Second European Conference on Mobile Goverment

Second European Conference on Mobile Goverment Proceedings, 2006
opportunities for eGovernment: adapting to mobile and ubiquitous business Browse the Proceedings Editors: Ibrahim Kushchu Chet Broucki Geraldine Fitzpatrick

	M-Business & M-Government : Co-operation, The Greek case study
	Kapogiannis, G., Touzos, M., and Kreps, D.	154-159

ePractice workshop: High Impact services, 10 September 2007, Brussels

On the 10th of September 2007, the ePractice.eu portal will be holding a workshop in Brussels for professionals in the eGovernment, eInclusion and eHealth domains, focusing on High Impact services

High Impact services in eGovernment, eInclusion and eHealth

Deploying large scale services to millions of users is a challenge to ePractice professionals both from the government or the service provider side.

This workshop will explore good practice in the field of High Impact services, drawing upon a small set of case studies. The discussion will be led by prominent speakers in the area who have substantial experience in developing and implementing eServices of public interest.

High Impact services are those taking into account the size/ impact ratio in relation to the share of the total relevant population reached.

• Generating civic attitudes (towards pan-European scope)
• Capacity to expand geographically or to be transferred easily to other countries
• Big scope of users
• Strong benefits for users
• Process innovation
• Product innovation
• Technological innovation
• Technological standard/ diffusion of new technologies
• Economic factors (cost savings, productivity gains, spill over effects)
• Degree of service integration
• Reduction of bureaucratic burden for PAs and citizens

For additional documentation, please refer to http://www.euregov.eu/deliverables.html

Objectives of the Workshop

• Build a community for High Impact Services.
• Integrate and maintain this community in the ePractice.eu portal.
• Identify and exploit synergies between eGovernment, eInclusion and eHealth domains.

The target audience for this event is practitioners who want to meet, share and learn about the state-of-the-art in service delivery.

Workshop structure

After an introductory speech on High Impact services by Dr. Paul Timmers, Head of Unit eGovernment European Commision – DG INFSO, three real life case studies will be presented in a plenary session. Each case will be introduced up to the moment of implementing a solution. From then on, workshop participants will be challenged to help solving the practical problems found in the cases. Each of the three cases will come from a different area: eGovernment, eInclusion and eHealth.

After the presentations the workshop participants will split up into three groups. Each of the working groups will elaborate solutions to the cases and the possible problems found. After the working sessions these solutions will be presented briefly to the plenary. Consequently the case presenter will quickly lay out the solution applied in real-life.

Preliminary Workshop Agenda:

9:30 – 9:45 h	Welcome and ePractice.eu approach	Chairman: Baudouin de Sonis
9:45- 10:15 h	Presentation on High Impact services - Q&A	Dr. Paul Timmers
10:15-10:30 h	Coffee Break
10:30-11:45 h	Cases presentation	Case presenters
13:00-13:45 h	Lunch break
13:45-15:45 h	Three parallel working sessions	Chaired by : - eGov: François Heidenryckx - eInc: Joe Cullen - eHealth: Magdalene Rosenmöller
15:45-16:45 h	Wrap-up: Presentation of case solutions	- François Heidenryckx - Juliane Jarke - Diane Whitehouse - Case presenters
16:45 h	Farewell	Baudouin de Sonis

CALL FOR CHAPTERS

****** CALL FOR CHAPTERS ******

Chapter Proposal Submission Deadline: November 30, 2007
Full-Chapter Submission Deadline: April 15, 2008

Theme: "Mobile and Ubiquitous Commerce: Advanced E-Business Methods"

****** Volume 4 of Advances in Electronic Business Series ******


CO-EDITORS

Dr. Milena Head, McMaster University, Canada
Prof. Dr. Eldon Y. Li, National Chengchi University, Taiwan and Cal
Poly, San Luis Obispo, USA


INTRODUCTION

The mission of Advances in Electronic Business is to foster the understanding of management methods, information technology, and their joint application in business processes. The subject coverage may include theories and practices of business technologies, enterprise management, public policies,logistics, privacy and law, business ethics, and information technologies that are related to electronic business. The audience of this book series will be broadly-based, including professionals, policy-makers, academics,researchers, and managers in IT, business and commerce.

OBJECTIVE

Mobility and ubiquity are among the most important technological and market trends of the 21st century. The wide deployment of wireless data communication networks and the explosive growth of mobile users have created incredible demand for mobile and ubiquitous commerce applications. For users, these applications can provide unprecedented flexibility and convenience in their professional and personal lives. Mobile devices allow users to work, communicate and transact anywhere/anytime. Ubiquity in mobile services implies that users need not even provide explicit input to communicate their current needs and context.
For companies, mobile and ubiquitous applications provide new opportunities to execute business transactions, interact with trading partners, improve customer service levels, extend brand presence, and enhance collaboration between an increasingly mobile workforce. While existing business models must be re-examined to enable these opportunities, companies also need to understand how to best cope with
the burden of being always on.

