Task
One of the primary activities of the DPADM is the assessment of the use and potential of ICTs to transform the public sector in all Member States through its flagship publication entitled United Nations E-Government Survey. Based on the questionnaire provided by DPADM, the online volunteer is expected to participate in data research and assessment of Member States’ national portals and associated official website in order to collect data on the provision of e-services for the Survey 2018.DPADM will assign between 1 to 3 countries for review to each online volunteer. Training (approx. 2 days total) and on-line data gathering and assessment (approx. 5 days per country assigned) to be concluded by end of September 2017. UNDESA/DPADM/eGB Support: Coordination, monitoring and task related advisory and administrative support. UNDESA/DPADM/eGB will recognize online volunteers’ contributions in the final publication in 2018.
Background and objectives
The Survey presents the ranking of e-government development across all 193 Member States, enabling decision makers to identify the areas of strengths and challenges and to define appropriate policies, strategies and solutions. UNDESA was one of the ten winners of the “Online Volunteering Award 2013” announced by the UNV programme in November 2013, in recognition of the effort undertaken by the Data Team of the UN E-Government Survey 2014, led by the eGB. The main objective of this assignment is to contribute to data research for the 2018 United Nations E-Government Survey by conducting online assessment of national-level public sector portals and associated official websites in a specific number of United Nations Member States to be assigned by DPADM.
Requirements
-Fluent in Arabic with working knowledge of English -Understanding of public policy, public administration and e-government -Research and analytical skills -IT skills
