EU funded digitization of local government and its rationale Cover Image

Przesłanki wdrażania cyfryzacji jednostek samorządu lokalnego finansowanej ze środków unijnych
EU funded digitization of local government and its rationale

Author(s): Krzysztof Drgas
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, EU-Legislation
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: digitization; e-services; EU funds; formal premises;

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this article is the factors influencing the acquisition of EU subsidies for the purpose of digitizing local government units. The theoretical part describes the issues underlying the digitization process, which is associated with a new approach to the office-client relationship as well as data collection and data management. In the empirical part, the premises for the digitization of local government units financed from EU funds are reviewed and verified on the basis of a pilot study consisting of telephone interviews with staff employed in selected offices. Apart from formal reasons, such as the municipal budget or previous experience in obtaining EU funds, informal reasons also turned out to be important, such as the introduction of a project in a neighbouring municipality.

  • Issue Year: 81/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 191-206
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish