GICT finalized one of the deliverable of its eTransform initiative: an eGovernment forum in Amman where more than 100 high level government officials participated in a capacity building workshop on using ICTs to improve public sector delivery with a focus on eprocuremnet as a tool to eliminate corruption and increase government's accountability and transparency. The workshop was opened by two ministers and is aligned with and complements the MNA region's Public Sector reform policy dialogue from Jordan. Experts from Singapore, UK, Italy and S. Korea shared their country's experience, while CITPO's TTL moderated an interesting and open debate of rights to information and cultural/generational perceptions of ICTs.  AGENDA Day 1: Tuesday July, 6th 2010 All times local, (GMT) Jordan, Amman Landmark Hotel Conference facilities  Opening Remarks & Keynotes To Discuss and agree with GoJ on officials to open the conference (from MPSD, MoICT, MoPIC, MoF, at client’s choice) | 9:00 am – 9:15 am | Opening Remarks Samia Melhem, World Bank Group | 9:15 am – 9:30 am | Keynote Address HE Imad Fakhoury, Minister of Public Sector Development and Mega Projects (Confirmed) HE Marwan Juma, Minister of Information and Communications Technology |  Session 1: Overview of eGovernment International Experience, Innovations and Enabling Environment | 9:45 am – 11:00 am | Delivering Connected Government Through Enterprise Architecture: Global Practices and Innovations presentations Prof  Pallab Saha, National University of Singapore · E-service development, Implementation, and Role out. · E-gov standards roll-out and buy-in best practices   download presentation
Samia Melhem: ICT in Public Sector Reform: Lessons from the World Bank Group   download presentationÂ
 Session Chair: Mr. Anas Haddad, MoPSD | 11:00 am – 11:15 am | Coffee Break | 11:15 am - 12:30 PM | Governance of ICTs and linkages to Public Sector reform Roles and responsibilities (MoPSD, MoICT presentations and panel) Presenter: Eng Shireen Al-Shaka’a Change Management Stream Head,  MoICT · Introduction and Importance of E-gov Program in Jordan. · Jordan E- Gov Pillars and Achievements. · E-service Classification, (Vertical, Cross, Shared, and Composite), · Jordan E-gov future plans.
  download presentation | 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | Working Lunch session | 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Overview of the existing scenarios in delivery : Showcasing promising services and applications (4 cases, 15 minutes each) Session Chair: Mr. Nedal Mas’ad, Senior Researcher, Service Delivery Improvement Directorate, MoPSD Ministry of Industry and Trade live e-service (Trade Names registration) Complaint Management Application (MoPSD, Service Delivery Unit) Non-criminal e-service at the Ministry of Justice. Income and Sales Tax e-service. | 3:30 - 3:45 pm | Coffee Break | 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Private Sector Panel: Sharing knowledge and views from the private sector Moderator: Samia Melhem, The World Bank Group | 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Q & A and Recommendation sessions  |
  Day 2: Wednesday July 7, 2010 All times local Jordan, Amman (GMT) Landmark Hotel Conference Facilities   Session 2 on electronic Procurement for Better Governance Session Chair: GoJ (GSD, JPD, GTD), WB (Samia Melhem)  | 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM |  Introduction: Where we are today on eProcurement, Linking eProcurement to ongoing procurement reform in Jordan, Summary of the learning from eProcurement learning series | 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Presentation: International Experience in Legislation and Regulatory Framework, Case of Italy Speaker: Dr. Luca Mastrogregori - Head of Consip's e-Procurement Solutions    download presentation
Moderator: Paul Scott Prettitore, World Bank Group | 11:00AM – 11:15 AM | Coffee Break | 11:15 AM – 1:00 PM | Presentation: International Experience Case of South Korea Speaker: Dr Kang, Seung Hyun, Title; Director of the International Cooperation Division , Public Procurement Services | 01:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Lunch BREAK | 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Security, Authentication, Privacy strategy for GoJ Session Chair and Presenter, Mr. Ala’a Dandis, MoICT   download presentation
| 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM | Coffee Break | 3:45 PM – 4:30 PM | Integration of eProcurement within Jordan’s overall eGovernment strategy and implementation: Open Discussion Session Chair: Prof Pallab Saha Conclusion and Wrap-up by GoJ and World Bank |
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