Guest Editorial

摘要

Five out of six papers included in this volume originated from the contributions presented at the 1st International Conference Electronic Governance and Open Society: Challenges in Eurasia (EGOSE2016) initiated and organised by the e-Governance Centre of the ITMO University in St. Petersburg, Russia, during 18-20 November, 2014. The conference, which saw its 3rd edition on 22-23 November 2016, was designed to focus on the current and emerging challenges in the vast Eurasian region in the field of e-governance solutions that promote ICT-enabled public sector innovations for both greater openness and administrative efficiency. Another important objective was to seek other regions' experiences to compare approaches, solutions, practices. These contributions that were afterwards substantially revised and expanded after a rigorous peer-review process constitute the present volume. In addition, one more paper was additionally accepted for publication following the announced Call for Papers and the subsequent review.