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The Electronic and Mobile Government Knowledge Repository (emGKR) is a global online facility for knowledge transfer, information dissemination, partnership and state-of-the-art research on central and local e/m-government development in Member States. emGKR is a global online facility for knowledge transfer, information dissemination, partnership and state-of-the-art research on e/m-government development in Member States. emGKR will develop, through an interactive portal, a portfolio of knowledge resources on e/m-government strategies; e/m-government policies; public sector programs in e/m-government; ICT access and connectivity, ICT legal and regulatory framework; enabling environment for effective e-development; and monitoring and evaluation of e/m-government projects. There is a need to support developing countries to build national capacities in electronic and mobile government by providing information and tools for the development of comprehensive e/m-government olicies and programmes in support of public sector development. Given the lack of an integrated portal on e/m government at the national and international level, a collaborative one-stop-shop online facility is needed to meet the resourceneeds and expand learning opportunities for policy and decision makers in developing countries. e/m-Government Knowledge Repository (emGKR) is an nnovative attempt to gather cross sectoral national and international stakeholders and the agencies of the United Nations in an effective partnership for knowledge sharing to further the capacities of national governments in e/m government development. Gamos was invited to present a keynote paper on mobile Government in Africa at the first African workshop on emgkr - Capacity Building Workshop on Electronic/Mobile Government in Africa, . The goal of the Workshop was to explore regional knowledge into the issues and challenges of e/m-government development in Africa, further explore the concept of the development of the UN Global Knowledge Repository, develop partnerships for capacity building in the region and identify capacity building needs for e/m-government in the region. Invited participants from regional institutions and countries presented papers, made presentations on the themes outlined above, as well as participated in discussions at the Workshop which has the following objectives:
Thematic areas for the presentations included the following:
Sub-themes for Sessions III and IV include:
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