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Pakistan<br />

• Public (i.e. residents and citizens) – G2C<br />

• Employees – G2E<br />

• Public sector – G2G<br />

• Suppliers and business partners – G2B<br />

Communities’ focus group discussion have repeatedly proven to be<br />

an effective tool in identifying requirements. The top four questions <strong>for</strong><br />

communities are:<br />

• What services communities wish to see?<br />

• What delivery channels communities wish to use?<br />

• What service levels communities expect?<br />

• What benefits communities would gain?<br />

The following communities are involved in <strong>the</strong> e-government initiative<br />

of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Government</strong> of Pakistan, and should be e-enabled to ensure<br />

success of <strong>the</strong> e-government initiative.<br />

<strong>Government</strong>-to-<strong>Government</strong> (G2G)<br />

This community will be enabled when all <strong>the</strong> ministries are<br />

e-enabled. Once this is achieved, <strong>the</strong> following benefits will be obtained:<br />

• Cooperation in providing inter-governmental services<br />

• Sharing in<strong>for</strong>mation and data about clients (central view)<br />

<strong>Government</strong>-to –Employees (G2E)<br />

This community will be enabled when all <strong>the</strong> ministries are<br />

e-enabled. Once this is achieved, <strong>the</strong> following benefits will be obtained:<br />

• On-line access to employee services<br />

• Sharing of data internally<br />

• Less manual processes<br />

• Clear procedures and responsibilities<br />

<strong>Government</strong>-to- Business (G2B)<br />

A strategy needs to be defined on how to e-enable <strong>the</strong> business<br />

community in order <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong>m to use <strong>the</strong>se e-services offered by<br />

various ministries. Once this strategy is defined, <strong>the</strong> onus of implementation<br />

of this strategy should be placed on <strong>the</strong> business community by<br />

giving <strong>the</strong>m various incentives. The following benefits can be achieved<br />

from this:<br />

• Conducting online transactions (saving costs, time)

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