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E-Government

Launching of the first inter-active e-government portals in Cambodia

Battambang and Siem Reap Districts

Sunway Hotel, Phnom Penh

April 24, 2007

8.30 a.m. Registration

9.00 a.m.Opening ceremony

Welcome Remarks

Wolfgang Meyer, Country Representative, Konrad Adenauer Foundation

9.10 a.m.Official Opening

H. E. Widhya Chem, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the Federal Republic of Germany

9.20 a.m.Inspirational Remarks

H. E. Pius Fischer, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Kingdom of Cambodia

9.30 a.m.“Democracy and Decentralization in Cambodia”

H. E. Sak Setha, Director General, Ministry of Interior

9.45 a.m.“Decentralized creativity and centralized coordination in public internet presence of the Cambodian state – the role of NIDA”

H. E. Chun Vat, Deputy Secretary General, NIDA in the Council of Ministers

10.00 a.m.“Local democracy and the internet – the evolution of e-government world wide”

Detlev Sander, Chief Executive Officer, net-Com AG, Osnabrück, Germany

10.15 a.m.“Presentation of the e-government portals of Battambang and Siem Reap districts”

Touch Vannet, net-Com AG

10.45 a.m.Coffee break

11.00 a.m.“Implementing e-government at the local level – experiences and expectations of the urban district of Battambang”

Uy Ry, District Governor, Battambang

11.10 a.m. “Implementing e-government at local level - experiences and expectations of the urban district Siem Reap”

Tep Bunchhay, District Governor, Siem Reap

11.20 a.m.“Presentation of the web portal of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Cambodia in the Federal Republic of Germany”

Khieu Tharavith, Embassy of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the Federal Republic of Germany

11.40 a.m.Summary remarks and official closing

Peter Bolster, Team Leader, GTZ Cambodia

12.00 noonLunch