Supporting Democracy, Governance and Health

Examples of Center results in these areas:

• Establish a computerized document management system for accepting applications and tracking the processing of the issuance of permits and licenses, and implement a tax automation system to improve effectiveness and transparency of tax collection by rural municipalities (Romania).
  
• Support the National Electoral Commission to improve the management of a database of registered voters and use handheld computers (PDAs) to facilitate voter registration (Rwanda).
  
• Enable municipal governments to communicate among themselves via electronic networks to establish effective knowledge sharing mechanisms among rural mayors (Central America).
  
• Train women candidates for political office in how to use the Internet to increase women’s participation in politics (Morocco).
  
• Use handheld computers to increase the efficiency of data collection from health centers and to improve data analysis and subsequent decision-making processes (Nepal).
  
• Improve efficiency in the processing of social security assistance requests by providing software, training and networking within local government entities (Romania).
  
• Facilitate the identification and conversion of development-related content in health, governance, education, and agriculture, to expand rapidly the amount of locally relevant, local-language content available through the Internet (Mali, Bulgaria, Macedonia).