This document outlines a proposed Digital Governance Master's Programme curriculum. It discusses the need for identifying competencies and training needs in the emerging field of digital governance. The curriculum is based on previous research from the Gov3.0 project. It is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of digital government and disruptive technologies, with a focus on internationalization and bridging technical and soft skills. The curriculum consists of modules in information systems, Gov1.0 foundations, Gov2.0 engagement, and Gov3.0 data-driven decision making. Teaching methods include lectures, presentations, seminars, and project-based learning.
Digital Transformation of Public Administrationsamossummit
Collaboration and buy-in from different levels of government and from civil servants in order to deliver a common digital government strategy.
Francesco Mureddu, Associate Director, The Lisbon Council, BE
Gov4All : An open data and open services repository for supporting citizen-dr...Yannis Charalabidis
Open data portals have been a primary source for publishing datasets from various sectors of administration, all over the world. However, making open data available does not necessarily lead to better utilisation from citizens and businesses. Our paper presents a new framework and a prototype system for supporting open application development by citizen communities, through gathering and making available open data and open web services sources from governmental actors, combined with an application development environment, training material and application examples.
This is a presentation of Gov4All platform, a web site for managing citizen-driven development in Greece.
Digital Transformation of Public Administrationsamossummit
Collaboration and buy-in from different levels of government and from civil servants in order to deliver a common digital government strategy.
Francesco Mureddu, Associate Director, The Lisbon Council, BE
Gov4All : An open data and open services repository for supporting citizen-dr...Yannis Charalabidis
Open data portals have been a primary source for publishing datasets from various sectors of administration, all over the world. However, making open data available does not necessarily lead to better utilisation from citizens and businesses. Our paper presents a new framework and a prototype system for supporting open application development by citizen communities, through gathering and making available open data and open web services sources from governmental actors, combined with an application development environment, training material and application examples.
This is a presentation of Gov4All platform, a web site for managing citizen-driven development in Greece.
From eGov 2.0 to eGov 3.0: The Research Agendasamossummit
The research agenda of the eGov area will be discussed in this session, focusing on innovative ideas and directions for its advancement from the eGov 2.0 to a new eGov 3.0 paradigm.
Yannis Charalabidis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Digital Transformation in Government 3.0samossummit
This lecture deals with challenges related to managing increasingly complex transformation efforts and uses examples from an ongoing eHealth project in Norway.
Leif Flak, Professor, University of Agder, Norway
International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information and Communication...ijmpict
The International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information and Communication Technologies (IJMPICT) is a quarterly open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles that contribute new results in regards to the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the public sector around the world. ICT are becoming fundamental to the operation of government agencies, especially in light of the development of e-government applications and rising citizen expectations. As such, the International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information and Communication Technologies (IJMPICT) seeks to establish new collaborations, new best practices, and new theories in public sector organizations around the world in regards to developing, applying, managing, measuring, monitoring, procuring, and securing ICT in governmental operations (including civilian, military, health care and education applications).
Call for papers - 8th International Conference of Managing Information Techno...ijmpict
The International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information and Communication Technologies (IJMPICT) is a quarterly open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles that contribute new results in regards to the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the public sector around the world. ICT are becoming fundamental to the operation of government agencies, especially in light of the development of e-government applications and rising citizen expectations.
Electronic Open and Collaborative Governance - An Overviewsamossummit
An introduction to the electronic open and collaborative governance for the summer school participants, aiming to provide background knowledge.
Euripidis Loukis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Development as Freedom in a Digital Age Soren Gigler
This presentation summarized the main findings of the recent publication Development as Freedom in a Digital Age. It provides an overview( i) the alternative impact evaluation framework of information and communications technologies on development based on Amartya Sen's capability approach and (ii) presents empirical evidence from rural Bolivia on the conditions under which ICTs can reduce poverty and empower local communities. The book addresses the following main issues (i) what is the impact of ICTs on the well-being of poor communities? (ii) how to evaluate the impact of ICTs on development from a human development perspective? (iii) which factors influence the successful implementation of ICT programs?
