Unit 1: Introduction (6 hrs)
E-Governance — An Overview; Why E-Governance; Issues in E-Governance Applications and the Digital Divide; Evolution of E-Governance, its Scope and Content; Present Global Trends of Growth in E-Governance; E-Governance Applications; E-Governance Initiatives in Nepal
Unit 2: E-Governance Models (12 hrs)
Introduction; Models of Digital Governance — Broadcasting/Wider Dissemination Model, Critical Flow Model, Comparative Analysis Model, Mobilization and Lobbying Model, Interactive Service Model/Government-to-Citizen-to-Government Model (G2C2G); Evolution in E-Governance and Maturity Models — Five Maturity Levels; Characteristics of Maturity Levels; Key Focus Areas; Towards Good Governance through E-Governance Models
Unit 3: E-Governance Infrastructure, Stages in Evaluation and Strategies for Success (8 hrs)
E-readiness – Data System Infrastructure, Legal Infrastructural Preparedness, Institutional
Infrastructural Preparedness, Human Infrastructural Preparedness, Technological Infrastructural Preparedness; Evolutionary Stages in E-Governance
Unit 4: Applications of Data Warehousing and Data Mining in Government (6 hrs)
Introduction; National Data Warehouses – Census Data, Prices of Essential Commodities; Other Areas for Data Warehousing and Data Mining — Agriculture, Rural Development, Health, Planning, Education, Commerce and Trade, Other Sectors
Unit 5: CASE Studies (16 hrs)
Nepal (E-Governance Master Plan of Nepal; E-Governance in Local Government of Nepal; Nagarik App)
India (NICNET — Role of Nationwide Networking in E-Governance; Collectorate 2000; Computer-aided Administration of Registration Department (CARD); Smart Nagarpalika Computerization of Urban Local Bodies (Municipalities); National Reservoir Level and Capacity Monitoring System; Computerization in Andra Pradesh State Trading Corporation Ekal Seva Kendra; Sachivalaya Vahini or E-Governance Secretariat; Bhoomi; IT in Indian Judiciary; E-Khazana for Government Treasury, Andhra Pradesh; E-Governance in the Offices of Director for Foreign Trade (DGFT); PRAJA- Rural e-Seva, A New Paradigm in Citizen Services; E-Panchayat (Electronic Knowledge Based Panchayat); General Information Services of National Informatics Centre)
Other Countries (E-Governance initiative in USA; E-Governance Case Study in China Beijing Business E-Park; Brazil’s Poupatempo or ‘Time Saver’ Centres; Sri Lanka Kothamale Community Radio Internet Project)