[Telecentres] CfP - Journal of Community Informatics - Special Edition on Local E-Governance

[Gurstein, Michael]

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From: Victor van Reijswoud [mailto:victor at eacoss.org] 
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Edition

Call for Papers - Journal of Community Informatics

Local E-Government and E-Governance with special reference to Models  
and Experiences in Developing Countries

Edited by
Victor van Reijswoud, Uganda Martyrs University - Nkozi, Uganda 
Arjan de Jager, International Institute for Communication and
Development, Netherlands
Tom A. Horan, Claremont Graduate University - California, USA

www.ci-journal.net
Editor in Chief: Michael Gurstein, Ph.D.
Centre for Community Informatics Research, Development and Training
Vancouver, BC

Context
Over the past years, e-government has been promoted as a silver  
bullet for governments in developing countries and developed  
countries alike--in developing countries, as a necessary pre- 
condition for economic and social development, in developed countries  
as a way of enhancing citizen engagement and overcoming the  
"democratic deficit". Decision makers were convinced that the use of  
information and communication technologies would improve the  
operational efficiency and effectiveness of, often cumbersome,  
government operations. Some in Developing Countries went even further  
and portrayed e-government as a solution against corruption, a  
problem afflicting many such countries.

Several e-government initiatives are well under way. This special  
issue of the Journal of Community Informatics invites papers that  
explore and evaluate the achievements in local e-government projects  
and e-governance activities in the Developing  World and particularly  
in the context of promoting and sustaining local e-governance and  
community civic empowerment. What have been  the experiences with  
these projects, are there theoretical issues specific to Developing  
Country contexts, how does e-government contribute to effective local  
e-governance and community empowerment, have the expectations been  
met and have local communities benefited from the initiatives? Most of
the projects introducing e-government in Developing Countries  
were based on the models and experiences in the Western world.  
However, the cultural and historical situation in Developing  
Countries differs significantly from this. This special issue is  
especially interested to receive papers that propose new experience- 
based models for the design and implementation of e-government and  
for enhancing local e-governance.

Timeline
- October 30th 2006: Deadline for submissions
- November 30th 2006: Reviews completed, feedback send to the authors  
for re-visions.
- January 5th 2007: Final papers due
- February 2007: Publication

Procedure
Authors are encouraged to contact the special issue editors to  
ascertain fit of their work with the special issue. Manuscript (in  
Open Office or PDF format) should be submitted as an attachment to an  
email to Victor van Reijswoud: victor at umu.ac.ug and Arjan de Jager:  
ajager at iicd.org. The email subject should be JoCI Special Issue  
Submission. You will normally receive an acknowledgment within a few  
days. Please provide email addresses for all authors. All manuscripts  
will be screened by the guest editors prior to sending them out for  
review.

Please see the Journal of Community Informatics (www.ci-journal.net)  
website for further details on paper submission.


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