Call for papers - International Journal of Managing Public Sector Informatio...ijmpict
The International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information and Communication Technologies ( IJMPICT ) is a quarterly open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles that contribute new results in regards to the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the public sector around the world. ICT are becoming fundamental to the operation of government agencies, especially in light of the development of e-government applications and rising citizen expectations. As such, the International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information and Communication Technologies ( IJMPICT ) seeks to establish new collaborations, new best practices, and new theories in public sector organizations around the world in regards to developing, applying, managing, measuring, monitoring, procuring, and securing ICT in governmental operations (including civilian, military, health care and education applications).
Call for papers - International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information...ijmpict
International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information and Communication Technologies (IJMPICT) is a quarterly open access peer-reviewedjournal that publishes articles that contribute new results in regards to the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the public sector around the world. ICT are becoming fundamental to the operation of government agencies, especially in light of the development of e-government applications and rising citizen expectations.
Call for papers - International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information...ijmpict
International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information and Communication Technologies ( IJMPICT ) is a quarterly open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles that contribute new results in regards to the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the public sector around the world.
International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information and Communicatio...ijmpict
The International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information and Communication Technologies (IJMPICT) is a quarterly open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles that contribute new results in regards to the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the public sector around the world
This lecture will analyze the increasingly important topic of assessment and evaluation in e-government. Different models, methodologies and approaches will be presented.
Dimitris Sarantis, Researcher, United Nations University, PT
From eGov 2.0 to eGov 3.0: The Research Agendasamossummit
The research agenda of the eGov area will be discussed in this session, focusing on innovative ideas and directions for its advancement from the eGov 2.0 to a new eGov 3.0 paradigm.
Yannis Charalabidis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Digital Transformation in Government 3.0samossummit
This lecture deals with challenges related to managing increasingly complex transformation efforts and uses examples from an ongoing eHealth project in Norway.
Leif Flak, Professor, University of Agder, Norway
International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information and Communication...ijmpict
The International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information and Communication Technologies (IJMPICT) is a quarterly open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles that contribute new results in regards to the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the public sector around the world. ICT are becoming fundamental to the operation of government agencies, especially in light of the development of e-government applications and rising citizen expectations. As such, the International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information and Communication Technologies (IJMPICT) seeks to establish new collaborations, new best practices, and new theories in public sector organizations around the world in regards to developing, applying, managing, measuring, monitoring, procuring, and securing ICT in governmental operations (including civilian, military, health care and education applications).
Call for papers - 8th International Conference of Managing Information Techno...ijmpict
The International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information and Communication Technologies (IJMPICT) is a quarterly open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles that contribute new results in regards to the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the public sector around the world. ICT are becoming fundamental to the operation of government agencies, especially in light of the development of e-government applications and rising citizen expectations.
Electronic Open and Collaborative Governance - An Overviewsamossummit
An introduction to the electronic open and collaborative governance for the summer school participants, aiming to provide background knowledge.
Euripidis Loukis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Development as Freedom in a Digital Age Soren Gigler
This presentation summarized the main findings of the recent publication Development as Freedom in a Digital Age. It provides an overview( i) the alternative impact evaluation framework of information and communications technologies on development based on Amartya Sen's capability approach and (ii) presents empirical evidence from rural Bolivia on the conditions under which ICTs can reduce poverty and empower local communities. The book addresses the following main issues (i) what is the impact of ICTs on the well-being of poor communities? (ii) how to evaluate the impact of ICTs on development from a human development perspective? (iii) which factors influence the successful implementation of ICT programs?
Call for papers - International Journal of Managing Public Sector Informatio...ijmpict
The International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information and Communication Technologies ( IJMPICT ) is a quarterly open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles that contribute new results in regards to the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the public sector around the world. ICT are becoming fundamental to the operation of government agencies, especially in light of the development of e-government applications and rising citizen expectations. As such, the International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information and Communication Technologies ( IJMPICT ) seeks to establish new collaborations, new best practices, and new theories in public sector organizations around the world in regards to developing, applying, managing, measuring, monitoring, procuring, and securing ICT in governmental operations (including civilian, military, health care and education applications).
Call for papers - International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information...ijmpict
International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information and Communication Technologies (IJMPICT) is a quarterly open access peer-reviewedjournal that publishes articles that contribute new results in regards to the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the public sector around the world. ICT are becoming fundamental to the operation of government agencies, especially in light of the development of e-government applications and rising citizen expectations.
