The info about the CROSSROAD session „Research Roadmap on ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling“ was just published at the ICT 2010 conference web site.

The session no. 2844 will take place on the first day of the conference, 27/09/2010 (14:00 -15:30) in the room T 005.
Come and join us!

Samos, Greece, 8th July 2010

We, the participants of  the Samos 2010 Summit on ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling, being active citizens, members of the academic and industrial communities, members of the administration, researchers and practitioners of electronic governance, information technology and social sciences

Recognising:

that knowledge and innovation are important means for tackling the global economic crisis while also being predominantly a key factor for sustainable economic growth;

that today’s global challenges are complex in nature, characterised by non-linear development, cascade spreading and unpredictability (as seen in financial crisis, volcano ash cloud, epidemic spreading, large-scale blackouts), therefore requiring the collaborative effort of scientists, public and private institutions, and citizens;

the strategic importance of information and communication technologies in dealing with complexity and unpredictability, establishing and ensuring open and competitive economies, as well as their crucial role in empowering citizens and fighting against poverty and social discrimination;

the global context of the development of information society, which necessitates the transcendence of national horizons into transnational collaboration schemes and programmes across disciplines;

Acknowledging:

the Ministerial declaration on eGovernment, announced in Malmö on 2009, in which EU ministers responsible for e-Government declared that “administrations should enable and support the creation of seamless, cross -border eGovernment services, whilst increasing the trustworthiness, security and interoperability of eGovernment services in the single market”;

the European Digital Agenda 2020, which strives to foster information society development and to provide the building blocks for sustainable growth, for all citizens and businesses;

the European Framework Programme for research and innovation, which provides an evolving constitutional agenda for supporting scientific research and pre-competitive industrial development on information and communication technologies, social sciences, energy and environment, education and sustainable development,

We call upon:

the United Nations, the European Parliament, the European Union Presidency and Council of Ministers, the European Commission, National Governments, international organisations and NGO’s, elected representatives and decision makers within the administration, industry representatives and every active citizen

To:

Support research and innovation in the domains of ICT-assisted Governance, in order to empower citizens, elected representatives, administrations and enterprises in their quest for high quality, ubiquitous digital public services and evidence-based policy-making

Foster collaboration among scientific communities, administrations, businesses and citizens, towards an open, coordinated and effective global governance

Embrace and apply the results of ICT research and innovation in policy making, assessment of policy impact and everyday governance, to drastically increase governments’ institutional capacity, citizens’ participation and overall prosperity

Collaborate to the identification of emerging research challenges, towards the scientific foundation of ICT-assisted governance , that will promote evidence-based, massively participative, justified and finally effective decision making.

In light of the above considerations, we have gathered at the Samos 2010 Summit on ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling, and now call on all institutions and individuals addressed above, to take decisive steps at global, European, regional and local level, regarding the development and adoption of new and advanced ICT solutions for good governance – thereby providing the means for a proper response to the challenges of the future.

CROSSROAD Newsletter 1, June 2010 (PDF file)

Samos, Greece, July 6-9 2010
The Samos Summit on ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling is being co-organised by the University of Aegean, the CROSSROAD project, the Greek Interoperability Centre and the eGovernance Cluster Projects, on July 6-7, 2010.

The Summit is a splendid opportunity to see and influence the new European ICT research roadmap for Governance and Policy Modelling, as being prepared by the research community and the CROSSROAD project, supported by European Commission / DG INFSO. Participants will have the opportunity to exchange ideas with international research projects in the area of eGovernance and work on innovative future scenarios for ICT-supported governance.

The audience of the Summit, by invitation only, comprises more than 50 high-level representatives from southern-eastern European governments, the European Commission, the ICT Industry and the research community, coming from more than 20 countries, including India, Australia, China and the US.

More information and registration applications, at:
http://samos-summit.blogspot.com

The first CROSSROAD Workshop took place at IPTS in Seville on 29th and 30th April 2010 and gathered more than 40 high level experts from several research disciplines, practitioners and policy analysts, coming from all over Europe, India, New Zealand and USA.

During the Workshop, participants discussed the results of the first phase of the project, namely the Analysis of the State of Play in the domain of ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling and the Visionary Scenarios designed to explore how governance and policy modelling could develop at the horizon 2030.
Quite surprisingly, experts identified the “Privatised Governance” scenario as the most likely to become reality in the future, despite the “Open Governance” Scenario was following closely.

You may want to have a look at the main findings of the CROSSROAD project so far and express your own ideas and suggestions within the framework of the Online Public Consultation on the CROSSROAD website or the LinkedIn CROSSROAD-EU Group, and contribute to the shaping of the research roadmap on the future of ICT for governance and policy modelling in Europe.

Best Contributions on the State of the Art and Future of ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling: Key authors invited to the CROSSROAD Scientific Experts Committee (alphabetically):

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There has been published abstracts and weblinks of other current FP7 research projects in the LINKS section of the CROSSROAD webportal.

http://crossroad.epu.ntua.gr/links/

The Workshop will convene experts from several research areas, policy makers and practitioners in order to discuss and validate the results of the first phase of the project, namely the Analysis of the State of Play of Research in the domain of ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling and the Visionary Scenarios designed to explore how governance and policy modelling could develop at the horizon 2030.

In addition to the CROSSROAD Partners and the members of the Experts Scientific Committee, a limited number of places are available for interested experts to participate in the workshop.

Workshop information (PDF file)

The CROSSROAD validation and dissemination workshop is organised as the pre-event to the 8^th Eastern European eGovernment Days in Prague and will take place on April 21, 2010 (13.00 – 17.00).

The Prague workshop is focused on dissemination and consultation with stakeholders on the roadmapping process and building of the Validation Community. Specific objectives of the workshop are:

- to raise awareness and create consensus among the eGovernance and ICT communities of research and practice on future research priorities in the field of participation, governance and policy modelling;

- to involve a wide range of interested experts into the Validation Community in order to support the consultation process of the roadmapping. Each participant may become involved into the roadmap development and join the Validation Community by discussing the state of the art of the research fields, related to ICT for governance and policy modelling.

Workshop Programme (PDF file)

The Call for Contributions on “Future Research on ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling” is now closed. More than 40 contributions were submitted, for the new Research Roadmap on ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling, coming from more than 20 countries. With this call for contributions, CROSSROAD aims to attract high-quality innovative contributions that depict sound positions and views for new research fields, the state of the art, and innovative scenarios and applications.

The CROSSROAD project, a Support Action funded by the European Commission, aims to deliver a Research Roadmap on ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling, which will be supported by the contribution of the results deriving from other FP7 projects in this domain and by the involvement of the research community. Lasting the whole of 2010, CROSSROAD will create a shared vision to support policy and research in this domain.