ICA Country Report 2004 Sweden

Publikationen är ursprungligen publicerad av Statskontoret.

The Swedish public administration consists of independently managed public agencies and the Swedish approach to e-government has similarly been characterised by a high degree of decentralisation. This model has proven successful and Sweden has become one of the most developed countries in e-government. Today we find that the development has levelled off and for further progress a key success factor will be a networking administration.

The past year, the Government has taken several initiatives in order to facilitate and catalyse the development of e-government and several new actors have appeared in the area:

• ICT Strategic Advisory Board,
• Government Interoperability Board and
• 24/7 Commission,

as well as new ways of working with e-services:

• Municipal Platform and
• Infra Services Procurement.

After a brief introduction of the Swedish government structure to give a picture of the basic conditions, this memo outlines the measures taken during 2003-2004 for reaching the next level of a modern public administration.