This volume of Advances in Electronic Business intends to stimulate discussion and understanding by presenting theoretical and empirical research on mobile and ubiquitous commerce. Research results and future perspectives will be presented for the development and sustainable deployment of anywhere/anytime applications and services. It is hoped that this volume will help provide a roadmap for future scholarship and business success in this critical domain.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to:

* Mobile and ubiquitous commerce business models
* Mobile and ubiquitous commerce applications
* Security and privacy issues
* The mobile enterprise
* Mobile workforce support
* Location-based services
* Context-aware enterprise scenarios
* RFID and mobile supply chain management
* Usability issues and studies
* Mobile and ubiquitous payment solutions
* User acceptance and adoption
* Balancing location awareness and privacy
* Community creation in mobile commerce
* Mobile marketing
* Mobile healthcare
* Mobile learning
* Data management for mobile applications
* New collaboration paradigms
* Mobile agents
* Emerging mobile technologies
* Business, cultural, and individual impacts
* Social and economic impacts
* Emerging theories on mobile and ubiquitous commerce


SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

* Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before
November 30, 2007, a 2-5 page manuscript proposal clearly
explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter.
* Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by December 31,
2007 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter
organizational guidelines.
* Full chapters are expected to be submitted by April 15, 2008.
* All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review
basis. The book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global
(formerly, Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the IGI Publishing
(formerly Ideas Group Publishing),
Information Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing,
and Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference)
imprints.

Inquiries are welcome.  Submissions should be forwarded electronically
in MS-Word format to:

Dr. Milena Head
DeGroote School of Business
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada
Tel.: 905-525-9140 ext. 26996
Fax: 905-526-0852
E-mail: headm@mcmaster.ca headm@mcmaster.ca>

This document is also available at URL: http://www.icebnet.org/AEB/

Global E-Government, 2007

Asian countries continue to dominate international e-government ratings, taking three of the top four spots in a global e-government study undertaken by researchers at Brown University. South Korea earned the top rank, followed by Singapore, Taiwan, the United States, Great Britain and Canada. The study shows that 28 percent of government agencies around the world are offering online services, about the same as in 2006. The seventh annual survey conducted by Darrell M. West, director of the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University, and a team of researchers evaluates online government Web sites of 198 countries around the globe. The researchers evaluated government Web sites based on two dozen criteria, including disability access, the existence of publications and databases, the presence of privacy policies, security policies, contact information, and the number of online services. Studies of global e-government have been released annually since 2001. This year’s study reviews 1,687 government Web sites in 198 countries during June and July 2007. A variety of different sites were analyzed, including executive, legislative and judicial offices as well as departments and ministries of the government such as health, education, foreign affairs, interior, finance, natural resources, foreign investment, transportation, military, tourism and telecommunication. Researchers found that 96 percent of Web sites have online publications and 80 percent have links to databases. Twenty-nine percent (up from 26 percent in 2006) show privacy policies and 21 percent present security policies (up from 14 percent in 2006). Software provided by the company Watchfire Inc. assesses whether Web sites provide assistance for the vision- or hearing-impaired. According to this software, government Web sites are still lagging on disability access. Only 23 percent of sites provide disability access, the same as last year. In addition to analyzing particular features, researchers rated countries for overall e-government performance. By evaluating the two dozen criteria as well as other features, including PDA access, user fees, and foreign language translation, each country was rated on a 0 to 100 point scale. The following table gives the rankings of the 198 countries in 2007. Last year’s values are in parentheses. http://www.insidepolitics.org/egovt07int.pdf

[source: http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1110445

Seventh Global e-Government Study

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Asian countries continue to dominate international e-government ratings, taking three of the top four spots in a global e-government study undertaken by researchers at Brown University. South Korea earned the top rank, followed by Singapore, Taiwan, the United States, Great Britain and Canada. The study shows that 28 percent of government agencies around the world are offering online services, about the same as in 2006.

The seventh annual survey conducted by Darrell M. West, director of the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University, and a team of researchers evaluates online government Web sites of 198 countries around the globe. The researchers evaluated government Web sites based on two dozen criteria, including disability access, the existence of publications and databases, the presence of privacy policies, security policies, contact information, and the number of online services. Studies of global e-government have been released annually since 2001.

This year’s study reviews 1,687 government Web sites in 198 countries during June and July 2007. A variety of different sites were analyzed, including executive, legislative and judicial offices as well as departments and ministries of the government such as health, education, foreign affairs, interior, finance, natural resources, foreign investment, transportation, military, tourism and telecommunication.

Researchers found that 96 percent of Web sites have online publications and 80 percent have links to databases. Twenty-nine percent (up from 26 percent in 2006) show privacy policies and 21 percent present security policies (up from 14 percent in 2006). Software provided by the company Watchfire Inc. assesses whether Web sites provide assistance for the vision- or hearing-impaired. According to this software, government Web sites are still lagging on disability access. Only 23 percent of sites provide disability access, the same as last year.

In addition to analyzing particular features, researchers rated countries for overall e-government performance. By evaluating the two dozen criteria as well as other features, including PDA access, user fees, and foreign language translation, each country was rated on a 0 to 100 point scale. The following table gives the rankings of the 198 countries in 2007. Last year’s values are in parentheses.

