Second
regional e-Government stakeholders consultative meeting, Nairobi, Kenya, 28 - 29 June 2005
The second regional
e-Government stakeholders consultative meeting was held in June 2005. It offered a wider
forum to discuss issues related to the regional e-government strategy after the Dar es
Salaam Workshop in 2004. The June 2005 stakeholders consultative meeting is part of
stakeholders' involvement in the development of the regional e-government strategy and
implementation of its Plan of Action. The forum was used to communicate the progress made
by the Interim Working Group to the stakeholders.
Presentations:
Initiatives
on a Legal Framework for I.C.T. in Tanzania. Adam Mambi, LLM-ICT Law, Intellectual
Property Rights & Competition Law, UK, and State Attorney, The President’s Office
— Law Reform Commission(T)
Legal Frameworks for
Electronic Commerce: The Canadian Experience. Rhonda Lazarus and Joan Remsu.
Electronic Commerce at Canada Border Services
Agency, Robert Coffin. June 2005.
EAC Regional e–Health Policy and Information
Management Strategy, Dr. Stanley Sonoiya, Health Coordinator, East African Community
(EAC).
The EAC Customs Union, Kenneth Bagamuhunda, Director,
Customs EAC.
East African e-Government
Consultative Workshop: Summary of Proceedings and Workshop Communique, 2005.
Regional
e-Governance Programme: progress report from Tanzania. David J.A. Sawe, Director of
Management Information Systems & e-Govt, The President’s Office — Public
Service Management.
Progress in the Implementation of
e-Government in Uganda. Constantine Bitwayiki, Member, EAC e-Government Interim Working
Group, and Director/ Research, Innovation, Monitoring & Evaluation, National Planning
Authority (NPA), Kampala, Uganda.
e-Government:A
view from South Africa. Godfrey W. Kyama.
Regional
e-Government Programme: Progress Report. E.Yonazi, East African Community Secretariat.
Pallitathya Help-Line: Experience with Using GEM.
Mridul Chowdhury, Co-Founder and Director, D.Net Bangladesh.
e-Government: Using IT to Transform the
Effectiveness and Efficiency of Government, Hon. Mark A. Forman.
Information
Management and e-Government in Canada: From Government On Line to Service Transformation.
Robert Coffin, Chief Information Officer Branch, Treasury Board of Canada, Secretariat.
EAC
Regional e-Government Framework. Dr Baharul Islam, Development Information Services
Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa.
Kenya
e-Government Strategy. Vincent O. Okongo, E-Government Directorate Cabinet Office, Office
of the President.
ICT in Kenya: where are we now? Mike
Eldon, Chairman, Kenya ICT Federation.
KILINUX Localization Project: status and prospects.
Prof. Iddi S.N. Mkilaha, Dr. Hashim M. Twaakyondo, Jimmy T. Mbelwa & Abdulla Ally,
KiLinux Project, Department of Computer Science,
University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Content Development and Information
Dissemination in Rural Multi-Purpose Community Centres in Uganda. Gertrude Kayaga
Mulindwa, Director - National Library of Uganda.
Key
Elements, Best Practices and Challenges, Jacques Bouchard.
Government
On-Line, Jacques Bourchard.
Improving the
Government of Canada’s web services, Barry Nesbitt.
Policy, Legal and
Regulatory Framework: Uganda Experience. John Musajjakawa, Uganda Investment Authority.
Network of Initiatives In Computer Education
- N.I.C.E (Trust): E-Training for the e-Generation. Dan Njiriri, Chairman of NICE.
e-Strategies for Development. Economic Commission for
Africa.
The Experience of Tanzania Development Gateway. Mrs
Margareth Nzuki, Manager; Tanzania Development Gateway.
Links:
EAC:The East
Africa Regional E-Government Strategy Workshop, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 29th September
– 1st October 2004
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