Call for papers - International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information...ijmpict
International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information and Communication Technologies ( IJMPICT ) is a quarterly open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles that contribute new results in regards to the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the public sector around the world.
International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information and Communicatio...ijmpict
The International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information and Communication Technologies (IJMPICT) is a quarterly open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles that contribute new results in regards to the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the public sector around the world
This lecture will analyze the increasingly important topic of assessment and evaluation in e-government. Different models, methodologies and approaches will be presented.
Dimitris Sarantis, Researcher, United Nations University, PT
The first workshop of www.gov30.eu project on the identification of basic research domains, training needs and scope of government 3.0. A questionnaire on training needs is included.
Workshop II on a Roadmap to Future GovernmentSamos2019Summit
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Organizers: Maria Wimmer, Professor, Koblentz University, Germany; Francesco Mureddu, Associate Directorr, Lisbon Council, Belgium; Juliane Schmeling Fraunhofer Institut FOKUS, Researcher, Germany; Shoumaya Ben Dhaou, Researcher, United Nations University, PT
ILTA Seminar March 3rd 2021 Building Digital Capabilities with DigitalEd.iecarinaginty
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DigitalEd.ie, is a digital teaching and learning knowledge platform. that provides access to professional development pathways and a suite of digital resources, in order to build digital capabilities and pedagogic expertise, so that educators can design, deliver and support flexible and online learning programmes effectively.
This presentation will explore: the development journey of DigitalEd.ie; the creation of a digital champions team; designing learning pathways; creating a digital resources directory; staff insights on building their digital teaching and learning capabilities during the pandemic; and a suite of digital capability discovery tools (including a workshop, a digital discovery self-assessment tool, the INDEX survey, a discussion platform survey, and focus groups with digital champions and DigitalEd.ie participants). The suite of discovery tools deployed during the project (2019-2022), is supporting an action research study, that is informing a best practice model for developing digital teaching and learning capabilities in higher education.
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Digital India is a campaign launched by the Government of India to ensure that Government services are made available to citizens electronically by improving online infrastructure and by increasing Internet connectivity or by making the country digitally empowered in the field of technology. Digital India was launched by Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister on 2nd July 2015 with an objective of connecting rural areas with high-speed Internet networks and improving digital literacy i.e. the knowledge, skills, and behaviors used in a broad range of digital devices such as smart phones, tablets, laptops and desktop PCs, all of which are seen as network rather than computing devices. The Digital India Programme aims to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy by leveraging IT as a growth engine of new India. Even though India is known as a powerhouse of software, the availability of electronic government services to citizens is still comparatively low. The National e- Governance Plan approved in 2006 has made a steady progress through Mission Mode Projects and Core ICT Infrastructure, but greater thrust is required to ensure effective progress in electronics manufacturing and e-Governance in the country. The Vision of Digital India is a power to empower citizens through digital literacy provides the intensified impetus to develop India for a knowledgeable future by developing central technology for allowing revolution which covers many departments under one umbrella programme. This paper is an attempt to study mainly opportunities, impact and challenges of vision of digital India.
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Gabriela Viale Pereira, Postdoc, Danube University Krems, AU
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Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
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Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
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- Understand the rationale behind the 2024 updates to the Uniform Guidance outlined in 2 CFR 200, and their implications for federal grant recipients.
- Identify the key changes and revisions introduced by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the 2024 edition of 2 CFR 200.
- Gain proficiency in applying the updated regulations to ensure compliance with federal grant requirements and avoid potential audit findings.
- Develop strategies for effectively implementing the new guidelines within the grant management processes of their respective organizations, fostering efficiency and accountability in federal grant administration.
Digital Governance Master Programme. The Gov3.0 Master’s Curriculum
1. Digital Governance Master Programme
The Gov3.0 Master’s Curriculum
Ass.-Prof. Dr. Gabriela Viale Pereira, MSc.
