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This book is based on research carried out within the framework of the
MEDIA@Komm initiative of the German federal government (Ministry of
Economics and Labour). The initiative aimed at promoting advanced egovernment
solutions and is described in greater detail in the chapter on
Germany. Apart from the funding of three promising pilot cities which had been
at the heart of the project, the initiative also included accompanying research on
all relevant aspects of advanced e-government. This research was conducted by
a consortium of institutions, namely the Hans Bredow Institute for Media
Research (Hamburg) in co-operation with the Centre for Research in Law and
Innovation (CERI, Hamburg University), the German Institute for Urban
Affairs (DIfU, Berlin), the German Standardisation Institute (DIN, Berlin) and
TÃœV IT (Essen). One part of this research had been an international comparison
of e-government developments conducted by the Hans Bredow Institute in
cooperation with CERI and DIfU. The first-mentioned institutions had been in
charge of an analysis of the institutional framework of cooperation and coordination,
on which this book is based.
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