Tutorial 7 - Electronic Governance - Education

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Current Topics in the Discussion on the Relationship between e-Governance and Education

Date/Time

Tuesday 02 December 2008, 15:20 - 16:40

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Description

Electronic Governance, as defined by UNESCO is “the public sector’s use of information and communication technologies with the aim of improving information and service delivery, encouraging citizen participation in the decision-making process and making government more accountable, transparent and effective”. It can also be seen as the process of forming relationship among stakeholders in order to achieve the common consensus. This tutorial will focus on what we consider are the main discussion topics the relationship between e-Governance and Education, namely e-capacity building, and e-literacy, in the context of the existing digital divide and the goal of an inclusive society. For the purpose of this tutorial, we will analyze the interrelation between Electronic Governance and Education considering that the usage of ICTs for Education can lead to increased citizen engagement and participation, strengthening e-Governance.

The tutorial will present: Electronic Governance and Organizational Transformation, applied to Education; Citizen Participation and engagement in electronic governance, related to the Web 2.0 arise; and Human Resource Development for e-Governance.

Biography

Professor Toshio Obi received Master degree from Keio University and PhD from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. He was an Executive Assistant to the Minister of Labor, Government of Japan, followed by an Economist, UNDP and Research Associate, Center for Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia University.

Currently, he is the Director of E-government Institute and Professor of the Graduate School of Global Information & Telecommunication Studies in Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. He also holds positions at some other international and national organizations including Chairman of E-government Promotion Council, Government of Japan; chair of ITU CoE Management Committee in Asia and Pacific and Director of APEC e-Government Research Center as well as chair of UNESCO UNITWIN Program on disaster reduction education.

Professor Obi researches in the fields of e-Government, International ICT policy, CIO, ITU-related issues and e-governance. He has published widely in many publications including [Global e-Governance] (IOS Press, 2006) and [CIO] (Tokyo Univ. Press, 2007).