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1. eGovernance to Bridge a Digital Divide Slovenian case
Jaro BERCE
January 23rd, 2004 - Brussells
2. JANUS 2004 - jb page 2 of 26 Content Introduction
Survey
Digital divide
Conclusions
3. JANUS 2004 - jb page 3 of 26 eGovernance Frame
4. JANUS 2004 - jb page 4 of 26 Information Communication Technology Information Communication Technology (ICT) can influence working, learning, and other processes as an enabler and/or a tool
Merely technical - the automation of tedious or repetitive tasks
Facilitating / Supportive role - the use of ICT to complement existing efforts / methods
An entirely innovative role - the initiation of new services and new mechanisms to improve
5. JANUS 2004 - jb page 5 of 26 Knowledge Knowledge has occupied philosophers since the time of pre-Socrates in their epistemology discussions especially with regard to its limits and validation
Today knowledge is increasingly presented as the replacement for land, labor, and capital as the source of competitive advantage
6. JANUS 2004 - jb page 6 of 26 KM and LO The Knowledge Management (KM) involves the identification and analysis of available and required knowledge assets to fulfill organizational objectives
The Learning Organization (LO) [are] organizations where people continually expand their capacity to create the results
7. JANUS 2004 - jb page 7 of 26 Governance The Governance is defined as the traditions and institutions by which authority in a country is exercised for the common good
eGovernance:
Does not imply: linking every citizen to a digital node
Does imply: ensuring that every local or rural community has access to information available on the digital network
8. JANUS 2004 - jb page 8 of 26 Surveys - 2002 OECD (central government organizations of 30 member states)
SLOVENIA - 143 questionnaires (out of 288 sent) - 49.65% or 75.2% weighted on group data :
From Ministries - 100%.
Local government authorities - 94.6%.
Government offices - 83.3%.
In total of 22.9% of answers came from Municipalities
9. JANUS 2004 - jb page 9 of 26 Working post - Internet conectivity
10. JANUS 2004 - jb page 10 of 26 ICT Budget spendings
11. JANUS 2004 - jb page 11 of 26 WEB presence
12. JANUS 2004 - jb page 12 of 26 Internet services
13. JANUS 2004 - jb page 13 of 26 Organizational initiatives
14. JANUS 2004 - jb page 14 of 26 Responsability
15. JANUS 2004 - jb page 15 of 26 NOT Rewarding
16. JANUS 2004 - jb page 16 of 26 Positioning Si Public Administration
17. JANUS 2004 - jb page 17 of 26 Internet @ home
18. JANUS 2004 - jb page 18 of 26 Time distance - PC per capita
19. JANUS 2004 - jb page 19 of 26 Time distance - Internet per capita
20. JANUS 2004 - jb page 20 of 26 Time distance - GSM per capita
21. JANUS 2004 - jb page 21 of 26 Time distance - Internet hosts per capita
22. JANUS 2004 - jb page 22 of 26 PC in schools / 100 scholars
23. JANUS 2004 - jb page 23 of 26 Digital Divide From 1996 - 2000:
Relative difference is lowering
Absolute difference and Time distance stay the same or are widening
Digital divide therefore stays the same or in some cases is widening
24. JANUS 2004 - jb page 24 of 26 Conclusions - public administration Competence will take the place of authority
The levels in the government hierarchy is going to decrease
Improve the quality of decision-making involving all staff
To share knowledge across government organizations to function properly
Personal development of staff
25. JANUS 2004 - jb page 25 of 26 To Change ... ... the vision toward Knowledge Based Society of todays wrong perception: "glorification of information communication technology and ignoring human factors"
26. JANUS 2004 - jb page 26 of 26 Questions E-mail: jaro.berce@gov.si
Government Office for EU AfairsSubiceva 11, Ljubljana, Slovenia http://www.gov.si/svez
Some literature and sources
Berce Jaro, Influences of Information Society Technologies on Evolution in the Public Administration, PhD dissertation
Ministry for Information Society - indicators http://www.gov.si/mid/mid.nsf
RIS - research of Internet in Slovenia
Senge M. Peter, The Fifth Discipline. The art and practice of the learning organization, London: Random House. 424 + viii pages, 1990
Sicherl Pavel, Comparison analysis of select Si indicators, MiS, November 2002