enjeux et pratiques de la gouvernance #233;lectronique en afrique.pdf

Enjeux et pratiques de la gouvernance électronique en Afrique de l’Ouest / The Issues and practices of e-governance in West Africa Dr Moustapha Mbengue Enseignant- chercheur, École de Bibliothécaires, Archivistes et Documentalistes (EBAD) – Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar Pour le compte de l’IFLA Décembre 2009 Abstract : The Issues and practices of e-governance in West Africa Far from being a mere slogan or a phenomenon brought into fashion, we are witnessing in some African countries to real attempts ICT to make contribute to governance. This contribution is measured first in the process of modernizing the Administration services which succeed in satisfying the needs of citizens by providing them with electronic services to get informed on administrative process and other websites displaying the state’s actions. Therefore, it is remarkable that the e- procedure enabling a citizen to pay incomes or to ask for an administrative document online is at an experimental step in West Africa. Consequently the e-governance in Africa is expressed through the various phases of an electoral process (before, during and after the vote). In fact, ICT offer to African citizens possibilities to access to all information necessary to be aware of the democratic stakes of an election. Therefore, the fact of displaying the electoral files online enables each citizen and political party to examine them before the vote. Besides, Internet enables a securized diffusion of electoral results on real time, which guarantees more transparency. Beyond providing information, Internet really contributes to the citizen participation to public debate. The State, local and political authorities no longer decide in the place of t