“Well over 3.5 billion mobile phones are in use around the world and organizations are harnessing this technology to help overcome humanitarian challenges,” according to Timothy E. Wirth, President of the United Nations Foundation.
The recent report, Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in NGO Mobile Use, examines emerging trends in “mobile activism” by looking at [...]
The European Commission has published a pan-European survey on electronic services in healthcare (e-health) that shows 87 per cent of European doctors (general practitioners) use a computer, 48 per cent with a broadband connection.
The survey, called ‘Benchmarking ICT use among General Practitioners in Europe,’ also found that about 70 per cent of European doctors use [...]
Microsoft has announced the worldwide availability its Citizen Service Platform (CSP) along with free templates to help customers implement technological solutions to some of the most common issues governments face.
The company announced that the CSP application framework is designed to help governments of all sizes to responsively deliver services to citizens via the internet.
The CSP, [...]
The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) is a scholarly community that promotes the development of Internet governance as a recognized, interdisciplinary field of study and facilitates informed dialogue on policy issues and related matters between scholars and governments, international organizations, the private sector, and civil society.
The third GigaNet Annual Symposium will be held on [...]
Mobile Government involves revolutionary approaches to the modernization of public sector via the utilization of networked mobile technologies in local or central government organizations. It aims to enhance public sector business by creating new opportunities to provide services to society. mGovernment is now a recognized field of practice and research, and constitutes the next [...]
The XI National Conference on e-Governance would be organised on February 7-8, 2008 at Chandigarh/Panchkula with the Government of Haryana serving as the host state.
The present theme for the conference is “Integrated Citizen Services – Issues & Challenges”. The main features of this conference would be the National Awards for e-Governance for 2007-08 that recognizes [...]
Gujarat bagged the award for the `Best e-governed State’ for 2006-07 at the 42nd Computer Society India(CSI) Convention, organised to recognise the best e-governance initiatives in the country, especially in the government sector. A total of 17 awards were presented.
Other highlights:
Goa, Jharkhand, Kerala were declared as joint winners of the `Progressive e-Governed State’
Department [...]
The third conference in the series of international e-Government conferences, this conference provides a platform for sharing of experiences and networking opportunities with key decision makers in the government, development agencies and industry players.
Download the report from eGovWorld 2006
When: Novermber 29 - 30, 2007
Where: The Grand, Vasant Kunj, Nelson Mandela Road, Phase II, Vasant Kunj, [...]
Madhya Pradesh government has set up a School for Good Governance and Policy Analysis here to review state policies and its effect on a target group.
The school will function as an autonomous `think tank’ in the field of good governance in international and domestic context and will analyze problems regarding governance. It will also prepare [...]
The Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited (MKCL) has in partnership with several institutions developed a comprehensive software framework for a web-based network of colleges affiliated to universities. This digital university product is a one-stop platform aimed at providing information about the university, its departments, colleges/institutes and various courses on offer.
Besides admissions and exam-related information, students will [...]