e-Governance Academy Foundation March 5, 2005 Tallinn, Estonia Nele Leosk, Project Manager of E- Governance Academy

Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy About e-Governance Academy NGO founded for creation and transfer of knowledge concerning e-governance (incl. e- democracy) Initiated in 2002 by the UNDP, OSI and the Government of Estonian Republic (Memorandum of Understanding)

Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy About e- Governance Academy Mission- to train and advise leaders and top civil servants in using ICT to increase government efficiency and improve democratic processes Efficiency lies in: understanding of post-socialist transition countries, fluency in Russian, network of researches, trainers, consultants (local, international) Core staff 6 persons + 30 experts

Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy Geographical focus CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) Central and Eastern Asia Balkan Region EAST WEST In longer terms, while retaining our mission of knowledge transfer to the East, we want to become a leading European Union (EU) institution in the area of e- governance.

Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy Training Consultancy Research Core Activities NETWORKING

Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy eGA Programmes Enabling environment for information society E-Government E-Democracy For every Program eGA develops content through the whole value-chain of research, training and advisory, gathering, developing and providing know-how, tools and best practices

Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy Activities trainings for 93 persons from 6 countries: Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, etc 6 consultancy missions to Moldova, Ukraine, Slovakia, Uzbekistan, Albania, etc

Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy Activities 2004 (Training, Study Tours) Training: 18 different countries, 166 persons: Mongolia (2-7 February):18 participants Ukraine (29 March- 2 April): 14 participants Tajikistan + Uzbekistan (12-17 April): 17 participants Balkans (31 May- 4 June):18 participants Macedonia (14-20 June):22 participants Georgia + Moldova ( August) participants Uzbekistan (25-31 Oct’04)21 participants Kazakhstan ( Nov’04) 12 participants Macedonia + Ukraine ( Dec’04) participant Study tours: 2 countries, 9 persons Moldova (12-17 January): 4 delegates Kazakhstan (16-20 June): 5 delegates

Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy Activities 2004 (Consultancy missions) Georgia 1. Overall assessment mission 2. Tiger Leap preparation Kazakhstan 1.Ust-Kamenogorsk, Monitoring Transparent City projects 2.Workshop on e-Governance during the official visit of Estonian President 3.Information Society Programme advisory 4.Kyrgyzstan: Curriculum development Namibia: Workshop on e-Governance Macedonia: –Training of the Trainers (ICT in local governments) –Gov. IT policy advisory

Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy Activities 2004 (other projects) Public On-line Consultations workshop together with Knowledge Society Management Institute of Law University of Lithuania and Hansard Society: 28 people “I-Law Eurasia 2004 – Emerging Legal and Policy Issues for the Information Age” 5-day course together with Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School: 60 participants Preparation of Tiger Leap Master Plan (stage 1&2) Corruption “ICT Toolkit” FOSS training for Estonian NGOs Begix (Balanced e-government scorecard development for local governments)

Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy Ongoing projects  Training 5-day long ICT policy course (eGov Best Practices, involvement of society, private sector)  Consultancy Tiger Leap (Georgia) Transparency (Georgia) e-Governance at Local Level (Macedonia; Training of Trainers)  Research ICT and Corruption Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) comparative study Other e-Democracy seminar (Estonia)

Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy Activities 2005 At least 10 training events (Armenia, Georgia, Africa, Serbia, etc) Ongoing projects: –FOSS NGO follow-up –FOSS study –E-model for local government (UNDP Masedonia) –E- Democracy Course (Estonia) –Online Consultations (Croatia) Under development: –E-visa seminar Annual conference organized –E-services in Almaty (Almaty, EU small projects) –FOSS Summer Academy/policy seminar –E-parliament in Macedonia (UNDP Macedonia)

Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy FinancesFinances Initial grant of the academy’s initiators (3 years) Funds raised from donor organizations Funds raised through co-financing arrangements Services provided

Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy ConclusionsConclusions Multi-stage projects Long-term partnerships Involvement of the partners (donors) during the planning stage Create socially engaged community Ensure the continuity of the relationships

Nele Leosk, E-Governance Academy Thank You!