EC Directive: Applications Dr. Efthimios Tambouris eGovernment Unit Manager Archetypon S.A. 236 Sygrou Ave , Athens Tel , Fax

Kerkyra, 10 December 2003http://egov.archetypon.gr Table of Contents Archetypon and eGovernment Exploitation of Public Sector Information eGovernment Metadata in Europe Archetypon One-Stop Government Offerings

Kerkyra, 10 December 2003http://egov.archetypon.gr Archetypon S.A. A Hellenic, independent IT company Stable rhythm of growth (from 35 to 160 employees in the last 5 years) International Market focused (customers: Microsoft, IBM, Siebel, European Commission…) Activities: e-Solutions, S/W engineering & testing factory, multi-lingual content, digital media, telecoms, consulting.

Kerkyra, 10 December 2003http://egov.archetypon.gr Four years investment on eGovernment and tele-democracy activities Mission of eGovernment Unit: to provide high-quality, leading-edge electronic government solutions in Greece and the rest of Europe Strategic goals: to commercially exploit our significant experience and findings from participating and coordinating several international research projects Archetypon and eGovernment

Kerkyra, 10 December 2003http://egov.archetypon.gr Research and Development National Level: Participation in the e-government Technology Foresight project Participation in national scientific conferences on e-government European Level: Participation in the European Committee for Standardization project “An eGovernment Application profile and model”. Coordination of two IST projects (eGOV and EURO-CITI) Participation in many EC-funded projects (SmartGov, GRASP, etc.) Active participation in e-government and tele-democracy clustering activities Participation (2 members) in the panel of experts that identified the four future directions of e-government in the 6 th FP (29 March 2001). More than 15 peer-reviewed scientific publications in several conferences and journals Members act as peer-reviews in significant e-government workshops and conferences e.g. EGOV conference (within DEXA), KMinGOV, e-government track within Bled e-commerce conference etc.

Kerkyra, 10 December 2003http://egov.archetypon.gr Table of Contents Archetypon and eGovernment Exploitation of Public Sector Information eGovernment Metadata in Europe Archetypon One-Stop Government Offerings

Kerkyra, 10 December 2003http://egov.archetypon.gr Exploiting Public Sector Information Tools Provided by private sector Content Provided by private sector Rules Set by state, respected by all

Kerkyra, 10 December 2003http://egov.archetypon.gr Current Situation Citizens and businesses Useful content bureaucracy No Rules

Kerkyra, 10 December 2003http://egov.archetypon.gr The role of the state To set up the rules To enforce the rules To timely cope with changes

Kerkyra, 10 December 2003http://egov.archetypon.gr Landscape with rules Citizens and businesses Useful content bureaucracy Rules

Kerkyra, 10 December 2003http://egov.archetypon.gr The role of the public sector To unlock its information To advertise its information! To transparently cost its information To respect the rules

Kerkyra, 10 December 2003http://egov.archetypon.gr Landscape with active public sector Citizens and businesses Useful content Rules

Kerkyra, 10 December 2003http://egov.archetypon.gr The role of the private sector To develop tools To develop business models To respect the rules

Kerkyra, 10 December 2003http://egov.archetypon.gr New Situation Citizens and businesses Useful content Rules New one-stop value-added services

Kerkyra, 10 December 2003http://egov.archetypon.gr Table of Contents Archetypon and eGovernment Exploitation of Public Sector Information eGovernment Metadata in Europe Archetypon One-Stop Government Offerings

Kerkyra, 10 December 2003http://egov.archetypon.gr Metadata “Data about data” or “information about information” The use of metadata could: facilitate the discovery of governmental resources by interesting parties. Metadata may be also used to: describe resources from various perspectives e.g. to support archiving, to protect intellectual property rights, to manage change of resources etc. Pre-requisites: A standard “metadata element set” to ensure interoperability Relevant guidelines for governments

Kerkyra, 10 December 2003http://egov.archetypon.gr Project Details Project : “An eGovernment Application Profile and Model” Organisation: European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Role: Team leader of project Dates: September 2002 – September 2003 Deliverables: CWA Dublin Core eGovernment Application Profiles CWA Guidance on the use of metadata in eGovernment Next Step: Continuation of project for one more year (January 2004 – December 2005)

Kerkyra, 10 December 2003http://egov.archetypon.gr Project Outcome Guidelines for the use of metadata by the public sector in Europe Review of national and international standards on the use of metadata in eGovernment Establishment of rules towards a common European metadata element set based on Dublin Core Specification of 1 st version of a proposed metadata element set for eGovernment in Europe. Method followed: Harmonisation of existing standards in order To prevent investment in various MS

Kerkyra, 10 December 2003http://egov.archetypon.gr Table of Contents Archetypon and eGovernment Exploitation of Public Sector Information eGovernment Metadata in Europe Archetypon One-Stop Government Offerings

Kerkyra, 10 December 2003http://egov.archetypon.gr From a model based on the internal organization of the Public Sector to a model based on the needs of the citizen Municipality Directorate of Urban Planning Directorate of Technical Service Directorate of Citizenship Ministry of the Interior Tax Office CITIZEN BIRTH SCHOOL WORK HEALTH TRAVEL MARRIAGE PENSION DEATH Our vision: Citizen-centred Service Provision

Kerkyra, 10 December 2003http://egov.archetypon.gr Each channel has its own system for connection with the back-office PORTAL G2G System for Providing Services and Content and for Coordination Activities OneStopGov Platform Our offer: The OneStopGov service provision Model

Kerkyra, 10 December 2003http://egov.archetypon.gr Online One-Stop Government platform Provides: Public Services Public Information Uses Metadata for: Locating and presenting information Locating and invoking services Linking services with information Technologies: J2EE, Java XML / RDF Web Services

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