the answer to your question- Yes, for company registration the system only accepts qualified digital signatures. For authentication other types of certificates or passwords can be used. For example in authentication process Estonian major banks internet access passwords (code cards or code calculators) are also accepted. It is the question of trust. The question of will. When the project was started we discovered that lawyers thought that the obstacle in recognizing a foreign digital signature lies in the technical side and IT-specialist thought that the obstacle lies in the law side. So we came to the kick-off meeting and realised that there are obstacles in both sides. However we managed to overcome all the problems. Estonian digital signature law regulates that all digital signatures are equal to hand written signature and acceptable if these are qualified and time stamped (not exact words). Lawyers also explained that EU laws are in favour of cross border digital signature recognition. During the project we noticed that there are more technical problems than law obstacles. In fact, only few laws (regulations) were update to correspond to EU directives. In technical side we had to change the technical solution 3 times (start over) and we incorporated with Estonian CA (Certification Authority www.sk.ee) to make this project technically possible. The solution is not totally ready. The project was met to be proof of concept with low budget. We managed to prove that it is possible to make this solution work. Eventually we saw a better technical solution- solution that requires more resources. When we receive the funding, we will continue to improve the solution, but for now it works as expected. To conclude my story, the cross-border digital signature recognition project works in Estonian Company Registration Portal and the technical solution is also adoptable to other internet portals. For us this was not impossible, because we had the will of our minister of justice Mr Rein Lang and well motivated technical team. If there is will there is way! In addition to our Estonian partner AS Sertifitseerimiskeskus (www.sk.ee) , we also had good partners from Portugal (www.itij.mj.pt), Belgium (www.certipost.be), Finland (www.fineid.fi) and Lithuania(www.omnitel.lt- MobileID). However, your problem is bit more complex. We had the chance to choose the partners to our project . The qualification criteria was qualified certificates attached to smart card (national ID-card) and unique personal identification number inside the certificate. We have not yet solved the problem of unqualified digital certificates. For company registration and bank deposit account opening in the Internet requires legal certainty and that is achievable with qualified digital signature (certificate)! Yours sincerely, Ingmar Vali

Social software for inclusion of (marginalized) young people: be a part of it!

Dekelver Jan — Thu 15 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0100
The INCLUSO project (http://www.epractice.eu/cases/Incluso) is looking for people to take part in an Advisory Board meeting, using video conference. The Advisor

Legal/Administrative Issues?

Wed 14 Jan 2009 11:21:28 +0100
Whilst the subject matter itself is very interesting, I find it hard to believe that "the only problems encountered were technical". From experience, cross-border activities in the identity management domain throws up a multitude of legal, administrative and political issues that are a mountain to climb, in comparison with the fairly irrelevant technical issues associated with such transactions (technology allows you to do anything you want; it is outside restrictions (legal, policy, etc.) that does not allow you to do anything you want). You have failed to provide any information on these issues, and how these have shaped the architecture of your solution. In particular, I would like to see how you approached the problem of government agencies in certain countries refusing to provide identity details, which makes verification of identity from these countries quite difficult. Also, what consensus was reached with regards to the type of Certification Authorities that are approved by the individual governments? The fact that each country has its own digital signature standards goes back to the very problem that the governments essentially didn't trust each other's CAs. I am very interested to see how you tackled these non-technical issues.

Two opportunities for proposers

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Tue 13 Jan 2009 12:00:02 +0100
In the coming weeks, all those experts who are interested in submitting poroposals to FP7/Objective 7.3 can profit of two important meetings: - a consultation meeting next 21 January in Budapest dedicated to experts who want to discuss their ideas of proposals for Objective 7.3 with representatives from the European Commission and deepen their insight and understanding on the new research area: http://www.epractice.eu/document/5304 - the "ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling presentation workshop" (

PEPPOL "Proof of Concept" client, demonstrating simple exchange of business documents

Thorkild B Westergaard — Sat 10 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0100
PEPPOL WP8 - Solutions architecture, design and validation are hereby pleased to announce a PEPPOL "Proof of Concept" client, demonstrating simple exchange of b

Thank you

Liz Nolan — Fri 09 Jan 2009 03:26:37 +0100
This has to be the most useful document published lately - exactly what I was looking for, gathering information on all related activities in one place!

eGov-Share draft specifications (CWA) open to public comment

Alain DECHAMPS — Fri 09 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0100
The CEN/ISSS WS eGov-Share has posted its drafts specifications (CWA) on: - Reference Ontology and Metadata Schema - Protocol for the Syndication of Semantic

eGov-Share WS Meeting on 3 February in Brussels

Alain DECHAMPS — Fri 09 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0100
The CEN/ISSS WS organizes a meeting on 3 February 2009 in Brussels at the new CEN premises (17 avenue Marnix, 1000 Brussels) The aim of the meeting is to revie

First E-Tendering Solution for German Healthcare Sector

Ruslan David — Thu 08 Jan 2009 07:10:22 +0100
Hospitals and other public institutions, just like private companies, feel the growing importance of optimizing their sourcing processes and organizing their procurement more efficiently due to financial reasons. "eVergabe", developed by the Hessian software provider Healy Hudson, is the first e-tendering solution for the European healthcare sector and is already in use by four procurement associations. Read more... http://www.ehealthnews.eu/content/view/1442/26/

Vote for your Park: nothing but a bad idea?

Tiago Peixoto — Thu 08 Jan 2009 06:04:08 +0100
The London government has launched an initiative called Ã¢â‚¬Å“Vote for your ParkÃ¢â‚¬Â, where Londoners can decide where to allocate ten grants of up to Ã‚Â£400,000 for London's parks. Voting can be made through the Internet, SMS and postal voting. Since the launch of the initiative there has been criticism about the security of the system and the participatory design of the initiative. I do not know very much about local governments in the UK and I am not at all a specialist in security issues for online voting.

Vote for your Park: nothing but a bad idea?

Tiago Peixoto — Thu 08 Jan 2009 05:04:08 +0100
The London government has launched an initiative called â€œVote for your Parkâ€, where Londoners can decide where to allocate ten grants of up to Â£400,000 for London's parks. Voting can be made through the Internet, SMS and postal voting. Since the launch of the initiative there has been criticism about the security of the system and the participatory design of the initiative. I do not know very much about local governments in the UK and I am not at all a specialist in security issues for online voting. Thus, concerning this initiative, I am going to make only a few general considerations, having some experience in the implementation / evaluation of some somehow similar initiatives (e.g. online / offline participatory budgeting, participatory urban planning). read more here http://theconnectedrepublic.org/posts/282

Internet Governance: Transparency, Trust and Tools

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Tue 06 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0100
PROJECT IG3T Internet Governance: Transparency, Trust and Tools International Research Seminar - 2008-2009 The concept of governance is commonly used today

RSS feed subscription not working

Miguel Gonzalez-Sancho — Wed 31 Dec 2008 01:11:11 +0100
Please facilitators be aware.

Good survey on e-accessibility in Spain.

Miguel Gonzalez-Sancho — Tue 30 Dec 2008 10:19:20 +0100
Original qualitative methodology (based on questions to a panel of individuals) to measure e-accessibility use, attitudes, etc. In Spanish. Recommended.

the future of social media in government

JosÃ© M. Alonso — Mon 29 Dec 2008 05:25:16 +0100
Hi all, The W3C eGoverment Interest Group (http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/) is working on several topics being one of them the use of social media in government. The Chairs have recently authored a paper (http://www.w3.org/2008/09/msnws/papers/egov-social-ws), were we review discussion we had in the Group so far, for the upcoming W3C Workshop on the Future of Social Networking (http://www.w3.org/2008/09/msnws/). The Group is open to the publc and is compiling use cases to show main issues on a number of topics, including this one and Open Government Data among others.

1st Wokshop on collaboration between libre GIS projects

Pedro A. GonzÃ¡lez — Mon 29 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0100
DeputaciÃ³n da CoruÃ±a (www.dicoruna.es), as producer og gisEIEL software, has launched "signergias" 1st workshop on collaboration between libre software GIS pr

ECPR 2009 Section on Internet and Politics

Clelia Colombo — Mon 29 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0100
Dear all, There is a section on "Internet and Politics" at the General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research which will be held in Potsd

call for use cases: W3C eGovernment Interest Group

JosÃ© M. Alonso — Mon 29 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0100
For those of you haven't heard of this ongoing work, please see the PR of the Activity launch at: http://www.w3.org/2008/06/egov-pressrelease The Group r

WebAim conducting survey on screen reader usage

Craig Thomler — Thu 25 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0100
WebAim is currently conducting a survey looking at the usage of screen readers and the personal experiences of their users. If you're a user of a screen read

who designs and what software for epractice

peter ramsden — Mon 22 Dec 2008 06:55:25 +0100
Hi I run a community of practice on inclusive entrepreneurship (COPIE) and also work for URBACT an EU funded programme which runs 30 learning networks of cities across Europe involving 300 cities. For copie we already run a NING, a second site and a knowledge platform of case studies called http://wikipreneurship.eu with a lot of practice especially from the EQUAL programme. In both situations we need a better social networking platform than we have currently. We have looked at things like ELGG, webcrossing etc but I have to say I am impressed by how epractice itself is designed.

Objective 7.3: discussion document for proposers

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Fri 19 Dec 2008 12:32:34 +0100
Dear experts, the facilitators team of this community has prepared a document containing some information and possible scenarios related to the Objective 7.3 'ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling' of the Call 4.

Objective 7.3: discussion document for proposers

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Fri 19 Dec 2008 11:32:34 +0100
Dear experts, the facilitators team of this community has prepared a document containing some information and possible scenarios related to the Objective 7.3 'ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling' of the Call 4. You can find it at: http://www.epractice.eu/resource/2462<\a> It is expected not inly to provide useful information for the preparation of proposal but also to stimulate the discussions around the addressed topics. You are invited to revise it and submit comments and contributions (revised or new scanarios, for example) by email to: ictgovfp7@epractice.eu<\a>

Let's combine user- and geo-information with products for better service delivery

Bart Noels — Fri 19 Dec 2008 10:52:52 +0100
In a former blogpost I wrote about the efforts we are doing in the Kortrijk region to build a product catalogue in the new municipal websites, to be launched beginning of January. Besides this, we developed some more new features. Like the possibility for users to sign in for a personal profile on the website, so they can react on items, and they can discuss content. After registration, forms can also be pre filled. This is a first step for building personalised services.

eID - Biometric Smart Card

GopalaKrishnan (Kris) Devanathan (Dev) — Fri 19 Dec 2008 12:04:18 +0100
Integrated Electronic ID Card for unique identity and for availing all services - Multi Purpose Biometric Smart Card linked to a single money account as Debit Card can be seen at the following links: http://www.indianexpress.com/story/21904.html http://www.indianexpress.com/story/33365.html http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2007/03/19/stories/200703190 http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=10&... http://www.manthanaward.org/section_full_story.asp?id=507 http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/egov/ifip/oct2008/oct2008.htm and http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/egov/ifip/oct2008/kris-dev.htm http://www.4psbusinessandmarketing.com/17072008/storyd.asp?sid=2112&pageno=1 http://ll2b.blogspot.com

ETSI Security Workshop 13 + 14 january 2009 SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS France

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Fri 19 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0100
The annual ETSI Security Workshop has become the greatest annual international security standardisation workshop, bringing together international Standards Deve

Call for participation - PEPPOL Architecture Conference - January 29-30th 2009 - Copenhagen

Mikkel Hippe Brun — Fri 19 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0100
The PEPPOL Architecture Conference 2009 is your chance to "kick tires" at the PEPPOL pilot (Pan-European Public eProcurement On-Line). The objective of the PEPP

eParticipation and groups at risk

Gustavo Julio Garcia — Wed 17 Dec 2008 08:42:20 +0100
In Caceres, Extremadura (Spain), we carried forward an action eParticipation where citizens can express their opinions or suggestions directly from http://riveradelmarco.ayto-caceres.es. In addition, access to direct communication with the representatives involved in the program. The program is carried forward from the Department of Innovation and eGovernment and financed with European funds. Participated in turn local public bodies to which they were trained. It was also carried out actions witnessing technological literacy addressed to associations, companies and groups at risk of social

eGovernment in CÃƒÂ¡ceres, Extremadura

Gustavo Julio Garcia — Wed 17 Dec 2008 08:40:53 +0100
In Caceres, Extremadura (Spain), we carried forward an action eParticipation where citizens can express their opinions or suggestions directly from http://riveradelmarco.ayto-caceres.es. In addition, access to direct communication with the representatives involved in the program. The program is carried forward from the Department of Innovation and eGovernment and financed with European funds. Participated in turn local public bodies to which they were trained. It was also carried out actions witnessing technological literacy addressed to associations, companies and groups at risk of soci

Within Pilots Workshop - 9 December 2008. Presentations online

Fiorenza Zanchi — Tue 16 Dec 2008 07:17:52 +0100
The presentations given during the Within Pilots workshop held in Brussels last December 9 are available for download. Just log in and you will find them in the \"Shared Resources\" section. Have a look at the interesting insights into the first year results of the three Benchlearning Pilots and let us know what you think about them!

Announce: separate UBL, code list and XSLT training sessions in Brussels and Prague, March 2009

Ken Holman — Mon 15 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0100
So many of the proposed and considered electronic-document solutions for B2B and B2G are based on markup technologies related to the Extensible Markup Language

Call for Authors: Beyond e-Government Measuring Performance: A Global Perspective

Evika Karamagioli — Thu 11 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0100
The Public Technology Institute (PTI) based in Washington, DC. and ITEMs International, based in Paris, will publish a new book in its highly successful â€œGlob

TNO Research survey results to be published in 2009

Anna Schmitthelm — Thu 11 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0100
72 users responded to the survey carried out by the TNO Research on the user experience and impact of ePractice.eu. The survey contributes to a study that helps

What username and password should I use to login to the eProcure

IDABC eProcurement Demonstrators contact — Wed 10 Dec 2008 02:47:05 +0100
In order to login to the learning demonstrators you need to use one of the pre-defined username and password pairs. The list of usernames and passwords is available by clicking on the Online help or How to use the demonstrator buttons in the application. The learning demonstrator uses four different types of users: â€¢ Administrative Staff: responsible for the creation and administration of Call for Tenders â€¢ Tenderers: responsible for creating and submitting Tenders â€¢ Opening Staff: responsible for the secure opening of Tenders, following the four-eyes principle â€¢ Evaluating Staff: responsible for the evaluation of Tenders, based on the evaluation methodology There are at least 3 usernames per different type of users. For administrative staff you can use for example the username JSmith01, the password is the same for all types of users: 123456. For submitting a tender by a tenderer you need to download a digital signature. The eProcurement Helpdesk Team.

What username and password should I use to login to the eProcurement Demonstrators?

IDABC eProcurement Demonstrators contact — Mon 08 Dec 2008 03:50:23 +0100
In order to login to the learning demonstrators you need to use one of the pre-defined username and password pairs.

European Citizens' Consulations

Rolf Luehrs — Mon 08 Dec 2008 03:14:23 +0100
Between the 3rd of December 2008 and March 2009, you have the chance to take part in a Europe-wide debate on the question: Ã¢â‚¬Å“What can the EU do to shape our economic and social future in a globalised world?Ã¢â‚¬Â This online debate on 27 national websites in all official EU-languages will generate proposals which will contribute to the discussions held by 1500 randomly selected citizens from all EU Member States. These discussions will take place in the 27 national citizensÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ consultations in March 2009. http://www.european-citizens-consultations.eu/

European Citizens' Consulations

Rolf Luehrs — Mon 08 Dec 2008 02:14:23 +0100
Between the 3rd of December 2008 and March 2009, you have the chance to take part in a Europe-wide debate on the question: â€œWhat can the EU do to shape our economic and social future in a globalised world?â€ This online debate on 27 national websites in all official EU-languages will generate proposals which will contribute to the discussions held by 1500 randomly selected citizens from all EU Member States. These discussions will take place in the 27 national citizensâ€™ consultations in March 2009. http://www.european-citizens-consultations.eu/

The European eParticipation Jungle

Rolf Luehrs — Sun 07 Dec 2008 04:41:54 +0100
The European Commission supports eParticpation with lots of different instruments and we are grateful that PEP-NET is among the funded projects. One of the main objectives of our network is, as you may know, to connect the scattered fragments of the eParticipation community or even to help establishing something worth to be called a community. This is very easy said but much harder done as I experienced the other day. I discovered that the eParticipation scene is more fragmented and relevant information are far more distributed than I expected.

The Citizen at the Heart of Public Quality.

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Fri 05 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0100
This could be a general reply to the very interesting commentaries of ANDY. The 5th european conference for quality in administrations was held at the CNIT (Cen

Trust and Transparency of Standards - we can see changes happening outside Government

Andy Mulholland — Thu 04 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0100
As a non Government officer i tend to try to post on the happenings in the external world around topics that i think or hope will be interesting for those worki

Call for papers now publised for EGOV 2009

Maria A. Wimmer — Thu 04 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0100
The call for papers for the eighth annual International Conference on electronic Government has now been published under http://www.egov-conference.org/egov-200

Public procurement: Commission assesses the use of electronic procurement in Europe

Paolo Ciarimboli — Wed 03 Dec 2008 12:30:15 +0100
The European Commission is launching an on-line survey to find out more about the actual experience of businesses and public purchasers with electronic public procurement ("e-procurement"). This will provide essential information for an evaluation which is taking place on the effective up-take of e-procurement across the EU. In particular the evaluation will assess how well the objectives of the "Action Plan for the implementation of the legal framework for electronic public procurement", adopted by the Commission in December 2004, have been achieved.

Portal allowing eSubmission to get public grants

Philippe Baudouin — Wed 03 Dec 2008 10:48:15 +0100
I'm currently working on the assessment of the Business Portal of Haute-Normandie Region that allows for a company to submit electronically a file asking for a public grant (www.hn-espace-entreprises.fr/). The portal is a single access to all regional public grants. The different regional stakeholders in charge of file instruction and delivery of public grants are associated to the portal. It is an example of digitalization of processes to analyse and deliver grant demands from businesses. I am looking for cases of such portal and initiatives in other European regions.

