Ghana e government interoperability framework the e gif performs the same function in e government as the road code does on the highways. Interacting stakeholders almost every section of society is a stakeholder in the egovernance projects. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. Pardo, center for technology in government, university at albany, 187 wolf road, suite 301, albany, ny 12205, usa email. A framework for egovernment interoperability in indian. Interoperability framework for e governance in india 1. Background providing integrated citizen centric services at different levels of central, state and grass root level governance bodies is key objective of egovernance initiatives. Intertwined with government common platform gcp, which focuses on government data, the egovframe focuses on software. March 12, 2002 e government interoperability framework version 4.
October 11, 2000 the uks egovernment interoperability framework egif sets out the governments technical policies and standards for achieving interoperability and information systems coherence across the public sector. Egovernance strategies should encourage piloting and prototype testing, and sponsorship of leadingedge egovernance programmes and projects whose results should be shared. Governance policies for interoperability and open standards e. Each government entity shall protect its data and information systems according to relevant international criteria and as per the guiding criteria prepared by the program for this purpose. Core studies include such courses as s pecial seminar on egovernance technologies, egovernance technologies and services masters project, enterprise. To enable quick and transparent software integration with egovernance applications and systems.
Precise design optimization of the egovernance architecture. Background interoperability, as already mentioned, is an important component of negp. Recognizing the role of open source and open standards in innovation, the european commission released yesterday its longawaited european interoperability framework. Sep 22, 2017 e governance and interoperability standards for the exchange of secure information with nonrepudiation, across the state and central government departments seamlessly. Microsoft expands document interoperability stories. Leveraging the recent technical advancements that allow applications to interoperate, regardless of the underlying technologies, interoperability framework for e governance. To setup an ecosystem for publishing of apis by all government organisations for all egovernance applications and systems. Egovernance strategies should promote the dissemination of good practice and research within and across borders. Interoperability challenges for ictenabled governance. The present document is as the draft ifeg phase i document was an excellent step in the right direction, following very ably the policy guidelines laid down in the. Our ability to meet the needs of citizens will be greatly increased by the interoperability and integration of open, xmlbased standards, said m. Interoperability among various egovernance systems is an important prerequisite for upgrading the quality and effectiveness of service delivery. It is the cornerstone of digital strategy 200620 for the transition and adjustment of the requirements of modern times and is.
Supporting serviceoriented egovernment interoperability e. Philippine egovernment interoperability framework pegif. In cooperation of estonian and kyrgyz experts, the interoperability framework strategy and e government architecture document was developed, prototype of the interoperability solution named tunduk in kyrgyz was launched, trainings for key government stakeholders of the interoperability solution and it staff and e service developers were. A conceptual framework for interoperable egovernment. Comments on technical standards for interoperability. European interoperability framework supports openness.
The secure data exchange framework will base on the estonian xroad model with unified exchange platform uxp software. Greek e government interoperability framework the greek e government interoperability framework greek e gif places among the overall design of the greek public administration for the provision of e government services to public bodies, businesses and citizens. Technical standards for interoperability framework for e. Intertwined with government common platform gcp, which focuses on government data, the egovframe focuses on software development tools for. A policy framework is the backbone of public governance and a major contributor to its quality.
Challenges to egovernance and requirements for successful. For the first time the e government metadata framework has also been incorporated into the e gif specification. Guidelines and roadmap for full deployment of egovernance systems in africa final report january 2019. Egovernance interoperability framework meeting in iraq. For some recent years, egovernment has been one of the most active areas of semantic web development. A development framework enables software developers to develop quality software because it is easy to understand the. Current egovernance solutions are usually based on different technology platforms, and most of them work in. Strategic assessment of bhutans egovernance program. Otherwise,the millions of dollars spent on e government would rarely lead to good governance and. It is a cornerstone policy in the overall egovernment strategy. A key component of e government initiatives is the.