Department for E-Governance and Administration, Danube University Krems
The 10th Samos 2020 Summit: 15 July 2020
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AGENDA
2 RESEARCH AND TRAINING NEEDS FOR DIGITAL GOVERNANCE
THE GOV3.0 MASTER’S CURRICULUM3
4
1 CONTEXTUALIZATION
RECOMMENDATIONS AND GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION
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CONTEXTUALIZATION
Building the Gov3.0 Digital Governance Curriculum
• Considering the novelty of the Government 3.0 field, there is a need for identifying the capacities and competences of
professionals to attend the demands of emergent technologies and transformation in government and society, and
therefore framing the training needs for graduates in the area
• The ongoing ERASMUS+ research project “Scientific Foundations Training and Entrepreneurship Activities in the Domain of
ICT-enabled Governance” (Gov 3.0) goes beyond the existing state-of-the-art in analysing developments from the public
and private sector towards establishing the new scientific domain of Government 3.0
• The work developed under the project aimed at establishing the current baseline of e-Governance curricula and describe
its fundamental aspects
• The Gov 3.0 Master’s Curriculum (D3.2, Ronzhyn, Wimmer et al. 2020) builds upon the knowledge and expertise acquired
during the Gov3.0 project, particularly: Report for Electronic Governance Research and Practice Worldwide (D1.1),
Worldwide Training Needs on Electronic Governance (D1.2), two versions of the Government 3.0 Roadmap (D2.1, D.2.2)
and Pre-Graduate Modules on ICT-enabled Governance (D3.1)
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RESEARCH AND TRAINING NEEDS FOR DIGITAL GOVERNANCE
Challenges towards the development of a universal view and understanding of the e-Governance domain:
• Lack of proper definition of roles, responsibilities, competencies and skills to efficiently cover the e-Governance training
needs
• The existence of a dichotomy between a specialized program of e-Governance or a multidisciplinary one that combines
different fields (technical and non-technical)
• The development of an e-Governance training program at an inter-regional or at an international level
• The continuous updating of an e-Governance program taking into consideration the emerging technologies (data science
and big data, robotics, artificial intelligence, cyber-physical systems, quantum computing technology, etc.)
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THE GOV3.0 MASTER’S CURRICULUM
The curriculum addresses several crucial points relevant for the current developments in the digital government
domain:
• Internationalisation. When examining the digital transformation, it is crucial to consider both national and international
levels. Cross-border cooperation and services (Once Only principle, eIDas) become an important areas of digital public
service development
• Bridging the gap between different regions in the European Union
• Innovation aspects (the implementation of disruptive technologies in public services)
• Combining technology training and soft skills education (the need to consider legal, managerial and ethical issues of the
introduction of new technologies and services based on these technologies)
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THE GOV3.0 MASTER’S CURRICULUM
Objectives of the Curriculum:
• The Master Programme in Government 3.0 is aimed to provide the comprehensive understanding of the domain of digital
government with particular focus on the emergent technologies with potential to disrupt the public governance processes.
• The programme deepens the fundamental understanding of digitalization contexts and related organizational
modernization of the public sector, knowledge of information technology systems in the public sector, knowledge of the
decision-making systems in public sector and public sector automatization.
• The programme also aims to provide the graduates the high degree of self-reliance, responsibility and practical skills in the
IT areas of public sector as well as foster excellence in the scientific research within the domain.
• The aim of the programme is to award a master degree (Joint Master), where the courses integration is ensured by a single
study guide, unified assessment rules, a single student agreement and a single joint degree.