Public procurement: Commission assesses the use of electronic procurement in Europe

Paolo Ciarimboli — Wed 03 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0100
The European Commission is launching an on-line survey to find out more about the actual experience of businesses and public purchasers with electronic public p

I applaud this great effort on open source implementation

Bart Collet — Tue 02 Dec 2008 09:36:17 +0100
As an opensource advocate in healthcare and as a citizen of Schoten, i would like to get acquainted, one way or another, to exchange findings. Thank you.

Essay on cross-border judicial cooperation

Rifka Weehuizen — Mon 01 Dec 2008 03:29:09 +0100
A new approach to International Judicial Cooperation through secure ICT platforms Intensification of illegal immigration, trafficking of drugs, weapons and human beings and the advent of terrorism have made necessary a stronger judicial collaboration between European countries. This cooperation includes mutual recognition of judicial decisions, collaboration in investigation phases and approximation of national penal legislations.

European bench-learning: workshop intermediate results

Rifka Weehuizen — Sun 30 Nov 2008 09:18:35 +0100
Workshop on the Benchlearning Study: Brussels, 9 December 2008 Found at the 'Benchlearning Copmmunity': The Benchlearning Study has completed the first year of activities within the tree pilots involving 12 public agencies in 9 different Member States. Interesting and useful findings have been produced and the results will be discussed and shared with the European community of eGovernment, institutional stakeholders and experts during this 9 December workshop.

Smart regions in Europe work together

Rifka Weehuizen — Sun 30 Nov 2008 08:58:56 +0100
A new website www.smartregions.eu is a showcase of over forty remarkable achievements in the domain of e-Services, e-Learning and e-Government that were realised in European regions in 2002-2007. In that period regions and cities in Belgium, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom closely worked together. See more at this blog: http://www.epractice.eu/blog/441

Call for Papers - IEEE Intelligent Systems: Special Issue on Transforming E-government and E-participation, September/October 2009

Eleni Panopoulou — Thu 27 Nov 2008 01:08:41 +0100
Call for Papers IEEE Intelligent Systems: Special Issue on Transforming E-government and E-participation, September/October 2009 Public administrations are considered the heaviest service industry worldwide. However, theyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢re often far from satisfying their constituents because they usually donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t operate efficiently and effectively.

Call for Papers - IEEE Intelligent Systems: Special Issue on Tra

Eleni Panopoulou — Thu 27 Nov 2008 12:08:41 +0100
Call for Papers IEEE Intelligent Systems: Special Issue on Transforming E-government and E-participation, September/October 2009 Public administrations are considered the heaviest service industry worldwide. However, theyâ€™re often far from satisfying their constituents because they usually donâ€™t operate efficiently and effectively. E-government and e-participation research aims to refocus government on its customersâ€”citizens and businessesâ€”and to provide the models, technologies, and tools for more effective and efficient public-administration systems as well as more participatory decision processes. Toward this end, interest is growing in the benefits that emerging technologies (for example, the Semantic Web, Service-Oriented Architecture, Web 2.0, and social computing), tools, and applications might provide to this challenging domain. This interest is reflected in initiatives and projects in both Europe and the US. In Europe, through the 6th and 7th Framework Programmes, a number of projects are trying to apply such technologies to e-government. In North America, the Digital Government Society (dg.o) and the Semantic Interoperability Community of Practice (SICoP), a joint initiative between industry, academia, and government, both support public agenciesâ€™ use of state-of-the-art technologies. Although such programs have produced significant progress and interesting results, important challenges remain. The special issue aims to bring together researchers from the previously mentioned technological fields and e-government and e-participation communities, covering areas of common interest. These include the following topics as they apply to e-government and e-participation: - enterprise architectures for government - Model-Driven Architecture and service-oriented architectures - Government 2.0 - application of Semantic Web and Semantic Web services technologies - social software for e-participation - user-generated content and social tagging - requirements for intelligent e-government and e-participation systems - case studies and system demos based on state-of-the-art technologies - challenges in applying intelligent technologies to e-government and e-participation - models and ontologies for e-government and e-participation - rule-based, personalized, and modular one-stop portals - cross-agency service composition and monitoring - pan-European e-government services - interoperability for e-government systems Important Dates Submissions due for review: 5 Mar. 2009 Notification of acceptance: 11 June 2009 Final version submitted: 25 June 2009 Issue publication: Sept. 2009 Submission Guidelines Submissions should be 3,000 to 7,500 words (counting a standard figure or table as 200 words) and should follow the magazineâ€™s style and presentation guidelines (see www.computer.org/portal/pages/intelligent/mc/author.html ).References should be limited to 10 citations. To submit a manuscript, access the IEEE Computer Society Web-based system, Manuscript Central, at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cs-ieee . Questions? Contact Guest Editors: Vassilios Peristeras, vassilios.peristeras@deri.org, National University of Ireland, Galway â€“ Digital Enterprise Research Institute, Galway, Ireland Gregoris Mentzas, gmentzas@mail.ntua.gr, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece Konstantinos Tarabanis, kat@uom.gr, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece Andreas Abecker, abecker@fzi.de, Research Center for Information Technologies, Karlsruhe, Germany (This call is also available at http://www.computer.org/portal/site/intelligent /menuitem.924e0547aef9ed7aa84840898bcd45f3/index.jsp?&pName=intelligent_level1&path=intelligent/content&file=EgovCFP.xml&xsl=generic.xsl )

What a let-down

Thu 27 Nov 2008 11:45:23 +0100
I thought this sounded quite exciting so clicked through to the site to take a look. The landing page is not very inviting, but I was prepared to overlook this and, in eager anticipation, clicked through to the UCEU site. The message? "Site off-line Citieslinked.com is currently under maintenance." Hardly an illustrious start!

Smart Regions are smart because they work together

Bart Noels — Wed 26 Nov 2008 05:33:24 +0100
A brand new website www.smartregions.eu is a showcase of over forty remarkable achievements in the domain of e-Services, e-Learning and e-Government that were realised in European regions in 2002-2007. In that period regions and cities in Belgium, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom closely worked together. We call them Smart Regions. Most people associate e-Government exclusively with digital forms or complex back-office applications but this is only a small part.

Smart Regions are smart because they work together

Bart Noels — Wed 26 Nov 2008 04:33:24 +0100
A brand new website www.smartregions.eu is a showcase of over forty remarkable achievements in the domain of e-Services, e-Learning and e-Government that were realised in European regions in 2002-2007. In that period regions and cities in Belgium, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom closely worked together. We call them Smart Regions. Most people associate e-Government exclusively with digital forms or complex back-office applications but this is only a small part. E-Government is as much about changing mindsets, building a vision on service-delivery and showing leadership in getting organisations to work together, as it is about technology. All the governments, research institutions or voluntary organisations depicted on this website have one shared goal: to make their region better, stronger and smarter. And the secret to regional development is actually very simple: co-operation. The Smart Regions share infrastructure, exchange methodologies, copy succesfull achievements, have built strong stakeholder structures and managed to involve other sectors of society. Smart regions not only work together, Smart Regions are smart because they work together. It is estimated that local authorities handle about 80% of the transactions between government and citizens. Local e-Government therefore has a vital role to play in transforming the quality of local services and the organisations that deliver them, but Local Government cannot succeed alone. They have to work together with other government levels, with research institutes, with voluntary organisations, with the business community etc. Traditional government delivers services to people. E-Government can work with people to deliver change. The purpose of this website is to give the user a first insight into the 'what' and 'why' rather then the 'how'. More detailed information about all the projects can be found under 'Documents'. Smart Regions is a joint project between three Interreg IIIB North Sea projects namely LoG-IN, BIRD and ICTs4SMEs. It is financed by the Interreg IIIB NOrth Sea Programme, the Intercommunale Leiedal (Belgium) and Landkreis Osterholz (ProArbeit kAÃ¶R - Germany). see www.smartregions.eu

Anyone attending AbleTech 2008?

Paulo Nunes de Abreu — Tue 25 Nov 2008 09:57:42 +0100
Certainly would be pleased to meet you in Spain.

Workshop on development of eProc solutions in line with the EU legislation

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Tue 25 Nov 2008 06:24:45 +0100
The Forum is organising, in cooperation with Auftrag.at, a workshop for exchanging experiences on the development of eProcurement solutions alligned with the EU Directives.

Workshop on development of eProc solutions in line with the EU l

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Tue 25 Nov 2008 05:24:45 +0100
The Forum is organising, in cooperation with Auftrag.at, a workshop for exchanging experiences on the development of eProcurement solutions alligned with the EU Directives. It will be also the opportunity to have a deep insight on the new version of the IDABC eProcurement demonstrators and on the helpdesk service. The workshop will take place next 14th January, in Wien (all the details are available on the workshop page at http://www.epractice.eu/workshop/37 and the registration is already open). Experts interested in presenting their own experience are invited to contact the Forum (by email to eprocurement@epractice.eu ) by next 5th December.

eGovMoNet 2nd Meeting

Mercedes Pastor — Tue 25 Nov 2008 11:25:18 +0100
The presentations of the 2nd Meeting of eGovMoNet are now available.

Workshop on the Benchlearning Study: Brussels, 9 December 2008

Fiorenza Zanchi — Mon 24 Nov 2008 11:42:07 +0100
The Benchlearning Study has completed the first year of activities within the tree pilots involving 12 public agencies in 9 different Member States. Interesting and useful findings have been produced and the results will be discussed and shared with the European community of eGovernment, institutional stakeholders and experts during this 9 December workshop. Toolkits and methodology could be re-used across Europe and they be illustrated during the workshop. For information and/or enrolment email to fzanchi@rso.it . We look forward to seeing you there!

How can I install and use the dynamic eProcurement demonstrators?

IDABC eProcurement Demonstrators contact — Thu 20 Nov 2008 06:15:28 +0100
The dynamic eProcurement demonstrators are freely available for anyone to download in the form of an installation package at: http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/3488/5874 Once you have downloaded this installation package, you can perform the installation by executing the downloaded .jar file. This will initiate the installation procedure.

Social computing and public services

Thu 20 Nov 2008 11:49:58 +0100
In April 2008 a list of cases was published on this community. These are more than 100 initiatives related to social computing in public services. This is a work in progress, useful to identify the key areas of impact and "what you can do" with social computing. But it is also a useful ressource in itself. This is not meant to be exhaustive, but continously updated. Please inform us about missing projects or incorrect information, by contacting TNO or replying to this post. When suggesting new projects, please specify the name, the URL, the description (including why it is about social computing) and the public service for which it is relevant. The cases are now available via an online database at: http://webmonitor.ict.tno.nl/

How do you, as a user, experience the impact of ePractice.eu?

Tijs van den Broek — Thu 20 Nov 2008 10:34:08 +0100
Dear fellow community members! TNO Research Institute invites you to take part in a quick survey on the user experience and impact of ePractice.eu. This survey contributes to a study that helps policy makers and researchers to better understand the impact of web 2.0 on the public domain (e.g. health, government and education). The survey contains 10 questions and will take a few minutes. Thanks for your time! Click here, http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=fXYQPnZ1IT9X..., to take the survey

conference "Science in society: Dialogues and Scientific Responsibility: live webcasted

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Thu 20 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0100
conference "Science in society: Dialogues and Scientific Responsibility PARIS - 24 & 25 Nov 2008. plenary sessions (monday 24 morning, tuesday 25 afterno

1000 cases in ePractice today!

Anna Schmitthelm — Wed 19 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0100
Today we reached an important milestone at ePractice: The 1000th case has been published today!!!! I consider this a very important success for the ePractice

Citizen Relationship Management (CRM in government)

Alexander Schellong — Wed 19 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0100
While CRM has been researched and applied in private enterprises for years, it has only recently gained attention as a concept for government. Concurrent with t

On data growth and growing concerns

Alexander Schellong — Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0100
Are you in favour of more efficient and effective government? Of course you are. If one counted the reasons given most often for any type of government reform,

How do you, as a user, experience the impact of ePractice.eu?

Tijs van den Broek — Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0100
TNO Research Institute invites you to take part in a quick survey on the user experience and impact of ePractice.eu. This survey contributes to a study that hel

Universal Service in a changing environment: Should the USO be extended to include broadband?

Astrid Guiffart — Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0100
The EU law defines universal service as a "minimum set of services, of specified quality to which all end users have access, at an affordable price in the light

Mapping eGovernment Services Capability

Peter Cruickshank — Fri 14 Nov 2008 06:20:02 +0100
As part of the process of understanding how SCRAN should work, the Centre for Learning Communities (CLC), Napier University, Edinburgh have undertaken a eGovernment service capability mapping. It maps the results of what might best be described as a people-based network supporting the regional development of electronically-enhanced eGovernment services - those needed to underpin the policy on Building a Better Scotland and required to meet the scientific and technological challenges this particular strategic initiative raises.

demos?

Nikos Sakkas — Fri 14 Nov 2008 05:45:33 +0100
interesting concepts -- any demo soon? good luck! Frederick

Call for Papers on eParticipation (European Journal of ePractice) -- REMINDER!!

Jeremy Millard — Fri 14 Nov 2008 04:22:51 +0100
JUST OVER THREE WEEKS TO SEND YOUR ePARTICIPATION ARTICLE eParticipation is arguably one of the fastest growing in the eGovernment domain. Increasing participation is an area of interest for policy makers, politicians, researchers, and practitioners alike. Featuring as one of the eGovernment i2010 Action PlanÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s five main objectives, a number of initiatives and trials has mushroomed over the last few years. eParticipation is also a prominent theme of the new eGovernment research focus, as it appears in the 2009-2010 FP7 workplan.

Science in Society: Dialogues and Scientific Responsibility

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Fri 14 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0100
European Conference â€œScience in Society: Dialogues and Scientific Responsibilityâ€ (November 24th and 25th 2008, Economic and Social Council, Paris) At

Call for Papers on eParticipation (European Journal of ePractice) -- REMINDER !!

Jeremy Millard — Fri 14 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0100
eParticipation is arguably one of the fastest growing in the eGovernment domain. Increasing participation is an area of interest for policy makers, politicians,

more than guidelines: teaching public servants to blog

David Osimo — Wed 12 Nov 2008 01:55:05 +0100
The British government is going proactive: the Norfolk country council launched a campaign to teach blogging which includes videos, booklets and events http://civicsurf.org.uk/about-cllr20/ We should highlight this on ePractice! (hat tip: Craig Thomler, http://egovau.blogspot.com/2008/11/teaching-public-servants-to-blog.html)

Jackie Bell

Jackie Bell — Tue 11 Nov 2008 04:54:18 +0100
Hi All, My apologies - the previous link to our website was incorrect (typing error). Have a look at www.sandwell.gov.uk/tibbington. Also, more details about this project are available on the IDeA website: http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=8987381 And there is a very detailed case study now on the mcegov website: http://www.mcegov.eu/media/627/gaming%20the%20tibby_%20final%20revised.pdf Jackie

Check out the tv-clip about the Interoperability Centre Europe

Rifka Weehuizen — Tue 11 Nov 2008 01:41:12 +0100
Interesting for all those interested in cross-border eGovernment: get to know the Semantic Interoperability Centre Europe with all its services, partner projects and the Repository in only 3 minute, via ePractice-TV at http://www.epractice.eu/tv/73

Check out the tv-clip about the Interoperability Centre Europe

Rifka Weehuizen — Tue 11 Nov 2008 12:41:12 +0100
Interesting for all those interested in cross-border eGovernment: get to know the Semantic Interoperability Centre Europe with all its services, partner projects and the Repository in only 3 minute, via ePractice-TV at http://www.epractice.eu/tv/73

Making Green IT real and workable

Andy Mulholland — Mon 10 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0100
I have tried for some time to identify sensible content and actions that realistically support the need to make substantive progress on so called â€˜Green ITâ€™

European eParticipation newsletter released

Eleni Panopoulou — Fri 07 Nov 2008 05:12:25 +0100
Our 2nd project newsletter, including details on projectÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s progress and results over the previous five months, has been sent out to all interested parties. If you did not receive our newsletter, you may view it or download it at our website - http://www.european-eparticipation.eu/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=48&&Itemid=82.

European eParticipation newsletter released

Eleni Panopoulou — Fri 07 Nov 2008 04:12:25 +0100
Our 2nd project newsletter, including details on projectâ€™s progress and results over the previous five months, has been sent out to all interested parties. If you did not receive our newsletter, you may view it or download it at our website - http://www.european-eparticipation.eu/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=48&&Itemid=82. Moreover, you may register online and you will never miss our news again. As the second batch of project deliverables is expected until December, please check regularly our website www.european-eparticipation.eu in order to keep up-to-date with project results.

Report from the 2nd eGovMoNet meeting

Rudolph Brynn — Thu 06 Nov 2008 03:43:52 +0100
The report is now out and can be assessed on http://www.epractice.eu/community/egovmonet/view_resources/notesfromegovmonetmeetingoctober24252008. The meeting was very interesting and gave a good picture of the development in the various partner states taking part in the eGovMon project.

Are the IDABC e-Procurement Demonstrators complete applications?

IDABC eProcurement Demonstrators contact — Thu 06 Nov 2008 12:33:42 +0100
The demonstrators have been developed for illustration purposes and do not constitute complete applications. Their main purpose is to assist administrations dealing with public procurement and software developers to design and implement electronic systems for public procurement. The demonstrators are intended to act as a basis for real e-Procurement systems, since they are built following the functional requirements and the technical guidance for the implementation of electronic public procurement systems in Europe (http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/4721/5874).

Are the IDABC e-Procurement Demonstrators complete applications?

