This event aims to bring together the stakeholders from academia, government, non-governmental and UN organizations in order to:

1. Discuss the limitations of traditional North-South cooperation to develop Electronic Governance in the South,
2. Present the state of South-South cooperation in this area,
3. Highlight the challenges in developing effective South-South cooperation frameworks in the area of Electronic Governance
4. Recommend new models for effective South-South cooperation to build Electronic Governance in the South
5. Review the roles of stakeholders; particularly the UN system in the new models

Representatives of local, national and regional governments will present cases of South-South cooperation programmes, considering the degree of experience sharing, adoption of regional best practices, capacity development, trade facilitation of ICT goods and services, development of e-infrastructure and electronic public services, etc. Challenges and lessons learnt, both positive and negative, will accompany presentations of individual cases. Guided by the shared agreement on the reported challenges and their causes, presenters and participants will attempt to jointly evolve new models for effective South-South cooperation in local, national and regional contexts for advancing Electronic Governance in the South.