The Role of International Organizations in the Processes of Electronic Government Level Evaluation and Development Coordination

Abstract

Emphasizing that e. government is becoming one of the attributes of globalization and
multilevel governance is influencing its development, the article analyses the initiatives of the
European Union (EU), European Commission (EC) and the Division for Public Administration
and Development Management of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social
Affairs, witch can be used for generalization of e. government development achievements and serve
as a tool for its further development. The importance of the European Commission’s strategic
documents on information society development and periodically prepared studies on e. services
in the European Union countries for e. government regional development is underlined. It is stated
that the United Nations reports on e. government development are an effective tool for global
coordination of this development and they can help governments of different countries to determine
e. government development trends and to take into account the good practices of other countries.