Comparing advances in e-government usability and Web design: A Spanish-Bolivian e-observatory

This document presents the principles, objectives and ideas behind the Spanish-Bolivian e-observatory initiative (eObservatorio Boliviano-Español: E-OBE). This project intends to observe the Spanish and Bolivian Web in order to analyze the evolution of Web design and usability in these countries. On the other hand, e-government efforts and advances in Spain and Bolivia will be also a focus point for this initiative. We consider that observing and comparing Web and e-government evolution in Spain and Bolivia will report interesting and useful findings, valuable for both research and practitioner communities in these countries, and for the HCI community in general. A first report about a long term observation of 34 Bolivian websites was recently published; related and similar works are planned to be developed in the future.