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- Asiimwe, Edgar Napoleon, et al.
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E-waste management in East African community
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Ingår i: Handbook of Research on E-Government in Emerging Economies. - : IGI Global. - 9781466603240 ; , s. 307-327
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)
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- Asiimwe, Edgar Napoleon, 1984-, et al.
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E-waste management in east African community
- 2012
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Ingår i: Handbook of research on E-Government in emerging economies. - Hershey : IGI Global. - 9781466603240 ; , s. 307-327
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The rapidly increased use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) has increased demand for electronic equipment such as mobile phones and computers. Individuals and government institutions worldwide are adopting ICTs at a fast pace. Increased consumption has resulted in huge amounts of e-Waste generated from scrapped electronics. E-Waste contains chemical substances that have adverse effects on the environment and human health. Consequently, handling of e-Waste needs to be organized in ways that minimize the adverse effects. This chapter investigates how the East African Community (EAC) governments, i.e., Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi, conceive their role in combating negative impact of e-Waste and how their views and current actions compare to the current state of the art practices in e-Waste management. As data on e-Waste handling in EAC countries is not publicly available, semi-structured interviews with high government officials and a literature review were conducted. The results show that EAC governments consider e-Waste to be an emerging problem. Despite this awareness and attempts to mitigate the problem in some of the countries, there are currently no solid solutions that have been crafted to rectify or mitigate this problem. The study suggests practical solutions for resolving e-Waste challenges in EAC.
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- Grundén, Kerstin, 1952-
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Competence Development of E-Government : A Study Circle Approach
- 2012
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Ingår i: Handbook for E-Government in Emerging Economies Adoption, Continuance usage, e-Participation, and legal frameworks. - : IGI Global. - 9781466603240 - 1466603240 - 9781466603257 ; , s. 591-604
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Implementation of e-Government means cultural changes involving changes of attitudes and competences, apart from technological changes. There is a need for competence development of employees and citizens using relevant educational forms and pedagogical approaches. An interview study of a web-based course for issues related to implementation of e-Government is described and analysed. The course was developed with a study circle pedagogical approach. Interviews were made with eighteen respondents from different authorities, different geographical locations and different professional roles. The respondents were especially positive to the group discussions of the studied course. The discussions were relevant for support of behaviour changes and competence development related to implementation of e-Government. A study circle approach could be relevant in order to encourage development-oriented learning needed for implementation of e-Government. There is also a need for pedagogical learning of producers and organisers of web-based education in public organisation, in order to make them conscious about the importance of different pedagogical approaches for different education objectives.
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