World Bank e-Government Webcast

[Rakesh 'Arky' Ambati]

WORLD BANK'S E-DEVELOPMENT THEMATIC GROUP invites you to a Global
Dialogue via live webcast on e-Government Experience in the US and
Canada:

How Relevant is it to Developing  Countries?

As part of e-Development Dialogues Seminar Series

Participating Countries (via videoconference):Azerbaijan, Brazil,
Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Uganda
               
Wednesday, June 15, 2005, 9:30 am ? 12:00 pm (EST)

Room I1-200, 1850 I Street NW Washington DC USA

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

The United States and Canada have been at the forefront of the
e-government revolution.  According to the latest Accenture annual
e-government maturity report issued on 6 April 2005, for the fifth
consecutive year Canada ranked first out of the 22 surveyed countries,
followed by the United States, Denmark, Singapore and Australia.

Many World Bank client countries are looking at the US and Canadian
experience as the source of inspiration, good practices and lessons
learned when designing and implementing national e-government
strategies, interoperability and governance frameworks, and integrated
architectures. There is a growing demand to learn from early
implementers in order to avoid common pitfalls and to
maximize returns on investment.  However, there are many factors to be
considered, such as population size; cultural, socio-economic and
political differences; Internet penetration; and sources and
availability of funding.

This seminar will highlight a number of lessons learned in the US and
Canada that might or might not be applicable to developing and
transition countries.

Featuring:

Rakesh Asthana, Director, ISGCI, World Bank (Welcome and Opening
Remarks)

Mark Forman, former Administrator, E-Government and Information
Technology, United States (keynote presentation)

Shauneen Furlong, former Executive Director, Government On-Line, Canada

Lalith Weeratunga,  Secretary to the Prime Minister, Sri Lanka

Godfrey Kibuuka,  Commissioner for Communications, Ministry of Works,
Housing and Communications  (TBC)

Javier Perez-Mazatan, General Coordinator, e-Mexico National System

Patricia Pessi, e-Government Coordinator, Ministry of Planning, Brazil
(TBC)

Jani Makraduli, President, Committee for Information Technology,
Macedonia
(TBC)

Ilyas Naibov-Aylisli, e-Government Coordinator, Ministry of ICT,
Azerbaijan

Robert Schware, Lead Informatics Specialist,  Global ICT Department,
World
Bank

Deepak Bhatia, ISG e-Government Practice Manager, World Bank

Moderator: Robert Valantin, Manager, Development Information, ISG &
Co-Chair,e-Development Thematic Group, World Bank

Live Webcast will start on June 15 at 9.30 am EST at:
http://webcast-ext.worldbank.org/streaming/live.ram

To watch the live webcast click here:

Tip: The live stream is only to be viewed with Real Player (RealOne or
the latest RealPlayer10 that can be downloaded for free at
http://www.real.com). We will encode at both 56K for low bandwidth
connections and at 150K for higher bandwidth connections.

You can send us your questions to speakers and short comments in advance
of the
seminar.

For detailed program and further information on the seminar, please
write to
edevelopment at worldbank.org, or contact Sally Song at 202-473-9078.

All materials of this seminar will be posted to the e-Development
Thematic Group
site:  http://www.worldbank.org/edevelopment.


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