Minsk holds 47th place in digital governance

Author: Mikhail Doroshevich

14/07/2008

According to the Digital Governance in Municipalities Worldwide 2007 report, prepared by the E-Governance Institute, School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University-Newark, USA and the Global e-Policy e-Government Institute at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Korea, Minsk (Belarus) took the 47th place in overall e-governance ranking list.

The survey evaluated websites of municipalities worldwide in terms of privacy, usability, content, service, and citizen participation and ranked the cities on a global scale. Co-sponsored by the UN Division for Public Administration and Development Management and the American Society for Public Administration, the study listed the following cities among the top 10 in digital governance: Seoul, Hong Kong, Helsinki, Singapore, Madrid, London, Tokyo, Bangkok, New York and Vienna.

The results for Minsk as compared to other European cities are presented in the the table below.

Rank:	City:	Country:	Score:
47	Minsk	Belarus	27.66
24	Riga	Latvia	39.74
40	Vilnius	Lithuania	32.53
68	Warsaw	Poland	19.00
25	Moscow	Russia	39.41
43	Kiev	Ukraine	30.14
57	Tallinn	Estonia	24.97

Results in Privacy/Security (2007)

Rank:	City:	Country:	Score:
32	Minsk	Belarus	4.80
43	Riga	Latvia	2.40
43	Vilnius	Lithuania	2.40
37	Warsaw	Poland	3.60
33	Moscow	Russia	4.40
62	Kiev	Ukraine	0.00
62	Tallinn	Estonia	0.00

Results in Usability (2007)

Rank:	City:	Country:	Score:
54	Minsk	Belarus	11.24
11	Riga	Latvia	15.00
29	Vilnius	Lithuania	13.13
70	Warsaw	Poland	9.66
11	Moscow	Russia	15.00
22	Kiev	Ukraine	13.75
59	Tallinn	Estonia	10.63

Results in Content (2007)

Rank:	City:	Country:	Score:
68	Minsk	Belarus	4.00
24	Riga	Latvia	9.60
39	Vilnius	Lithuania	7.60
68	Warsaw	Poland	4.00
35	Moscow	Russia	8.00
27	Kiev	Ukraine	9.40
30	Tallinn	Estonia	8.60

Results in Services (2007)

Rank:	City:	Country:	Score:
56	Minsk	Belarus	3.56
45	Riga	Latvia	4.92
36	Vilnius	Lithuania	5.76
81	Warsaw	Poland	1.02
45	Moscow	Russia	8.00
53	Kiev	Ukraine	3.90
56	Tallinn	Estonia	3.56

Results in Citizen Participation (2007)

Rank:	City:	Country:	Score:
26	Minsk	Belarus	4.36
8	Riga	Latvia	7.82
33	Vilnius	Lithuania	3.64
71	Warsaw	Poland	0.73
12	Moscow	Russia	7.09
40	Kiev	Ukraine	3.10
50	Tallinn	Estonia	2.18

Useful links:

Minsk (Belarus) ranks 49 overall E-Governance
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~egovinst/Website/PDFs/100%20City%20Survey%202007%20(Full%20Report).pdf
Minsk.gov.by

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