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The development of e-governance is impossible without appropriately training qualified professionals in this field. The lack of untrained personnel in government offices provided the need to create an interdisciplinary program linking different domains such as IT, law and public sector. This paper discusses the creation and development of a Master’s study program in e-Governance Technologies and Services, highlighting the most common obstacles and providing solutions. The curriculum prepares managers and specialists to be responsible for the development of e-Governance in organizations and e-Government initiatives. It enables them to master the management and business processes related to e-Governance. Students gain broad knowledge about the makings of a modern state and the transition process into e-Governance.
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European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is a standard for comparing the study attainment and performance of students in higher education across the European Union and other collaborating European countries.
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Pappel, I., Oolu, K., Pappel, I., Draheim, D. (2017). Driving Forces and Design of the TTÜ e-Governance Technologies and Services Master’s Program. In: Kő, A., Francesconi, E. (eds) Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective. EGOVIS 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10441. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64248-2_20
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