Report of the Expert Group Meeting on e-Government and New Technologies: Towards Better Citizen Engagement for Development

UN DESA in collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) organized a multiple stakeholders Expert Group Meeting on “e-Government and New Technologies: Towards better citizen engagement for development.” The meeting was held in Geneva, Switzerland from 13 to 14 May 2010 in conjunction with the Forum 2010 on implementing the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Over 25 experts and key staff from among 20 nations provided both presentations and interactive dialog during the event.
 

The meeting reviewed and analyzed approaches and best practices in understanding what constitutes citizen engagement and e-government, related policies and programmes in the context of good governance and MDGs implementation. The meeting also focused on the issues and challenges countries face as they advance in developing their citizen engagement and e-government programmes for improved communications and accelerated e-participation given these attributes have the potential for drawing disadvantaged groups into the workings of governance.
 

This report attempts to summarize two intense days of meetings by experts from across the globe. Much of the content is taken directly from many of the expert presentations and each presentation that was submitted is included in the appendix. This report will summarize each of the five sessions.

File added date: June 2021
Author: UN DESA/DPIDG
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URL: https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/745417