Pre-conference on e-government
‘How can national governments support / stimulate ICT and e-government by local administrations?' Every country finds that large cities can offer e-government services far more readily than smaller municipalities which have limited capacity.
During the day, a number of national and international speakers will make presentations focused on a specific element of this global topic.
A permanent panel will be present throughout the day to ‘translate’ the presentations specifically for local authorities and question the speakers about the relevance of their arguments to local administrations.
A constant theme in the presentations is the quest for e-government applications which can be adopted quickly by cities and smaller municipalities with limited resources. Each municipality then use them for its own purposes. The municipalities are also encouraged to develop inter-municipality collaboration.