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Title

Egypt: From e-Government to e-Governance - The Road to Fast Pace Development

Date/Time

Tuesday 02 December 2008, 09:00 - 10:00

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Abstract

Good governance is a pre-requisite to attracting investment which is a main element for high growth rate that is needed to create jobs and support the social programs. E-Governance is the use of information and communication technologies to support good governance. It moves beyond the traditional trend of 'IT in government' models to access information and services interactively. It allows the interactive participation in the decision making process. Emerging information and communication technologies made a significant contribution to the achievement of good governance. In this speech, HE Dr. Ahmed Darwish will present how the Government of Egypt moved forward to achieve good governance, and the role of ICT in this approach. The speech focuses on Egypt's good governance initiative and the E-government program as a tool for achieving E-governance.

Biography

Dr. Ahmed M. Darwish, Minister of State for Administrative Development, Government of Egypt.

Ahmed M. Darwish was born in Egypt in 1959. He received his B.Sc. in Electronics and Communication Engineering and M.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Cairo University, in 1981 and 1984 respectively. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Davis in 1988. During the academic year 1988/89, he was a lecturer and post-doctoral researcher with the Department of Electrical and Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Davis. In 1989, he joined Cairo University as an assistant professor, where later, he became an Associate Professor then a Professor with the Computer Engineering Department in 1994 and 1999 respectively. During the year 96/97 he was on sabbatical leave with the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Virginia Tech; He cooperated on several research projects with the Mobile and Portable Radio Research Group.

He received the Egyptian National Engineering Award for the year 1999. He is a member of few scientific and professional societies and on the editorial board and a reviewer for a number of publications. He shared in the design and development (and hold 50% of the IP) of 2 wireless simulation tools. He has over 64 publications in journals and scientific conferences, shared in 2 books, 11 invited talks and few sponsored research programs.

Dr. Darwish was a consultant to a number of international organizations (UNESCO, FAO, ESCWA, European Union and World Bank), government organizations and companies both in the United States and Egypt. During the last 3 years prior to becoming the Minister of State for Administrative Development he acted as the e-Government Program Director at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. He led the team to prepare the National Project Document on e-government and coordinate the implementation efforts.

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