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I. The Intervention of New Information and Communication Technolo-
gies into the Local Governance
The digital administration and more widely public policies dealing with digi-
tal technologies are currently a central issue in European countries and in the
rest of the world. This priority shared on a worldwide scale affects public
administration both at central and local levels.
A. The Development of a Digital Administration, a Deep Transfor-
mation of the Local Good Governance
Indeed, using new information and communication technologies (ICT) has
effects on the management and the running of public services not only for
state departments but for local authorities as well. Consequently, using digi-
tal technologies leads to a transformation of State and local governments
especially in the field of public services, and consequently in the manage-
1
ment and in the financing .
2
Main European countries are concerned , as regards not only former mem-
bers of the Union, but also those who have recently acceded to it. Whatever
this difference, the use of digital technologies is an important part of the
reform of the public services at central or local levels.
That is why the transformation of public administration rests on public poli-
cies based on a strategic approach and digital action plans. For example in
Czech Republic, the first action plan adopted by the government for 2000-
2002 sets three objectives: information literacy, electronic commerce and
electronic public authorities.
In the same way, in Slovakia the objectives set by the Strategy and Action
plan for the development of the Information society adopted in 2004 aim to
ease citizens’ participation in public affairs, to increase the effectiveness of
public administration through digitization. Moreover, the international finan-
cial crisis has reinforced this necessity. This point of view has been under-
lined by the Slovak government in the Information Society Strategy for the
3
years 2009 to 2013 . Indeed the Slovak government considers that “ICTs
1 Cf. W. Gilles, “The Financial Good Governance in Europe: What Possibilities for Local
o
Authorities?”, Acta politologica, n 1, 2012 (Czech Rép., ISSN 1804-1302).
2 The European Union has adopted its first plan action in favor of the Information Society
in 1994 (see. European Commission, The Europe’s Way to the Information Society: A
Plan for Action, COM(94)347 final, July 1994). The necessity to continue this policy has
been since reaffirmed several times and in particular during the Lisbon Special European
Council in March 2000 (see also, European Commission, E-Europe. Une société de
th
l’information pour tous, 19-20 June 2000).
3 The Information Society Strategy for 2009 – 2013 was approved by the Government of
the Slovak Republic on 21 October 2009, the eGovernment Strategy of the Slovak Repub-
RIMD – n o 3 – 2012
I. The Intervention of New Information and Communication Technolo-
gies into the Local Governance
The digital administration and more widely public policies dealing with digi-
tal technologies are currently a central issue in European countries and in the
rest of the world. This priority shared on a worldwide scale affects public
administration both at central and local levels.
A. The Development of a Digital Administration, a Deep Transfor-
mation of the Local Good Governance
Indeed, using new information and communication technologies (ICT) has
effects on the management and the running of public services not only for
state departments but for local authorities as well. Consequently, using digi-
tal technologies leads to a transformation of State and local governments
especially in the field of public services, and consequently in the manage-
1
ment and in the financing .
2
Main European countries are concerned , as regards not only former mem-
bers of the Union, but also those who have recently acceded to it. Whatever
this difference, the use of digital technologies is an important part of the
reform of the public services at central or local levels.
That is why the transformation of public administration rests on public poli-
cies based on a strategic approach and digital action plans. For example in
Czech Republic, the first action plan adopted by the government for 2000-
2002 sets three objectives: information literacy, electronic commerce and
electronic public authorities.
In the same way, in Slovakia the objectives set by the Strategy and Action
plan for the development of the Information society adopted in 2004 aim to
ease citizens’ participation in public affairs, to increase the effectiveness of
public administration through digitization. Moreover, the international finan-
cial crisis has reinforced this necessity. This point of view has been under-
lined by the Slovak government in the Information Society Strategy for the
3
years 2009 to 2013 . Indeed the Slovak government considers that “ICTs
1 Cf. W. Gilles, “The Financial Good Governance in Europe: What Possibilities for Local
o
Authorities?”, Acta politologica, n 1, 2012 (Czech Rép., ISSN 1804-1302).
2 The European Union has adopted its first plan action in favor of the Information Society
in 1994 (see. European Commission, The Europe’s Way to the Information Society: A
Plan for Action, COM(94)347 final, July 1994). The necessity to continue this policy has
been since reaffirmed several times and in particular during the Lisbon Special European
Council in March 2000 (see also, European Commission, E-Europe. Une société de
th
l’information pour tous, 19-20 June 2000).
3 The Information Society Strategy for 2009 – 2013 was approved by the Government of
the Slovak Republic on 21 October 2009, the eGovernment Strategy of the Slovak Repub-
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