Current e governance solutions are usually based on different technology platforms, and most of them work in. Indian interoperability framework in the following paragraphs indian interoperability framework the interoperability framework for egovernance ifeg is analysed against the parameters of the analytical framework. Improved service delivery and cost effective framework for. Overview the egovernmentframework egovframe is part of the whole philippine egovernment interoperability framework pegif. Government of india goi is implementing the digital india programme as an umbrella programme to prepare india for a knowledge based transformation into a digitally empowered ociety and s knowledge economy. Greek egovernment interoperability framework home page. Guide this series is a practical guide and attempts to answer questions that policy makers and practitioners may have on gif and open standards. Government interoperability, therefore, is a goal the igovphil program hopes to achieve at the soonest possible time. Gif integrates soa ecosystem technologies to achieve heterogeneous service lifecycle governance and is supported by hewlettpackard company and by gif partners. Pardo is director of the center for technology in government and is on the faculties of the rockefeller college of public administration and policy and is an affiliate faculty member in the informatics. The bangladesh national digital architecture bnda and egovernment interoperability framework egif project has been envisioned to deliver a conceptual blueprint that defines the structure and operation of the government of bangladesh and a common integrated interoperability platform for information exchange and host the national portal that will act as a single window for all govt e. In this paper, we present the case of the palestinian interoperability framework zinnar, which is a use case of using ontology in egovernment i. Interoperability is a key priority of the government in the egovernance paradigm.
The document represents the highestranking module of a. Egovernment interoperability framework or egif for short, includes broad policies, standards and protocols that we adopt and apply all across the government in all its agencies so that the large number of it systems in the various departments, agencies and other organs of the government can virtually operate as a single large system. European interoperability framework for paneuropean egovernment services 6 multilateral framework with a paneuropean dimension. Interoperability framework for egovernance ifeg is one of the approaches and the common one till recently to achieve interoperability in egovernance.
General studiescover i nformation society principles. To enable api first approach, enabling an ecosystem of microservices and related cost savings. Compulsory framework descriptions architecture descriptions strong recommendation interoperability related standards documents, digital signature, security, message transfer etc. The present document establishes the european interoperability framework eif to support the paneuropean delivery of electronic government services. Moni, deputy director general of the national informatics centre, who is spearheading the process of e. Egovernment interoperability framework thefreedictionary. Department of electronics and information technology deity. In particular, it will be the reference document on interoperability for the idabc programme 2. This official policy the eif for european public administrations is the first update to the original 2004 framework and was adopted.
Governance policies for interoperability and open standards denardis, laura 20100801 00. A secure delivery framework by means of virtual private network connecting. Interoperability framework infopolitical agreement, strong recommendation laws and subacts databases acts, personal data protection act, digital signature act etc. A secure delivery framework by means of virtual private network connecting across the state and central government departments. Keywords e governance, interoperability, semantic web, ontology, resource description framework, owl, semantic web services. Interoperability in support of pan european egovernance services and for the synergy of private sector in order to ensure the interoperability of services across terminals and networks and to enhance the availability and ease of use of services and applications. It is also required in order to facilitate the single window concept of electronic services delivery by government organizations. Gianluca misuraca 1, giuseppe alfano 2 and gianluigi viscusi 3. Interoperability framework for e governance that comprises a set of policies and technical standards to facilitate interaction between isolated e governance applications. Supporting serviceoriented egovernment interoperability. Background providing integrated citizen centric services at different levels of central, state and grass root level governance bodies is key objective of e governance initiatives.
Interoperability framework infopolitical agreement, strong recommendation. Data exchange platform for benin egovernance academy. Such a framework is particularly required in the areas where public governance seeks technology support, as is the case for electronic governance e governance. Driving would be excessively costly, inefficient, and ineffective if there were a need to agree on road. Pdf a conceptual framework for interoperable egovernment. Patel college of management and technology, vnsgu surat, gujarat.
The framework functions within each phase of the specification. Establishment of bangladesh national digital architecture. Interoperability framework for egovernance that comprises a set of policies and technical standards to facilitate interaction between isolated egovernance applications. Within this framework, the sade services and project report 2009 was published in january 2010 as an update on programmes implementation. For this purpose, the igovphil program developed a philippine egovernment interoperability framework pegif with the help of experts from the government and private sectors. Overview of the interoperability framework if a key business objective of our egovernment initiatives is to provide clientcentric joinedup government services to the public. Jan 27, 2011 a meeting to create a plan of action for the development of e governance interoperability framework e gif in iraq and include formulation of an e gif policy and technical document within the larger framework of public sector modernization, was held from 25 to 27 january 2011. Today, it is implemented in finland, kyrgyzstan, faroe islands, iceland, japan and other countries. The interoperability framework for egovernance ifeg, impresses upon three dimensions of interoperability, viz, organisational interoperability, semantic interoperability and technical interoperability. The greek egovernment interoperability framework greek egif places among the overall design of the greek public administration for the provision of egovernment services to public bodies, businesses and citizens. Interoperability framework for egovernance in india 1.
