e-governance academy foundation march 5, 2005 tallinn, estonia nele leosk, project manager of e-...

e-Governance Academy e-Governance Academy FoundationFoundation

March 5, 2005March 5, 2005Tallinn, Estonia Tallinn, Estonia

e-Governance Academy e-Governance Academy FoundationFoundation

March 5, 2005March 5, 2005Tallinn, Estonia Tallinn, Estonia

Nele Leosk, Project Manager of E- Governance Academy

Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy

About e-Governance AcademyAbout e-Governance AcademyAbout e-Governance AcademyAbout e-Governance Academy

• NGO founded for creation and transfer of knowledge concerning e-governance (incl. e-democracy)

• Initiated in 2002 by the UNDP, OSI and the Government of Estonian Republic (Memorandum of Understanding)


About e- Governance AcademyAbout e- Governance AcademyAbout e- Governance AcademyAbout e- Governance Academy

• Mission- to train and advise leaders and top civil servants in using ICT to increase government efficiency and improve democratic processes

• Efficiency lies in: understanding of post-socialist transition countries, fluency in Russian, network of researches, trainers, consultants (local, international)

• Core staff 6 persons + 30 experts


Geographical focusGeographical focusGeographical focusGeographical focus

• CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States)

• Central and Eastern Asia

• Balkan Region

EAST WEST

• In longer terms, while retaining our mission of knowledge transfer to the East, we want to become a leading European Union (EU) institution in the area of e- governance.


Training

Consultancy

Research

Core ActivitiesCore ActivitiesCore ActivitiesCore Activities

NETWORKING


eGA ProgrammeseGA ProgrammeseGA ProgrammeseGA Programmes

• Enabling environment for information society

• E-Government

• E-Democracy

For every Program eGA develops content through the whole value-chain of research, training and advisory, gathering, developing and providing know-how, tools and best practices


Activities 2003Activities 2003Activities 2003Activities 2003

• 6 trainings for 93 persons from 6 countries: Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, etc

• 6 consultancy missions to Moldova, Ukraine, Slovakia, Uzbekistan, Albania, etc


Activities 2004 (Activities 2004 (TrainingTraining, Study , Study Tours)Tours)Activities 2004 (Activities 2004 (TrainingTraining, Study , Study Tours)Tours)Training: 18 different countries, 166 persons:

• Mongolia (2-7 February): 18 participants

• Ukraine (29 March- 2 April): 14 participants

• Tajikistan + Uzbekistan (12-17 April): 17 participants

• Balkans (31 May- 4 June): 18 participants

• Macedonia (14-20 June): 22 participants

• Georgia + Moldova (24- 31 August) 22 +2 participants

• Uzbekistan (25-31 Oct’04) 21 participants

• Kazakhstan (24- 30 Nov’04) 12 participants

• Macedonia + Ukraine (13- 17 Dec’04) 14 +6 participant

Study tours: 2 countries, 9 persons

• Moldova (12-17 January): 4 delegates

• Kazakhstan (16-20 June): 5 delegates


Activities 2004 (Activities 2004 (Consultancy Consultancy missionsmissions))Activities 2004 (Activities 2004 (Consultancy Consultancy missionsmissions))• Georgia

1. Overall assessment mission2. Tiger Leap preparation

• Kazakhstan 1. Ust-Kamenogorsk, Monitoring Transparent City projects2. Workshop on e-Governance during the official visit of Estonian

President3. Information Society Programme advisory4. Kyrgyzstan: Curriculum development

• Namibia: Workshop on e-Governance

• Macedonia: – Training of the Trainers (ICT in local governments)– Gov. IT policy advisory


Activities 2004 (other pActivities 2004 (other projectsrojects))Activities 2004 (other pActivities 2004 (other projectsrojects))

• Public On-line Consultations workshop together with Knowledge Society Management Institute of Law University of Lithuania and Hansard Society: 28 people

• “I-Law Eurasia 2004 – Emerging Legal and Policy Issues for the Information Age” 5-day course together with Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School: 60 participants

• Preparation of Tiger Leap Master Plan (stage 1&2)• Corruption “ICT Toolkit”• FOSS training for Estonian NGOs • Begix (Balanced e-government scorecard development

for local governments)


Ongoing projectsOngoing projectsOngoing projectsOngoing projects Training

5-day long ICT policy course (eGov Best Practices, involvement of society, private sector)

Consultancy

Tiger Leap (Georgia)

Transparency (Georgia)

e-Governance at Local Level (Macedonia; Training of Trainers) Research

ICT and Corruption

Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) comparative study

• Other

e-Democracy seminar (Estonia)


Activities 2005Activities 2005Activities 2005Activities 2005

• At least 10 training events (Armenia, Georgia, Africa, Serbia, etc)

• Ongoing projects: – FOSS NGO follow-up– FOSS study– E-model for local government (UNDP Masedonia)– E- Democracy Course (Estonia)– Online Consultations (Croatia)

• Under development: – E-visa seminar Annual conference organized– E-services in Almaty (Almaty, EU small projects)– FOSS Summer Academy/policy seminar– E-parliament in Macedonia (UNDP Macedonia)


FinancesFinancesFinancesFinances

• Initial grant of the academy’s initiators (3 years)

• Funds raised from donor organizations

• Funds raised through co-financing arrangements

• Services provided


ConclusionsConclusionsConclusionsConclusions

• Multi-stage projects

• Long-term partnerships

• Involvement of the partners (donors) during the planning stage

• Create socially engaged community

• Ensure the continuity of the relationships


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