International Electronic Government Observatory

The fundamental objective of the eGobs Observatory (Electronic Government Observatory) is the independent study of the characteristics and activities of Electronic Government. E Government is understood as the organizations and systems that are necessary to the Administrations to fulfill their obligations to citizens and companies with the aid of the resources provided by the Information and Communication Technologies. Our research puts a special emphasis in the confirmation, through the study of real cases, that those activities are carried out with respect to the rules, procedures and principles stated in the Law, included the right to participation of citizens, companies and institutions and, especially, if the regulations on personal data protection and security of the electronic communications are effectively applied.
EGOBS is an initiative of the Network on Electronic Government coordinated from 2003 by the University of Zaragoza and in whose activities participate the Universities of Burgos and Valladolid (Spain), the University of Münster (Germany) and the Queen's University of Belfast (United Kingdon), for European part. Our American members are the National University of la Plata (Argentina), the Diego Portales University of Santiago de Chile, the University of the Havana (Cuba) and the University of the Republic of Montevideo (Uruguay). The Association for the Promotion of the Technologies of the Information and the Electronic Trade (APTICE) also collaborates to the activities of the Observatory. The Observatory is part of the Legal Framework for the Information Society (LEFIS).