Presentation given at the Eastern European EGovernment days, Prague 23rd April 2008
http://www.epma.cz/6-sup-th-sup-eastern-european-egov-days-2008-in-prague.html
ICT for government transformation in the New Member States
1. eGovernment developments in the New Member States: overview and outlook David Osimo, Clara Centeno Institute for Prospective Technological Studies - IPTS European Commission, Joint Research Centre http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu EEEG days Prague, 23 rd April 2008
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3. A very diverse context source IPTS reelaboration of Eurostat/World bank data
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5. Catching up, but internal divides Digital divide Index - source Riga Scoreboard
Although today we can not speak about NMS, I would like to explain the rationale of the project: On one side the project was framed in 2004, when the 10 NMS just joined the EU There is an important regional policy The focus we have taken is: are there specific characteristics of these countries (different than EU15) that deserve policy attention? At the end we will see that in spite of a rapid catch-up in ICT access, skills and usage, we identify specific conditions in these countries that challenge the deployment of eServices, which means, in the use of ICTs in the several economic sectors of goverment, health and education, and their capacity to produce impact (cost savings, efficiency, improved services, competitiveness and growth)â