E-Government for National Forest Parks in Greece

Electronic government services strengthen the internal market and complement European Union legislative acts and their effectiveness in a number of domains where ICT can improve delivery of services. Today, there has been observed an increasing interest in applying electronic government to different business sectors such as the environmental sector. Effective and successful management of National Forest Parks relies on a complete understanding of the goods and services which they provide to the society. This paper aims to study electronic government websites concerning the 10 Greek National Forest Parks and analyze the websites as to their qualitative and quantitative features. Then, the electronic services model adoption of the websites is assessed. The electronic government websites are classified in electronic services adoption stages starting from a simple presence of the government agency in the Internet to the total electronic services integration through multiple Information and Communication Technologies tools and applications provision according to content features accomplished by the websites. The findings can be helpful for managers, policy makers, web designers, environmentalists and government agencies.