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Reaping the benefits of ICTs in Spain : strategic study on communication infrastructure and paperles

Information society strategies: Plan Avanza and Plan Avanza 2 Plan Avanza Plan Avanza 2 Scope and focus of this study Improving communication infrastructure Paperless administration Structure of the report Notes Bibliography Communication infrastructure Spain’s telecommunication infrastructure in context Recent developments in the Spanish telecommunications market Network development in Spain Broadband access options Mobile telephony Rights of way and facility sharing Universal service The European context Assessment of Spanish action in communication infrastructure Framework for NGA investment — the need for a holistic approach Local loop unbundling has enabled investment by entrants Models for the economic development of networks Certainty and incentives for investors Regular market reviews Universal service reform and the need for a national broadband plan Broadband affordability and market dynamics Broadband and economic growth Policy sequencing for broadband availability Finance Financial instruments and the Connecting Europe Facility Market failures Monitoring the information society strategy Co-ordination: the “whole-of-government” approach Spectrum reform Digital switch-over Spectrum tenders Setting the right spectrum caps Spectrum refarming resolved Sharing infrastructure and reducing deployment costs Key assessments and proposals for action Policy coherence of the Plan Network development Ensuring legal certainty and investment incentives for NGA networks Co-ordinating supply- and demand-side measures Monitoring the benefits of broadband funding programmes Affordable broadband prices and penetration rates Spectrum policy In-building wiring and infrastructure sharing arrangements Notes Bibliography E-government: Reforming through information and communication technologies E-government - towards a paperless public administration The concrete e-government objectives The implementation structure of the Plan The budget and financing mechanisms of the Plan The Spanish e-government strategy E-government legal framework: Law 11/2007 and the E-government Action Plan Co-ordinating e-government E-government budget and incentives Online service provision and the national channel strategy User uptake and the realisation of value Digitising taxation, the early mover Strategy and co-ordination Strategic planning Co-ordination mechanisms Digital service supply and channel strategy Channel strategy and approaches to service prioritisation Tax system infrastructure and services Digital service demand and e-government user uptake Progress in user uptake Marketing and communication Consolidating and delivering returns on investment in e-government Project management model and business cases Shared services Digital justice or modernising for a new social deal Strategy and co-ordination to change the justice system The Strategy Plan for Modernisation of the Justice System 2009-2012 Co-ordination structures and mechanisms Budget for the modernisation programme Digital service supply and channel strategy Service delivery portals and electronic office Transparency and digitisation Digital service demand and user uptake Marketing and communications User uptake and IT skills Consolidating and realising investment Realising investment and business cases Common infrastructure: the Civil Registry Examples of good practice in e-government Strategic tools for management and alignment The ICT business case model: renewing Danish ICTgovernance Measuring e-government maturity - the Mexican case Increasing uptake — managing channels and personalising services Uptake by means of incentives in the taxation area - the case of the United Kingdom Awareness campaigns to increase uptake and ensure alignment - eDays in Denmark Co-ordination across levels of government - SOA in Germany Searchability to access public services and increase user uptake: gob.mx Organising for agility Partnerships to enhance service delivery channels - use of private networks in Italy Integrating Criminal Justice in Korea Open platforms to leverage transparency in Chile Key assessments and proposals for action Strategic alignment and strong co-ordination Proposals for future action Strengthen the governance framework Comprehensively ground the next e-government strategy Prioritising digital service supply and service delivery channels Proposals for future action Supply better data to ground channel priorities Simplify e-government access and focus on user value Increasing user uptake Adopt common take-up measurements to ground policies Use marketing to increase awareness Exploiting and enhancing IT competencies Focus on consolidation and return of investment Use business cases to focus on benefits realisation Standardise infrastructure and common components Consolidate and pursue economies of scale Notes Bibliography

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