Finding and Sharing e-Government Resources: Challenges and Approaches

Abstract

This chapter is intended to give an introduction to reasons for collaboration and reuse of e-Government resources and a summary of the results so far of some European e-government initiatives, including related projects within the European standardization CEN/ISSS like the workshop eGov –Share, and some projects within the European Commission´s IDABC program. From an e-Government practitioner´s viewpoint and experience, it analyses the ideas and results behind these projects but also identifies some of its shortcomings and weak points and gives some recommendations of future activities in the field.