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Global e-Government: 198 Countries Ranked

Rankings from 1 to 50
RANK COUNTRY RATING 1. (1) South Korea 74.9 (60.3) 2. (3) Singapore 54.0 (47.5) 3. (2) Taiwan 51.1 (49.8) 4. (4) United States 49.4 (47.4) 5. (6) Great Britain 44.3 (42.6) 6. (5) Canada 44.1 (43.5) 7. (48) Portugal 43.8 (31.3) 8. (12) Australia 43.5 (39.9) 8. (27) Turkey 43.5 (33.7) 10. (8) Germany 42.9 (41.5) 11. (7) Ireland 42.4 (41.9) 12. (16) Switzerland 42.3 (36.9) 13. (38) Brazil 41.1 (32.1) 14. (11) Dominica 41.0 (40.0) 15. (65) Bahrain 40.3 (29.6) 16. (40) Equator. Guinea 40.0 (32.0) 16. (32) Liechtenstein 40.0 (33.0) 18. (133) Andorra 39.0 (24.0) 19. (14) New Zealand 38.4 (37.6) 20. (35) Italy 38.0 (32.9) 21. (10) Spain 37.7 (40.6) 22. (20) Hong Kong 37.5 (35.4) 23. (19) Finland 37.3 (35.6) 24. (30) Vatican 37.0 (33.5) 25. (36) Malaysia 36.9 (32.7)	RANK COUNTRY RATING 26. (15) Netherlands 36.8 (37.4) 27. (46) Czech Rep. 36.7 (31.7) 28. (106) Brunei 36.5 (26.8) 29. (84) Cyprus (Rep.) 36.4 (28.3) 30. (40) Liberia 36.0 (24.0) 30. (56) Austria 36.0 (30.6) 30. (17) Azerbaijan 36.0 (36.0) 30. (143) Sierra Leone 36.0 (24.0) 30. (39) Bhutan 36.0 (32.0) 30. (175) Costa Rica 36.0 (20.0) 30. (73) Eritrea 36.0 (29.0) 30. (166) Ethiopia 36.0 (22.0) 30. (137) Gabon 36.0 (24.0) 30. (17) North Korea 36.0 (36.0) 40. (9) Japan 35.9 (41.5) 41. (28) Malta 35.8 (33.6) 42. (23) France 35.6 (34.7) 42. (24) Qatar 35.6 (34.5) 44. (67) Israel 35.5 (29.4) 45. (88) Croatia 35.0 (28.0) 46. (51) Iceland 34.6 (31.1) 47. (77) India 34.2 (28.7) 48. (54) Peru 34.0 (30.8) 48. (150) Zambia 34.0 (23.5) 50. (68) Mexico 33.9 (29.3)
Rankings from 51 to 99
RANK COUNTRY RATING 51. (76) Peoples Rep. Chi 33.7 (28.8) 52. (66) Arab Emirates 33.6 (29.5) 53. (119) Armenia 33.3 (25.3) 53. (58) Hungary 33.3 (30.5) 55. (112) Argentina 33.1 (26.1) 55. (104) Panama 33.1 (27.0) 57. (28) Kazakhstan 33.0 (33.6) 58. (80) Colombia 32.8 (28.6) 58. (50) Syria 32.8 (31.2) 60. (63) Poland 32.7 (30.1) 60. (13) Sweden 32.7 (38.3) 62. (21) Norway 32.4 (35.0) 62. (49) Serbia, Montgro 32.4 (31.2) 64. (44) Denmark 32.1 (31.8) 64. (110) Jamaica 32.1 (26.4) 64. (55) Luxembourg 32.1 (30.7) 67. (134) Bahamas 32.0 (24.0) 67. (162) Botswana 32.0 (22.0) 67. (89) Cyprus (Turk.) 32.0 (28.0) 67. (90) Ghana 32.0 (28.0) 67. (190) Grenada 32.0 (16.0) 67. (93) Guinea-Bissau 32.0 (28.0) 67. (139) Guyana 32.0 (24.0) 67. (31) Libya 32.0 (33.0) 67. (41) Monaco 32.0 (32.0)	RANK COUNTRY RATING 67. (116) St. Vincent, Gren.32.0 (26.0) 67. (26) Swaziland 32.0 (34.0) 67. (97) Tajikistan 32.0 (28.0) 79. (81) Kuwait 31.9 (28.5) 80. (79) Lebanon 31.5 (28.7) 81. (61) Egypt 31.3 (30.2) 81. (45) Slovenia 31.3 (31.8) 83. (101) East Timor 31.2 (27.4) 84. (100) Kenya 31.2 (27.5) 85. (161) Belize 31.0 (22.0) 85. (113) Bulgaria 31.0 (26.0) 85. (155) Cambodia 31.0 (23.2) 85. (34) Chile 31.0 (32.9) 89. (85) Oman 30.9 (28.1) 89. (98) Saudi Arabia 30.9 (27.9) 89. (126) Vietnam 30.9 (25.0) 92. (82) Belgium 30.8 (28.4) 92. (92) Guatemala 30.8 (28.0) 92. (152) Trinidad, Tobago 30.8 (23.4) 95. (102) Iran 30.7 (27.3) 96. (59) Philippines 30.5 (30.4) 97. (145) St. Kitts, Nevis 30.3 (24.0) 98. (62) Romania 30.1 (30.2) 99. (163) Cape Verde 30.0 (22.0) 99. (164) Cook Islands 30.0 (22.0)
