Information Technology for Administration and Intelligent Design of E-Government (ITAIDE)

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One of the great challenges for European governments is solving the paradox of increasing security of international trade, while at the same time reducing the administrative overhead for commercial as well as public administration organisation. It is vital to have timely information about business transactions. This information gathering is very costly for businesses and public administrations. Finding the right balance between control and cost of information gathering is the key to increase competitiveness of European businesses locally, nationally and internationally. ITAIDE develops a Common Information Model for electronic documents and document mapping software to improve the pan-European interoperability of taxation and customs systems. This interoperability is an essential prerequisite to achieve strategic goals for e-customs such as the introduction of Authorised Economic Operator and Single Window Access service provisioning for businesses. ITAIDE develops a procedure redesign methodology, supported by an intelligent software tool, to improve the efficiency and simplification of e-customs procedures. To encourage the adoption of these redesigned procedures by Taxation and Customs offices, businesses and technology providers, it should be the result of a truly collaborative co-design process that creates win-win benefits for all these stakeholders. This requires new public-private partnerships between Taxation and Customs offices and businesses. We also develop organizational network collaboration models to build these new public-private partnerships between Taxation and Customs offices and businesses. ITAIDE integrates and strengthens European research for innovative government by enhancing service offerings and disseminating good governance practice through increased security and controls, while commensurately employing intelligent software tools to reduce administrative load burden.