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National eGovernment Strategy

The National eGovernment Strategywas decided by the IT Planning Council on 24 September 2010 to guide country's eGovernment progress in the upcoming years. The strategy has been developed in cooperation with a broad spectrum of stakeholders from the fields of administration, politics, science and business. Particular care has also been taken to involve citizens in this process, by means of an online consultation which took place during September 2009. Key aspectsof the strategy have already been identified and further discussed within the framework of the Fourth National IT-Conference of the Federal Chancellor held on 8 December 2009 in Stuttgart. In order to take technical and political developments into consideration the National eGovernment Strategy was evaluated and updated in 2015 by the IT Planungsrat (IT Planning council).

The National eGovernment Strategy aims at ensuring a common orientation for eGovernment activities and efforts at federal, state and local levels in order to establish an attractive eGovernment and information technology for citizens and businesses. Thereby, according to the strategy's vision, eGovernment should be characterised by six objectives:

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