IDABC eProcurement Demonstrators contact — Thu 06 Nov 2008 11:33:42 +0100
The demonstrators have been developed for illustration purposes and do not constitute complete applications. Their main purpose is to assist administrations dealing with public procurement and software developers to design and implement electronic systems for public procurement. The demonstrators are intended to act as a basis for real e-Procurement systems, since they are built following the functional requirements and the technical guidance for the implementation of electronic public procurement systems in Europe (http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/4721/5874). They also conform to the European Public Procurement Directives (2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC). Complete eProcurement systems might also need to be adapted to national public procurement legislation, if additional legal provisions are imposed there. An updated version of the eProcurement Demonstrators is planned to be released in mid-November 2008, while a helpdesk service is already available: http://www.epractice.eu/blog/341 The eProcurement Demonstrators Helpdesk Team.

tools for citizens and SME's

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Wed 05 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0100
the site SERVICE PUBLIC offers to citizens and SME's a large scope of informations turned to their need of legal information concerning daily life. http://www.

eGov transfer of good practices between regions: Conference in Northern Ireland 25/11/2008

Juan Gonzalez — Tue 04 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0100
PIKE (Promoting Innovation in the Knowledge Economy) is a project co-financed by DG REGIO/INTERREG IVC aiming at transferring good eGovernment practices between

Free passes to attend 3rd International Strategic Procurement Conference

Cinzia Rubattino — Mon 03 Nov 2008 06:48:48 +0100
Dear experts, the organisers of the 3rd International Strategic Procurement Conference (Lisbon, 12 November 2008) have offered three free passes to the members of our community. For more information on the topics that will be covered please visit the event page: http://www.epractice.eu/document/4978 Everyone who is interested in attending the event should send a request by e-mail to: eprocurement@epractice.eu by 10 November 2008 .

PEPPOL initiates dialogue with IT industry - call for expression of interest

Peter Sonntagbauer — Sat 01 Nov 2008 08:10:03 +0100
The PEPPOL project will initiate an IT industry advisory group in 2009. The objective of this group is a) to inform the IT industry about the project b) establish a dialogue between the IT-industry and the project to take the views of the IT industry into account Interested companies are kindly invited to register with our website. You can also obtain further information directly from PEPPOL project staff by visiting the PEPPOL information booth at the ICT 2008 in Lyon. (exhibition area E.16)

The new EU-Canada Cooperation Programme in Higher Education, Training and Youth (2006-2013)

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Fri 31 Oct 2008 12:00:00 +0100
To the care of S.SLADE CANADA The new EU-Canada Cooperation Programme in Higher Education, Training and Youth (2006-2013) http://ec.europa

Open Source policies - Update

Ferron Pierre-Antoine — Thu 30 Oct 2008 03:39:15 +0100
For those interested, I have found several studies and documents about governement Open source policies.

ePortfolio for immigrants: A modular personal portal supporting

Tue 28 Oct 2008 05:47:14 +0100
I wish I could attend! In QuÃ©bec, Canada, we have initiated a project, presently under development, that could be of interest to this theme. It is a multi-partner project for the production of integrated open-source online tools that support the social and professional integration of immigrants - an ePortfolio. The immigrant ePortfolio should serve to: - help immigrants bridge with their past by helping them see, value and capture the richness they bring with them, - better communicate and mobilise their strengths (competence) and experience in their country of adoption, - better access and take advantage of the diverse regional services and resources by directly embedding them into their personal portal within explicit step-by-step processes they can relate to - develop immigrant language skills via tools such as a language profile and open educational resources (OER) aimed at improving their level of ease in various social domains ex. health, transportation - improve immigrant employability by developing self-knowledge and confidence of users and also developing skills related to attaining and retaining employment in their country of adoption - develop a community of support by connecting to related networks of people in the region and elsewhere (including education and training professionals) ePortfolios are a meaningful way to develop eSkills. The process of building their own online integrated profile and developing habits to interact, communicate, and network via digital tools such as an ePortfolio is a motivating and successful means for immigrants to further their digital literacy. Though I am unable to attend on November 13th, I thought that I should take the initiative to establish contact with the workshop participants. Here is a link to a presentation on the project at the recent ePortfolio and Digital Identity 2008 conference in Maastricht, Netherlands: http://www.slideshare.net/sam5/personal-portal-for-immigrants-presentation Further documentation is available for this project (I have not entered it as a "case" because the project is still in development). I am interested in discussing common interests further and I will be following the workshop from a distance :-) Sincerely, Samantha Slade

Eucaris, winner of the IG.2.0 Award

Anna Schmitthelm — Tue 28 Oct 2008 12:00:00 +0100
The iG 2.0 Prize has been awarded by Mario Michelangeli, Regional Minister for Consumer Protection and Administrative Simplification of Lazio Region. The iG 2.0

e-PRIOR demo

Pieter Breyne — Mon 27 Oct 2008 10:33:57 +0100
Check this out on Youtube: the e-Invoicing demo of the e-PRIOR prototype - http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=azLeZIorrDs&fmt=18 More information on the IDABC e-Invoicing and e-Ordering project can be found on http://www.epractice.eu/cases/ePRIOR .

Call for Papers on eParticipation (European Journal of ePractice)

Elina Jokisalo — Mon 27 Oct 2008 12:00:00 +0100
eParticipation is arguably one of the fastest growing in the eGovernment domain. Increasing participation is an area of interest for policy makers, politicians,

Le programme FRANCE NUMERIQUE 2012 - october 2008

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Mon 27 Oct 2008 12:00:00 +0100
A strong programme for digital field and epractice in France has been introduced in october 2008 by the competent authority. Such a contribution will facilitate

Records and Information Management: You, Your Organisation, and the Profession

Michiel Gen — Mon 27 Oct 2008 12:00:00 +0100
ARMA International presents: Records and Information Management: You, Your Organisation, and the Profession Sofitel Brussels Europe Place Jourdan 1, Br

Contribute to the Council of Europe Recommendation on eDemocracy for its 47 Member States

Christoforos Korakas — Sat 25 Oct 2008 10:10:50 +0100
IMPORTANT Dear all, The Council of Europe (www.coe.int) is finalising a rather important document meant to become a policy recommendation to its member states (47) on eDemocracy The Draft Recommendation is being compiled and prepared by a group of experts and country representatives participating at the Council of Europe Ad'Hoc eDemocracy Committee (CAHDE) During the last discussion of this Committee (in Madrid, during the Forum for the Future of Democracy, 15-17/10/2008) it was decided that the document should be diffused to all eDemocracy related Networks to get feed back and com

The italian Chambers of Commerce launched www.cameradicommercio.it a first step towards full web 2.0 implementation of public interest portals

Nicola Christian Rinaldi — Fri 24 Oct 2008 11:00:00 +0100
The aim of the new national portal of Italian CCs is to provide business information via a semantic based portal and to help SMEs in building clusters through s

Qustionnaires on the Open Source Quality, Business Models and Document Management...

Matteo Melideo — Fri 24 Oct 2008 05:24:42 +0100
I am the project coordinator of an EU research project named Qualipso - Quality Platform for Open Source Software - (http://www.qualipso.org) and I am here with a request for you.

please post your guidelines for web2.0 usage

David Osimo — Fri 24 Oct 2008 05:06:19 +0100
I am here in Dublin at an interesting training on web2.0. Interesting presentation on the "your mental health" campaign, on the Bebo social network www.bebo.com/yourmentalhealth Derek Chambers who presented the projects also mentioned they have GUIDELINES to help moderating their work on Bebo. Derek will send me the guidelines or post them on the website. In the meantime, if you have guidelines to help you "govern" your web2.0 presence, please post them on this community. There are already the UK and NZ guidelines for blogging available. Thanks

Any interest in an epractice.eu focus area for the OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL)?

Ken Holman — Thu 23 Oct 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Is there any interest amongst the visitors to epractice.eu for a focus area of some kind for UBL? I would like to offer some of my volunteer time to provide or

New study: Public Sector Procurement Breach EU rules

Trond Arne Undheim — Thu 23 Oct 2008 01:15:30 +0100
Yesterday, an OFE study was released which documented some questionable procurement practices regarding software. I blogged about it on http://blogs.oracle.com/trond/

Needing some advices and help !!

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Wed 22 Oct 2008 11:00:00 +0100
bonjour I would be thankful to hear about some experience and practice with the method : TRIZ , dedicated to innovation and solving problems in the field of te

Organisation around Value or Events, not admistration resources

Andy Mulholland — Tue 21 Oct 2008 11:00:00 +0100
As we move steadily into understanding that Technologies of Web 2.0, and some others are going to have a profound impact on â€˜howâ€™ we are all working and man

Clinical Research in the Web 2.0 Era

Carlo Donati — Tue 21 Oct 2008 11:00:00 +0100

I published this article in the October 2008 Supplement of the journal "Applied Clinical Trials". I am sure that the social networking tools will soon have an impact on clinical research. It is therefore necessary that the investigators and the Ethics Committees understand the tools and the potential effects of these services, which in the near future might unpredictably change the way of conducting clinical trials.

How?

Charles Lowe — Tue 21 Oct 2008 07:41:14 +0100
A most impressive set of results - well done! So others could travel down the same path, could we have details of what was done to achieve these? Many thanks in anticipation

e-PRIOR Demo

Pieter Breyne — Sun 19 Oct 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Check this out on Youtube: the e-Invoicing demo of the e-PRIOR prototype - http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=azLeZIorrDs&fmt=18 More information on the IDABC e-I

Intermediaries, (e)channels, and services for socially excluded people

Michael Blakemore — Sun 19 Oct 2008 10:18:58 +0100
How many member states are moving towards a coherent strategy for delivering services to socially excluded people and groups? Denmark's integrated eGovernment landscape is one example, with the electronic identity management, interoperable and integrated data, and open standards, providing multiple-channel access to services. However, for socially excluded people the intermediary organisations are often the means by which socially excluded people access services - the intermediaries interoperate.

PEPPOL - Invitation for the 2nd Operational Reference Group Meeting

Peter Sonntagbauer — Sun 19 Oct 2008 07:24:04 +0100
Following the first meeting in St.Paul de Vence, the second reference group meeting will take place on the 11th December 2008 in Copenhagen. It will focus on a) a presentation of the first PEPPOL results b) the participation of new consortium members in 2009 The venue and exact agenda will be announced soon. Please visit the PEPPOL - website (www.peppol.eu) for further details. Member States, which are not already registered in the operational reference group are kindly invited to contact the PEPPOL project team.

New Study on eParticipation in Germany published online

Ralf CIMANDER — Fri 17 Oct 2008 12:08:29 +0100
The German eParticipation study - accomplished by the Institute for Information Management Bremen and Zebralog - focuses on the possibilities for citizens and the main business and social actors to use and develop eParticipation in political and administrative decision-making. Beside examples from Germany, also experiences from other European countries went into the evaluation and the study finally draws conclusions relevant for any European Member State.

Immaculadas presentation

David Banes — Tue 14 Oct 2008 11:23:59 +0100
There was a lot of information in the presentation that was difficult to read and summarise via Twitter Can it be made available on the site for us to review again

How to update eProcurement information on the national factsheets

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Tue 14 Oct 2008 02:56:42 +0100
A post recently appeared on the ePractice Blog Updating information for Ireland asked information about how the eProcurement information reported in the eGovernment factsheet can be updated. Any expert can do that, simply by sending a message to info@epractice.eu and the editorial team will get in contact with him/her. You are invited to revise the eProcurement section of the factsheet of your country and propose integration or corrections, if necessary. In particular, if an eProcurement service ment

ePractice - the embryo

Trond Arne Undheim — Mon 13 Oct 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Check this out! This was my first pitch (February 2007) of what later that year became epractice.eu...we were still playing around with design, URLs, names, co

Workshop on Interoperability in eGovernment

George Kolomvos — Mon 13 Oct 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Interoperability has been argued to be one of the future challenges in the area of eGovernment. Research projects funded by FP6/IST have successfully tackled pr

Two free places for the Purchasing Card Forum meeting

Cinzia Rubattino — Mon 13 Oct 2008 12:32:44 +0100
Dear experts, the organisers of the 4th meeting of the Purchasing Card Forum (London, 29 October 2008) have offered two free passes to the members of our community. The PCF holds regular meetings at which members discuss varying topics relating to P-cards, eProcurement, eInvoicing and their related technologies, one of the main topics of the next meeting is eInvoicing.

eGovMoNet update

Mikael Snaprud — Sat 11 Oct 2008 02:13:41 +0100
A first collection of Measurement methods for eGovernment user satisfaction and impact are being compiled to be discussed in an open workshop in Copenhagen 24-25 October. The idea with this collection is to start to better understand the different approaches. The meeting is open for interested participants as far as space permits. More information on the workshop at: http://www.epractice.eu/document/5115. The project kick-off meeting was held in the UN headquarters in Geneva 29-30 May.

Connecting Public Services Communities: promoting the exchange o

Just Castillo Iglesias — Fri 10 Oct 2008 11:28:10 +0100
Connecting Public Services Communities is an initiative launched by EIPA, in cooperation with the Politech institute, with the aim of establishing a community of practice on Cross-Border Interoperability in order to stimulate the debate and promote the exchange of good practices among different EU Member States and eGovernment stakeholders to successfully meet the challenges raised by the eGovernment Ministerial Declaration on Cross Border Interoperability. The event which will take place in Issy-les-Moulineaux on the 15th October will bring together high level experts on Cross-Border Interoperability from the public and the private sectors and from the academic world, and will be the occasion to present the Special Edition of the European Review of Political Technologies, containing opinion articles and interviews as well as a review of the best practice cases presented on the first event of the Initiative during the Bled eConference (SI). Definitely a good opportunity for those with an interest on Cross-Border Intertoperability!

Phone voting

Wed 08 Oct 2008 01:42:16 +0100
Interestingly, as you have mentioned recently - even though it is not in the paper - in this year's e-Participatory Budgeting in the city of Belo Horizonte, phone voting will also be possible: citizens just need to dial a toll free number and, after providing their electors' code, they will be able to vote for the public work that they consider to be the most important one.

World edemocracy Forum: who is going?

Michelle Lyons — Wed 08 Oct 2008 11:44:27 +0100
I am an engagement practitioner working for the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in the UK. I am hoping to attend the World edemocracy Forum in Paris next week and I am wondering who else will also be there? It would be a great opportunity to meet and swap engagement experiences. Michelle Lyons +44 203 300 8680

World edemocracy Forum: who is going?

Michelle Lyons — Wed 08 Oct 2008 09:44:27 +0100
I am an engagement practitioner working for the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in the UK. I am hoping to attend the World edemocracy Forum in Paris next week and I am wondering who else will also be there? It would be a great opportunity to meet and swap engagement experiences. Michelle Lyons +44 203 300 8680

Benefits approach

Fri 03 Oct 2008 01:36:57 +0100
It's always important to begin with the end in mind, and to recognise that project success isn't delivery on budget and on time, but rather delivery of the desired outcomes on budget and on time. Actually there's more to it than that, because during the project priorities may change (when do we ever have a Non-Changing Environment?), so really success is about delivering the (eventual) desired outcomes for a fair price and in a reasonable timescale, even if the changes in priorities mean changes in budget and timing. have a look at this benefits blog for public service, at http://benefits.minney.org

children participation and edemocracy

Ullmo Pierre-Antoine — Fri 03 Oct 2008 08:06:22 +0100
Dear Jackie: your case is a wonderful experience about how gaming technology can end up creating new participatory spaces for children. You may be aware of the work of Roger Hart that designed a participation ladder to explain how genuine children participation can be enhanced for the sake of sustainable development. This ladder is to be found at http://www.hort.cornell.edu/gbl/greenervoices/images/ladder.pdf. The ultimate step in the ladder demonstrates that the best situation for children participation is when child initiated decisions are shared with adults. Your case tends to proove that this is the case in your area. Could you facilitate some examples of what has been achieved and some ways to access the game with more details: screens, even a way to be able to test the game and see how it could apply in other environments?

CfP: eID, Interoperability and Open Source - Extended deadline u

Elina Jokisalo — Fri 03 Oct 2008 07:37:13 +0100
The European Journal of ePractice invites contributions that marshal empirical evidence, such as case studies, surveys or ethnographic studies on topic "Key enablers for eTransformation? eID, Interoperability and Open Source". The Call for papers has an extended deadline until 8 October. Visit the call for papers here: http://www.epracticejournal.eu/info/10

Web accessibility standarization in a European context

Jose Angel Martinez Usero — Thu 02 Oct 2008 11:00:00 +0100
In the recent European Commision consultation on web accessibility and other e-accessibility issues.I would like to share some points of view. You can see my op

STEPPIN congress "Better purchasing results" Amsterdam 13 October 2008

Corine Bart — Thu 02 Oct 2008 03:25:05 +0100
I would like to invite the experts of the ePractice Communtiy to attend this event and register very soon in order to profit of the last available places. Pleae, send your message to: event@cips.org or call CIPS + 44 (0)1780 756777 if you want to attend this event (free admittance). Look at the event page on this web site for more details.

Special Interest Group of ELLECTRA-WeB case

Christos Georgousopoulos — Thu 02 Oct 2008 10:56:07 +0100
Dear all, I would like to inform you that a Special Interest Group (SIG) for the ELLECTRA-WeB project (ePractice.eu case: ELLECTRA-WeB) was recently launched. In brief, ELLECTRA-WeB concerns the development of an Open Source electronic Public Procurement Application Framework that facilitates the cost-effective implementation of electronic Public Procurement solutions in the Western Balkans region that are compliant with the EC directives and EU best practices. By registering to our SIG we will try to keep you updated on the latest achievements of our project, other projects of rela

STEPPIN congress "Better purchasing results" Amsterdam 13 October 2008

Corine Bart — Wed 01 Oct 2008 11:00:00 +0100
I would like to invite the experts of the ePractice Communtiy to attend this event and register very soon in order to profit of the last available places. Pleae

Digital Libraries: a positive step

malachy foots — Wed 01 Oct 2008 10:36:37 +0100
I feel a digital library is a real positive step in enabling more people, especially those with disabilities,to access the rich vein of culture,art,heritage that is out there in literature. As an avid bookworm any move to opening this rich library is truly a positive einclusion development.

