Preparations underway for third international conference on e-governance to be hosted by the Lahore University of Management Sciences (Lums), from December 9 to 11, 2005.
This is the first time that Pakistan is hosting such an international event, one that is expected to draw a large number of experts in the field of e-governance from all across the globe, including the United States, Canada, Europe and Pakistan's neighbouring countries, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. A World Bank delegation will also take part in the conference.
The federal government also recognises as potential area that e-governance hold for a developing country. It is about ensuring the same outputs at lower total cost removing all the boundaries between various sub-functions of government and ushering in a new government-citizen network by collapsing the boundaries created by political and historical structures, adding and bringing more value in the process.
The conference on e-governance will host various discussions on e-governance. There will also be case studies that will share with the experts, experiences and lessons learned and technical papers in the field. Major areas to be discussed would include government framework, capacity building, implementing e-government, e-activities citizen services etc.-PR