eGovernance Cop Meeting

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e-Governance Cop Meeting Hyderabad, 14 January
2009 Lessons Learned from Regional and Global
UNDP e-Governance Programmes LAC Public Software
Program
Nazaré Bretas (Corinto Meffe, Fausto Alvim,
Rogerio Santanna, Wagner Meira...)
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• Brazil
• Population gt 180 million
• but access to Internet lt 50 , connectivity
  not adequate
• Govt gt 5.500 municipalities(),
• full access to Internet() lt 10
• Governamental actions make difference, but there
  enormous challenges
• Is our demand larger than conditions to provide
  IT resources?
• () Federative Republic
• () All public buildings working at adequate
  connectivity

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• Brazilian e-Governance
• Foster Open Standards and Free Software
• e-PING
• Guia Livre (Libre)
• License Studies
• Regional Level Latinoware, e-LAC , ...
• Building Brazilian IT Resources (SISP)
• Catalog XML Schemas, Web Services, Softwares
• Infrastructure Projects INFOVIA,
• Regulations - IN 04

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• SPB - Brazilian Public Software
• www.softwarepublico.gov.br
• Principle
• Software is a Public Good
• social impacts, development and use must be
  foster by Government
• SPB support knowledge to license, community
  services (users and developers), continuity
• Users and Developers in contact
  www.mercadopublico.gov.br
• Concept is still ever - under discussion,
• Conditions to deal with a large different
  situations

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• RCSLA () Collaborative Network for FOSS in LAC
• Initially supported by a Global e-Governance
  Programme DGG/BFD
• Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)
• Others actors support, including the Brazilian
  Ministry of Planning
• Challenge make the network alive
• Partnership wwwmercadopublico.gov.br
• () Red Colaborativa de Software Libre y Abierto
  www.undp.org.br/rcsla

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• LAC Public Software Program Situation
• Questionnaire Which existing public software
  will be translate first?
• Expected Results
• FOSS e-governance solutions to national regional
  and local govts in LAC
• National regional and local governments in LAC
  able the FOSS solutions made available at the
  International Public Software (IPS) gateway
• Network of knowledge sharing in e-governance in
  LAC
• Launchmment
• February, Convención y Feria Internacional
  INFORMATICA de La Habana, Cuba

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What can we learn?      

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Thank you!