Obstacles for eGovernment Research Management in Europe

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eGOVERNETEuropean eGovernment Research Network

• Coordination Action in IST programme of FP6,
  project cofounded by the European Commission
• FOCUS eGovernment Research Management in Europe
• Project period January 1, 2006 December 31,
  2007

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The Consortium

• RESEARCH FUNDING AND INNOVATION AGENCIES
• VINNOVA Swedish Governmental Agency for
  Innovation Systems
• Research Council of Norway
• Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
• MINISTRIES
• Polish Ministry of Interior and Administration
• Slovenian Ministry for Higher Education, Science
  and Technology
• GOVERNMENT UNITS COMMITTEES
• Information Society Development Committee,
  Government of Lithuania
• Information Society Policy Division, Department
  of the Taoiseach
• NATIONAL CENTRES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES
• Centro Nazionale per lInformatica nella Pubblica
  Amministrazione
• Institute for Prospective Technological Studies

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• Common European Agenda Visualise,
  defragment and coordinate national and regional
  eGovernment research policies work towards a
  Common European Research Agenda
• eGovernment Research Programmes Coordinate and
  stimulate the creation of new and existing
  eGovernment Research Programmes
• Build partnership with key stakeholders Attract
  key stakeholders and form a European Experts
  Reference Group that can contribute to the
  long-term Research Strategy and the Common
  European Agenda

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Needs for eGovernment research management

• Identify and extract a cohesive overview of the
  eGovernment RTD needs
• Input for common eGovernment Research Agenda
  based on dialogue and active participation from
  stakeholders
• A series of international workshops and feedback
  roundtables

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Work Package Tasks

• WP2. Needs Analysis
• Needs Analysis Workshops
• Needs Feedback Roundtables
• Compilation of a Needs Priority Map
• WP3. Building a Knowledge Service
• State of the Art and Best Practice in Current
  eGovernment RTD Management
• Mapping Important Actors in eGovernment RTD
• eGovernment RTD Gap Analysis
• Building Intelligence at the EU Level

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Work Package Tasks (ctd)

• WP6. A Common Framework for eGovernment Research
  Programmes
• Workshops and Expert Hearings Leading to the
  Proposal of a Common European Research Programme
  Framework
• Coordination of eGovernment Research Work and
  Topics

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Work Package Tasks (ctd)

• WP5. Measuring eGovernment Research and its
  Impact
• Review and Assessment of Perceived Criteria
• Review and Assessment of the Impact of Research
  in Leading Policy Documents
• Development of Criteria and Guidelines
• WP7. Transnational RTD Activities
• Review of Common Evaluation Procedures
• Creation of Joint Expert Groups and Proposal of
  Procedures for Evaluation and Review of On-Going
  National Research Projects

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Work Package Tasks (ctd)

• WP4. Interest Group and Partnership Building
• Management of the eGOVERNET Interest Group
• eGOVERNET Interest Group Meetings
• Preparing for a Sustainable Network
• WP8. Dissemination and Awareness
• Networking with Existing Conferences and
  EU-Projects to Build Bridges Between the Academic
  Community and the eGovernment Community
• A Research Web Portal

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The Role of the Lithuanian Stakeholders Group

• Advisory Group to the Local Work Group(Planning
  of Events and Work)
• As an Expert and Knowledge Source Providing Input
  and Assessments
• Participation in Workshops, Roundtables and
  Expert Hearings

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Work Package 4Interest Group and Partnership
Building
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WORK PACKAGE 4 TARGETS

• To build partnerships with key players in EU-25,
  accession countries, and EEA
• Key players being...
• National research programme responsibilities
• Public administration (National Regional)
• Key research organizations
• Key ICT enterprises
• With the aim of...
• Collecting knowledge, ideas and current actions
• Diffusion and consensus within Europe
• Forming research collaboration and networks
• Dissemination
• Sustainability

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WORK PACKAGE 4 ACTIVITIES

• Building of new partnerships
• Five Interest Group Meetings
• The meetings will be organized as workshops and
  round-tables following the development process in
  the project
• Maybe completed with e-consultations
• Newsletters (Summit Reports), presence on the web
• eGOVERNET Interest Workspace for collaboration on
  the web
• Preparing for a sustainable network

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CURRENT eGOVERNET DIFFUSION
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Upcoming Events (Tentative)

• Registration of the Stakeholders to the Interest
  Group
• A Stakeholder Group Needs Analysis Workshop
  (May-June)
• A National Needs Analysis Workshop (May-June)
• A Stakeholder Group Needs Feedback Roundtable
  (August-September)
• National Needs Feedback Roundtables

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Upcoming Events (Tentative)

• Registration of the Stakeholders to the Interest
  Group
• A Stakeholder Group Needs Analysis Workshop
  (May-June)
• A National Needs Analysis Workshop (May-June)
• A Stakeholder Group Needs Feedback Roundtable
  (August-September)
• National Needs Feedback Roundtables