IPF   Marina Sokolova
The Place of Citizens, Civil Society Organizations,
and Parliaments in E-Government
Context and background
▪  Soros network initiatives
OSI Governance initiatives
eRider Starter Kit
 ▪ Relevant initiatives worldwide
e-belarus.org
e-government in Ukraine
Network and Information Technology Observatory
e-Governance Academy
Forum for European e-Public Services
Dowire.org
 ▪ Annotated papers
Development of electronic government as a key element of electronic democracy in Ukraine
Promise and Problems of E-Democracy: Challenges of Online Citizen Engagement
Deepening Democracy through E-Governance
Citizen Engagement: the Next Horizon for Digital Government
Strategies for Developing Information Societies: The Case of Romania
Strategies for Using Information Technologies for Curbing Public-Sector Corruption: The Case of the Czech Republic
 
 Project objectives
  • to analyze the state of e-governance in Belarus, Ukraine and Lithuania and explore conditions and incentives for enhancing citizens' participation in e-gov programming
  • to develop policy recommendations addressing the participation of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in e-governance policy making, opportunities and risks of e-governance programming for parliaments
  • to write a research paper as well as 20-page policy study in coordination with the group advisor for e-governance strategy developers and stakeholders including the Belarusian Parliament, CSOs, and UNDP ICT projects, as well as international organizations and agencies interested in supporting e-governance initiatives in the region
    •  Fellow Website

    ▪ www.policy.hu/sokolova
     
     Fellow activities & publications

    ▪ Belarus: two dimensions of e-democracy, in: E-Democracy: Technology, Law and Politics
    ▪ State institutions' websites in Belarus
    ▪ ICT in Belarus, in: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
    ▪ Civic groups and parliaments in eGov planning. An analysis of eGov projects in Belarus, Ukraine and Lithuania
    ▪ Advocacy Democracy Modes: Benefits and Limitations
    ▪ Human Rights Organisations and the Internet in Belarus (with Mikhail Doroshevich)
    ▪ Belarusian Parliamentary Elections in the Internet (with Mikhail Doroshevich)
    ▪ eGovernment in Belarus - interactivity lacking (with Mikhail Doroshevich)
    ▪ Belarus Online: An Analysis Of The Country's Online Presence
    ▪ Speeding - up e-Government in Belarus: public interest and political will (with Mikhail Doroshevich)
    ▪ Belarus: two dimensions of e-democracy
     
     The fellow

    ▪ Curriculum vitae
    ▪ Research proposal
    ▪ e-mail:
     
     2005 Working Groups

    ▪ 2005 Working Group Summary
    ▪ Democratic Governance
    ▪ Wider Europe
    ▪ Public Health and Roma
    ▪ Policy Making
    ▪ Combatting Organized Crime
    ▪ Higher Education Reform
    ▪ Open Society in Former SU
    ▪ Open Society and Muslims
     
     2006 Working Groups

    ▪ 2006 Working Group Summary
    ▪ Wider Europe
    ▪ Open Muslim Societies
    ▪ Open Society Threats
    ▪ Resource Curse
    ▪ Roma Exclusion
    ▪ Open Information Policy

    www.policy.hu www.soros.org www.ceu.hu/cps January 2006