Workshop 4 - Electronic Governance - Transformation

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Title

Transformational Government: Basics and Key Issues

Date/Time

Thursday 04 December 2008, 14:00 - 16:40

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Description

So far, the transformation of public administration has been limited, with technology simply reinforcing its current structures. However, to realize adaptable, demand-driven service provisioning at low cost, more radical changes are needed. In this light therefore, transformational government has often been identified as the next challenge for e-Government.

This tutorial and workshop are aimed at contributing to the understanding of the scope of the issues in transformational government and approaches to transformation. In the tutorial an overview of transformational government basics is given which covers the whole range, from governance and organization to technology and implementation. During the workshop four papers will be presented, complemented by a discussion of the transformational aspects of e-Governments. The papers consider a devolution reference model for e-Governance, adaptability through strategic IT planning, and applications linked to community-based poverty reduction and tax administration.

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Biography

Marijn Janssen

Dr. Marijn Janssen is a director of the interdisciplinary SEPAM master and an Associate Professor within the Information and Communication Technology section of the Technology, Policy and Management Faculty of Delft University of Technology. He lectures and has various projects in the field of transformational government. His research is focused on the socio-technical engineering of public-private service networks.

Willam S. Shu

Willam S. Shu is a holder of BSc, MSc and PhD degrees in Computer Science and is a chartered engineer, chartered IT Professional and member of the British Computer Society, UK. He is currently Head of the Department for Computer Science at the University of Buea, Cameroon. His current research interests include formal methods and programming language tools, software agent modeling and the dynamics and transmission of malaria, and change management in organizations or systems.