Interoperability framework for egovernance ifeg in india version. Traditional system development approach for egovernance solution will create chaotic situation when different vendor use different choices of technology, platform, framework and it becomes difficult to maintain interoperability. In this article, we present a conceptual framework which has been developed for the systematic evaluation of interoperability standards. The first phase until september 2015 focuses on the institutional development of egovernance coordination and interoperability systems management. For some recent years, e government has been one of the most active areas of semantic web development. For ict and egovernment to work for development and poverty alleviation, information. Nigerian egovernment interoperability framework ne gif release v1. Egovernment interoperability 11 sep 2017 this online training course highlights the value of egovernment interoperability and the steps required to achieve effective interoperability. Interoperability in support of pan european e governance services and for the synergy of private sector in order to ensure the interoperability of services across terminals and networks and to enhance the availability and ease of use of services and applications. Guidelines and roadmap for full deployment of egovernance.
Interoperability means the ability of ict systems and business processes they support to exchange data and enable the information and knowledge sharing. Open api welcome to negd national egovernance division. Comments on technical standards for interoperability framework for egovernance in india phase ii we from the centre for internet and society have given our comments. Pdf towards an interoperability egovernment framework for. Sunil abraham was the main resource person for this meeting. Governance policies for interoperability and open standards. It aims to improve the quality of egovernment services and efficiency of information and communications technology investment. In this paper, we present the case of the palestinian interoperability framework zinnar, which is a use case of using ontology in e government i. Leveraging the recent technical advancements that allow applications to interoperate, regardless of the underlying technologies, interoperability framework for egovernance. Interoperability frameworks for electronic governance. For this purpose, the igovphil program developed a philippine e government interoperability framework pegif with the help of experts from the government and private sectors. Such a framework is particularly required in the areas where public governance seeks technology support, as is the case for electronic governance egovernance. Interoperability is the ability of different egovernment it systems from various mdas to interact by communicating, interpreting and exchanging information in a meaningful way to deliver public services that require two or more mdas in an.
Towards an interoperability egovernment framework for uganda. The evaluation of the scope and other aspects of interoperability standards is usually performed against projectspecific requirements, but generic frameworks can be used for supporting the evaluation. Development of manuals, policies, procedures for the egovernment central coordination unit and implementation center. Software crisis even today is a widespread affliction.
An evaluation and selection framework for interoperability. Bhutan has already in place many of the enabling factors necessary for the rapid and strategic advance of egovernance. In doing so, it also creates benefits such as economies of scale and the reuse of knowledge and resources, whilst ensuring that each member state is given the maximum level of independence. A conceptual framework for interoperable egovernment system in india. The project will see the implementation of a catalogue of interoperability solutions catis and the launch of a secure data exchange framework in benin. A lot of researches are going on the semantic web technologies. Interoperability framework for egovernance in india ifeg, digital signature, etc. The governance interoperability framework is an open, standardsbased specification and set of technologies that describes and promotes interoperability among components of a serviceoriented architecture. Xroad software based estonian environment xtee was designed with growth in mind, so it can be scaled up as new eservices and new platforms come online. An interoperability framework can be defined as a set of standards and guidelines that describes the way in which organizations have agreed, or should. Ghana egovernment interoperability framework the egif performs the same function in egovernment as the road code does on the highways. A meeting to create a plan of action for the development of egovernance interoperability framework egif in iraq and include formulation of an egif policy and technical document within the larger framework of public sector modernization, was held from 25 to 27 january 2011. The governance interoperability framework gif is an open, standardsbased specification and set of technologies that describes and promotes interoperability among components of a serviceoriented architecture soa. He posits that an egovernment portal should be comprehensive, integrated, ubiquitous, transparenteasy to use, accessible, secure, private, re engineered, interoperable, and should have developed e governance systems.
The egif defines the essential prerequisite for joinedup and web enabled government. Nigeria egovernment interoperability framework negif. An ifeg is simply defined as a common structure which comprises of a set of standards and guidelines. E government continues to be recognized as a key strategy for improving government services and the effectiveness of public policies and programs. Keywords egovernance, interoperability, semantic web, ontology, resource description framework, owl, semantic web services. Egovernment portal effectiveness framework in another study, fang 16 has proposed ten attributes of an e government portal. Towards a paneuropean conceptual framework gianluca misuraca 1, giuseppe alfano 2 and gianluigi viscusi 3. The indian approach to egovernment interoperability. An updated version of the uk e government interoperability framework has been released in draft for public consultation.
Interoperability framework for e governance ifeg 3. Egovernance and interoperability standards for the exchange of secure information with nonrepudiation, across the state and central government departments seamlessly. Open api welcome to negd national egovernance division negd. Background interoperability, as already mentioned, is. Nea is a national wide architecture, consists of a.