Integrating a product catalogue in municipal websites

Bart Noels — Tue 30 Sep 2008 10:01:04 +0100
Intercommunale Leiedal creates the framework for the websites of the 12 municipalities in the Kortrijk region. It is the fourth generation of websites we are creating, coming from simple html-pages (1996) to an advanced cms based on the (Belgian) open source system Drupal nowadays. Our role is to deliver the technology, but also a vision about the content of the websites.

Invitation to expert validation "Impact of Social Computing on Public services"

Tijs van den Broek — Tue 30 Sep 2008 11:02:36 +0100
Dear members, On behalf of the TNO Research Institute and the Danish Technological Institute (DTI), I would like to invite youÃ‚Â to participate inÃ‚Â a briefÃ‚Â online expert validation. TNO and DTIÃ‚Â areÃ‚Â conducting a comprehensive study on the impact of social computing onÃ‚Â the public sector, a research which has been commissioned byÃ‚Â the European Union'sÃ‚Â Joint Research Centre IPTS (http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/). The overall aim of the study is to analyse the effects of social computing trends (take-up and use of social networking websites such as MySpace) on public service sectors (e.g.

Commission consults on how to put Europe into the lead of the transition to Web 3.0.

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Mon 29 Sep 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Press release (29 sept 2008) : Commission consults on how to put Europe into the lead of the transition to Web 3.0. http://europa.eu/press_room/press_release

What is an eProcurement demonstrator?

Zuzana MazanovÃ¡ — Mon 29 Sep 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Perhaps you have seen the eProcurement news of the last week, the launch of the online helpdesk for the eProcurement demonstrators: http://www.epractice.eu/docu

International Conference "Law via the Internet" 30-31 October 2008, Florence

Ginevra peruginelli — Mon 29 Sep 2008 11:00:00 +0100
On the 30th and 31st of October 2008, the 9th International Conference "Law via the Internet" will be hosted in Florence, organized by the Institute of Legal In

News about opensource licensing?

Ismael Olea — Mon 29 Sep 2008 02:44:42 +0100
Is there any news about how are you going to licence your software? We'd love to see it at OSOR :-)

OSOR.eu as your development platform

Ismael Olea — Mon 29 Sep 2008 02:21:37 +0100
Have you considered OSOR.eu as the platform for your developers community? We would love to talk about this with you :-)

OSOR.eu

Ismael Olea — Mon 29 Sep 2008 01:51:58 +0100
Have you considered to use the OSOR.eu facilities? The OSOR forge has been conceived exactly for projects like MAF! You'll find an introduction of OSOR at our website: http://forge.osor.eu/docman/view.php/6/24/OSOR_dissemination-LinuxTag-2008.pdf Don't hesitate to ask me whatever you need :-)

good news but could be better!

David Osimo — Mon 29 Sep 2008 12:29:00 +0100
When I read the title I thought the Office adopted the Peer-to-patent approach towards open evaluation of patent applications. But then it's only about a website. Would be nice to fit a peer-to-patent experimentation in this wider policy, so that openness becomes not only a technological choice but a wider approach. See www.peertopatent.org

User-centric perspective

Madeleine SiÃ¶steen Thiel — Wed 24 Sep 2008 09:59:04 +0100
How many different kinds of eGov user definitions can you identify?Have anyone categorised them? I use organisational structures as PAs, businesses, citizens, officials, etc etc. When making policy decisions for a better eAdministration and research you must take into account the different perspective of the user. Comments?

elnclusion of Elderly Migrants

Cadat Brieuc-Yves (Mellouki) — Wed 24 Sep 2008 08:49:06 +0100
I totally agree with the workshop's statement that: "(...) eInclusion policies tend to â€˜homogeniseâ€™ immigrant and ethnic minorities as one single â€˜excludedâ€™ target group. In fact, there are significant differences in profiles, behaviour and needs both between and within immigrant communities and ethnic minorities". In the workshop I want to focus on the relationship Elderly Migrants / elnclusion. I have developed a 'elnclusion method / training' to support Community Centres that have elderly migrants as target groups. This method is based on 'Practice Based Evidence' . To download the publication (Dutch): http://www.movisie.nl/116342/def/home/publicaties/publicaties/549_oudere_migranten_op_de_digitale_snelweg/ Information on the training (Dutch): It is also a training: http://www.movisie.nl/106900/def/home/training/training_/trainingen_verzamelmap/trainingen_open_aanbod/training_oudere_migranten_op_de_digitale_snelweg/

Education , ICT and future of new generations

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Tue 23 Sep 2008 11:00:00 +0100
No doubt that ICT favorize a permanent and positive debate amongst people and education professionnals. EURO-LANGUAGES is a clear example of that new way of pro

Approach to 2.0 from several administrations in Spain.

Roc Fages — Tue 23 Sep 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Different administrations in Spain are starting to develop some projects to include the 2.0 concept to their strategy. I'm working on two of them, and their mai

ICEGOV2008

Madeleine SiÃ¶steen Thiel — Tue 23 Sep 2008 11:00:00 +0100
This year the UN eGOVconference ICEGOV2008 takes place in Cairo. You are welcome. I will chair a panel on eGovernance in Europe.

Welcome to the Smart Cities Community

Bart Noels — Tue 23 Sep 2008 10:27:54 +0100
13 partners of 6 countries around the North Sea working together for building customer services, wireless services and caring about take-up. Smart Cities wants you to join our conversations and likes to share ideas about good services. So, please take a seat and join us.

What is a 'sustainable' Inclusive eGovernment Service?

Michael Blakemore — Tue 23 Sep 2008 09:23:51 +0100
The mcegov (www.mcegov.eu) project is tasked with exploring how multiple channels can be used to deliver services, and how business/funding models can be sustainable when delivering services to socially excluded people/groups. Given the increasing demand for services (for example, from those without jobs, in poverty, in excluded social and ethnic groups, with chronic health problems, with low levels of education and skills), an ageing population in Europe, and pressure on government finances (the costs of social and health services), how can sustainable services be developed?

What is a 'sustainable' Inclusive eGovernment Service?

Michael Blakemore — Tue 23 Sep 2008 07:23:51 +0100
The mcegov (www.mcegov.eu) project is tasked with exploring how multiple channels can be used to deliver services, and how business/funding models can be sustainable when delivering services to socially excluded people/groups. Given the increasing demand for services (for example, from those without jobs, in poverty, in excluded social and ethnic groups, with chronic health problems, with low levels of education and skills), an ageing population in Europe, and pressure on government finances (the costs of social and health services), how can sustainable services be developed? What funding/business models being used in constructing and delivering services beyond the usual central government funding through taxation? Furthermore, at what level should services be provided to socially excluded people, from the top-down through services that are joined-up across conventional silos, or from the bottom-up where services are personalised to the needs of individuals? What channels can be used, and how can the channels be integrated? For example, what is the role of third sector organisations when helping socially excluded people to engage with services, and how can the services help people to be removed from the package of exclusions (not just a single intervention addressing one of their exclusions) back into a sustainable role in society?

A way forward

Mon 22 Sep 2008 01:10:15 +0100
No wonder Mr Kallas launched it. The man hails from E-stonia having loads of such developments in function. Estonia set the world record for the most digitally signed document in July this year.

IDABC eProcurement Demonstrators: new Helpdesk service available

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Sat 20 Sep 2008 05:03:33 +0100
A new on-line service is now available for the eProcurement experts who need support in using the IDABC eProcurement demonstrators: it has been announced last Thursday by Vice-President Kallas at the conference on cross-border use of eSignature in eProcurement.

ePractice user survey published

Anna Schmitthelm — Thu 18 Sep 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Dear ePractice users! The user survey on ePractice has been published now. To see the survey results, please enter the ePractice case/ Additional document

e-Participatory Budgeting

Tiago Peixoto — Thu 18 Sep 2008 04:10:11 +0100
The Electronic Democracy Center has just published a working paper of mine on e-Participatory Budgeting, one of my domains of research. Comments and suggestions are very welcome. http://www.epractice.eu/document/5030

3rd Sector and Voluntary Sector

Frank Wilson — Thu 18 Sep 2008 03:17:53 +0100
Hello and thanks for creating the forum Rasa. Inclusive eGovernment and multi-channel delivery are big issues everywhere. I see that in many places delivery of services relies a lot on local partnerships with agencies who are NGO (non-governmental). For example, in my municipality the local agency wanted to deliver training to a minority group as an integration intervention - they used 3rd sector organisations to do delivery - the rationale was that building capacity in this minority group was part of the solution.

Supply2Health Platfrom for NHS and Suppliers Launched in UK

Ruslan David — Thu 18 Sep 2008 03:03:42 +0100
An online advertising service that will help 'hook up' NHS providers with healthcare suppliers was announced today by Health Minister Ben Bradshaw.

Related content

Tiago Peixoto — Thu 18 Sep 2008 02:43:51 +0100
For those interested in related content also see the experience on "Multi-channel PB" http://www.epractice.eu/cases/participatorybudget

Supply2Health Platfrom for NHS and Suppliers Launched in UK

Ruslan David — Thu 18 Sep 2008 01:03:42 +0100
An online advertising service that will help 'hook up' NHS providers with healthcare suppliers was announced today by Health Minister Ben Bradshaw. Speaking at the Laing and Buisson Independent Healthcare Convention, he set out how the new website, NHS Supply2Health will make it easier for Primary Care Trust (PCT) commissioners to advertise health and social care services they require and for suppliers to identify business opportunities within the NHS. From Wednesday 1 October 2008, all NHS commissioners will be required to post information about tendering opportunities and contract awards on the site, making it easier for suppliers to track down single opportunities and understand exactly what PCTs want. For commissioners, Supply2Health will help meet their legal requirements to advertise and potentially increase the number of suppliers responding to their adverts by reaching a wider audience. It will also offer services, including emailing subscribers where new opportunities are posted that match the health and social care services they provide. Read more... http://www.ehealthnews.eu/content/view/1327/26/

eProcurement Demonstrators Helpdesk Service

IDABC eProcurement Demonstrators contact — Thu 18 Sep 2008 11:00:18 +0100
As VP Kallas announced, we are here to help anyone to benefit from the eProcurement Demonstrators. The demonstrators are simple to install and use, but if you ever need to know more about their configuration, implementation or any other issue, you can contact us. The easiest way is to post your question by sending a comment to the eprocdemos case: http://www.epractice.eu/cases/eprocdemos You can also post your questions at the eProcurement Forum community blog: http://www.epractice.eu/community/eprocurement/blog_post Finally, you can also send us directly a message: http://www.epractice.eu/people/eprocdemos All replies to questions will be posted at the epractice blog. We will be glad to support you throughout your experience with the eProcurement Demonstrators. The eProcurement Demonstrators Helpdesk Team.

cross reference: see the community on governance and policy modelling

David Osimo — Thu 18 Sep 2008 06:52:57 +0100
Hi just to inform you that I wrote some blog entries on the other community, ICT for governance and policy modelling. They are relevant for social computing as well. In addition, I have a private blog on this topic, htt://egov20.wordpress.com, regularly updated. What do you think: should I copy the same posts in here? thanks david

Open Source policies

Ferron Pierre-Antoine — Wed 17 Sep 2008 05:51:55 +0100
I am looking for public policies on the use of Open Source and Open Standards in public administrations. Can anyone direct me to useful resources? I am also looking for papers offering guidelines about implementation and risks associated with it.

2008: The European Year of Intercultural Dialogue with the help of ICT and each one!!

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Tue 16 Sep 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Europe is becoming more culturally diverse. The enlargement of the European Union, deregulation of employment laws and globalisation have increased the multicul

OSOR.eu at Openmind 2008 (Tampere, Finland)

Ismael Olea — Tue 16 Sep 2008 06:34:31 +0100
OSOR.eu will be present at the Openmind 2008 in the OpenNordic Track Ã‚Â«Open government and public servicesÃ‚Â»: http://www.mindtrek.org/openmind/programme This will be an extraordinary opportunity for knowing the initiative in detail, discuss with worldwide specialists, specially in the Ã‚Â«Openmind ClubÃ‚Â» party. See you in Tampere!

OSOR.eu at Openmind 2008 (Tampere, Finland)

Ismael Olea — Tue 16 Sep 2008 04:34:31 +0100
OSOR.eu will be present at the Openmind 2008 in the OpenNordic Track Â«Open government and public servicesÂ»: http://www.mindtrek.org/openmind/programme This will be an extraordinary opportunity for knowing the initiative in detail, discuss with worldwide specialists, specially in the Â«Openmind ClubÂ» party. See you in Tampere!

eParticipation for the "casual participants", not only for engaged citizens

David Osimo — Sat 13 Sep 2008 06:48:44 +0100
One of my main concerns about current applications for collaborative governance and participation is their high costs of engagements, even for new web2 applications. They are still designed for people that are really interested. We can here draw an interesting comparison to the classic game platforms, such as XBOX and Playstation, which are designed for hard-core gamers, while new platforms such as WII and iPod are able to reach out for the "casual players".

Workshop on open source and edemocracy

Ismael Olea — Fri 12 Sep 2008 11:18:52 +0100
The event will host and event on OSS for eDemocracy. See the leaflet for more information.

another idea: Ã¢â‚¬Å“policyRovrÃ¢â‚¬Â

David Osimo — Thu 11 Sep 2008 06:41:57 +0100
Maybe you know BlogRovR.com. ItÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s a firefox plugin that scans the blog you read and shows entries related to pages you are browsing. So if you are checking websites about your dogÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s health is shows you while you browse new articles on the same topic. This idea builds on that. ItÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s designed as a context-awareness tool to enhance the relevance of participation, and lower the costs. The platform could interact with what I am doing, in the way BlogRovR does.

imagining future applications: Creating engagement by sharing mark-ups of a document.

David Osimo — Thu 11 Sep 2008 05:11:49 +0100
This is a cross-posting from my personal blog egov20.wordpress.com I believe that the key challenges for public participation where ICT could help are: - lowering the cost of participation - augmenting the benefits of participation by making it more relevant - making it easier, for the casual participant, without the need for Ã¢â‚¬Å“a manualÃ¢â‚¬Â (like a Mac, a WiiÃ¢â‚¬Â¦) How can ICT help? By acting on functionalities such as collaborative filtering, context awareness, and emphasis on usability. Concretely: if I were a wizard of software, here is what I would invent for eParticipat

Level of project development?

M Merce Rovira Regas — Wed 10 Sep 2008 08:59:04 +0100
We are in similar projects... please can you share results and project development information, stages, etc.? Thanks! mm

Administrative burden by businesses themselves?

Wed 10 Sep 2008 07:22:24 +0100
It would seem that administrative burdens are only posed by governments. I wonder if the workshop will also include a discussion on the adminsitrative burdens posed by businesses themselves. When applying for insurances, or financial loans, for example, or when having to comply to financial accountabilities / audits, etc there is quite a number of details that need to be filled in nowadays. Such details are required by the private companies that provide the services, and many of the details could relatively easily be checked electronicly.

Burden reduction... think new paradigms

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Tue 09 Sep 2008 11:00:00 +0100
bonjour , the link below drives to the paper of DG ENTREPRISES : Cutting Red Tape http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/admin-burdens-reduction/docs/magazine_2_2

Welcome to the Community!

Rasa Juciute — Tue 09 Sep 2008 06:09:27 +0100
Hello All and welcome to the Inclusive eGovernment Community! Hope we will have interesting discussions, be able to share our experencies and find solutions to the complex issues surrounding the delivery of public services to disadvantaged groups. Kind regards, Rasa

Welcome to the Community!

Rasa Juciute — Tue 09 Sep 2008 04:09:27 +0100
Hello All and welcome to the Inclusive eGovernment Community! Hope we will have interesting discussions, be able to share our experencies and find solutions to the challenges we are facing. Kind regards, Rasa

Great Proposal - hope the Commission and Member States are liste

Paul Johnston — Tue 09 Sep 2008 02:32:35 +0100
David - I think this is great. I really hope it gets picked up. I have done on a blog post on your article and hopefully this will generate some more feedback for you. http://www.theconnectedrepublic.org/blog/?p=111 Paul

FIST Conferences. Barcelona 26th september

Antoni Bosch-Pujol — Tue 09 Sep 2008 11:48:33 +0100
FIST Conferences are an open event where several topics about computer security are presented and discussed. Each edition, three professionals in the field give a presentation about a topic in which they are experts.

FIST Conferences. Barcelona 26th september

Antoni Bosch-Pujol — Tue 09 Sep 2008 09:48:33 +0100
FIST Conferences are an open event where several topics about computer security are presented and discussed. Each edition, three professionals in the field give a presentation about a topic in which they are experts. Next edition will be held in Barcelona next September 26th at 18:00 with the following program: 18:00 Introduction Edge-security 18:05 Ecrime - The new mafias Vicente Diaz, S21sec 19:00 Implications of REST filosofy in web security Ramon Pinuaga, S21sec 20:00 (To confirm) - Ero Carrera, zynamics GmbH and Black Hat Trainer Sign up in: http://www.fistconference.org/?s=8&id=13

From the Observatories Network to eGovMoNet Community!

Mercedes Pastor — Mon 08 Sep 2008 11:23:22 +0100
Dear colleagues, After several months of collecting information on Observatories in Europe the European Observatories Network has merged its efforts with eGovMoNet, another network devoted to eGovernment Monitoring and, as a result, our community has now a new name [eGovMoNet] and a new boost for achieving ambitious goals and help observatories measuring eGov around Europe. For more information on the eGovMoNet project please refer to the community website (http://www.epractice.eu/community/egovmonet) or the www.eGovMoNet.eu web site. Kind regards.

From the Observatories Network to eGovMoNet Community!

Mercedes Pastor — Mon 08 Sep 2008 09:23:22 +0100
Dear colleagues, After several months of collecting information on Observatories in Europe the European Observatories Network has merged its efforts with eGovMoNet, another network devoted to eGovernment Monitoring and, as a result, our community has now a new name [eGovMoNet] and a new boost for achieving ambitious goals and help observatories measuring eGov around Europe. For more information on the eGovMoNet project please refer to the community website (http://www.epractice.eu/community/egovmonet) or the www.eGovMoNet.eu web site. Kind regards.

