Call for Papers - eGovernment: Implementation Strategies for Developing Countries
Interested in submiting a paper? For more information please contact the track chair:
- Dr Zaigham Mahmood -
z.mahmood@derby.ac.uk.
*This call is now closed*
Call for papers
Conference Track on: eGovernment: Implementation Strategies for Developing Countries - EISDC 2011
As part of: 11th European Conference on eGovernment - ECEG 2011
University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
16 - 17 June 2011.
Background
E-Government is about harnessing the information revolution to improve the lives of citizens and businesses and to improve the efficiency of government. It aims at a citizen centred vision of a government that provides effective governance, increased transparency, better management, effective processes and efficient services through the use of the Internet and information and communication technologies (ICTs). In this context, world governments are mobilizing huge amounts of resources to develop, implement and promote the use of e-Government. However, all governments are not at the same level of e-Government maturity. Whereas, developed economies such as those in Europe and the US are well advanced in the process of achieving vertical and horizontal integrating with respect to their e-government projects, many developing countries are at the initial stages of such developments - in some cases, providing only a one-way communication from the government to its citizens, via a government owned website or a portal.
Reality is that e-government projects are huge undertakings requiring significant investment of time, money and people resources. There is, therefore, a need for a careful assessment of the e-readiness of the state as well as a careful formulation of a strategy and a clear commitment and political will on the part of the political leaders. The government needs to have ICT infrastructure, processes and policies as well as training provision for the masses in place, and citizens must be ready to embrace the new technologies and approaches. So, for developing economies, there are many issues and barriers to resolve and overcome. The purpose of this conference track is to address such issues and suggest implementation strategies.
Aim of the workshop
The aim is to bring researchers and practitioners together to:
- explore the issues and challenges that developing countries are facing with respect to development of e-government projects;
- discuss frameworks, policies and strategies for successful implementation of such projects;
- look into innovative practices and diffusion of innovation approaches and
- share best practices and ideas based on case studies from successful ventures.
The objective is to suggest strategies, frameworks and models to support the developing countries in their endeavour to achieve a successful and effective e-government.
Topics
We invite original and unpublished research papers as well as case studies and experience reports from academics, researchers, government officials and practitioners, on (but not limited to) the following topics:
- E-government policies, strategies and frameworks
- E-government stages, models and methodologies
- E-democracy, e-voting and e-legislation
- Government-to- government and government-to-business interactions
- Government-to-citizen interactions and e-participation of citizens
- Efficient and effective provision of e-services
- Pre-requisites for successful implementation
- ICT infrastructure and training provision for citizens
- E-government project initiation, planning and implementation
- E-government project evaluation metrics
- Success factors and best practices
- Limitations, barriers and issues
- Challenges and opportunities
- E-readiness factors and pre-conditions
- Resource, ethical and legal issues
- Diffusion of Innovation and other relevant theories
- Managing innovation, change and integration
- Experience and comparison reports
- Case studies from developing countries
- Knowledge management in e-government project.
Submission of abstracts and papers
Academics, researchers, government officials, project managers and industry practitioners are invited to submit abstracts (for original and unpublished research papers as well as case studies and experience reports). Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit full papers which will be reviewed on a double-blind basis: emphasis will be on relevance, quality and originality.
Presenting authors will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for publication in the Electronic Journal of eGovernment and the Journal of E-Government Studies and Best Practices.
Important Dates
- Abstract submission deadline: 25 November 2010
- Notification of acceptance: 2 December 2010
- Paper submission deadline: 13 January 2011
- Notification of acceptance: 24 March 2011
- Full chapter submission deadline: 21 April 2011.
For further enquiries, please contact the track chair:
- Dr Zaigham Mahmood
University of Derby, UK
Email: z.mahmood@derby.ac.uk.
