Presentation by Mr. Peter Sonntagbauer, Federal Computing Centre Austria at the third International Conference e-Society.Mk: Austrian experiences in e-gov, December 1, 2007, Skopje Macedonia

1. Enhancing Western Balkan eGovernment Expertise „ We-Go“ Contributions for Macedonia Dr. Peter Sonntagbauer Federal Computing Center (BRZ) [email_address] „ We-Go“

3. “ Cooperation as a major success factor” Cooperation and coordination is a key success factor Why ? a) benefit from the experiences (success and mistakes) of others b) on the local level it is important to reach a consensus

4. observing cooperation among the federal levels is crucial  about 70% of administration is NOT at federal level  the way of working together has a top priority to be successful ICT in the public sector is like a large vessel – it needs clear decisions quite ahead before real movement can be planned Working together - Digital Austria

6. Austria Cooperation and consensus was a key success factor to reach the top

7. People - Process - Technology “ Soft Factors”

8. “ What can WeGo do for Macedonia ? ” The WeGo project aims at a) Know-How Transfer & exchange of experiences b) Establishing international cooperation ... to make sure Macedonia can quickly advance in e-Government

9. Your EU Partners 8 EU Partner from 3 Countries all of them top ranked in the most recent eGov benchmark by Cap Gemini September 2007 Austria #1 (2nd time), Slovenia and Estonia as „fast movers“

10. WeGo Package

13. eGovernment – the future