Rankings from 99 to 150
RANK COUNTRY RATING 99. (188) Lesotho 30.0 (16.7) 99. (146) Suriname 30.0 (24.0) 103. (71) Bosnia, Herze. 29.8 (29.1) 103. (37) Slovakia 29.8 (32.3) 105. (148) Antigua, Barb. 29.7 (23.7) 106. (78) Jordan 29.6 (28.7) 106. (74) Maldives 29.6 (29.0) 106. (60) Nepal 29.6 (30.3) 109. (129) San Marino 29.3 (24.3) 110. (125) Congo (Rep.) 29.0 (25.0) 110. (57) Latvia 29.0 (30.6) 110. (53) Saint Lucia 29.0 (31.0) 110. (183) Vanuatu 29.0 (20.0) 114. (83) Lithuania 28.7 (28.3) 115. (22) Ukraine 28.4 (35.0) 115. (131) Uruguay 28.4 (24.2) 117. (52) Nigeria 28.3 (31.1) 118. (132) Albania 28.0 (24.0) 118. (107) Angola 28.0 (26.7) 123. (173) Barbados 28.0 (20.0) 118. (25) Estonia 28.0 (34.0) 118. (135) Congo (Dem. Rep.) 28.0 (24.0) 118. (138) Gambia 28.0 (24.0) 118. (94) Haiti 28.0 (28.0) 118. (130) Iraq 28.0 (27.0)	RANK COUNTRY RATING 118. (159) Kyrgyzstan 28.0 (22.4) 118. (169) Micronesia 28.0 (21.0) 118. (75) Mongolia 28.0 (29.0) 118. (142) Mozambique 28.0 (24.0) 118. (180) Niue 28.0 (20.0) 118. (167) Samoa 28.0 (22.0) 118. (96) Sri Lanka 28.0 (28.0) 133. (130) Morocco 27.8 (24.2) 133. (43) Russian Fed. 27.8 (31.9) 135. (72) Pakistan 27.7 (29.1) 135. (70) South Africa 27.7 (29.2) 137. (99) Ecuador 27.6 (27.5) 138. (91) Greece 27.1 (28.0) 139. (47) Georgia 27.0 (31.4) 139. (123) Paraguay 27.0 (25.3) 141. (121) Fiji 26.8 (25.3) 142. (107) Afghanistan 26.7 (26.7) 142. (109) Benin 26.7 (26.7) 142. (69) Sudan 26.7 (29.3) 142. (117) Zimbabwe 26.7 (26.0) 146. (158) Uganda 26.2 (22.5) 147. (64) Belarus 26.0 (30.0) 147. (165) Dominican Rep. 26.0 (22.0) 147. (177) Madagascar 26.0 (20.0) 150. (124) Senegal 25.7 (25.1)
Rankings from 150 to 198
RANK COUNTRY RATING 150. (105) Uzbekistan 25.7 (27.0) 152. (120) El Salvador 25.6 (25.3) 153. (115) Nicaragua 25.2 (26.0) 154. (160) Djibouti 24.9 (22.1) 155. (86) Bangladesh 24.7 (28.0) 155. (149) Mauritius 24.7 (23.7) 155. (118) Seychelles 24.7 (25.5) 158. (128) Algeria 24.6 (30.3) 159. (156) Venezuela 24.3 (23.2) 160. (87) Bolivia 24.0 (28.0) 160. (198) Burundi 24.0 (8.0) 160. (136) Cote d'Ivoire 24.0 (24.0) 160. (157) Cuba 24.0 (22.7) 160. (176) Indonesia 24.0 (20.0) 160. (178) Mali 24.0 (20.0) 160. (195) Naura 24.0 (16.0) 160. (181) Palau 24.0 (20.0) 160. (185) Soloman Is. 24.0 (18.0) 160. (144) Somalia 24.0 (24.0) 160. (193) Togo 24.0 (16.0) 171. (171) Honduras 23.0 (20.8) 172. (153) Yemen 22.9 (23.4) 173. (197) Chad 22.7 (9.0) 173. (172) Malawi 22.7 (20.7)	RANK COUNTRY RATING 175. (111) Tunisia 22.4 (26.4) 176. (95) Laos 22.0 (28.0) 177. (154) Rwanda 21.9 (23.3) 178. (151) Thailand 21.7 (23.4) 179. (168) Namibia 21.5 (21.4) 180. (184) Cameroon 21.3 (19.0) 181. (187) Burkina Faso 20.0 (17.0) 181. (189) Cen. Africa Rep 20.0 (16.0) 181. (33) Macedonia 20.0 (33.0) 181. (126) Marshall Is. 20.0 (25.0) 181. (141) Moldova 20.0 (24.0) 181. (122) Myanmar 20.0 (25.3) 181. (179) Niger 20.0 (20.0) 181. (170) Papua N. Guinea 20.0 (21.0) 181. (192) Sao Tome, Princ. 20.0 (16.0) 181. (182) Somaliland 20.0 (20.0) 181. (194) Tonga 20.0 (16.0) 181. (147) Turkmanistan 20.0 (24.0) 193. (187) Tanzania 18.3 (17.5) 194. (114) Mauritania 18.0 (26.0) 195. (39) Tuvalu 16.0 (32.0) 196. (174) Comoros 12.0 (20.0) 196. (191) Guinea 12.0 (16.0) 198. (195) Kiribati 8.0 (12.0)

