Executive Summary

P7: Executive Summary
2 Goals and Objectives of the Projects
eGovernment is the means in order for Public Administration to become:
• Extrovert and transparent, by encouraging the participation of all parties (citizens
and businesses) to democratic procedures
• More focused to services, by providing individualized and complete services to each
citizen.
• Productive, by distributing the maximum benefit from the contributions of tax payers
The aim of the present project was to contribute creatively to the configuration of the
development framework of eGovernment up to the level of Central Public Administration and
contribution to the implementation of actions that promote the goals of the above axes.
The objectives of the project are summarized in the following points:
1. Complete presentation of the present status of Public Administration in Greece in Central
level, in the strategic level as well as in the level of recording projects concerning the
development of back-office systems
2. Review of European and International environment concerning the progress indicated in
eGovernment
3. Collection of Best Practices and appointment of the main priority sectors internationally
concerning eGovernment actions and at the same time comparison with the aims of
eGovernment in Greece.
4. Conduction of survey for the impression of e-skills of public servants in order to make
known the areas where State actions have to be focused. These results will assist the
procedure of staffing Public Sector with servants able to cope with Information Society
demands and ready to function effectively in the upcoming digital environment.
5. Configuration of complete, efficient and well-aimed measurement framework for the
quantification of the national strategic objectives on eGovernment, as well as observation
of the implications of eGovernment to the society and to economy.
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