Objectives

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The overall objective of the EPGP-EG program is to  prepare the participants to play an effective support role in the conceptualization, design and implementation of e-Governance projects and to develop broad strategies for implementing e-Government programs at the state and country level.

The specific objectives which contribute to this overall objective are:

  • To enlarge the pool of professionals available in the country for the e-Governance domain, to be deployed by the Governments, the IT industry, the consultancy firms and the academic world.
  • To help the participants understand how to manage socio-cultural, administrative and other organizational changes when an e-Government project/program is implemented.
  • To help the participants acquire holistic view of the e-Governance landscape to enable participants to consider and e-Government system from the point of view of the various players including citizens, business, Government that will use the system; government agencies that implement the project; partners that work with the Government in the delivery of services; and the vendors that supply technology and other inputs, so that while conceptualizing and implementing e-Government projects both the technical aspects and socio-economic aspects are taken in to consideration.
  • To enable the participants to acquire adequate skills in the analysis, design, and implementation of an e-Government application: to lead project management and implementation teams, to interact meaningfully with agencies who have been awarded contracts for building infrastructure and provide services for the implementation, and to effectively monitor such projects during their different phases of life cycle, including management of Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
  • To develop an appreciation for the role of IT in the work of the Government: particularly in the delivery of Government services, operational and strategic decision making (including Government process re-engineering), so that applications that deliver the maximal value for a given investment can be identified.