Vol. 35 Nos. 1-2 (January-June 2014)
EROPA Bulletin
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New EROPA center officially launched,
conducts seminar on e-government
The International Seminar on E-Governance in Asia,
held in Beijing, People’s Republic of China from 2830 May 2014, was the maiden activity of the EROPA
E-Government Research Center (EGRC), the newest
EROPA Center.
The EROPA E-Government Research Center as one of
the EROPA Centers is a research institution devoted to
research and development on e-government. The Center
strives to attain this by building cooperative networks,
developing a repository of studies and best practices in
e-government, and conducting workshops, seminars
and conferences that discuss relevant issues in the field.
The proposal to establish the EROPA E-Government Seminar participants engaged in discussions on two different sub-themes:
approaches and
on e-government
Research Center was approved by the EROPA Executive trends,media to engage impacts in governance. practices; and the use of
social
citizens
Council during its meeting in Tachikawa City, Tokyo,
Japan on 14 October 2013.
e-government. He added that the Center will actively
conduct comparative studies, collaborative projects and
The Center is housed in the Chinese Academy of workshops on e-government and capacity building for
Personnel Science (CAPS), Beijing, PR China.
the improvement of public service delivery, as it strives
to build itself as a hallmark e-government research
In his welcome address, Prof. Jiang Wu, Director of institution.
the EROPA E-Government Research Center, remarked
that the seminar is the first international seminar The event highlighted e-governance issues from two
organized by the Center, as a commitment to create a different perspectives/sub-themes: 1) E-Governance: A
platform for exchange and cooperation in the field of New Approach to Governance, which focuses on trends,
principles, approaches and impacts of e-government
practice; and 2) Social Media: A New Path for Public
Participation, which highlights social media as an
alternative channel for broader and more diverse citizen
involvement in governance.
EROPA Secretary General Orlando S. Mercado, together with Vice
Minister Xian He of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security
(MoHRSS), China, unveil the marker of the EROPA E-Government
Research Center.
Renowned e-government and public policy experts
across the globe shared their insights and experiences
through keynote speeches and panel sessions.
Among them were: Director-General Ning Fu of the
E-Government Center, State Commission Office of
Public Sectors Reform, PR China; Professor Zhiyong
Lan, Vice Dean of Public Administration and Policy,
Renmin University of China; Deputy Director-General
Hai Qin of the Department of Informatization
Promotion, Ministry of Industry and Information ►►