Title: E-governance for development: lessons learned and strategic principles for designing an operational roadmap

Authors: Gianluca Misuraca, Gianluigi Viscusi

Addresses: College of Management of Technology, EPFL, CH ‐ 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. ' Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication (DISCo), University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milano, Italy

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the relationship between Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) and governance. The paper discusses its implications for developing and emerging countries, in particular in the Mediterranean region. In defining the organisational and institutional dimensions underpinning ICT-enabled governance, the paper positions e-government activities within the broader framework of e-governance, as a learning type of dynamics. Finally, the paper presents selected results from field cases of the application of the e-government for Mediterranean Countries (MCs) (eG4M) methodology. The results are used as the main tools for defining issues to be considered for developing e-governance guidelines.

Keywords: e-government; e-governance; methodology; strategic planning; development; public administration reform; electronic government; electronic governance; ICT; Mediterranean Countries; information technology; communications technology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEG.2010.034091

International Journal of Electronic Governance, 2010 Vol.3 No.2, pp.118 - 133

Published online: 12 Jul 2010 *

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