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In order to improve electronic government, the report suggests that governments take several steps to reach their full potential in terms of accessibility and effectiveness. The ultimate goal of e-government is to provide citizens with services, information, and interactive features. To this end, sites need to be well-designed, easy to navigate, and accessible to a wide variety of users. The researchers suggest the following steps be undertaken:

• standardize templates with consistent navigation;
• have accessibility aids;
• list when pages are updated;
• organize pages by user type;
• create “most popular” lists;
• have an online services menu; and
• have interactive technical assistance.

For more information on this study, contact Darrell M. West at (401) 863-1163 or e-mail Darrell_West@brown.edu. The full Global e-Government Study is available online at www.insidepolitics.org. The appendix of that report presents detailed profiles for each of the 198 national governments.

Editors: Brown University has a fiber link television studio available for domestic and international live and taped interviews and maintains an ISDN line for radio interviews. For more information, call the Office of Media Relations at (401) 863-2476.

Digital Inclusion Forum 07

Free conference for government and NGO development professionals in Southeast Asia, organised by Public Sector Technology & Management magazine. Supported by UNESCO and UNDP, the event focuses on the role of ICT for social and economic development in Southeast and South Asia. Featuring presentations from: - Dato' Badlisham bin Ghazali, CEO, Multimedia Development Corporation (Malaysia) - Tim Diaz De Rivera, Commissioner on ICT (The Philippines) - Reshan Dewapura, COO, ICTA (Sri Lanka) - Ashwin Sasongko, Secretary General, Department for Communications & IT (Indonesia) - Farrukh Qayyum, Secretary, Ministry of IT (Pakistan) - Salim Al-Ruzaiqi, CEO, IT Authority (Oman)

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E-Agriculture in India

The occupational structure of India is dominated by the “agricultural sector” and the “manufacturing sector” and the “service sector” is lagging far behind in this context. This shows that India is predominantly an agricultural economy and hence it requires strongest protection and development of its “agricultural resources”. This protection must be supported by the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) that can do wonders for the agriculture sector of India. ICT can be used to improve the lives of the rural communities by leveraging of agriculture outputs through technological interventions. Some of the benefits of ICT for the improvement and strengthening of agriculture sector in India are: (a) Timely information on weather forecasts and calamities, (b) Better and spontaneous agricultural practices, (c) Better marketing exposure and pricing, (d) Reduction of agricultural risks and enhanced incomes, (e) Better awareness and information, (f) Improved networking and communication, (g) Facility of online trading and e-commerce, (h) Better representation at various forums, authorities and platform, etc.

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The Wireless Internet Institute

Founded in 2002, the Wireless Internet Institute, LLC, is an independent forum bringing together stakeholders around the world in order to help accelerate the adoption of wireless Internet in support of social and economic development and better managed cities, communities and regions. W2i Digital Cities Convention are held annually in three to four regions of the world to explore the planning and deployment of broadband-wireless infrastructure, applications and services at the metropolitan scale, and a professional development seminar for local-government IT professionals.

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Μεταπτυχιακά με Μέλλον για όσους ενδιαφέρονται για Καρριέρα

Καθώς ο ανταγωνισμός στην αγορά εργασίας μεγαλώνει διαρκώς, όλοι οι νέοι σήμερα καλούνται να έχουν όλο και περισσότερες γνώσεις, εφόδια και δεξιότητες, προκειμένου να έρθουν πιο κοντά στην πολυπόθητη πρόσληψη.

Ουσιαστική λύση στο αδιέξοδο της ανεργίας και της εξασφάλισης μιας καλής θέσης στον επαγγελματικό στίβο δίνουν οι μεταπτυχιακοί τίτλοι σπουδών.

Δεν έχουν όμως τα ίδια αποτελέσματα όλα τα μεταπτυχιακά προγράμματα.

Υπάρχουν μεταπτυχιακοί τίτλοι που προσφέρουν περισσότερες δυνατότητες στους νέους να διεκδικήσουν θέσεις εργασίας που θα αποτελέσουν μια καλή αφετηρία για την καριέρα τους. Αυτοί κυρίως αφορούν τις εξής ειδικότητες :

ΥΨΗΛΗ ΤΕΧΝΟΛΟΓΙΑ

Τηλεπικοινωνίες
Ηλεκτρονικά
Πληροφορική

ΜΗΧΑΝΟΛΟΓΙΑ

Μηχανολόγοι
Ηλεκτρολόγοι
Ειδικοί στους αυτοματισμούς

ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΥΕΣ

Πολιτικοί Μηχανικοί
Αρχιτεκτονική

ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΑ

Λογιστικά
Χρηματοοικονομικά
Διοίκηση Επιχειρήσεων
Μάρκετινγκ

ΨΥΧΟΛΟΓΙΑ

Σύμβουλοι ανθρώπινου δυναμικού & καριέρας (Ψυχολογία)

Τα μεταπτυχιακά προσφέρουν στους νέους τέτοια εξειδίκευση ώστε ο χρόνος ένταξης τους στον επιχειρησιακό κύκλο να είναι μικρότερος.

