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e-Governance Academy Foundation March 5, 2005 Tallinn, Estonia

e-Governance Academy Foundation March 5, 2005 Tallinn, Estonia. Nele Leosk, Project Manager of E- Governance Academy. About e-Governance Academy. NGO founded for creation and transfer of knowledge concerning e-governance (incl. e-democracy )

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e-Governance Academy Foundation March 5, 2005 Tallinn, Estonia

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  1. e-Governance Academy FoundationMarch 5, 2005Tallinn, Estonia Nele Leosk, Project Manager of E- Governance Academy

  2. About 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) Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy

  3. About 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 Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy

  4. Geographical 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. Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy

  5. Core Activities NETWORKING Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy

  6. eGA 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 Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy

  7. Activities 2003 • 6 trainings for 93 persons from 6 countries: Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, etc • 6 consultancy missions to Moldova, Ukraine, Slovakia, Uzbekistan, Albania, etc Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy

  8. Activities 2004 (Training, Study 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 Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy

  9. Activities 2004 (Consultancy missions) • Georgia 1. Overall assessment mission 2. Tiger Leap preparation • Kazakhstan • Ust-Kamenogorsk, Monitoring Transparent City projects • Workshop on e-Governance during the official visit of Estonian President • Information Society Programme advisory • Kyrgyzstan: Curriculum development • Namibia: Workshop on e-Governance • Macedonia: • Training of the Trainers (ICT in local governments) • Gov. IT policy advisory Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy

  10. Activities 2004 (other projects) • Public On-line Consultationsworkshop 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) Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy

  11. Ongoing 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) Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy

  12. Activities 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 seminarAnnual conference organized • E-services in Almaty (Almaty, EU small projects) • FOSS Summer Academy/policy seminar • E-parliament in Macedonia (UNDP Macedonia) Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy

  13. Finances • Initial grant of the academy’s initiators (3 years) • Funds raised from donor organizations • Funds raised through co-financing arrangements • Services provided Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy

  14. Conclusions • 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 Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy

  15. Thank You! Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy

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