The Kenyan Government led by the PS, Ministry of Information & Communication Bitange Ndemo and Kenya ICT Board Deputy CEO, Programmes, Victor Kyalo will participate in the iGov Global Forum in Singapore from 14th to 15th June2010.The board, which visited Singapore in 2009 with a view to gaining best practice for execution of large government IT projects, signed up an official partnership agreement with IDA Singapore early this year.
This event, the biggest and most prominent globally, will enrich the board’s programmes particularly in regards provision of online government services. This year’s theme is “Next Quantum Leap” and will bring together international e-government experts and practioners, including government CIOs, business leaders and senior officials. The board seeks to network with officials from participating governments including Japan, Singapore, USA, and Denmark, to name a few.

IGov Global forum is also renowned for bringing together the top IT developers and innovators from around the world. By engaging with this large developer community, this event will help the board facilitate mutual learning and sharing, and provide valuable insights for the Kenyan IT sector on how Kenya can tackle e-Government issues and opportunities to better serve Kenyans, as well as open opportunities to explore collaborations with an international audience.
The forum seeks to answer questions on the future of technology and its application to government. In the next decade governments will be confronted with a unique set of challenges like how they can effectively and quickly understand the needs of their customers and respond in the same way; how they can identify the services they are to deliver against customers who want tailor made products.

The forum expects 200 attendees from various countries, including Government Chief Information Officers, business leaders; international bodies that benchmark e-Government performances, and senior public sector officials.
A feature that departs markedly from the iGov Global Exchange is the introduction of workshops in the afternoon to encourage greater discussions and interactions among participants and speakers. Through small discussion groups, the workshops aim to promote the exchange of ideas and foster collaboration among international senior government officials, think-tanks and researchers in the area of e-Government. Some of the topics that will be on discussion will be social collaboration and its effects on the private sector, data sharing between government and its stake holders, new paradigms in seeking public feedback and ideas on improving Public Service through business analytics.