Έτσι, μπορούμε να πούμε ότι ένα μεταπτυχιακό πρόγραμμα ως ένα βαθμό υποκαθιστά την προϋπηρεσία γιατί μέσω της εξειδίκευσης που παρέχει σε ένα συγκεκριμένο τομέα, διευκολύνει την ταχύτερη ένταξη του υποψηφίου στην επιχείρηση και την καλύτερη απόδοση του στους τομείς δράσης που καλείται να αναλάβει.

Ολοένα και περισσότερες εταιρίες ζητούν υποχρεωτικά ή προαιρετικά μεταπτυχιακούς τίτλους. Προς αυτή την κατεύθυνση δεν κινούνται μόνο οι πολυεθνικές και οι μεγάλες ελληνικές εταιρίες. Μικρότερες εταιρίες με αναπτυξιακούς στόχους, επιλέγουν υποψηφίους με μεταπτυχιακά με σκοπό την άμεση αξιοποίηση των γνώσεων και της εξειδίκευσης τους.

Πριν λοιπόν αποφασίσει κάποιος σε ποιο μεταπτυχιακό πρόγραμμα θα ενταχθεί, είναι απαραίτητο να πληροφορηθεί για όλα τα μεταπτυχιακά προγράμματα που προσφέρονται.

Τα τελευταία χρόνια όλα σχεδόν τα πανεπιστημιακά ιδρύματα στην Ελλάδα, πραγματοποιούν μεταπτυχιακά προγράμματα μερικά από τα οποία κάνουν τους νέους περιζήτητους στην αγορά εργασίας.

Μερικά από αυτά είναι τα εξής :

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Επικοινωνία
Διοίκηση επιχειρήσεων (ΜΒΑ)
Πληροφοριακά συστήματα

ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΠΕΙΡΑΙΩΣ

Διοίκηση επιχειρήσεων (ΜΒΑ)
Λογιστικά
Χρηματοοικονομικά
Διοίκηση ανθρώπινων πόρων
Διοίκηση τουριστικών επιχειρήσεων
Διοίκηση παραγωγής

ΠΑΝΤΕΙΟ ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ

Σύμβουλοι ανθρώπινου δυναμικού & καριέρας (Ψυχολογία)

ΕΘΝΙΚΟ ΜΕΤΣΟΒΙΟ ΠΟΛΥΤΕΧΝΕΙΟ

Μηχανολόγοι
Ηλεκτρολόγοι
Ειδικοί στα τεχνοοικονομικά συστήματα
Συστήματα κατασκευών και παραγωγής
Συστήματα αυτόματου ελέγχου

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Διοίκηση παραγωγικών συστημάτων
Υδροβιολογία

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Μηχανολόγοι ηλεκτρονικής και υπολογιστών
Βιομηχανικά, ενεργειακά και μεταφορικά συστήματα
Τηλεματική
Οικονομολόγοι διοίκησης
Μηχανικοί παραγωγής

ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑΣ

Πληροφοριακά συστήματα
Οικονομικά
Διοίκηση επιχειρήσεων

ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΘΡΑΚΗΣ

Πολιτικοί μηχανικοί νέων υλικών και τεχνολογιών

ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΠΑΤΡΩΝ

Μαθηματικά υπολογιστών
Επιστήμη των υπολογιστών
Συστήματα επεξεργασίας σημάτων και εικόνων
Συστήματα λογισμικού
Έργα υποδομής πολιτικού μηχανικού

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Πληροφορική

Κάθε ενδιαφερόμενος μπορεί να βρει όλα τα Μεταπτυχιακά Προγράμματα που οργανώνονται από τα Ανώτατα Εκπαιδευτικά ιδρύματα της χώρας μας, στη ιστοσελίδα του Υπουργείου Εθνικής Παιδείας και Θρησκευμάτων (www.ypepth.gr) επιλέγοντας ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΙΚΟ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΑ & ΑΝΩΤΑΤΗ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗ & ΜΕΤΑΠΤΥΧΙΑΚΑ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ (http://www.ypepth.gr/el_ec_category132.htm)

ICT and e-Business in the Telecommunication Industry

You can find the link for the annual report by eBusiness Watch for ''ICT and e-Business in the Telecommunication Industry''

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ΚΑΙΝΟΤΟΜΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΕΠΙΧΕΙΡΗΜΑΤΙΚΟΤΗΤΑ (25/9): Ευκαιρίες, επιχειρηματικές προοπτικές, τομείς επενδυτικού ανδιαφέροντος στην Καινοτομία, την Τεχνολογία και στις Νέες Τεχνολογίες στο πλαίσιο υλοποίησης του Εθνικού Στρατηγικού Πλαισίου Ανάπτυξης 2007-2013.


ΠΑΙΔΕΙΑ, ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΣ, ΨΗΦΙΑΚΕΣ ΤΕΧΝΟΛΟΓΙΕΣ (24/9): Σχεδιασμός και αξιοποίηση των Τεχνολογιών Πληροφορικής και Επικοινωνιών στην Παιδεία και στον Πολιτισμό. Ο Υπολογιστής των 100 ευρώ. Η Ψηφιακή Εποχή στα Ελληνικά Μουσεία και την Πολιτιστική Κληρονομιά.

ΥΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΘΕΣΜΙΚΗ ΑΙΓΙΔΑ:

ΥΠΟΥΡΓΕΙΟΥ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΩΝ

ΓΕΝ.ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΙΑΣ ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΙΚΩΝ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΑΤΩΝ ΕΙΔ.ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΙΑΣ ΨΗΦΙΑΚΟΥ ΣΧΕΔΙΑΣΜΟΥ

ΥΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΑΙΓΙΔΑ:

ΥΠΟΥΡΓΕΙΟ ΕΣΩΤΕΡΙΚΩΝ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑΣ ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΗΣ & ΑΠΟΚΕΝΤΡΩΣΗΣ ΓΕΝ.ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΙΑΣ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑΣ ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΗΛΕΚΤΡΟΝΙΚΗΣ ΔΙΑΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣΗΣ

ΥΠΟΥΡΓΕΙΟΥ ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΗΣ

ΓΕΝΙΚΗΣ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΙΑΣ ΕΡΕΥΝΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΕΧΝΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ

ΥΠΟΥΡΓΕΙΟΥ ΜΕΤΑΦΟΡΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΠΙΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΩΝ

ΕΛΛΗΝΟΦΙΛΑΝΔΙΚΟΥ ΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΜΕΛΗΤΗΡΙΟΥ

ΜΕ ΤΗ ΣΥΝΕΡΓΑΣΙΑ:

ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟΥ ΠΑΡΑΤΗΡΗΤΗΡΙΟΥ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΙΑΣ

ΕΘΝΙΚΟΥ ΔΙΚΤΥΟΥ ΕΡΕΥΝΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΕΧΝΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ

ΧΟΡΗΓΟΙ ΕΠΙΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑΣ:

ΔΙΟΡΓΑΝΩΣΗ:

Singapore extends e-filing system for companies

Singapore’s Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) has awarded a S$1.7 million contract to enhance it e-filing system for companies. According to a release from ACRA the US$1.1 million investment will enhance ACRA’s BizFile System with more customer-centric features, as part of ACRA’s focus on providing excellent customer service.

SCS initially designed and implemented BizFile, one of the world’s first online corporate registration and filing systems, for ACRA in 2002.

In 2005, SCS productised BizFile for the international market, naming the system iBizFile. iBizFile was subsequently selected by the British Virgin Islands for their business registration needs in 2006.

“ACRA constantly seeks to improve the BizFile experience for our users to facilitate a hassle-free environment to do business here in Singapore," said Juthika Ramanathan, Chief Executive, ACRA. "By enhancing the navigation and design of the new BizFile system and creating new workflow processes to help reduce operation costs, we at ACRA believe that SCS will deliver a quality, upgraded BizFile system to offer a user-friendly experience.”

Under the new contract additional advanced portal features will be integrated with the existing platform. The enhanced BizFile will be more interactive and highly customer-centric, with a state-of-the-art look-and-feel. In addition, BizFile’s search capabilities will be boosted by an advanced search engine to facilitate online searches of eService transactions by the public.

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Wi-Fi to boost Hong Kong's status as digital city

Administration envisages substantial cooperation with private sector to boost connectivity and mobility in the former British colony. The Permanent Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development (Communications and Technology), Rita Lau, has urged the local ICT industry to join with the Government to enhance Hong Kong's status as an advanced digital city.

Addressing the opening ceremony of the Government Wi-Fi Programme 'GovWiFi', Lau said building an inclusive and knowledge-based society was one of the action areas identified in the draft 2007 Digital 21 Strategy - the blueprint for future development of ICT in Hong Kong.

"We aim to enable citizens and businesses to realise the full potential of the information society, where everyone can create, access, use and share information and knowledge to unleash their potential and enhance their quality of life.

"Through Government investment and market force, we will pursue the goal of building Hong Kong into a wireless city and make broadband connectivity including the wireless one available for every citizen," she said.

Lau noted that to assist the industry in extending the coverage of the wireless network, the Government offered public facilities such as flyovers and lamp posts at a nominal rent for network operators to install wireless access points.

Under the "GovWiFi", the Government will progressively provide Wi-Fi facilities at about 350 government premises for free use by the public in the next two years. Priority sites will be set up at premises frequented by members of the public by mid-2008, including libraries, public enquiry service centres, community halls/centres, parks and Government buildings.

While the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) will oversee the programme, the Government will adopt an outsourcing approach on the installation of Wi-Fi facilities, provision of Wi-Fi services as well as their on-going operations.

Lau said the Government had just issued the tender document for the provision of the Government Wi-Fi facilities.

"Industry players can participate in this programme as contractors of the Wi-Fi programme. They could also explore new business opportunities by providing more wireless applications, mobile products and supporting services to the citizens," she said.

Also officiating at today's ceremony were the Director of Leisure and Cultural Services, Thomas Chow, and the Government Chief Information Officer, Howard Dickson.

Meanwhile, the OGCIO will organise a series of activities to raise public awareness of the programme. Roving exhibitions where visitors can try out the wireless facilities will be held at six government premises starting from today.

