Alla Anohina‐Naumeca et al. 4. Producing the report( Anohina‐Naumeca, Latiseva, and Sitikovs 2012). Steps 2‐3 were performed repeatedly until no more sources were found.
Figure 1: Curriculum of the e‐course( adopted from( Goetzen et al 2012))
• Research on national policy and practices:
1. Development of a report template with aim to unify information from different countries; 2. Producing initial reports by filling the template with information specific for each partner country; 3. Reviewing the reports by the leading partner and producing the set of final reports( Bulins et al 2012, Casalino, Rubichi, and Mastrofini 2012, Georgogianni 2012, Goetzen, Chmielecki, and Hernes 2012, Manolov 2012, Ubrich, Gomez, and Chiusdea 2012).
Sources comprising the information base at EU level are presented in( Anohina‐Naumeca and Sitikovs 2012). Information at national level is related to legal framework in the field of e‐Government, organizational and technical aspects of interoperability, best practices and systems on trial.
3. E‐course specification
The e‐course is intended to provide the necessary knowledge for all who are involved in legislating, preparation, and development of e‐Government and PSs in order to ensure common language and awareness needed for a) their effective intercommunication, b) understanding of needs and requirements concerning PSs, and c) design of new e‐Government tools and systems compatible across EU. Therefore, the e‐course is designed for three main target groups( Goetzen et al 2012):
• Decision makers( DM) – people who are responsible for legislating in the field of e‐Government( e. g. national policy makers);
• Public administration( PA) staff – people who are / will be users of PSs( e. g. managers of e‐Government projects, social partners, local, regional and national administration, etc.);
• Contractors – companies involved in development and delivery of PSs( e. g. managers of e‐Government projects from the side of developers).
Besides the mentioned above, the aims of the e‐course are the following( Goetzen et al 2012):
• to ensure awareness on legal regulations in order to develop interoperable solutions applicable across EU;
• to demonstrate best practice examples in order to avoid development of complex, useless, and ineffective solutions;
• to raise awareness of possible barriers for interoperability.
It is envisaged that any person interested in the subject can join the course using the online e‐learning platform. Interaction with a teacher is not planned and on‐campus presence is not required. A learner will have possibility to study at his / her own pace, time, and place. The e‐course will provide detailed topics with
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