All in Spanish?

Lothar Fritsch — Mon 08 Sep 2008 08:54:58 +0100
Are you sure this is a relevant "European" event? Most of the talks & workshops are strictly in Spanish, according to the program on the web page.

the World eDemocracy Forum on 16-17 October 2008 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France,

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Sun 07 Sep 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Delegates attending the World eDemocracy Forum on 16-17 October 2008 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, are invited to take part in a supplementary workshop on sec

IPv6 - government mandates; success or failure or just missing the point?

Andy Mulholland — Sun 07 Sep 2008 11:00:00 +0100
IBv6 has been the coming thing for quite a few years now, but like many things you start taking notice when some big bodies decide on adoption. The US Governmen

eInvoice legislation

Ranko Smokvina — Sat 06 Sep 2008 01:21:55 +0100
Very good initiative.

Corporate Governance Standards and Financial Stability

Antoni Bosch-Pujol — Fri 05 Sep 2008 11:00:00 +0100
http://www.ecgi.org/tcgd/2008/programme.php The fifth conference in the Transatlantic Corporate Governance Dialogue (TCGD) series will take place in Brussels

The digital eHealth divide or The e-patient paradox?

Francisco LupiÃ¡Ã±ez-Villanueva — Thu 04 Sep 2008 11:00:00 +0100
In one of the chapter of my thesis based on a telephone survey to a representative sample of Catalan population 2000 phone calls were done. The results reveal t

European Interoperability Framework 2.0: public consultation

Zuzana MazanovÃ¡ — Thu 04 Sep 2008 11:00:00 +0100
The long-awaited revised draft version of the European Interoperability Framework v2.0 (EIF) is in public consultation as off July. If interoperability of the E

Panel discussion on ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling at EGOV 2008

Maria A. Wimmer — Wed 03 Sep 2008 04:24:13 +0100
An interesting panel discussion organized by Maria Geronymaki took place today morning at EGOV 2008, the European scientific conference on electronic government and electronic participation (http://www.uni-koblenz-landau.de/koblenz/fb4/institute/iwvi/agvinf/konferenzen/egov08).

Raising individual expectation performance

Wed 03 Sep 2008 07:17:30 +0100
Accurately identified. Well overdue!! Monitor impact of investment and not stop once expenditure has been justified. There are common synergies with Article 3.

Coaching

Wed 03 Sep 2008 06:46:37 +0100
I do not understand why progress cannot be since teachers have not been trained. Surely this can be done remotely, satisfying individual needs. An excellent way of training particularly influential minds on relevant subjects according to their interests to avoid boredom.

ePractice case updated

Juan Gonzalez — Tue 02 Sep 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Updated information on ePractice, including the latest developments and figures of the portal, details on the technology solution, impact and approach can be fo

A clear and sound proposal for measuring eGov 2.0

Emilio Castrillejo — Mon 01 Sep 2008 09:05:26 +0100
As an old-fashioned eGovernment 1.0 official, I can only thank you for this clear and sound proposal. The approach is brilliant but so simple that I can only hope it will be taken into account for future benchmarkings. I cannot grasp yet how to apply it to my daily work, but I will definitively reflect on it, at least for the coming epractice.eu improvements.

To discuss: trends in electronic invoicing

JuliÃ¡n Inza — Tue 26 Aug 2008 03:32:09 +0100
I have post the following comment elsewere, but probably, can be a discussion initiator in our community.

Future trends in electronic invoicing

JuliÃ¡n Inza — Mon 25 Aug 2008 11:00:00 +0100
About one month ago, it was distributed a draft of the conclusions of the EC electronic invoice experts regarding future regulation needs to push development an

Rate the networking session proposal for ICT 2008 Lyon

Robert Link — Mon 25 Aug 2008 01:43:09 +0100
ICT 2008 in Lyon from 25-27 November 2008 is a must event. See http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/ict/2008/index_en.htm. 214 networking sessions are proposed. Please rate for the event "Governence and eParticipation" and participate! http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf/item-display.cfm?id=621 Shall I see you there?

Announce: Interactive audio/visual hands-on XSLT/XPath training on DVD-ROM

Ken Holman — Sun 24 Aug 2008 11:00:00 +0100
This announcement should be of interest to those organizations working with XML syntax for any kind of application or deployment. Please pass along to any staf

Just to introduce myself

Enrico Ferro — Fri 22 Aug 2008 02:14:00 +0100
Hi, everyone! I have worked as a policy analyst and modeller in the fields of eGov and eInclusion and eHealth for the last six years and I can say policy makers desperately need this type of support. I am happy the Commission finally realized the need to sponsor some research on this topic.

eInclusion as necessity for sustainable development

Maarten Botterman — Wed 20 Aug 2008 11:00:00 +0100
In these dynamic times there are winners and loosers. While technology allows us to support people in many new ways that were never affordable before, we need t

GIS software Community on OSOR.EU

Valayer Clementine — Wed 20 Aug 2008 04:37:25 +0100
The GIS (Geographic Information System) Software Community aims at supporting the development and referencing the open source geospatial software on the OSOR. The OSOR GIS CommunityÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s goal is to promote exchange of software and experience, and to encourage the use and collaborative development of community-led projects. The OSOR welcomes FLOSS projects for Public Administrations to use the forge facilities and/or the registery. The web page of the OSOR GIS community: http://osor.eu/communities The OSOR GIS community evolves: this web page is updated regularly.

New European eParticipation deliverables are now available!

Eleni Panopoulou — Wed 20 Aug 2008 04:15:48 +0100
The European eParticipation project team is glad to announce that 2 new project deliverables are now ready and available on our website: www.european-eparticipation.eu (under the Ã¢â‚¬Å“Publications & DisseminationÃ¢â‚¬Â menu item).

New European eParticipation deliverables are now available!

Eleni Panopoulou — Wed 20 Aug 2008 02:15:48 +0100
The European eParticipation project team is glad to announce that 2 new project deliverables are now ready and available on our website: www.european-eparticipation.eu (under the â€œPublications & Disseminationâ€ menu item). These deliverables are: â€¢ eParticipation good practice cases (D4.2a) â€¢ eParticipation recommendations (D5.1a) For those of you who recently joined the community, please be informed that our project team has launched another batch of deliverables earlier this summer: â€¢ Major factors shaping the development of eParticipation (D1.1a) â€¢ Key actors in the EU in the field of eParticipation (D1.2a) â€¢ Main benefits of the eParticipation developments in the EU (D1.3a) â€¢ Mapping the state of play in eParticipation in the EU (D1.4a) â€¢ First post-workshop report (D3.1b) â€¢ Framework for eParticipation good practice (D4.1a) â€¢ First newsletter (D6.3a) These deliverables are also available on our website. We expect that all aforementioned deliverables will be updated within the next months and that the second version will follow around November 2008. The second version will take into account the comments by the EC and the projectâ€™s Peer Review Group as well as a lot of intervening work conducted until then. Therefore, we welcome comments and suggestions from anyone that is interested in participating in this process.

about reusability

Sandra Lotti — Thu 14 Aug 2008 01:55:41 +0100
The idea is highly interesting and I wondered wether it could be reused in asituation where different local authorities are involved, to help the creation of a regional system. It would be useful to have the list of indicators and scoring methodology

Project EFFICIENT: A software toolset for modelling e-transaction requirements and training

Don Martin — Thu 14 Aug 2008 11:06:38 +0100
Dear ICT for Governance Forum, Our public research center has just recently completed an R&D project and I am hoping that the members of this group could give me some feed back as to the usefulness of our software toolset in the development of eGov projects. Any comments (good or bad) are welcome. We have created a visual toolset for the planning, design and animation of electronic messages between multiple partners.

Project EFFICIENT: A toolset for developing e-transaction requirements and training

Don Martin — Thu 14 Aug 2008 10:59:14 +0100
Dear OSS for eGov Forum, Our public research center has just recently completed an R&D project and I am hoping that the members of this group could give me some feed back as to the usefulness of our software toolset in the development of eProcurement projects. Any comments (good or bad) are welcome. We have created a visual toolset for the planning, design and animation of electronic messages between multiple business partners.

User Expectations of Government start outside Government

Andy Mulholland — Tue 12 Aug 2008 11:00:00 +0100
The debate on what and how Government, at all levels, should internally adopt, and externally implement 'online' or 'Web 2.0' solutions is, i fear, to much inte

An interesting report of the workshop - exciting research themes with technological focus - join discussions

Robert Link — Tue 12 Aug 2008 12:26:15 +0100
Let me try to start with a first comment. In my opinion those themes are very exciting and challenging. Already the report of the workshop (see URL in the introduction of the communtiy from Maria) shows a wide range of research questions which call for a wide range of experts. Besides technology experts I would expect also sociologists, linguistic experts, psychologists, marketing experts and experts in political science joining these discussions and bringing in their methods. From the technology aspect, I would like to encourage datawarehouse, datamining companies to contribute.

http://www.demo-net.org with more information on eParticipation research and practice

Scherer Sabrina — Fri 08 Aug 2008 04:36:34 +0100
Throughout its activities DEMO_net has produced a number of results and has collected wide knowledge on eParticipation research and practice. On the DEMO_net website (http://www.demo-net.org) you can now find general information and more details about: * eParticipation projects: Information on projects of eParticipation research and practice is provided. * Research papers & reports: DEMO_net has produced a number of scientific and technical deliverables and scientific publications.

http://www.demo-net.org with more information on eParticipation

Scherer Sabrina — Fri 08 Aug 2008 02:36:34 +0100
Throughout its activities DEMO_net has produced a number of results and has collected wide knowledge on eParticipation research and practice. On the DEMO_net website (http://www.demo-net.org) you can now find general information and more details about: * eParticipation projects: Information on projects of eParticipation research and practice is provided. * Research papers & reports: DEMO_net has produced a number of scientific and technical deliverables and scientific publications. Also, DEMO-net booklets have been issued on specific topics which are targeted towards practice. * eParticipation areas: DEMO-net differentiates among a number of participation areas. They are briefly described here. * Technologies: Investigations on existing and emerging technologies are described with their potential for eParticipation. * Tools: Tool categories and specific tools are described. Explanations are given on how these can be used for eParticipation. * eParticipation standards: Standards that are used to implement eParticipation applications as e.g. MetaLex. * Methods: Different methods of studying and constructing eParticipation are described. * Glossary: Common definitions of terms that are used in eParticipation contexts are collected. The glossary terms are derived from joint discussion in DEMO-net. You can further contribute to shaping definitions of terms via the DEMO-net Wiki (registration required). * Conferences & workshops: The thematical conferences and workshops organised by DEMO_net are documented. * Links to other resources: Links to other web pages are provided, which may give useful information to the visitors of the DEMO-net knowledge portal. Special corners for researchers and practitioners are coming soon ...

European SME's and international competition

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Thu 07 Aug 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Globalisation is both an opportunity and a threat for Europeâ€™s SMEs, whose capacity to operate on an international level will determine their long-term compet

9th International Conference on Corporate Governance

Antoni Bosch-Pujol — Wed 06 Aug 2008 11:00:00 +0100
MAKING CAPITAL MARKETS WORK THROUGH CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 18 -19 SEPTEMBER 2008 LONDON http://www.wcfcg.net/iccg/index.htm CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES ? Re

ePROBLEMSOLVING and eSOLIDARITY

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Tue 05 Aug 2008 11:00:00 +0100
SOLVIT is an on-line problem solving network in which EU Member States work together to solve without legal proceedings problems caused by the misapplication of

EFFICIENT: A toolset for developing e-transaction requirements and training

Don Martin — Mon 04 Aug 2008 05:57:58 +0100
Dear eProcurement Forum, Our public research center has just recently completed an R&D project and I am hoping that the members of this group could give me some feed back as to the usefulness of our software toolset in the development of eProcurement projects. Any comments (good or bad) are welcome. We have created a visual toolset for the planning, design and animation of electronic messages between multiple business partners.

Wanted: coherent vision about Service Directive and existing pan-European eGov initiatives

Rifka Weehuizen — Mon 04 Aug 2008 03:10:43 +0100
Of interest to this forum is the blog post at another forum, asking for the relationship between the requirements and actions related to the Service Directive on the one hand and the many initiatives for developing a pan-European dimension to eGovernment services on the other hand. See http://www.epractice.eu/community/SDITimpact/blog/92

Wanted: coherent vision about Service Directive and existing pan

Rifka Weehuizen — Mon 04 Aug 2008 01:10:43 +0100
Of interest to this forum is the blog post at another forum, asking for the relationship between the requirements and actions related to the Service Directive on the one hand and the many initiatives for developing a pan-European dimension to eGovernment services on the other hand. See http://www.epractice.eu/community/SDITimpact/blog/92

New ePractice portal platform

Anna Schmitthelm — Sun 03 Aug 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Dear ePractice users, We are currently finalising the new platform for ePractice. In September you will find ePractice based on a powerful new platform. T

ePractice survey closed

Anna Schmitthelm — Thu 31 Jul 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Dear ePractice users, The ePractice survey is now closed. We received a total of 268 answers and want to thank the participation of all of you who have answe

Submission deadline for the European eInclusion Awards 2008

Juan Gonzalez — Thu 31 Jul 2008 11:00:00 +0100
The first ever European eInclusion Awards will celebrate the best and most imaginative uses of ICT to reduce digital and social exclusion. Only a few weeks are

Czech Republic=banana republic

Pavel Stehlik — Wed 30 Jul 2008 10:55:44 +0100
Hi, it sounds terrible, but i live here in CR - people call it BANANA REPUBLIC! These changes will never be applied :( Because each of our ministry is against any change, because the people are too lazy! It's lot of work for them! It doesn't matter which party takes the lead, we need ALL new politicians. It's terrible when you try to communicate with our government :( Mostly you won't receive any response, if you send it electronically. Our policemen have to communicate through personal emails, which are provided by free-mail services - yes they use them for legal investigation. Almost no one of minister read the proposal of new law - the effect is, that there are parts of Agriculture posted in Public transportation law. Here is a lot of bureaucracy ..... But we are proud of our Banana republic.... P.S.

PROCURE project goes on-line...

Murmylo Maciej — Thu 24 Jul 2008 04:29:48 +0100
Dear All, Please let me to report briefly the advancements of PROCURE project. We are pleased to announce that the local e-procurement platforms in test regions are now fully compliant to the local specificities (languages, laws, usages) and technically ready to be deployed. Furthermore, they are connected each other through a logical bus which allows civil servants to publish the tender files on a common European portal. The full deployment is about to start in September and October in the participating regions.

eBusiness , international trade ? , discover FIRMAFRANCE powered by UBIFRANCE

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Wed 23 Jul 2008 11:00:00 +0100
www.firmafrance.com is the Official French exporters B2B directory, powered by Ubifrance and officially endorsed by the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Ind

Call for papers: Key enablers for eTransformation? eID, Interoperability and Open Source

Elina Jokisalo — Mon 21 Jul 2008 11:00:00 +0100
The European Commission's eGovernment Action Plan considers innovations in eIdentification, interoperability and open source software to be eGov key enablers. W

When State works on digital prospective!

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Sun 20 Jul 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Bonjour The following site offers a broad scope of comments showing how our State works for modernization and better digital services. http://www.acteursp

ePractice user survey

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Fri 18 Jul 2008 06:46:09 +0100
Dear experts, ePractice has recently launched a survey to collect your comment and suggestions http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=ePractice&lang=en. I invite you to participate and provide feedbacks that can be useful also to improve the support provided to our eProcurement community

ePractice.eu reaches 100.000 monthly visits

Anna Schmitthelm — Thu 17 Jul 2008 11:00:00 +0100
ePractice.eu reaches 100.000 monthly visits In June 2008 the ePractice.eu portal received over 100.000 visits. Reaching this important milestone proves the g

New community on the IT implementation of the Services Directive

Valayer Clementine — Thu 17 Jul 2008 11:00:00 +0100
The ePractice Community for The Services Directive IT Impact Forum aims at helping all the practitioners in the public sector working on the implementation of t

Free place to attend the Purchasing Card Forum

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Tue 15 Jul 2008 10:56:45 +0100
The organisers of the 3rd annual meeting of the Purchasing Card Forum (London, 23 July 2008) have offered one free pass and another one at a discounted rate to the members of our community. For more information on the topics that will be covered please visit the event page: http://www.epractice.eu/document/4907 Members interested in receiving the free or the discounted passes are invited to send a request to eprocurement@epractice.eu by next 18th July 2008.

ICT 2008 - LYON 25-27 NOV 2008 FRANCE

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Mon 14 Jul 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Researchers, innovators, engineers, policy and business decision-makers in the field of digital technologies - ICT 2008 is for you. Special activities for young

Welsh civil servant sacked for blogging

David Osimo — Mon 14 Jul 2008 04:33:34 +0100
After the civilserf affair in England, another interesting case of problems with civil servants blogging. This time in Wales http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/07/11/dooced-welsh-civil-service-blogger-goes-to-industrial-tribunal-today/ These cases are interesting to start building the framework not only for blogging, but for individual engagement of civil servants in web2.0 initiatives. Any similar case outside the UK?

La "Belgian eGov Community" dÃƒÂ©marre

Christine Mahieu — Fri 11 Jul 2008 04:52:45 +0100
et est suivie par d'autres initiatives similaires, comme au Portugal (http://www.epractice.eu/document/4880).

[Requirements review and questionnaire] PEPPOL transport infrastructure

Mikkel Hippe Brun — Thu 10 Jul 2008 01:44:51 +0100
A questionnaire for collecting requirements and a template for the description of existing eProcurement frameworks has been developed as part of the PEPPOL project (Pan European Public Procurement Online - http://www.peppol.eu). http://peppol.uni-koblenz.de/workpackages/wp8-Solutions%20architecture%2C design and validation/questionnaire The purpose of the questionaire and template is to: > Validate the already identified business requirements.

