 Call
for Applications
INTERACTIVE ELECTRONIC PUBLIC SERVICES
"From Policy to Practice"
High-level Conference on eGovernment Applications
29-30
November 2001, Charlemagne, Brussels
The Belgian Presidency and the European Commission will
jointly organise a European conference on eGovernment applications, 29-30
November 2001, in Brussels. The aim of the conference is to illustrate eGovernment
in practice and how citizens and businesses can reap real benefits from
interactive electronic public services in their day-to-day needs.
The conference will feature leading examples of currently used interactive
eGovernment applications in Europe at all levels of government
(central, regional, local). Therefore, administrations at all levels in
the Member States, the EFTA and the Candidate countries are invited to
send descriptions of successful, currently used interactive online public
services by Friday 14 September 2001 to
infso-egov@cec.eu.int.
An Information Day on the call for applications will take
place in Brussels on July 10 in the Charlemagne Building, rue de la Loi 170 from
9.00 - 13.00h.
If you would like to participate, please register until 5 July
per e-mail at:
infso-egov@cec.eu.int
You will find the agenda of
the Information Day here.
All the examples received will be featured on the conference
web site. The applications selected by the Commission with the assistance of
external experts will be offered the possibility to take part in the conference
exhibition. A number of them will be asked to make a presentation in a
conference session.
The conference thus presents a unique opportunity for
administrations with innovative and successfully implemented interactive online
services to reach a high-level audience and be recognised at European level as a
leading practice of eGovernment.
The applications will be examined by independent experts from
the viewpoint of the user, i.e. citizens and businesses, according to the
criteria specified below. Selection is expected to be completed by early November.
A non-exhaustive list of examples (in
 ) of relevant
eGovernment services are the 20 on-line public services to be
benchmarked in the context of the eEurope 2002 Action Plan
as well as other public services such as eHealth and eTransport.
We ask you to submit a three-page description of your
eGovernment application, using the submission form. For practical reasons a
submission in English is strongly preferred. Supporting background material may
also be provided but will only made use of if strictly necessary for the
examination by the experts.
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