Welcome to the eGovRTD2020 project's website!
eGovernment has evolved towards a recognized research domain. A modern government using innovative ICT has become an increasingly important factor of competitiveness and growth in the European knowledge society. In the last years, many EU Member States have revised their existing strategies for public sector modernization and transformation of eGovernment, and they have adapted them to meet the objectives of the EU strategies such as i2010 and the Lisbon agenda. Also national specific foci have been revised in these eGovernment strategies. However in most cases, these strategies and activities are short to mid-term oriented. Looking into the future and investigating developments of the future are key elements for strategic policies beyond eGovernment implementation strategies of the next 3-5 years. Research is needed to nurture developments we want to enable and to avoid futures that are not desirable.
eGovRTD2020 is a project co-funded by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Programme of IST. It aims at sketching eGovernment in 2020 and, thereby, identifying future strategic research fields for the development of eGovernment and the public sector as such. The methodology consists of both scenario building and roadmapping. Visions have already been described through scenarios, which detail governments, society and economics, as well as the interaction based on modern ICT. In the final phase of the project, guidelines for eGovernment research programmes and national long-term eGovernment policies are being developed. The resulting research roadmap(s) aims at supporting the implementation of the vision of the European Community: to transform the European Government landscape into a coherent community anticipating customer needs and making use of the available potentials of innovative ICT.
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The eGovRTD2020 book!
The results of the eGovRTD2020 project are summarised in a final book and can be downloaded for free.
ISBN: 9788895549002
