E-Government during Slovenian Presidency

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1 E-Government WG during Slovenian Presidency Dr. Aleš Dobnikar

2 E-government related events during Slovenian Presidency egovernment Conference: 11. February 2008 egovernment days IDABC Conference: February 2008 EUPAN egovernment WG: April Meeting of Directors General, May

3 E-government days in Slovenia and Mr Siim Kallas (Vice-President of EC and Commissioner responsible for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud) at the Conference

4 E-government Days in numbers 300 participants from 26+2 MS, EU institutions and 6 other countries Participants by institutions 72% from public administration 23% industry 5% academia Exhibition area: 26 stands Conference web page:

5 Policy Priorities of Slovenian Presidency in egovernment INTEROPERABILITY eparticipation & CIP Pilots A European interoperability Framework Realization Lisbon Ministerial Declaration einclusion New CIP Pilots of Services Directive i2010 Action Plan REDUCTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN Council Conclusions of March

6 E-Government WG Meeting on April EU countries + 3 observing countries (Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia) together with representatives from EIPA,OECD and Universities

7 Topics of EUPAN egovernment WG Meeting OECD egovernment report global look from the OECD at the egovernment issue a country strategy and approaches to improving user take-up and a new emerging common trends (OECD) Living Lab presentation with Cross-border services: The concept of Living Lab and the meaning of Cross-Border Services from the researcher s point of view Main task of the living labs: better cooperation, to foster the innovative thinking, to overcome mental borders when actual borders in EU are dissapearing. (SI) Report on Dutch proposal EUPAN Learning Team on reducing Administrative burdens for citizens (report of the kick-off session, Hague and Helsinki). Acknowledgment of the national approaches report on stages of reduction of administrative burdens (NL, FI)

8 Topics of EUPAN egovernment WG Meeting Best practises (participating countries) eid of Finland: Information about eid in Finland of two similar projects but with very different results. Around 3 mio people in Finland use bank eid. (FI) STORK project: The main goal of the STORK is the interoperable eid in EU. STORK was launched in May 2008 (B) eid project Portuguese practise: eservices of PT concerning the eid with a single face of contact for all public services. The eid in PT replaces 4 cards: Taxpayer Card, Social Security Card, National Health Service Card. (PT) One-Stop-Shop for Businesses and Cross-border services: Online establishment of the company after and first results of the pilot Pan-European-Services project with A, EST, FI and PT (announcement of temporary residence for students and registration of new single member company) (SI) Presentation of Centre for e-governance development

9 50. Meeting of Directors General - Summary May 2008 Brdo, Slovenia Dr. Aleš Dobnikar

10 Directors-General responsible for Public administration in the European Union, at their 50 th meeting: Acknowledged the informal nature of the European Public Administration Network (EUPAN); Highly appreciated the initiative of the Slovenian Presidency to launch the discussion on the Future of EUPAN; Noted that additional procedural and organisational adjustments of the Network are needed to enhance its effectiveness and efficiency

11 Directors-General agreed that improvement should be achieved in the following areas: Horizontal coordination and cooperation within EUPAN; Cooperation with other organisations; Dissemination of results/visibility of EUPAN; Sustainability and continuity of EUPAN

12 Horizontal coordination and cooperation within EUPAN: Grouping EUPAN activities around topics: Thematic learning teams limited in time and mandate, EUPAN forum of all WGs under each Presidency. Assessing/evaluating the working groups (mission, structure, results); No permanent groups (only ad hoc groups, related to MTP topics); Find a right balance between topics ( learning groups - LG) and working groups - WG) to ensure continuity

13 Co-operation with other organisations: Enhanced co-operation with other organisations like OECD, NISPAcee, World Bank, IIAS, etc.: Exchange of information, invitation to EUPAN meeting, meeting with secretariat of other organizations; Common projects, common meetings; To improve and share knowledge and to avoid overlapping

14 Dissemination of Results/Visibility of EUPAN New breath for EUPAN website: Interactive web-site, accessible to public; Links with national administrations and partners; Continuously improve EUPAN website; Improve CIRCA management. Better use and link with DISPA and QC; Materials/reports accessible at national level; Presidency/Troika initiatives on EU - and national level in order to disseminate results

15 Sustainability and continuity of EUPAN: Expand TRIO model to all areas of EUPAN; Explore furthermore the feasibility of establishment of a permanent secretariat

16 CONCLUSIONS on egov WG ACCORDING TO THE 50. DIRECTORS-GENERAL RESOLUTION Directors-General and egovernment Working Group acknowledged, besides the importance of the egov WG work taken forward, also progress and results as well as future orientations in the exposed MTP working areas of the egov WG. Slovenian Presidency keept up with the implementation of the i2010 egov Action Plan on achieving better public administrations according to the priority areas of the EUPAN Medium-Term Programme (MTP). Directors-General acknowledged the importance of the initiatives, started during the Slovenian Presidency presenting first operational Cross-border eservices

17 CONCLUSIONS on egov WG ACCORDING TO THE 50. DIRECTORS-GENERAL RESOLUTION Priority of the egov WG was given to edemocracy According to EU Council conclusions of March 2007, egov WG emphasized the role of egov in reduction of administrative burden The group recognized and supported the essential meaning of newly established informal Learning Team for reduction of administrative burden for citizens EGov WG also acknowledgment the effort of Slovenia in establishing the Centre for egovernance Development

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