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Digital Governance for Sustainable Development

  • Luís Soares BarbosaEmail author
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Abstract

This lecture discusses the impact of digital transformation of governance mechanisms as a tool to promote sustainable development and more inclusive societies, in the spirit of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. Three main challenges are addressed: the pursuit of inclusiveness, trustworthiness of software infrastructures, and the mechanisms to enforce more transparent and accountable public institutions.

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This paper is a result of the project SmartEGOV - Harnessing EGOV for Smart Governance (Foundations, methods, Tools)/NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000037, supported by Norte Portugal Regional Operational Programme (NORTE 2020), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (EFDR).

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  1. 1.UNU-EGOV, United Nations UniversityGuimarãesPortugal

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