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Singapore shares ICT development experience

Singapore and ITU collaborate on training programme in ICT policy and regulatory frameworks. Senior ICT policy makers and regulators from developing countries are in Singapore to attend a five-day executive programme on information and communication technology (ICT) development, entitled “Enabling Frameworks for ICT Development - The Singapore Experience”.

The programme, offered by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) in collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), will provide an opportunity for participants from Asia Pacific, Africa and Arab States to study and analyse Singapore’s model as a means to catalyse ICT progress in their own countries. The participating countries include Bhutan, Brunei, Kenya, Kiribati, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam.

This follows an agreement reached between ITU and IDA in June 2007 to provide a training programme for senior ICT and telecom officials that would foster the development of ICT frameworks in their countries to enable fair, effective and sustainable competition in a multi-operator, multi-network environment.

The Executive Training Programme is one example of action taken to implement the ITU Regional Initiative on Telecommunication/ICT Policy and Regulatory Cooperation in the Asia Pacific Region, which was adopted by the 4th World Telecommunication Development Conference held in Doha, Qatar in 2006.

Participants will engage in an interactive learning experience led by practitioners from the IDA and featuring guest speakers from ITU and the ICT industry. They will learn about Singapore’s experience in ICT policy-making and regulating in a fully liberalised, multi-operator telecom sector. This includes covering topics like competition management, licensing frameworks, dispute resolution procedures and interconnection.

The five-day programme, the first of a series, will be conducted at Singapore’s e-Government Leadership Centre. The programme aims to train at least 30 participants annually over the next three years.

“We appreciate IDA’s response to ITU’s call for cooperation through this Executive Training Programme,” said Sami Al Basheer Al Morshid, Director of ITU’s Telecommunication Development Bureau. “Singapore has one of the best regulatory models in the world, an experience which can be shared by other regulators. This is particularly relevant in developing countries, which are coping with a number of current policy and regulatory issues.”

Deputy Chief Executive and Director-General (Telecoms) of the IDA, Leong Keng Thai said, “Singapore embarked on its ICT development journey 25 years ago, and ICT has contributed greatly to Singapore becoming the confluence of business, culture and advanced infrastructure today. We are truly pleased for this successful collaboration with ITU that allows us to share the Singapore model with developing countries and facilitate their efforts in harnessing ICT for economic and social growth. We look forward to conducting more of such sessions.”

During their stay, participants will get first-hand experience with Singapore’s recent ICT initiatives, such as Wireless@SG.

Wireless@SG is the Singapore Government's wireless broadband programme that aims to extend broadband access to all public places. Since its launch in December 2006, the Wireless@SG network has 3400 hot spots spread across the island and 428,000 subscribers. It is part of the Next Generation National Infocomm Infrastructure that Singapore is building, which is expected to be completed by 2012 and will also comprise an ultra high-speed wired network.

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LV: Latvia plans eLegislation system

The Latvian government is planning to create a legislative information system to improve coordination of the law-making process and ensure greater public participation.

This project was proposed by the Ministry of Justice and recently discussed in a meeting of top-level ministry civil servants. It is intended to limit unexpected changes in the existing legal framework, due to lack of communication between key players in the law-making process.

The proposal would create a single information system for the legislative process by joining and improving existing systems. This new approach would enable electronic information to be obtained on laws, draft laws, published legal acts and other documents. It would also have a search function. Creating such a system would cost approximately LVL1.25 million (about €1.79 million) while its maintenance would be in the region of €400 000 every year.

Although there is already a system named ePortfolio, which contains information on projects, it does not contain all details of the drafting process, and access is restricted. Another system, the Parliament Draft Law Register, is a database accessible to the general public, but the publication of drafts is often delayed. Therefore, neither this Register, nor any other database, allows consultation, for example, of proposals submitted by Parliamentary committees. Since there are no other information exchange mechanisms, the flow of information between Parliament committees and different ministries is slow and inefficient. Although in theory citizens have the right to participate in the law-making process, in practice the system has many shortcomings and does not encourage active public participation.

If the project is approved by the government, the Ministry of Justice will have to pass all relevant laws by 1 May 2008.

Further information

• Eparvalde
  

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RO: New agency for the eGovernment services infrastructure

Last June, the Romanian Government adopted an Emergency Ordinance which regulates the organisation and function of an Agency for the Information Society Services (AISS).

The new agency will have as its main responsibility the implementation and operation at national level of the informatics systems that provide eGovernment services. Thus, AISS will take over the specific responsibilities of the General Inspectorate of Communications and Information Technology in this field.

The agency will indeed be in charge of developing and operating the following applications mainly:

• eGovernment portal (e-guvernare.ro);
• Electronic procurement portal (e-licitatie);
• The Informatics System for the electronic attribution of international goods road transport authorisations (autorizatiiauto.ro).

Subordinated to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, AISS will be managed by a president and two vice-presidents assigned or dismissed by an order of the minister for Communications and Information Technology. Both positions will require passing an examination.

The Agency’s income will be composed of the fares of the electronic systems that it manages and operates as well as of revenues from activities developed in its own field of work, donations and sponsorships but also internal and external credits contracted in compliance with the applicable law.

Further information

• Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies
• General Inspectorate of Communications and Information Technology
• Romanian eGovernment portal
• eProcurement portal
• Vehicle registration and permits system

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