GOL met in Leiden, The Netherlands, 8-11 October 2000
Host: Ms. Elly Boter Segaar, The Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.
Chair: Mr. Knut Rexed, Swedish Agency for Public Management [Statskontoret]
Participants
Christianne Poirier, Canada
Seppo Kurkinen, Finland
Michel De-Rocca, France
Benny Raab, Israel
Nathalie Aquilina, Malta
Tomás Orozco, Mexico
Elly Boter Segaar, The Netherlands
Pauline Poland, The Netherlands
Pål Sørgaard, Norway
Siw Vik, Norway
Edwin Lau, OECD
Olov Östberg, Sweden
Knut Rexed, Sweden
Fred Baron, UK
Stefan Czerniawski, UK
Sally Matthews, USA
AgendaDownload agenda (39.5 kB, rtf file)
DAY OF GUIDED TOURBefore the meeting proper, the GOL participants were invited to a guided tour organised by Stichting Nederland Kennisland and containing the following agenda items:
- Welcome; Mr. Rogier van de Sande, Deputy Mayor of Leiden
- The Public Counter 2000; Mr. Matt Poelmans, Director OL 2000-12-10
- The Knowledge Foundation; Mr. Joeri van den Steenhoven, KL co-founder
- Visit to Center for IT and Multimedia, University of Utrecht
- ICT in the City of Enschede; Mr. Marco Swart, Deputy Mayor of Enschede
- Visit to Mediawest Centre, a digital playground in Utrecht
- Visit to Information Centre Leidsche Rijn
THE MEETING
Welcome addressMr. Jan Willem Holtslag, director-general for Public Administration of the Dutch Ministry for the Interior and Kingdom Relations, gave the welcome address.
Chair opening statementMr. Knut Rexed talked about his expectations on the GOL work and the issues to be addressed by the Leiden meeting. (99 kB, ppt)
Reports on carry-over GOL projects
Country ReportsA lively, interesting and informal interchange of hot topics and views on the future GOL work took place in a round table format. The following GOL members submitted documents for the GOL web:
GOL Work ProgrammeIt was decided that GOL should focus on a few project for work between the meetings. Two projects were selected. The Netherlands will coach a project on e-Democracy (28.5 kB, rtf), and Norway will coach a project on Portals. The project leaders Ms. Poland (e-Democracy) and Ms. Vik (Portals) will work with individual GOL members and via the GOL web.
Chair meeting conclusionIt was decided that:- The full name of GOL shall be Government On-Line International Network.
- We are a voluntary grouping of public servants engaged in developing government on line, working for governments or intergovernmental organisations.
- Our purpose is to
- share information and intelligence, informally and collegially
- explore selected areas of mutual interest
- work on joint projects as an extension of our coming together
- disseminate the results of our work in our own administrations.
- Our members
- are working with government on-line issues,
- participate with the consent of their government or organisation
- are expected to be active contributors to the network
- are expected to have a good network at home and to use it.
- Our field or work is the effective use of ICT to rapidly improve the access of citizens and businesses to government data, the quality of their interactions with the Government, and the Government’s own business operations. This includes:
- the use of ICT to involve citizens in planning and design phases in order to increase trust and transparency, and to strengthen democracy,
- modernising and re-engineering public services in order to use the full potential of ICT
- GOL will undertake activities in support of improved services to citizens, through the most effective application of current and emerging technologies. This includes the wider effects which these technologies will have on the business and social processes, within which they are embedded.
- We will focus on
- identifying and describing possibilities and potentials
- inventoring what has been or is being done
- comparing experiences and achievements.
Future meetingsMexico will host the next GOL meeting, which is scheduled to take place in the Summer of 2001. Thereafter France will host a meeting in the Spring of 2002.
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