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m Powering the Nations

m Powering the Nations. Ibrahim Kushchu, MBA, MSc, PhD Associate Professor Director Mobile Government Consortium International UK www.mgovernment.org ik@aykey.net Ik@mgovernment.org. Background & Research Interests. D.PHIL

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m Powering the Nations

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  1. mPowering the Nations Ibrahim Kushchu, MBA, MSc, PhD Associate Professor DirectorMobile Government Consortium International UK www.mgovernment.org ik@aykey.net Ik@mgovernment.org

  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. MBADecision 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

  3. 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. http://www.mgovernment.org/index.htmlmgci@mgovernment.org

  4. Outline • Introducing mGovernment • Drivers of mGovernment • mPowering • Individuals • The society, and • The economies • mDevelopment • Challenges and future directions • Conclusions

  5. Wired Web Wireless Web WAP/GPRS/3G One-Stop e-Gov portal Local Government operations and services Central Government operations and services Local Government operations and services Local Government operations and services From eGov to mGov

  6. 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…

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

  8. 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

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. Life style and mPowering • mGovernment is not only about the technology or applications • It is more about “mPowering” - solving real problems than on developing complex technologies, changing the way people live - • the public organizations, • Mobile working, organizational change • the society • Useful and usable applications and services • Participative citizens

  12. Mobility brings in a new “life style”

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

  14. 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.

  15. mPowering Individuals

  16. An mPowered Individual is a building block for mDevelopemnt

  17. 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.

  18. mPowering the Society • Mobile technologies help to create an • informative, • connected, • culturally innovative, • participative, and • converging society.

  19. mPowered societies are pillars for mDevelopment

  20. 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.

  21. 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.

  22. M-gov 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.

  23. 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

  24. Consclusions - 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

  25. mDevelopment may be seen as an emergent property of dynamics resulting from mPowered Indviduals, mPowered societies and mPowered economies.

  26. Thank you…

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