Research Topics and Further Actions

Tuesday, June 5, 2007, Hotel Golf Jupiter 1, 14.00 – 15.30 

Co-chairs
Maria A. Wimmer, Professor of eGovernment
University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
Andreja Pucihar, Assistant Professor
Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Maribor, Slovenia

Workshop members
Sharon Dawes, Director of the Center for Technology in Government
University at Albany, USA
Kristina Bogataj, Senior researcher
Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Alenka Zuzek Nemec, Secretary
Department of International Relations, Ministry of Public Administration, Slovenia

Workshop description
Many strategic documents and initiatives have been launched in order to achieve more efficient government at the European level. The goals of these documents were the basic guideline underlying the 5th and 6th Framework Programs of IST (Information Society Technologies). The research priorities of the 6th Framework Program of IST addressed research priorities with the labels “ICT research for innovative Government” and “Strengthening the Integration of the ICT research effort in an Enlarged Europe”.

To gather a comprehensive understanding of future eGovernment research, a profound analysis of the deficiencies of current research in respect to future needs is required. Within the eGovRTD2020   project, such an analysis of gaps in current eGovernment research and roadmapping for further needed actions was done.

At the workshop, the most important and relevant identified future research themes from the eGOVRTD2020 project will be presented. Further on also actions needed to efficiently address identified future research themes to shape them into the eGovernment research framework will be presented.

Workshop participants will be encouraged to actively participate in the discussion about presented research themes and actions. Discussion may result also to arising of new important research themes and/or needed actions for addressing them.