Leadership is one of the most important factors in the development of Electronic Governance and ICT in general in any context. Due to the tendency of public managers to view IT-related initiatives as operational, a basic infrastructural service, there is a need to continue to engage public managers and top leaders for better understanding of the strategic value of IT and Electronic Governance. Without a strategic approach to e-Governance investment in government, IT-based transformation of government is difficult to achieve. IT leadership entails the deep participation and ownership of government leadership in IT-related initiatives in government.

This involvement enables:

1. IT investment to be channeled towards broader governance and public value objectives, and
2. IT managers have the required support from senior management.

A related issue, also related to leadership, which has been identified by government agencies, is the need for effective coordination of e-Governance and IT-related initiatives across government. The coordination machinery is expected to provide the direction and advice on agency participation in government-wide programs such as the Electronic Governance and Public Administration Reform programs. A first step in addressing these issues is to provide capacity building programs specifically targeted at senor public managers and IT managers.

The aim of this project is to: (1) analyze the IT leadership and coordination needs of Macao Government agencies; (2) design and administer training and educational programs to address some of these needs; and (3) link Macao SAR with international communities of experts in the area of senior and executive technology education such as the International Academy of CIO.

The project is designed to achieve the following objectives:

1. Leadership and Coordination Requirements – Establish the leadership and coordination needs, partly from the information provided in D1 of the Capacity Building for Electronic Governance.
   Curriculum Design – Specification of the required knowledge, skills and competences for government technology leadership and managers.
2. Sample Courseware – Develop as an example a sample courseware based on the curriculum.
3. Training – Conduct training programs for content developers and instructors that will use the developed curriculum.
4. CIO Charter for Macao – Examine the feasibility for establishing a Macao SAR charter of the International Academy of CIO, drawing from experiences and practices from other Asia-Pacific economies and states operating under similar charters.
5. Dissemination – Disseminate project outputs on the e-Macao and UNU-IIST-EGOV portals.

The project is funded by the Government of Macao SAR through Macao Foundation, part of the e-Macao Program portfolio, and UNU-IIST.

All Macao SAR Government agencies are partners of this project, with the Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) as the focal point.