e-GOVERNMENT IN FINLAND - ePractice.eu

FOREWORD
With backing from the Finnish government (Ministry of Finance), the OECD E-Government
Project has conducted this country study of e-government in Finland to identify the challenges facing egovernment
implementers and to assess how e-government strategies and solutions contributed, and could
contribute in the future, to good governance objectives.
This report is the first in a series that will look at ICT use in government, implementation
challenges, and governance implications. As a pilot study, it has contributed greatly to the establishment of
an analytical framework for the OECD report, "The E-Government Imperative", which was published in
2003, as well as for other country studies.
The report was written by Edwin Lau of the OECD Public Governance and Territorial
Development Directorate (GOV), with the assistance of Marco Daglio and Stine Dragsted. It was prepared
under the supervision of Christian Vergez and Hélène Gadriot-Renard (GOV). The report is published on
the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD.
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