Actionline 5 eGovernment (Sweden)Actionline 5 eGovernment (Sweden)Resumé and reflections from 2003 - 2006Resumé and reflections from 2003 - 2006

Karl-Mårten KarlssonKarl-Mårten KarlssonRiga 7 April 2006Riga 7 April 2006

Reflections are made with respect to the goals of the actionline

To strengthen the network of persons occupied with eGovernment issues in the Baltic Sea States, by being an arena for the exchange of good practices and experiences of eGovernment issues

Goal No. 1

The results for goal No 1 are …….

• Preparation for the acceding countries to the IDA-programme in

January (Brussels), May (Warszawa) and November (Sofia)

2003• Seminar in Vilnius 2003 on eSecurity, eProcurment,

eInformation and eSecure Intranet • Baltic IT&T Forum

- Seminar on Strategies for an Open Infrastructure (2004)

- Seminar on Open Source are you prepared?

(2005)• - Seminar on Outsourcing and beyond. Business models for

eGovernment (2006)

A trilogy of seminars

Reflections of the Goal 1 …..

• All together the seminars has attracted 450 – 500 participants• The seminars has engaged around 10 officers from both

Statskontoret and Verva• More than ten major companies has been engaged• The seminars has taken place in five countries of which three was

a Baltic Sea State• The seminars has engaged speakers from all NeDAP countries

except from Russia• Reports and articles has been written and distributed• The seminar would (probably) not have taken place without the

NeDAP framework. (The effect without the seminars is unclear)• The brand of our agency as well as NeDAP’s has been strengthen

in the region

Goal No 2…….

2. The Action Line should support regional or country

specific eGovernment projects, in their contacts with the

European Commission.

The results of goal No 2……………….…is a couple of projects

• Project on Digital Signatures funded by the NCM,

conducted by Statskontoret in 2003• Co-operation and support to Russia concerning

eGovernment project eRussia. Funded by Swedish

Agency SIDA, conducted by Statskontoret• Current project on exchange of population register data,

Swedish Tax Agency and Estonian Population Register

Reflections of the goal 2…………..

• NeDAP has been a reason to discuss the projects and to

address Statskontoret as the responsible agency• The projects should mainly be seen as a function of the

NeDAP framework and NOT as an initiative of the

actionline• A staff agency is right for policy making projects, but

wrong (less suited) for “process and implementation”

projects

Conclusion……………………

• Another period for AL 5 would be “more of the same” =

little effect• Take care of the positive outcome of the cooperation.

Work should be continued under the EU-IT umbrella and

within the CBSS (many initiatives in pipeline)• Follow up and collect results from the population register

project between Estonia and Sweden, possibly with an

extension to other BSR-countries