The Role of International Organizations in the Processes of Electronic Government Level Evaluation and Development Coordination

Emphasizing that e. government is becoming one of the attributes of globalization andmultilevel governance is influencing its development, the article analyses the initiatives of theEuropean Union (EU), European Commission (EC) and the Division for Public Administrationand Development Management of the United Nations Department of Economic and SocialAffairs, witch can be used for generalization of e. government development achievements and serveas a tool for its further development. The importance of the European Commission’s strategicdocuments on information society development and periodically prepared studies on e. servicesin the European Union countries for e. government regional development is underlined. It is statedthat the United Nations reports on e. government development are an effective tool for globalcoordination of this development and they can help governments of different countries to determinee. government development trends and to take into account the good practices of other countries.