E-Government in Cambodia - Foundation Office Cambodia
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„Active-Cambodia“ – E-Government introduced in Cambodia
The project partners net-Com AG, GTZ, KAS and Asia Urbs report: Within the scope of the project “active-Cambodia”, software licences will be handed over to NIDA and the districts Siem Reap and Battambang on May 10, 2006. Information and interactive administration services will be made available quickly and transparently over the internet.
The project „active-Cambodia“ is a cooperative project between the German Association for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation (KAS), the European Union-founded project Asia Urbs and the German company net-Com AG. The Cambodian participants are the districts of Siem Reap and Battambang, the Ministry of Interior, the National Communications Technology Development Authority (NIDA) and the embassy in Berlin.
The districts Battambang and Siem Reap will create their own internet portals. Information about the districts, the public administration and its services will be made available online. In a second step, five services of the One Window Service Offices will be delivered over the internet. Paper documents will be rendered increasingly superfluous. Electronic applications for the processing of services will be fast and transparent. Cambodia will catch up to the international standards of eGovernment.
The software can be operated by the administration staff. The portal software “active-City,” developed by net-Com AG, is available in Khmer language. It is user-friendly and makes the district administrations independent of external service providers in the maintaining of their web-portals.
The internet websites will also contain multilingual information about local companies, who receive access to national and international customers. Primarily the tourism sector will benefit from this project. Its offers will be made available on the web pages of the embassy in Germany. The virtual tourist streams will be directed to the Cambodian businesses.
The portals will continue operating even after the end of the project and should cover their costs with financial contributions from the participating companies. With that aim, the creation of an operations company is foreseen, which would implement the project in other administration districts in Cambodia.
Information about the project is available on the website: www.active-cambodia.com
Net-Com AG
The company net-Com AG has been working in the public sector since 1998 and is one of the market leaders for internet portals of public administration systems in Germany. The headquarters of the company, as well as one branch office, are located in Germany. An additional branch is located in Hanoi, along with a project office in Phnom Penh. Two Cambodian employees will support the active-City projects in Cambodia. Net-Com has successfully carried out several orders and projects in Asia. The active-City software is field-proven for this project because it is easy to use and optimally designed to fit the needs of public administrations.
Contact:
Detlef Sander
Rheinische Str. 15
49084 Osnabrueck
Germany
Tel. (+49)-0541-505700
Fax (+49)-0541-5057099
Email: dsander@net-com.de
Web: www.active-city.de (only German)
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAF)
The KAF is a German political foundation working world wide to promote democracy, the rule of law, human rights, and social market economy. KAF has been working in Cambodia since 1994 striving to support the Cambodian people in strengthening democracy, the rule of law and human rights. The foundation supports self-help initiatives and works towards creating an environment conducive to economic growth. All programs are conceived and implemented in close cooperation with Cambodian partners at central and sub-national levels.
Contact:
Mr. Wolfgang Meier
Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation
House No. 4, Street 462
Khan Charmkar Mon
P.O. Box 944
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Phone (+855) 023 213 363 / 726 221
Fax (+855) 023 213 364
Email: wolfgang.meyer@kas-cambodia.com
Web: http://www.kas.de/proj/home/home/17/2/index.html (German, English)
Asia Urbs Project "Strengthening of pilot city administrations Battambang and Siem Reap: Revenues and budget, transparency and peoples participation" (Asia Urbs 3)
Asia Urbs is a development program by the European Union that aims at the promotion of local partnerships between territorial corporations in the European Union and Asia. The two Cambodian districts Battambang and Siem Reap, as well as the German District “Rhein-Sieg-Kreis” and the Italian City of Spoleto, are partners to the project. In addition, the project is supported by the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation (KAF) in Phnom Penh, the BBJ Service in Germany and the Cambodian Ministry of the Interior. The project aims at the reform of urban district administrations as a model for the Cambodian decentralization and deconcentration strategy.
Contact:
Ms. Ruth Gruber
Asia Urbs 3 Project
House No. 4, Street 462
Khan Charmkar Mon
P.O. Box 944
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Phone (+855) 023 213 363 / 726 221
Fax (+855) 023 213 364
Email: gruber@bbjnet.it
Web: www.cambodiantowns.net (German, English, Italian, Khmer is under construction.)
GTZ
The GTZ is an international cooperative enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. It provides viable, forward-looking solutions for political, economic, ecological and social development in a globalised world. GTZ promotes complex reforms and change processes, often working under difficult conditions. Its corporate objective is to improve people’s living conditions on a sustainable basis.
GTZ has the corporate form of a “GmbH” (closed limited company) in the private sector. It is owned by the German Federal Government.
Contact:
Mr. Peter Bolster
GTZ - Private Sector Promotion Program
House No. 5, Street 310
Sangkat Boeung Keng Kang I
Khan Chamkar Mon
P.O. Box 81
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Tel: (+855) 023 72 63 44
Fax: (+855) 023 72 63 45
Mobile: (+855) 012 333 247
Email: peter.bolster@gtz.de
Web: www.gtz.de (German, English)