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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>You are kindly invited to join us for a Global Dialogue
workshop on New Generation Organizational Models for eGovernment:
Emerging Role of Centers of Excellence. The event will take place via
video conference from 4.30pm on April 1, 2008 at the World Bank offices in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nairobi</st1:place></st1:City>. The event
is organized by the e-Development Thematic Group/Global ICT Department of the
World Bank in collaboration with GDLN, DGF, ECCB, IIS Russia, African
eDevelopment Resource Centre in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region>
and other organizations.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>Workshop Description<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>Given the complexities of designing and implementing e-government
applications, institutional structures are extremely important for achieving
success. Traditionally, governments have established specialized ICT
agencies/organizations to deal with technology issues in the public sector.
Such agencies variously deal with policy, operational and procedural aspects of
e-government. However, rapid changes taking place in technologies and business
models, require a fundamental rethink of the organizational structures and
institutional designs for ICT organizations supporting e-government. Apart from
the public sector, the private sector has some useful lessons of experience to
offer in this regard. For example, Integration/SOA Competency Centers are
playing a useful role in rationalizing and coordinating IT deployments, in cost
effective and efficient ways.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'> This workshop will discuss the role of a new
generation of e-government organizations which could extend the role of e-Government
"Centers of Excellence" or "<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Competency</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Centers</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>"
in keeping with emerging technology and organizational trends. These
organizations could potentially help expand and scale-up successful
e-Government approaches, including those using Service Oriented Architecture
and Web 2.0 technologies. These "e-Gov 2.0" organizations could be
designed as hybrids with flexible structures, drawing expertise from government
agencies, academia, private sector and industry. The session intends to
explore promising approaches to the design of such organisations drawing upon successful
experiences from the private and public sectors. The session will discuss the
applicability of such next generation e-government organizations to different
environments. In environments where e-Government projects are risky and,
involve high level technical skills, and domain expertise, such approaches
could effectively meld the business of government with new technologies and
business models to achieve future oriented and high impact eGovernment applications.
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'> The speakers will
include:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'> Philippe Dongier, Sector Manager,
Global ICT Dept., World
Bank
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'> Reinhard Posch, Chief Information
Officer (CIO) for the Government of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Austria</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'> Randeep <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Sudan</st1:country-region></st1:place>, Lead ICT Policy Specialist,
Global ICT Dept., World
Bank
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'> Jaijit Bhattacharya, Country Director
at Sun Microsystems <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'> Samia Melhem (Moderator), Senior
Operations Officer, Global ICT Dept., World Bank; and Chair,
e-Development <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'> Thematic
Group
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'> Juan Navas Sabater, Senior Operations
Officer, Global ICT Dept., World
Bank
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>Additional information on this seminar, such as the
agenda, speaker profiles and slides will be placed online as they become
available at <a href="http://go.worldbank.org/2LA3GGGEA0">http://go.worldbank.org/2LA3GGGEA0</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-right:42.7pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Participation to the event is free; however, one needs
to register to get access to the venue. If you are interested in participating
send an email directly to <a href="mailto:susan@africanedevelopment.org"
target="_blank" title="mailto:susan@africanedevelopment.org"><font
face=Garamond><span style='font-family:Garamond'>susan@africanedevelopment.org</span></font></a>
giving your name, organization, position and contacts. Space is limited at the venue;
only 15 places are available and will be given out on a first-come-first-served
basis. Deadline for registration is midday Monday 31<sup>st</sup> March 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Garamond'>Kindest Regards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Garamond'>African eDevelopment Resource Centre<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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