European eDemocracy Award 2008

R. Rodrigo GarcÃa RodrÃguez — Thu 10 Jul 2008 01:36:03 +0100
THE EUROPEAN e-DEMOCRACY AWARD 2008 The European eDemocracy Award is an annual award honouring the most valuable European eDemocracy initiative amongst 50 selected websites in EU 27 featuring a wide range of eDemocracy tools and content strengthening eParticipation, transparency, representative participatory democracy and citizen participation in the democratic decision-making processes at the European, national or local levels of governance. 50 eDemocracy initiatives and websites across the EU 27 are selected for the European eDemocracy Award 2008 and analyzed according to 2 combined in

i-AFIEL project Final Conference

VÃctor Prieto — Thu 10 Jul 2008 11:46:45 +0100
Dear all, next thusday 17th the final Conference of i-Afiel project will take place in Brussels, I encourage you to attend especially if you are working on eLearning methods or some digital literacy programme, you can find more info here: http://www.epractice.eu/document/4831

i-AFIEL project Final Conference

VÃctor Prieto — Thu 10 Jul 2008 09:46:45 +0100
Dear all, next thusday 17th the final Conference of i-Afiel project will take place in Brussels, I encourage you to attend especially if you are working on eLearning methods or some digital literacy programme, you can find more info here: http://www.epractice.eu/document/4831

Workshop on Administrative Burdens

Wed 09 Jul 2008 05:00:56 +0100
Could anyone inform me about this workshop to be held in Bremen on Administrative Burdens? Who are the organisers? Thank you.

2015-2020 : future developments for the next generation of PoSC

Valayer Clementine — Tue 08 Jul 2008 05:47:48 +0100
What is a Point of Single Contact, and what would be - in the future (2015 - 2020) - future developments for the next generation of PoSC? The page "2015 - 2020 : future developments for the next generation of PoSC" http://www.epractice.eu/community/SDITimpact/guide_page/page3/ provides more information on this subject.

Internet of Things - Internet of the Future

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Mon 07 Jul 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Internet of Things - Internet of the Future Nice, France, 6th & 7th October, 2008 The French European Union Presidency Conference on â€œInternet of Things â€“

Public dreams of a blind ICT user

Per Busch — Sun 06 Jul 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Sometimes dreams become reality, but first they must be dreamed. Hopefully I can find other active eInclusion dreamers in Europe. I am dreaming of a fully a

Update on AnySurfer label in Wallonia

Christophe Strobbe — Fri 04 Jul 2008 02:34:23 +0100
The AnySurfer label was launched in October 2006, to replace the BlindSurfer label, and was adopted by Flanders, the Belgian Federal Government and Wallonia. (The Brussels Capital Region appears to be lagging behind in this respect.) On 13 June, the Region of Wallonia published a new Web strategy document which also contains the objective of acquiring the AnySurfer label. See http://easi.wallonie.be/easi/col_droite_a_la_une_archive_fr/une-nouvelle-strategie-web-pour-la-region-wallonne.html?LANG=fr

Norway: ICT-barriers for the blind and partially sighted

Lothar Fritsch — Thu 03 Jul 2008 11:00:00 +0100
The Norwegian Computing Center (Norsk Regnesentral, http://www.nr.no) has written a report on ICT-barriers for the blind and partially sighted in Norway. The

Eldy dissemination

Leroy Christian — Thu 03 Jul 2008 12:23:12 +0100
I think Eldy is a great open source contribution to help elderly use computers. You mention that Eldy is available in french but the package to download from sourceforge is only localised in english. Do you need contributions to build a french version or is the release available form another channel ? What is particularly interesting is the access to public administration services and to e-health. I am keen on building such experiments in France using the software and your know how on e-health and public services.

Question

Denise Senmartin — Wed 02 Jul 2008 09:34:10 +0100
Do you also help elderly without a computer/without family to explain them basic uses? i.e. informing them where they can go to use a computer/find support?

European eParticipation deliverables are now available!

Eleni Panopoulou — Tue 01 Jul 2008 04:27:25 +0100
The European eParticipation project team is glad to announce that the first project deliverables are now ready and available on our website: www.european-eparticipation.eu. This first batch of deliverables includes the following documents: Ã¢â‚¬Â¢ Major factors shaping the development of eParticipation (D1.1a) Ã¢â‚¬Â¢ Key actors in the EU in the field of eParticipation (D1.2a) Ã¢â‚¬Â¢ Main benefits of the eParticipation developments in the EU (D1.3a) Ã¢â‚¬Â¢ Mapping the state of play in eParticipation in the EU (D1.4a) Ã¢â‚¬Â¢ First post-workshop report (D3.1b) Ã¢â‚¬Â¢ Framework for eParticipation good prac

using the wheel, or reinventing it?

Marian Ion — Mon 30 Jun 2008 01:39:44 +0100
The implementation of the Services Directive (SD) provisions at pan-European level, I found one of the most challenging projects we have faced until now. Luckily me, I am mainly involved only in the IT aspects concerning the SD. But when I look at the entire picture of this Directive, I discover the difficulties behind the implementation of articles 6 - 8 from the SD. And I see: PKI interoperability, application interoperability, eID, documents and processes redesign and standardization, electronic procedures. And a pan-European perspective.

using the wheel, or reinventing it?

Marian Ion — Sun 29 Jun 2008 11:39:44 +0100
The implementation of the Services Directive (SD) provisions at pan-European level, I found one of the most challenging projects we have faced until now. Luckily me, I am mainly involved only in the IT aspects concerning the SD. But when I look at the entire picture of this Directive, I discover the difficulties behind the implementation of articles 6 - 8 from the SD. And I see: PKI interoperability, application interoperability, eID, documents and processes redesign and standardization, electronic procedures. And a pan-European perspective. And the STORK LSP, the PEPPOL LSP, the SD LSP, the EIF, the EBGCA, UBL, and a lot of other projects that I probably know nothing about. Many projects, a lot of work partly already finished, with a lot of similarities, with clear overlapped components, with visible connections but no formal relation between them. After studying the IDABC Work Programme, 5th revision, 2008, I found a lot of useful information, but still no formal relation between the projects. I found no clear way of reusing the information from one project to another, other that a lot of studies necessary for each project. For example, I found no formal relation between Stork LSP, PEPPOL LSP - WP1, SD LSP and the EBGCA. Or, for example, between PEPPOL LSP, UBL, EIF and SD LSP. So â€¦ if anyone can help, I am very interesting in finding ways to relate the Services Directive implementation as well as the SD LSP, to studies and outputs from other related projects developed at pan-European level or inside expertsâ€™ workgroups at EC level. And I am very interested in analyzing a correlated roadmap for these projects, with clear terms and outputs, with visible relations between them.

Thank you

Sun 29 Jun 2008 07:25:03 +0100
Thank you to everyone who helped to organise the event. It was a useful first meeting and the R4 eGov team did a good job Thank you to everyone who took the time to attend and contribute to this event. Also a great opportunity to visit the North East England Region office. Excellent hospitality from Sarah- Jane King (Director of the Office) and her team.

Newsletter + deliverable now available!

Annalisa De Luca — Thu 26 Jun 2008 04:52:13 +0100
The Benchlearning Study Team is glad to announce that the first newsletter and deliverable have now been issued and are available for download!

Newsletter + deliverable now available!

Annalisa De Luca — Thu 26 Jun 2008 02:52:13 +0100
The Benchlearning Study Team is glad to announce that the first newsletter and deliverable have now been issued and are available for download! The newsletter, which can be accessed from the â€œshared resourcesâ€ section of this community, contains a number of interesting articles, including: - an account of the workshop that took place in Rome at the launch of Pilot 1 on the measurement of efficiency and effectiveness among cadastral agencies; - an article by Project Manager Cristiano Codagnone on the proceedings of the lounge event organised by the European Commission for the all the agencies taking part to the benchlearning project; - three articles, one from each of the Study Team members (namely RSO, Capgemini and Gov3), offering a glimpse at the three benchlearning pilots. For those of you interested in more in-depth reading on the development of online public services, the Visionary eGovernment Perspectives document has now been made available for you here! The objective of the document (also accessible from the â€œshared resourcesâ€ section of this community) is to assess the state-of-the-art of impact-oriented eGovernment monitoring literature, taking into account initiatives carried out in advanced national contexts as well as in developing countries that have already started to deal with the issue of measuring eGovernment performance. We will be back soon with new material and initiatives on the community, so stay tuned. â€˜Til thenâ€¦ enjoy the reading!

ENTERPRISE 2.0 BOSTON CONFERENCE JUNE 2008

HENRIOT Marc Pierre — Wed 25 Jun 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Bonjour , for those interested in the evolution of social networks and enterprise 2.0 , do join the very interesting site of the BOSTON's Conference 2.0 h

Can Civil Servants Blog? The UK guidelines

David Osimo — Tue 24 Jun 2008 07:49:35 +0100
The UK government has come out with guidelines oin civil servants blogging http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/iam/codes/social_media/participation.asp See how short and snappy they are!

Identification system

Mon 23 Jun 2008 06:39:53 +0100
From what I read about the STORK pilot it was not clear what system will be used to identify users of the Stork. Will it be MOC , use of a central biometric database, if so who will keep this D.B, will it be 1:1 , 1:N or other? Please let me knoe more about the above.

Frances Buggy, ICING Manager

Frances M. Buggy — Fri 20 Jun 2008 04:45:04 +0100
As part of the ICING ecosystem of projects - it is great to see a case published for SitMobiles implementation in Barcelona, and I look forward to your presentation at our ICING workshop on June 26th 2008

Frances Buggy, ICING Manager

Frances M. Buggy — Fri 20 Jun 2008 03:30:31 +0100
Thanks Joan for outlining the ICING case so well.

Successful meeting of the PEPPOL reference group

Peter Sonntagbauer — Thu 19 Jun 2008 06:15:44 +0100
Dissemination and consensus building is of key importance to the success of the PEPPOL project. The project and its results have to be accepted and well-known by all keys players in the EU. Consequently the project seeks an active dialogue with all countries and stakeholders involved. The project is still open to new participants and a part of the budget is reserved for new entrants.

Special Track: eGovernment and eParticipation at the crossroad: how social software, SOAs and semantic technologies transform the citizen-state interaction

Eleni Panopoulou — Tue 17 Jun 2008 05:03:48 +0100
Third International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM 2008) (sponsored by IEEE) University of East London, London, UK November 13-16, 2008 Special Track: eGovernment and eParticipation at the crossroad: how social software, SOAs and semantic technologies transform the citizen-state interaction Selected papers from this track will be considered for publication in IEEE Intelligent Systems, Special Issue on Transforming E-government and E-participation. For further information about the IEEE IS special issue: http://www.computer.org/portal/site/intelligent/menuitem.924

Special Track: eGovernment and eParticipation at the crossroad:

Eleni Panopoulou — Tue 17 Jun 2008 03:03:48 +0100
Third International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM 2008) (sponsored by IEEE) University of East London, London, UK November 13-16, 2008 Special Track: eGovernment and eParticipation at the crossroad: how social software, SOAs and semantic technologies transform the citizen-state interaction Selected papers from this track will be considered for publication in IEEE Intelligent Systems, Special Issue on Transforming E-government and E-participation. For further information about the IEEE IS special issue: http://www.computer.org/portal/site/intelligent/menuitem.924e0547aef9ed7aa84840898bcd45f3/index.jsp?&pName=intelligent_level1&path=intelligent/content&file=EgovCFP.xml&xsl=generic.xsl Public administrations are considered the heaviest service industry worldwide. However, they are far from satisfying their constituents as they usually operate in an ineffective/inefficient way. EGovernment and eParticipation research aims to refocus the government business to its clients, being citizens and businesses and provide the models, technologies and tools for more effective and efficient public administration systems. This citizen-driven government: a) Provides to its users an electronic, one-stop and personalized access to the maze of public services (MyGov portal) and at the same time substantially improves its internal administrative efficiency and capacity (eGovernment). b) Facilitates and gives voice to the citizens/businesses to participate at the public policy formulation and at the design phase of the service provision while allowing later the evaluation of the implemented public policies and services by the users (eParticipation). Although a great progress can be reported during the last decade there are still important challenges to be addressed. The track aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from different subject areas including enterprise architectures, interoperability, semantic web, semantic web services, social software, and foster discussions about ongoing research and experience in the following indicative areas: - Service Oriented Architectures for public administration - Semantic Web and Semantic Web Service technologies - EGovernment strategies and national programmes - Social software for eParticipation - User generated content for eGovernment and eParticipation - Enterprise Architecture design and implementation in public organizations - Models and ontologies for eGovernment - Personalized and modular one-stop portals - Cross-agency service composition and monitoring - Semantic and organizational interoperability for eGovernment systems - Use of sensors and real-time data for decision systems (e.g. environmental, traffic systems) - Citizens feedback mechanisms - Social tagging for eGovernment/eParticipation - Assessment, evaluation and quality of e-services - Electronic ID, access control, security and trust - Pan-European eGovernment services Track co-Chairs Vassilios Peristeras, National University of Ireland Galway, Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI), Ireland vassilios.peristeras@deri.org Konstantinos Tarabanis, University of Macedonia, Greece kat@uom.gr Track Committee Frank Bannister, Trinity College, Ireland Carlo Batini, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy Peter F Brown, Pensive.eu, Austria William Golden, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland Tomasz Janowski, United Nations University/IIST, Macao, China Liddle Joyce, Nottingham Business School/ICPSM, Nottingham, UK Nikos Loutas, National University of Ireland Galway/DERI, Ireland Massimo Mecella, University of Rome, Italy Matteo Palmonari, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy Theresa A. Pardo, Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany, USA Luis lvarez Sabucedo, University of Vigo, Spain Murray Scott, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland Efthimios Tambouris, CERTH/ITI, Greece Roland Traunmller, University of Linz, Austria Maria Wimmer, University of Koblenz, Germany Paper Submission Papers should be formatted according to the IEEE template. For templates, visit http://www.icdim.org/submission.php Submit the paper electronically to the track chair: vassilios.peristeras@deri.org Important Dates Full Paper - July 01, 2008 Notification of Paper Acceptance/Rejection - August 15, 2008 Camera Ready Paper Due - September 15, 2008 Author Registration - October 01, 2008 Early Bird Attendee registration - October 15, 2008 Conference Dates - November 13-16-2008

Mid term workshop presentations, report and videos

Anna Schmitthelm — Mon 16 Jun 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Browse through the ePractice Mid-term workshop material! Workshop presentations, the workshop report and videos resuming the sessions have been published now!

The European Commission has opened its 2008 Call for Proposals for the eParticipation Preparatory Action.

Sally Taylor — Thu 12 Jun 2008 11:00:00 +0100
The eParticipation Preparatory Action funds projects that aim to demonstrate how using modern ICT tools and applications can make it easier for people to partic

Invitation - Brussels June 25 - Youth and climate change: an experiment in participatory e-democracy

Peuziat Jean-Philippe — Thu 12 Jun 2008 11:47:47 +0100
The Tuscany, Poitou-Charentes and Catalonia Regions & their partners cordially invite you to the launch event of the European project IDEAL-EU which will take place in Brussels on June 25th on the theme: Ã¢â‚¬Å“Youth and climate change: an experiment in participatory e-democracyÃ¢â‚¬Â The event will take place from 3pm at the Tuscany Region Brussels Office (Rond-point Schuman 14) in the presence of Minister Agostino Fragai Tuscany regional Minister for institutional reform and citizensÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ participation & Chairman Guido Sacconi, Chairman of the European Parliament Temporary Committee o

Day on Efficiency and Confidentiality

Antoni Bosch-Pujol — Thu 12 Jun 2008 11:00:31 +0100
Strategies to ensure security and best practice in the use of personal data in the health management . This one-day event will address strategies to ensure security and best practice in the use of personal data in the health management. Its programme includes the following presentations: Main challenges pertaining to the protection of the confidentiality of health data; - Control criteria and mechanisms for the access to health history; - Information processing in health administrations. - Participation to this event is open to all those interested and free-of-charge.

Invitation - Brussels June 25 - Youth and climate change: an exp

Peuziat Jean-Philippe — Thu 12 Jun 2008 09:47:47 +0100
The Tuscany, Poitou-Charentes and Catalonia Regions & their partners cordially invite you to the launch event of the European project IDEAL-EU which will take place in Brussels on June 25th on the theme: â€œYouth and climate change: an experiment in participatory e-democracyâ€ The event will take place from 3pm at the Tuscany Region Brussels Office (Rond-point Schuman 14) in the presence of Minister Agostino Fragai Tuscany regional Minister for institutional reform and citizensâ€™ participation & Chairman Guido Sacconi, Chairman of the European Parliament Temporary Committee on Climate Change R.S.V.P before June 20 at info@brplpc.org More information on the IDEAL-EU initiative and its launch event on www.ideal-eu.net

Day on Efficiency and Confidentiality

Antoni Bosch-Pujol — Thu 12 Jun 2008 09:00:31 +0100
(http://www.gencat.cat/salut/depsan/units/sanitat/html/ca/formacio/doc13002.html) Strategies to ensure security and best practice in the use of personal data in the health management This one-day event will address strategies to ensure security and best practice in the use of personal data in the health management. Its programme includes the following presentations: Main challenges pertaining to the protection of the confidentiality of health data; Control criteria and mechanisms for the access to health history; Information processing in health administrations. Participation to this event is open to all those interested and free-of-charge. Registration can be performed

Thoughts on Australia 2020 - a broadbased consultation process

Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen — Wed 11 Jun 2008 05:39:19 +0100
Short description and thoughs on Australia 2020 and the consultation process in relation to eParticipation availble on PEP-NET (http://pep-net.eu/wordpress). The Australia 2020 Summit is an interesting broadbased initiative to consult the Australian public, strengthen the participatory process and outcome announced by Kevin Rudd (Australian Prime Minister) in February 2008 to help shape a long term strategy for the nationÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s future Ã¢â‚¬â€œ to ensure long-term commitment and responses beyond the electoral cycle.

challenging!

