Focus: Utilizing ICT for more efficient, effective and inclusive governance.

Topics:
- Turning e-Governance from theory to reality
- African success stories
- International perspectives
- The role of mobile communications
- Engaging underserved communities in governance
- Including e-Governance in national ICT planning

Co-Organizers:
- Commonwealth Telecommunication Organization
- Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, Republic of Uganda

Contribution:

1) Type: Second Day Opening Address

2) Title: Government-Academia partnership to advance electronic governance research and practice in Africa

3) Content:
• What role can Academia fill in Africa’s drive toutilise ICT for better governance?
• In what ways can academia contribute to Electronic Governance development,in general, and specifically in Africa?
• What models exist for successful government-academic partnership to advance Electronic Governance research and practice?
• How can such models be adapted to address conditions in Africa?
• What is the United Nations University doing to promote government-academia partnerships well-suited to local conditions?

4) Speaker:
Dr. Tomasz Janowski
Head, UNU-IIST Center for Electronic Governance
Senior Research Fellow, UNU-IIST

Collaborator:
Dr. Adegboyega Ojo
Research Fellow, UNU-IIST Center for Electronic Governance

5) Slides
See Attached.

6) Participants: 80

7) Mode: attend

More information about this event:
Website: http://www.events.cto.int/egov08
Event Brochure.