Time

Session

10:00-10:40

Welcome and opening speeches

-         Mr. Ivo Ivanovski, Minister without portfolio in charge of Information Society in the Government of R. of Macedonia

-         Mr. Vladimir Milcin, Executive Director, Foundation Open Society Institute - Macedonia (FOSIM)

-         Mr. Marjan Gushev , Board member, Metamorphosis Foundation - Inclusive e-Gov

Moderator: Ms. Fani Karanfilova-Panovska, Board President, Metamorphosis Foundation

10:45-11:45

Building an enabling environment for Inclusive e-Government

-         Mr. Tose Misevski, UNDP  - municipal e-points, FOSS in local government

-         Mr. Jovce Plastinovski, e-Gov Project , USAID Macedonia – Macedonian society embraces eGov

-         Mr. Misa Popovik, Free Software Macedonia  - role of Public Domain, CC, FOSS in e-gov. development

-         Mr. Gilles Mariey & Ms. Francine Rochefort, CTN – video presentation

Moderator: Ms. Suzana Ahmeti-Janjic, UNDP

12:00-13:00

Usability and Accessibility Standards

-         Mr. Andon Stefanovski, Official Gazette of RM – Recommendations for ICT Standards in the Public Administration developed through Good Governance Project (www.gg.org.mk)

-         Boris Krumov, BlueLink Information Network /APC – web usablity & accessibility standards

-         Mr. Viktor Mancev, Open the windows - web accessibility for blind people

-         Mr. Filip Stojanovski, Metamorphosis Foundation – web usability of e-gov applications

Moderator: Ms. Nevenka Rosomanova, Good Governance Project, FOSIM

14:30-15:30

Safety, Security and Privacy

-         Mr. Bogdan Manolea, APTI.Ro/EDRI – State of Privacy in the EU and SEE

-  Ms. Marijana Marusic, Directorate for personal data protection of R.M. (www.dzlp.gov.mk) – personal data protection aspects of inclusive e-government

-         Mr. Ljubomir Trajkovski, Trajkovski & Partners – Information Security Initiative (ISI)

-         Ms. Ana Trpovska, Metamorphosis Foundation – CRISP (Children’s Rights on the Internet – Safe and Protected)/DK

Moderator: Ms. Sarah Broughton, OSCE Mission to Skopje (www.osce.org/skopje)

15:30-16:00

Summary of Day 1

Moderators presenting the conclusions and recommendations from the previous sessions, including more interaction between audience and speakers (questions and answers)

Moderator: Mr. Zoran Janevski, Economic Institute - Skopje

Time

Session

Moderator

09:00-10:00

e-Government Policy, EU experiences

-         Mr. Peter Sonntagbauer, Federal Computing Centre Austria (BRZ), Austria; We-Go Project – Austrian experiences in e-gov .

-         Mr. Arvo Ott, e-Governance Academy, Estonia – Estonian experience in inclusive e-government

-         Mr. Georgi Prangov, State Agency for ICT, Bulgaria – ICT Sector in Bulgaria Prospects and Challenges

Moderator: Mr. Bardhyl Jashari, Metamorphosis Foundation

10:05 – 11:15

e-Government policy experiences from the region
(Draft Research Results by Western Balkans Network)

-         Mr. Dejan Spasov , Institute of Informatics – Skopje (www.ii.edu.mk), Macedonia

-         Mr. Sanjin Buzo , OneWorld SEE (www.oneworldsee.org), Bosnia and Herzegovina

-         Ms. Natasa Radovic , Belgrade Open School (www.bos.org.yu), Serbia

-         Mr. Sokol Haxiu , UNDP Albania (www.undp.org.al)

-         Ms. Milica Dakovic , Institute for Strategic Studies and Prognoses (www.isspm.org), Montenegro

Moderator: Ms. Danijela Babic , ZaMirNet (www.zamirnet.hr), Croatia

11:30-12:45

e-Government Solutions (applications and best practices examples)

-         Mr. Peter Sonntagbauer, Federal Computing Centre Austria, Austria – eServices for Citizens and Businesses help.gv.at (eEurope Award); SAPAV - state treasury, e-procurement and e-invoicing - i2010

-         Ms. Nele Leosk, e-Governance Academy, Estonia – e-participation case study: Direct democracy portal "Today I Decide"

-         Mr. Nemanja Malbašič, SRC.SI – Survey to the 2. place - Best Practices and Milestones in Slovenia

-         Ms. Dejana Vratnica Radovic, Project 'Millenium', Municipality of Podgorica, Montenegro

-         Mr. Vasko Kronevski, MASIT representative – experiences from building e-Government Public Private Partnerships in Macedonia

Moderator: Mr. Aleksandar Ugrinoski, Agency for Civil Servants of R. Macedonia – ApplyOnLine

14:15-16:00

Building Synergy: Bridging the Gap eEU-eSEE 

Fishbowl Roundtable Final Discussion: Government, NGO and reps of the other sectors from the region and EU

·          Endnotes

·          Closing of the conference

Moderator: Ms. Fani Karanfilova-Panovska, Board President, Metamorphosis Foundation