The European eGovernment Awards 2007 for the most outstanding eGovernment solutions are expected to be presented by Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media. The awards will take place at the fourth Ministerial eGovernment Conference 2007 on 20 September in Lisbon, Portugal.

The European eGovernment Awards 2007 contest is open until 11 June 2007.

This year there are four prizes plus one where there is a public vote. The European eGovernment Awards 2007 contest is open until 11 June 2007.

Submissions from EU Member States, Candidate countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland will be accepted.

All European eGovernment stakeholders were invited to an Information Day in Brussels on 11 April 2007 in Brussels. Participants were inspired by the video clip http://212.68.215.195/europa/awards2005_hq.wmv of the 2005 Awards, which attracted 235 submissions from 28 (out of 33) countries.

Those numbers are set to increase as European administrations are intensifying online service delivery. While the eGEP study http://www.rso.it/egep estimated that Europe in 2005 spent € 11.9 bn yearly on eGovernment €“ which could boost EU25 GDP 166 bn by 2010 - the figures are set to grow. Understandably, the focus is now shifting to reaping the benefits of such investments.

This third eGovernment awards competition is part of the European Commission's work to share best practices. Info day participants got a peek into the new online social networking community in eGovernment, eHealth and eInclusion. That portal is due to be launched with full features on 1 June. The 2007 eGovernment Awards Call for applications, Online Submission and Guidance Notes are already available on http://epractice.eu.

Useful links
Signup http://www.epractice.eu/index.php?page=signup

Online Submission http://www.epractice.eu/index.php?page=login

Guidance Notes for Submission (PDF)
http://www.epractice.eu/files/download/Awards2007SubmissionGuidanceNotes_en.pdf

Call for Applications http://www.epractice.eu/index.php?page=fix&p=3&menu=2

Related Information:
See also: European eGovernment Awards 2007
Contact: Awards Helpdesk mailto:info@epractice.eu