mpowering the Nations

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1 mpowering the Nations Ibrahim Kushchu, MBA, MSc, PhD Associate Professor Director Mobile Government Consortium International UK

2 Background & Research Interests D.PHIL in Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence Evolutionary Learning and Generalisation, School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences (COGS), University of Sussex, UK. MSc in Artificial Intelligence Knowledge Based Systems, University of Edinburgh, UK. MBA Decision Support Systems for Strategic Management, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey. CURRENT RESEARCH Mobile Government and Mobile Society Evolutionary and adaptive intelligent systems for ebusiness applications

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4 Mobile Government Consortium is a leading organisation promoting Mobile Government (mgovernment) as a field of practice and research. It aims to bring together academics, public and private sector professionals, who work together to understand and analyse the current developments and to shape the future developments in mgovernment. If your work falls in e-governmnet, mobile business or mobile government, we would like to hear from you. mgci@mgovernment.org

5 Outline Introducing mgovernment Drivers of mgovernment mpowering Individuals The society, and The economies mdevelopment Challenges and future directions Conclusions

6 From egov to mgov Wired Web Wireless Web WAP/GPRS/3G One-Stop e-gov portal Central Government operations and services Local Government operations Local and Local Government services Government operations operations and and services services

7 Mobile Government it is the strategy and its implementation involving the utilization of all kinds of wireless and mobile technology, services, applications and devices for improving benefits to the parties involved in e- government including citizens, businesses and all government units A fertile field of research and practice An inevitable direction of egov, which will naturally follow

8 Mobile Government: applications /sms Enforcement Law enforcement Safety/ Health Inspections Permissions Information/communication Gov news updates Traffic/weather info Maps/Town Info Gov services Participation/voting Transaction Bill/loan payments Fine payments Charges payments Integration Inter/intra gov data exchange Field surveys Fire fighting Meter readings Web-based Public Data Integration Enhanced e-gov Context-aware Location-based Services

9 Mobile Government: examples People with hearing disabilities Mobile health and patient care GPS enabled Police force Disaster management - notification Fire-fighters - relevant information collection Mobile payment -public transport Mobile Parking Mobile economy and welfare

10 Drivers of mgovernment Technology related High level of mobile penetration all over the world Evolution of mobile internet technologies, standards and protocols allowing faster and more sophisticated (voice and multi-media) application developments. Increasing trends in the adoption of mobile internet applications and services in the mobile business arena.

11 Drivers of mgovernment others Increased citizens expectations from e- government Increased efficiency and effectiveness, and cost reduction considerations of governments Supporting economic development, especially for rural areas of developing countries Promoting increased participation, quality of transparency and better democracy.

12 Life style and mpowering mgovernment is not only about the technology or applications It is more about solving real problems and improving the way people live - It is more about mpowering - the public organizations, Mobile working, organizational change the society Useful and usable applications and services Participative citizens

13 Mobility brings in a new life style

14 The Powers of Mobility On personal and primary relations the society in general, and the economy - welfare and development

15 mpowering Individuals influence on the personal life and primary relations. accessibility, liberation, safety, identity, status and confidence, efficiency in communications, communications and connectedness fun, privacy, organized life, time management, efficiency in daily activities, etc.

16 mpowering Individuals The 6 Cs of the Mobile Technologies! Connectio n! for communication and accessibility! Convenie n c e! brings efficiency, especially our daily live s! Charis m a! reflects identity and empowers individuals! Companionship helps to have fun Care provides safety and care for others Culture creates a culture of its own

17 An mpowered Individual is a building block for mdevelopemnt

18 mpowering the Society Contributions to the society at large and positive changes in the dynamics of the society. efficiency in communications accessibility of information socialization political and social organization youth and new culture, etc.

19 mpowering the Society Mobile technologies help to create an informative, connected, culturally innovative, participative, and converging society.

20 mpowered societies are pillars for mdevelopment

21 mpowering the Economies Emergent positive effects to the country and the creation of mobile welfare. a mobile economy infrastructure improvement employment new and improved businesses empowerment and m-democracy m-politics policy making mobile culture etc.

22 mpowering the Economies four major areas with direct influences infrastructure development, better business practices, improvements in the public sector contributions to collective welfare of the individuals via social responsibility.

23 mgov challenges Developing wireless and mobile networks and related infrastructure Interoperability Challenge Roaming, variety of platforms, etc. Communication, content, payment, location, revenue sharing, etc Promoting mobile penetration and increasing accessibility Usability Challenges mobile devices and mobile communication limitations concise, to-the-point, location based service delivery protecting privacy and providing security for the data and interactions Regulating and developing legal aspects of mobile applications and the use of services.

24 Conclusions - Future directions mgovernment is inevitable and growing fast It is only tip of the iceberg towards pervasive society and interactions Involve parties to create a natural fit in the responsive public organizations an able society who can benefit

25 Conclusions - mdevelopment Planned contributions as part of introducing a new technology to the countries Contributions that are not so much expected emerge from the over all efforts in this area. Local solutions towards global challenges

26 mdevelopment may be seen as an emergent property of dynamics resulting from mpowered Indviduals, mpowered societies and mpowered economies.

27 Thank you