Monday, June 16, 2008, Hotel Golf Libertas, 16:00 - 17:30 Chair:
Sylvia Archmann, Seconded National Expert, Austria
EIPA, European Institute of Public Administration Maastricht, The Netherlands
Rapporteur:
Alain Keravel, Associate Professor
L’Ecole HEC - Ecole des Hautes. Etudes Commerciales, France
& TERREGOV Project Moderator:
Daniel van Lerberghe, President & Executive Director
POLITECH Institute - European Center of Political Technologies, Brussels, Belgium Presenters:
Josef Makolm, Head of IT-Audit
Directorate General V - Information Technology, Federal Ministry of Finance, Austria Participants - questions:
Rimantas Gatautis, Professor & Director
Electronic Business Research Center, Economics and Management Faculty, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Andreas Ebert, Regional Technology Officer, European Union
Microsoft, Austria
Constantijn van Oranje-Nassau
EUReGOV Study: RAND EUROPE/UNU -MERIT, Europe
Bernhard R. Katzy, Professor & Director
University BW München & CeTIM - Center for Technology and Innovation Management, Germany
& University of Leiden, The Netherlands & Contact person, Knowledge Worker LivingLab
Irena Trsinar
RISER Project - Head of the Slovenian Population Register, Slovenian Ministry of the Interior, Slovenia
Gerd Schuermann, Director
Competence Center- Electronic Government and Application, FranHofer Institute, Germany
Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen, Senior Consultant
Policy and Business Analysis, Danish Technological Institute, Denmark
Bror Salmelin, Policy Adviser to the Director
European Commission, Information Society and Media Directorate-General,
ICT addressing Societal Challenges Directorate
Other participants to be indicated
Round-Table outline In the Lisbon eGovernment Ministerial Declaration (September 2007), European Union (EU) Member States have stressed cross-border interoperability amongst 4 set policy actions, which will drive eGovernment future developments in Europe, as a key enabler to achieve an Internal Market without electronic barriers and to rip the fruits of eGovernment.
“The Information Communications Technology in short - ICT -
industry is a motor for our economies and for our joint prosperity. It
accounts for 5 to 6% of total GDP in the EU and continues to grow
steadily. It is a major force in driving growth and innovation. The ICT
industry has therefore a major role to play in the European economy of
the 21st century. An ambitious ICT policy for Europe is central to EU
policies for competitiveness, growth and sustainable development. ICT is
crucial to the success of the EU Lisbon strategy for growth and jobs,
and vice versa.”
José Manuel Durão Barroso, President of the European Commission, CEBIT
2008 |
Cross-border interoperability is essential to achieve Pan-European eGovernment Services (PEGS) and has been identified as one of the key policy action of The Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), spanning over the first half of 2008.
Interoperability means working together - collaboration of
systems, services and people. When people work together, they need to
communicate and make agreements. They need to agree on the tasks they
will perform and how they will exchange results. If their nationality is
different, they also need to agree on the language in which they will
communicate. Moreover, they need to overcome cultural and legal
differences.”
IDABC, European Interoperability Framework 1.0 |
POLITECH INSTITUTE (European Center of Political Technologies) and EIPA (European Institute of Public Administration) are launching a cross-border interoperability Round-Table, in the framework of the , 21st Bled eConference, June 15-18, in Slovenia, entitled: "Connecting Public Services Communities”
This Round-Table will aim at stimulating the learning and exchange of good practices on cross-border interoperability across the EU, as addressed by the Lisbon Ministerial Declaration and the EU Slovenian Presidency Agenda.
This Round-Table will bring together high-level representatives from the EU, experts from Academia and Research Centres, and representatives from the Private Sector.
The issues to be addressed:
- Mapping the state of play on cross-border interoperability in Europe (issues and challenges; National, Local and Regional Interoperability Study, IST Terregov Project).
- Critical Success Factors (e.g. EIF 2.0) and Key Enablers (e.g. eID).
- Go forward with Good Practices exchange.
- Moving forward towards Pan-European eGovernment High Impact Services (achieving cross-border interoperability in Europe).
- The impact of the EC Services Directive on eGovernment Interoperability.
To stimulate and support this pan-European Round-Table, an Exclusive and Prestigious Edition of the European Review of Political Technologies (ERPT) will be published and presented at the beginning of the EU French Presidency to learn, share and exchange practices and experiences to overcome TOGETHER this key challenge for Europe. This ERPT’s Exclusive Edition will include position papers, Good Practices’ cases, interviews and discussion reports.
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