Dekelver Jan — Wed 11 Jun 2008 07:59:17 +0100
This seems to be a very challenging project. (http://www.epractice.eu/cases/codict) I am particularly interested in your approach for people with cognitive disabilities. Written communication is not obvious as reading skills are often limited. We are ourselves developing accessibility guidelines for this target group, as a part of a bigger project that provides accessibility labels to Belgian websites. The issues you will bring to the discussion might be of interest to us as well.

ICT skills of people with intellectual disabilities

Dekelver Jan — Tue 10 Jun 2008 10:26:56 +0100
People with intellectual disabilities like to surf the internet, send mails, chat,.... as much as we all do. They enjoy being part of our society. Their own intellectual disability is not the only barrier they have to overcome. They need to get passed inaccessible websites and complex interfaces. Even if they can read a little, the language used on websites is far to difficult. There is a lot to be done to make the internet e-inclusive for them! And what can they do themselves? They can get skilled!

ICT skills of people with intellectual disabilities

Dekelver Jan — Tue 10 Jun 2008 08:26:56 +0100
People with intellectual disabilities like to surf the internet, send mails, chat,.... as much as we all do. They enjoy being part of our society. Their own intellectual disability is not the only barrier they have to overcome. They need to get passed inaccessible websites and complex interfaces. Even if they can read a little, the language used on websites is far to difficult. There is a lot to be done to make the internet e-inclusive for them! And what can they do themselves? They can get skilled! The EasyICT project (www.easyICT.eu) is setting up a framework to assess basic ICT skills, especially aiming at people with intellectual disabilities. Only basis skills like: starting up a computer; using the mouse; starting the browser and using links; the basics of e-mail.... are tested. Based on the results, tutors can made a personal development plan to get the skills to the next level. The first release of the test environment will be made available in English, Polish, Dutch, Italian and German. If other parties are interested in joining, this would be a good time to come forward. Based on possible interest, we will be in touch in the fall and see how we can work together. We are also interested in any good example of online content that is accessible for this target group. This content can be used as attractive learning material to develop skills. This community has been very silent so far. Let's get some life into it ;-)

European eParticipation newsletter sent out

Eleni Panopoulou — Mon 09 Jun 2008 12:52:21 +0100
The first project newsletter has been sent out to all interested parties. The newsletter includes details on projectÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s progress and results over the previous five months and since project launch. If you did not receive our newsletter, you may view it or download it at our website - http://195.251.218.37/eP//index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=48&&Itemid=82.

NOW AVAILABLE - Report on eParticipation workshop held on 16 May 2008, Brussels (BE)

Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen — Mon 09 Jun 2008 11:27:08 +0100
The draft report from the first eParticipation Study workshop Ã¢â‚¬Å“eParticipation in Europe: current state and potentialÃ¢â‚¬Â on 16 May 2008 in Brussels (BE) is now available on www.european-eparticipation.eu (under workshop 1), together with the agenda, presentations and list of participants. See also blog dated 26 May 2008 on the workshop. The summaries of the presentations included in the workshop report are not meant to give the full details of the presentation - these are available on the website - the report does however include a summary of the discussion on various presentations.

Successful eParticipation workshop held on 16 May 2008, Brussels

Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen — Mon 09 Jun 2008 09:27:08 +0100
The draft report from the first eParticipation Study workshop â€œeParticipation in Europe: current state and potentialâ€ on 16 May 2008 in Brussels (BE) is now available on www.european-eparticipation.eu (under workshop 1), together with the agenda, presentations and list of participants. See also blog dated 26 May 2008 on the workshop. The summaries of the presentations included in the workshop report are not meant to give the full details of the presentation - these are available on the website - the report does however include a summary of the discussion on various presentations. Please keep an eye on the website www.european-eparticipation.eu as a lot of new reports will shortly be published on our latest research on eParticipation. Also, do not forget PEP-NET website and blogs on www.pep-net.eu in which you may want to participate.

infomerciais

Alcino PINHEIRO — Fri 06 Jun 2008 02:54:00 +0100
They coply on stree QUIOSQUEs ,can be seen usually on any Portuguese major town. Our proposal its to offer full touchscreen digital services together with other multiservices to the general public on a esyway public priivate serve plus vending. can see in Portuguese at http://infomerciais.blogspot.com

A new call for papers open: High Impact Services

Elina Jokisalo — Thu 05 Jun 2008 11:00:00 +0100
European Journal of ePractice invites contributions in the area of High Impact Services for eGovernment, eInclusion and eHealth. We are looking for articles and

PEP-NET gains momentum

Feil Bengt — Wed 04 Jun 2008 06:18:35 +0100
Only four weeks into the project PEP-NET starts to be visible on the web and attracts many interested parties. A number of well established blogs wrote about the project and gave very positve feedback concerning the idea and the proposed methodology. The project weblog (www.pep-net.eu) itself already contains a number of insightful articles concerning the field of eParticipation and the web in general.

eParticipation analytical framework

Simon Smith — Wed 04 Jun 2008 05:04:05 +0100
I've uploaded a working paper to the Shared Resources section of this community. It's an analytical framework which we have drafted for the European eParticipation study (http://www.european-eparticipation.eu). We want to develop a suitable analytical framework for eParticipation to be used for mapping the state of play, case study identification and evaluation, and developing recommendations about how to achieve enhanced public participation, better legislation and better decision-making. It is work in progress, to be revised later in 2008.

PEP-NET gains momentum

Feil Bengt — Wed 04 Jun 2008 04:18:35 +0100
Only four weeks into the project PEP-NET starts to be visible on the web and attracts many interested parties. A number of well established blogs wrote about the project and gave very positve feedback concerning the idea and the proposed methodology. The project weblog (www.pep-net.eu) itself already contains a number of insightful articles concerning the field of eParticipation and the web in general. PEP-NET is present for example on Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed and of course epractice.eu. Additionally almost a dozent organization have contacted the PEP-NET co-ordinator and want to get involved in the networks activities.

Mr Chris Morris

Wed 04 Jun 2008 11:22:09 +0100
We are implementing telemedicine in South Africa where we experience issues relating to power, backbone connectivity, licensing regulations, skills and capacity but despite these many challenges probably the single most underestimated area is that of change management. Our research has learned the importance of understanding the chain of command from clinic sister, district and hospital administrator, doctor to specialist. Any lack of support or resources in any part of this chain results in a blockage and resistance to change. The main challenge is not one of infrastructure but rather change management of people and their behaviour. Having the correct skills and resources to implement telemedicine will be seen as making their jobs easier and not as an extra burden.

A Unique Network Project In Turkish Judicial System

Wed 04 Jun 2008 09:35:21 +0100
Congratulations Ali Riza! From your article I understand that in Turkey, The Ministry of Justice has prepared a National Judicial Information System and put it into effect. UYAP, a central judiciary network system, it is to ensure fast, reliable, and accurate information in jurisdiction. The system circulates a very large-scale data among the Courts and most Judicial institutions, such as prisons, forensic medicine units, The Offices of Public Prosecutors, Law Enforcement Offices, the Central Organisation of the Ministry of Justice etc. Not only all these units, but also judges and public prosecutors, with no exception, are already equipped with computers and given access to all the legislations, the decisions of the Supreme Court and lawsuits. As far as I know, after Singapore Turkey is the second country in the word, which has achieved a unique system in this area. Because, according to the last statistics, the number of users has exceeded 43.000 per day. This proportion is expected to be a hundred percent in a couple of year. Civil, criminal, administrative courts and even Supreme Court are already involved in this system. It enables users to make all their judicial transactions and thanks to some special software, they also can use the system from their house. I am very sure that UYAP is going to be a perfect model for most countries.

Optimizing e-procurement participation levels

van den Heuvel Sjors — Mon 02 Jun 2008 05:28:21 +0100
Currently I am completing my master thesis at the VU University in Amsterdam the Netherlands and I am asking for your cooperation. The subject of my thesis is the adoption of e-procurement. My theory is that trust and system effectiveness are the two major contributors of e-procurment usage. In order to substantiate these theories I am asking for your participation in a short survey (max. 10 minutes).

OSOR.eu day at LinuxTag

Ismael Olea — Wed 28 May 2008 07:16:12 +0100
Tomorrow would be an almost 100% day for the Open Source Observatory and Repository at the great LinuxTag. At least, it'll be for me! I'll had the pleasure of present the OSOR.eu project at Berlin Room 1, on Thursday at 10:00. If you want to discuss synergies between you OSS project and OSOR.eu I'd love to meet you. Later our friends of the City of Munich will present their WollMux project, one of the very first projects to enrole to OSOR.eu: Europa Room 1, at 15:00. At the exhibit area you could meet several projects being involved in this great initiative.

PEP-NET Workshop 21-22 May, Hamburg (DE): Blogs posted on workshop

Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen — Wed 28 May 2008 12:15:15 +0100
Following the PEP-NET Workshop 21-22 May in Hamburg (DE) a number of blogs have been posted on the website in relation to vision, expectations, advantages etc of different partners/stakeholders - including a specific blog from the vantage point of the scientists and researchers present. See http://pep-net.eu/wordpress for details.

Alliance with Users reports

Anna Schmitthelm — Mon 26 May 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Reports on the different sessions on â€œAlliance with Usersâ€ held during the eGovernment Conference on the 11th of February in Slovenia have now been publishe

Presentation of the ePractice portal

George Kolomvos — Mon 26 May 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Wednesday 28th of May, a presentation of the ePractice portal will take place in Athens in the framework of the 3rd Free/Libre/Open Source Forum. The scope o

Successful eParticipation workshop held on 16 May 2008, Brussels (BE)

Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen — Mon 26 May 2008 05:55:25 +0100
The first eParticipation Study workshop Ã¢â‚¬Å“eParticipation in Europe: current state and potentialÃ¢â‚¬Â was successfully completed on 16 May 2008 in Brussels (BE). The workshop was hosted by the European Commission DG INFSO and was attended by 26 stakeholders plus six members of the project consortium and three representatives from DG INFSOÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Unit for eGovernment and CIP Operations.

If you cannot wait for 2009...

JÃ©rÃ´me Combaz — Fri 23 May 2008 01:02:32 +0100
"Microsoft has announced that more formats will be supported by Microsoft Office 2007 in 2009" ...you can download OpenOffice today for free : http://www.openoffice.org :)

eParticipation Preparatory Action Call for Proposals and Work Programme 2008

Ferran Cabrer i Vilagut — Thu 22 May 2008 10:07:05 +0100
The third call for proposals for the eParticipation Preparatory Action is open in June (draft of the call in May) and close in 29th August (to be confirmed).

Establishing Public Procurement Networks

Michael Palmer — Thu 22 May 2008 07:50:13 +0100
In December 2007, the European Commission presented a "Lead Market Initiative for Europe". The Lead Market approach aims to stimulate the demand for innovative products in services in Europe, in particular through regulation, standards and public procurement. eHealth has been chosen as one of six potential lead markets upon which to apply this approach.

Let's start sharing doubts and failures too

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Thu 22 May 2008 01:35:13 +0100
As a facilitator of the eProcurement Forum, I am continuously in contact with experts that are willing to promote their successful eProcurement systems, by creating cases in the repository or presenting them at various events. We have already collected a relevant number of these cases in the repository. The point is that, for each single success, I am sure we could find a number of failures or less successful stories that could be worthwhile collect and share as well, for a number of reasons.

eInclusion

Gilda De Marco — Wed 21 May 2008 11:00:00 +0100
I am interested in project in eInclusion area. I would like to knon if somebody has a project idea to partecipate ICT-PSP call.

Let's start sharing failures and doubts too

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Wed 21 May 2008 11:00:00 +0100
As a facilitator of the eProcurement Forum, I am continuously in contact with experts that are willing to promote their successful eProcurement systems, by cr

epractice.eu success measurements

Gilles Moutet — Tue 20 May 2008 11:00:00 +0100
As discussed with Emilio, it seems that one measurement of epractice.eu can be the number of visits to cases after 6 months. We measure not only the number of s

ePractice Internet Statistics

Antoni Riu — Tue 20 May 2008 05:45:24 +0100
I was unable to reply to a participant who asked about the portal's Internet statitics. Enclosed is a glipse about key indicators. - Number of visits: 67451 (March'08); 86.049 (April'08) - Number of unique visitors: 31.089 (March'08); 37.494 (April'08) - Number of page views: 2.459.447 (March'08); 2.954.392 (April'08) - Average visit length in seconds: 566 sec (March'08); 560 sec (April'08) Toni

Success stories?

Emilio Castrillejo — Mon 19 May 2008 06:07:34 +0100
As discussed during the workshop, success stories could really show the utility of epractice. Example of what could be a success story: a project manager gets inspiration in a case at epractice, gets in contact with the case owner and applies it to a new project Do you happen to know any of those? Please tell us or post a comment here!

PEP-NET: New eParticipation network

Rolf Luehrs — Mon 19 May 2008 02:28:24 +0100
PEP-NET will be a European network of all stakeholders active in the field of eParticipation. PEP-NET therefore already includes public bodies, solution providers and citizen organizations as well as researchers and scientists. The network is open to all organizations willing and actively trying to advance the idea and use of eParticipation in Europe. PEP-NET has been funded by the European Commission as thematic network.

?t's a great study

murat turan — Fri 16 May 2008 07:24:47 +0100
?t's a great study for e-justice. I believe that UYAP will become model to the world about e-justice.

Achieving Collaborative Outcomes in the Public Sector

Russ LeFevre — Tue 13 May 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Download and view the White Paper: http://download.sap.com/download.epd?context=86D962B99724692542623DBFCBC3537C5D4664AF654EF825B625DEF7E3BA8B587BCEA04B29890321

eTendering platforms: Colonising ground - Chance of convergence?

Desmond Radford — Tue 13 May 2008 09:54:56 +0100
This is a duplicate of a comment I made on Tim Williams' post "Irish Government's eTenders Portal" under "Cases". It was suggested to me that I should best also bring it up in the eProcurement Forum Blog. Thus: Here goes. It is good to see that Scotland, Ireland and Norway establish a common platform (based on the business-activities of a provider). That, I presume, is now the Anglo-Saxon (plus Nordic??) best practice example.

Can civil servants blog? some guidelines from NZ

David Osimo — Mon 12 May 2008 07:02:54 +0100
There's been a lot of discussion on if and how civil servants could blog, in particular following the CivilSerf episode in the UK. As often, New Zealand is the at the forefront, in this case in developing guidelines for civil servants blogging. Among their guidelines: # Be yourself # Respect your colleagues and audience # Be accurate # Converse and give feedback # Priority of regular work commitments Here you can find them. http://blog.e.govt.nz/index.php/2008/03/13/staff-contribution-guidelines-for-in-development-creative-commons-style/ We can discuss this in the public services 2

Can civil servants blog? some guidelines from NZ

David Osimo — Mon 12 May 2008 05:02:54 +0100
There's been a lot of discussion on if and how civil servants could blog, in particular following the CivilSerf episode in the UK. As often, New Zealand is the at the forefront, in this case in developing guidelines for civil servants blogging. Among their guidelines: # Be yourself # Respect your colleagues and audience # Be accurate # Converse and give feedback # Priority of regular work commitments Here you can find them. http://blog.e.govt.nz/index.php/2008/03/13/staff-contribution-guidelines-for-in-development-creative-commons-style/

Call for expert extension

Alain DECHAMPS — Thu 08 May 2008 11:00:00 +0100
The call for experts in the field of the Workshop 'Business Interoperability Interfaces on Public procurement in Europe' (CEN/ISSS/WS/BII) has been extended.

eProcurement Workshop Budapest

KÃ©tszeri LÃ¡szlÃ³ — Thu 08 May 2008 11:54:54 +0100
The report on the electronic public procurement workshop held in Budapest Hungary march is now awailable at the workshop page: http://www.epractice.eu/workshop/eprochungary.

intro

paul canning — Wed 07 May 2008 11:37:33 +0100
Hi been introduced to this network via David and previously Alex Stobart. I blog here > paulcanning.me.uk Work in UK local government and have fifteen years as a webbie, for my pains ... wide and varied interests including usability, stats, marketing -- see the blog! I'm also in the team setting up a new UK eGov webbies organisation - which is really needed - that will cover Public Sector and be independent of government. It will also stretch out of government to include consultants, academics etc. This should really come alive from June.

three interesting initiatives

Tiago Peixoto — Wed 07 May 2008 05:04:49 +0100
Three initiatives that I think are very interesting: 1) SIMI (Innovation System of Minas Gerais State, Brazil) A social network website where users can create their profile, engage in online discussions and share files. It is a state government initiative, which aims at raising interaction among entrepreneurs, scientists and government officials who innovate or perform innovation related activities.

Using common tags: ps20

David Osimo — Wed 07 May 2008 04:19:10 +0100
As suggested on the common blog: Please let's start adding the tag PS20 on any ePractice contribution which relates to web 2.0 in public services. Thanks david

Request a free pass to attend the Purchase to Pay event

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Wed 07 May 2008 11:26:29 +0100
Dear members, the Purchase to Pay week event (http://www.epractice.eu/document/4648) will take place on 16-18 June in Brussels.

eProcurement Workshop in Budapest

KÃ©tszeri LÃ¡szlÃ³ — Tue 06 May 2008 11:00:00 +0100
The final report on the workshop held in Hungary March on electronic public procurement is now available at the workshop page: http://www.epractice.eu/workshop/

Blogs and tags and clouds and flakes.

paul canning — Mon 05 May 2008 11:00:00 +0100
I've just joined this community and ... glad to be here, but ... it would be much easier if I could tag my existing blog content, as I do for BarcampUKGovweb

open/restricted?

Emilio Castrillejo — Mon 05 May 2008 03:22:41 +0100
I think we should make the contents of this community available to everybody. I do not see any problem to show here that we are working to improve epractice and that we are facing sometimes problems that we struggle to handle. However, I agree that it should be a per-invitation-only community, so to join only real facilitators. On the other hand, I wouldn't mind to receive comments from normal members at the blog. The collective brain could help more than just a few facilitators trying to find their way alone.