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THE GOV3.0 MASTER’S CURRICULUM
Learning Outcomes
• Demonstrate the understanding and use of concepts related to digitalization contexts and related organizational
modernization of the public sector
• Understand of the rise of digital platforms in digital government and the opportunities and challenges they create
• Understand the benefits of the disruptive technologies in digital governance and critically assess the areas of application
for such technologies
• Understand the challenges associated with introduction of disruptive technologies in digital governance
• Understand the link between ICTs and wider societal challenges, the role of ICT in achieving the sustainability goals and
ethical issues arising during the implementation of specific public services
• Understand and use research methods appropriate for digital government research, including data collection, preparation
and analysis methods
• Develop and plan a research project, identify its goals, formulate research questions and decide on appropriate
methodology to tackle the research questions
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PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
Information Systems & Entrepreneurship (15% of the Master programme)
Modules included in the module group:
• Project Management
• Information Systems Development
• Research Methods
• Legal Foundations, including international and national laws regulating digital government
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation (at least 5 % of the credits)
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PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
Gov 1.0: Foundations of Digital Government (10% of the Master programme)
Modules included in the module group:
• Introduction to Digital Government
• Digital Transformation of Public Sector
• Standardisation and Interoperability
• Foundations of Digital Government Research
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PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
Gov 2.0: Digital Governance and Engagement (15% of the Master programme)
Modules included in the module group:
• Open Government and Data
• E-Participation
• Collaborative Governance and Service Co-creation
• Social Media in Government
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PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
Gov 3.0: Towards data-driven and evidence-based Decision and Policy Making (20% of the
Master programme)
Modules included in the module group:
• Introduction to Disruptive Technologies in Digital Government
• Big Data
• Smart City Government / IoT
• Machine Learning / Data Mining
• Blockchain and Smart Contracting
• AI-based Decision Making
• Data-driven Policy Modelling and Simulation
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PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
Research project, ethics and soft skills (15% of the Master programme)
Modules included in the module group:
• Research Project
• Sustainability and Societal Challenges
• Ethics in Disruptive Technologies
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PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
IS basics
24 ECTS
Gov 1.0
18 ECTS
Gov 2.0
18 ECTS
Gov 3.0
30 ECTS
Semester 1
30 ECTS
Information Systems (IS)
Development and
Project Management (6)
Introduction to Digital
Government (6)
Digital Transformation of
the public Sector (6)
E-Participation (6)
Introduction to
Government 3.0 (6)
Semester 2
30 ECTS
Legal foundations (3)
Entrepreneurship (6)
Security in IS and in E-
Government (3)
Standardisation and
Interoperability (6)
Big Open and Linked
Data (6)
Ethical foundations (3)
Summer
School
Research project (6)
Semester 3
30 ECTS
Research methods and
theories (6)
Collaboration and
Smart City
Governance (6)
Big Data Analysis (6)
AI-based Decision
Making (6)
Digital Sustainability (3)
Semester 4
30 ECTS
Master thesis (30)
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PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH
Within each module a combination of teaching methods such us lectures, presentations, seminars and project-
based learning is applied:
• Lectures introduce the module subjects and provide students with the theoretical grounds for a deeper understanding of
ICT-enabled government, ensuring common understanding of the main topics, themes and methods taught within the
Master Programme.
• Presentations are used for practical application and deepening of the taught material as well as for the acquisition of
practical skills in potential application areas. Student presentations are intended to train the competence to speak and
communicate, analyse problems, relate the problems to the existing theory in the corresponding domain, solve them,
present the background, the problem, proposed solution, and defend their findings.
• Seminars are intended to allow students acquiring specialized knowledge and familiarise with specific tools, technologies
and approaches. Exercises, led by experienced tutors, help students deepen their knowledge of the subjects and solve
increasingly complex problems. Scientific writing is improved through the elaboration of seminar works related to the
programme's subjects.
• Project-based learning involve students into designing solutions to real-world problems and training soft skills of
cooperation, problem solving and project management.
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RECOMMENDATIONS AND GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION
• Critically reflect on the technological state of the art in the public sector and adjust the curriculum accordingly
• Assess the actual competences of the partners involved in the preparation of the Programme
• Focus on disruptive technologies and Government 3.0 along the whole programme
• The inclusion of the practitioner perspective is crucial to ensure the relevance of the Programme
• Ensure the diversity of views on the topics by engaging external lecturers from different universities and different
backgrounds
• Make use of the blended learning approach
• Provide a balanced view on the possible advantages and drawbacks of the introduction of the disruptive
technologies
• Underlining the controversial nature of some government initiatives (ethical and legal issues)
• Ensure an interdisciplinary approach
• Training of the soft skills and promotion of individual competences
• Ensuring contribution to the wider society
• Ensure the appropriate evaluation procedures and engage experts in evaluation of their programme
16. Thank You!
Ass.-Prof. Dr. Gabriela Viale Pereira
Danube University Krems, Austria
gabriela.viale-pereira@donau-uni.ac.at