Procure project partners met to share experience and discuss trans-european e-procurement stakes

Julien Carnot — Fri 02 May 2008 11:08:55 +0100
As you may know, the Procure project (http://www.epractice.eu/cases/eTENPROCURE , http://www.eten-procure.com), funded in the eTEN programme, aims at enabling electronic bids for public procurement procedure through safe and intuitive web services for SMEs, across 5 pilot regions in the EU. On the 17th and 18th of April, all the partners of the project have met in Dijon (France) for two intensive days of work and sharing of experience.

eParticipation workshop, 16 May 2008, Brussels (BE)

Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen — Wed 30 Apr 2008 05:21:08 +0100
As you know, the European eParticipation study for the European Commission is examining the state of play of eParticipation across Europe, its main benefits and key actors, as well as good practice issues. In this connection we are holding our first workshop on 16 May 2008, from 9:30 to 16:00CET in Brussels (BE).

Colonising ground

Desmond Radford — Wed 30 Apr 2008 01:12:40 +0100
It is good to see that Scotland, Ireland and Norway establish a common platform (based on the business-activities of a provider). That, I presume, is now the Anglo-Saxon (plus Nordic??) best practice example. The Basque Governments eProcurement initiative, available free of charge to like-minded authorities, could become the benchmark for at least the Hispanic region and the German provider's solution for the procurement in German ministries and also the European Central Bank could be yet another desirable platform. And there are more good initiatives out there. It should be very interesting to see whether (and how) they converge on a common user-interface for the international bidders.

100 projects on social computing (web2.0) in public services -

David Osimo — Wed 30 Apr 2008 11:58:24 +0100
We just published in the community "Social computing for public services 2.0" a database of more than 100 cases of social computing public services. See http://www.epractice.eu/community/pubserv20/view_resources/thefirst100casescollectedbytheproject It is a work in progress within the IPTS research project, now for validation and by definition never fully complete. The authors (TNO) use this list to identify the key areas of impact of social computing on public services. We would like now to ASK FOR FEEDBACK AND INPUT of the ePractice community. Please reply to this post, or to the resource above indicated. - Which cases are missing (name, website, description)? - Are the existing cases important and relevant? Also, in case you post projects/information on ePractice which are relevant for social computing and web 2.0, please use the tag "PS20" Thank you for your help and cooperation.

Interesting website, but accessibility issues

Julien Carnot — Wed 30 Apr 2008 12:18:18 +0100
It is a shame that the website - which does address a real need - was not designed to serve all tax-payers, including those with disabilities: turn images off, you don't know what it's about... Open it in a text-mode browser, you can't browse or use it... It seems that all French administrations are not yet aware that the General referential of accessibility for Administrations is published ( http://rgaa.dgme.fr/ ), and that its pragmatic guidelines give interesting advice to fulfill the legal requirement for an administration web service to be accessible to all (art 47 of French law 2005-102)... Edit: Sorry, I didn't make it clear that this comment was referring to the French tax declaration portal and not to epractice.eu, which is in my view a great example of modern and quality web design, even if it can still improve its accessibility. Congrats to all your team for this great resource!

wrong information in eGovernment Factsheet - Slovakia - History

Zuzana Pargacova — Mon 28 Apr 2008 07:45:20 +0100
Wrong information appear in this section. There is information about Austria not Slovakia. Please retrieve this error. Thank you. Zuzana Pargacova, Ministry of Finance of Slovak Republic

New MA in e-Inclusion (London)

Chris Abbott — Sun 27 Apr 2008 11:00:00 +0100
I am the Programme Director of the new MA in e-Inclusion (focussing mainly on disability, learning and technology) - a flexibly-taught and partly online higher

WIKICRIME: the web 2.0 fighting crime

Tiago Peixoto — Thu 24 Apr 2008 06:55:04 +0100
Victims of crime in Brazil and around the world can now log on to Wikicrimes and pinpoint the exact location where a crime was committed, as well as describing the nature and circumstances of the crime. Created by a Brazilian professor, Vasco Furtado, one of the drivers behind this initiative is the fact that crime data is often not accessible for the general public, and when it is, it may not be easy to understand, a phenomenon that is also identifiable in most EU member states. This is an outstanding example of how user generated content can serve as a resource to empower citizens by informing them and giving victims a voice. Such a tool could also be useful to public security forces, considering the problematic fact that many crimes are not reported to the police. For instance, European data studies support that, in average, only HALF OF THE CRIMES in Europeâ€™s capitals are reported to the police, and even less when it comes to violent crimes . One might hypothesize that if people do not report crimes to the police they will not report them on the internet. However, among other factors such as a reduced sense of fear or shame, the transactional costs (e.g. walking to a police station) of using the internet are, obviously, much lower. However, Wikicrimes clearly states that it is not linked to any public security institution, highlighting the fact that â€œregistering a criminal occurrence in WikiCrimes does not exempt the citizen from registering it with the suitable security institution.â€ A quick visit to the website shows that citizens from Europe and the United Sates (and even from Irak!) are gradually beginning to use Wikicrimes. References: wikicrimes: http://www.wikicrimes.org/ BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7347101.stm paper on European International Crime Survey: http://www.europeansafetyobservatory.eu/doc/Crime%20and%20Security%20in%20European%20Capitals.pdf

Federal Computing Center: Annual event 5th of June 2008 will foc

Peter Sonntagbauer — Thu 24 Apr 2008 09:53:15 +0100
The Austrian Federal Computing Centre, the leading IT-service provider of the public administration, will focus on European topics this year. Date and place: Thursday 5 June 2008, starting at 13.30 Palladium Wien, Donau-City-StraÃŸe 15, 1220 Vienna, Austria For registration send an e-mail to: event08@brz.gv.at Austrian and European clients, partners and keynote speakers will present their projects and discuss E-Government and its technological backbone. Approx. 400 guests from political institutions, public administration management and the IT-sector as well as representatives from Austrian and European IT organisations, scientists and researchers, media representatives and opinion leaders are expected to participate in the event. Topics: - Pan-European Collaboration â€žPEPPOL" (Pan European Public Procurement OnLine) as an example - The EU Service Directive in the internal market â€“ Efficient cross-organisational and cross-national E-Government - E-ID â€“ There is no security witout continuous identification! Portals â€“ How many portals does public administration need? - Networking of the â€žEuropean Alliance of Government IT-Service Providersâ€ The detailed program has been downloaded to shared documents

eParticipation Information Day, 20th May, Brussels

Sally Taylor — Tue 22 Apr 2008 11:00:00 +0100
The Commission has announced that it will be holding an Information Day on the 2008 eParticipation Preparatory Action Call for Proposals. It will take place in

Consultation on FP7 "ICT for governance"

David Osimo — Fri 18 Apr 2008 01:10:27 +0100
I wanted to post this in the community but it's not possible, so I blog it. The forthcoming consultation on FP7, focussing on issues such as visualization and mass collaboration, is VERY relevant to our discussion on social computing. See http://www.epractice.eu/blog/163

Coming soon on this community

David Osimo — Fri 18 Apr 2008 12:42:58 +0100
Dear members of the Public Services 2.0 community, the next month will be quite active on this community so I would like you to "get prepared" because we look for your feedback and input. First, our partner TNO has collected and analyzed about 100 CASES of social computing in public service.

Research Project EFFICIENT: a software toolset for the modelling and animation of e-transactions

Don Martin — Thu 17 Apr 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Dear ePractice members, While I know that this Blog is intended for the discussion of e-commerce adoption issues I thought I might post a note concerning a p

Useful WEST

Wed 16 Apr 2008 05:31:44 +0100
I think WEST is an essential service for whoever operate in the Territorial Strategic Planning as me, such as in regional contexts and universities. WEST, in fact, it is both a profit tool to retrieve information around the European policies (environment, welfare, social inclusion, knowledge etc.), as to be updated on EU grants and National financings.

FIRST QUESTION: What decisions must be made to ensure effective management and use of IT?

Antoni Bosch-Pujol — Wed 16 Apr 2008 04:15:32 +0100
This is the first question. We have three models. ISACA-ITGI CISR (MIT Sloan School of Management) ISO 29382 (Fast track AS 8015)

ANNOUNCEMENT ON FP7 'ICT for governance and policy modelling'

Maria Geronymaki — Tue 15 Apr 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Are you interested in policy modelling, opinion visualisation, mass collaborative platforms, large-scale societal simulations? A consultation meeting is bein

Participatory E-Government

Carl-Markus Piswanger — Mon 14 Apr 2008 04:56:16 +0100
The Austrian Federal Computing Centre has developed in 2005 a program concerning eParticipation, eVoting and other related topics called "Participatory E-Government". Since then 5 external and 2 internal projects have taken place. http://www.epractice.eu/cases/PartEGov www.coe.int/t/e/integrated_projects/democracy/EDemocracy/Presentation_Piswanger.ppt www.digitales.oesterreich.gv.at/DocView.axd?CobId=22287

SIXTH QUESTION: How will these decisons be monitorized and controlled?

Antoni Bosch-Pujol — Mon 14 Apr 2008 12:59:55 +0100
ISO 29382 COBIT ITIL ISO 20000 CMM Balanced Scorecard

FIFTH QUESTION: When will these decisions be made?

Antoni Bosch-Pujol — Mon 14 Apr 2008 12:57:18 +0100
Is this equation true? More Data = More Information

FOURTH QUESTION: How will these decisions be made?

Antoni Bosch-Pujol — Mon 14 Apr 2008 12:51:59 +0100
Again the three models MIT Model: Top-Down ISACA-ITGI Model: Bottom-up ISO IEC 29382: New PDCA model (Plan-Do-Check-Act)? EDM (Evalue, Direct, Monitor)

THIRD QUESTION: Who provide input to these decisions?

Antoni Bosch-Pujol — Mon 14 Apr 2008 12:47:42 +0100
CIO, CDPO, Owner, RACI Matrix

SECOND QUESTION: .Who should make these decisisions?

Antoni Bosch-Pujol — Mon 14 Apr 2008 12:45:07 +0100
CEO, CIO,Board of Directors, CFO, CxO, ...

FIFTH QUESTION: When will these decisions be made?

Antoni Bosch-Pujol — Mon 14 Apr 2008 10:57:18 +0100
Is this equation true? More Data = More Information

Finnish National Plan for Implementing On-Line Health Care Services

Ruslan David — Sat 12 Apr 2008 11:31:01 +0100
The recently completed report is part of the SAINI project (interactive electronic services for citizens) coordinated by the Finnish Innovation Fund (Sitra) and involving the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela), the National Public Health Institute, the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities, the Finnish Centre for Health Promotion (Tekry) and other operators, companies and financing institutions in health care and information and communications industries. "There is an obvious demand for electronic health care services.

Making Wikipedia fully accessible for all

Per Busch — Fri 11 Apr 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Wikipedia is an important part of the information society and thereby also important for e-learning/e-participation/e-inclusion. Wikis are excellent platforms f

Finnish National Plan for Implementing On-Line Health Care Services

Ruslan David — Fri 11 Apr 2008 11:00:00 +0100
The recently completed report is part of the SAINI project (interactive electronic services for citizens) coordinated by the Finnish Innovation Fund (Sitra) and

The Research Network "ELectronic Democracy" (DEL)

Wojcik Stephanie — Fri 11 Apr 2008 07:18:24 +0100
Created in 2002, the research network entitled "Electronic Democracy"(DEL) (http://www.certop.fr/DEL) is composed of researchers who, whatever their status or their field of research, devote their work, either in full or part to the study of the various aspects of e-democracy. In a general sense, it includes phenomena relating, for example, to e-participation, e-voting, e-debates or the use of the Internet by politicians, political parties or social movements, at local, national, regional or international level.

attend Independent living session if possible

Nikolaos Floratos — Thu 10 Apr 2008 03:30:09 +0100
I would like to attend the Independent living session

HEALTH OPTIMUM at AER eHEALTH meeting

Thu 10 Apr 2008 09:50:48 +0100
The HEALTH OPTIMUM Project attends the AER eHealth meeting, taking place in Wien (A) on 11 April 2008, as best practice for Regione Veneto strategy. More info at: http://www.a-e-r.org/events/health-social-affairs-committee/2008/ehealth-meeting.html

Bridging the Digital Divide in Rural Communities: Practical Solutions and Policies

Andreas Koskeris — Wed 09 Apr 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Bridging the Digital Divide in Rural Communities: Practical Solutions and Policies A conference organised in Athens, Greece, on 15th - 16th May 2008 ONLI

The eGovernment City's Forum

Mark Hol — Wed 09 Apr 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Hello, I would like to make a little sales pitch for The eGovernment Cityâ€™s Forum, an ePractice community which you can find on this website. As facilitator,

Which one is the place for eParticipation and eDemocracy? Possible conflict of interests between communities.

Pedro Prieto-Martín — Tue 08 Apr 2008 04:35:44 +0100
Hi Mark, it seems the topic of this community has a lot in common with the "eParticipation and eDemocracy Network" community. Is there any way that you reformulate or specify more strictly the community's topic, so that both communities share their interests without conflict? I'd say this community could concentrate on aspects of eDemocracy and eParticipation related to the local (municipal) level (as well as municipal eServices, eMarketing, etc.) while the other works with a more generalist approach. Best regards, Pedro

UBL International 2008 Programmes Finalized

Ken Holman — Mon 07 Apr 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Please see http://www.ublconference.com/200804 "Symposium" and "Workshops" pages for the finalized programmes for the free symposium day April 21 and the commer

Participatory budgeting in the City of Freiburg (Germany) started

Rolf Luehrs — Mon 07 Apr 2008 05:04:55 +0100
The City of Freiburg im Breisgau developed a unique and comprehensive approach to the idea of participatory budgeting. The active phase of the discourse has been started by today (April 7th) and will last until May 9th of 2008. Three interacting methods to engage the public in the processes of planning the cities budget for 2009/2010 are used to achieve the best possible result in the process: Ã¢â‚¬Â¢ Online-consultation using the Internet platform DEMOS and a budget planer Ã¢â‚¬Â¢ City and district conferences to involve inhabitants in face-to-face discussions.

eHealthNews.EU Portal Research Project - Invitation for Further Collaboration

Ruslan David — Sat 05 Apr 2008 11:00:00 +0100
This research project is addressed to all eHealthNews.EU Portal readers interested in strengthening the European eHealth domain. The proposed publication is an

is 2d barcode secure?

David Osimo — Fri 04 Apr 2008 01:57:54 +0100
Thanks for sharing this very intesting, creative and low-cost idea. I have only one doubt: is it secure? In particular, could someone use a simple photocopy of the card 2d code and put in front of the webcam? Of course then he should know the PIN as well. In any case, even if there is some compromise on security, it could very well be a small risk and a price worth to pay.

eDemocracyCamp Europe

Tim Bonnemann — Fri 04 Apr 2008 11:47:27 +0100
Hi there, I'm a German native, now based in San Jose, CA (USA).

E-voting: the last electoral revolution.

Josep MÂª Reniu Vilamala — Thu 03 Apr 2008 11:00:00 +0100
I'm glad to present you our new (just published!) collective book: E-voting: the last electoral revolution. Barcelona, ICPS, 2008. (ISBN: 978-84-608-0728-5).

Multi-channel Participatory Budgeting

Tiago Peixoto — Thu 03 Apr 2008 07:00:22 +0100
Participatory Budgeting (PB) - where citizens participate in the decision-making process of budget allocation - has been considered as one of the main innovations that aim to reinforce accountability at local and regional level. In 2005 the city of Ipatinga, Brazil, launched a pioneering experiment in four of its nine districts using, besides the Internet, mobile and telephony in its PB as a supplementary information and consultation tool.

Two free places for the Purchasing Card Forum meeting

Eva Alessandra Coscia — Wed 02 Apr 2008 11:44:19 +0100
Dear all, I would like to direct your attention to the next meeting of the Purchasing Card Forum (recently published at: http://www.epractice.eu/document/4525).
Participants to the PCF meetings usually have to pay a registration fee but for this edition we have received 2 free places for eProcurement Forum members
Everyone who is interested in attending the event should send a request by e-mail to: eprocurement@epractice.eu by 21 April 2008 .

New e-voting project in Spain

Josep MÂª Reniu Vilamala — Wed 02 Apr 2008 11:00:00 +0100
P.I.V.E. (Plataforma Individual de Voto ElectrÃ³nico) is the name of this new e-voting platform developed by the Spanish Ministry of Interior. After some pilots

Report on the first tenders conducted through the e-Procurement in Albania

Thomas Burola — Wed 02 Apr 2008 11:00:00 +0100
As of March 31, 2008 three institutions are registered to use the e-Procurement system: Ministry of Defense â€“ National Registration Center Central

Case Verwaltungskooperation.at

Bernhard Krabina — Wed 02 Apr 2008 08:30:24 +0100
The Wiki is also described as epractice.eu case: http://www.epractice.eu/cases/kooperation

Congratulations

Christoforos Korakas — Wed 02 Apr 2008 12:56:01 +0100
It is a great idea to open up an eParticipation Community on ePractice It would be a good idea to gather here all the cases already in the Database relating to the topic of the community I am very impressed as well to see such a massive Greek presence on this Community Kudos!

ePractice midterm event - draft agenda online

Juan Gonzalez — Tue 01 Apr 2008 11:00:00 +0100
Dear users, We have just put online in the Workshops section a first draft of the agenda of the ePractice midterm event that will take place on 19 May in Bru

Connecting Europe, Leveraging International Connections

Steven Clift — Tue 01 Apr 2008 04:15:15 +0100
As you build this important network, I encourage you to share the best examples with an international audience via the decade strong Democracies Online networks. Of direct interest is the Online Consultation, Dialogue and E-Participation online community of practice as well as the international E-Democracy and E-Government Researchers Network. See: http://groups.dowire.org/groups/consult http://groups.dowire.org/groups/research Also, in the "local up" department the international network of local Issues Forums (looking for interested in partners across Europe and beyond) hosted by E