1. survey - a detailed survey of the current state of e-Government practice was carried out, both locally (90% of government agencies) and globally;
2. training - a comprehensive training programme was organized for government workforce in technical and management skills for e-Government, promoting collaborative, cross-agency development among government trainees;
3. development - a prototype software infrastructure for e-Government was developed, with example Electronic Public Services for citizens (e-Welfare), businesses (e-Licensing) and government (e-Messaging) deployed on this infrastructure;
4. research - relevant research was carried out, both foundational and applied research responding to the needs raised by different project activities; and
dissemination - the findings were disseminated throughout the project, both inside the project, locally among the various e-Government stakeholders and internationally.

Besides concrete deliverables produced, including a series of 28 in-depth technical reports, the project has already made an impact in the following areas: establishment of a record of Government's e-readiness, raising human capacity particularly among the government IT workforce, establishment of an e-government learning environment, government-wide adoption of open technologies and standards, and cross-agency cooperation on e-government.

e-Macao was funded by Macao Foundation, executed by the Government of Macao SAR, UNU-IIST, University of Macao and INESC-Macau, and coordinated by UNU-IIST. More information can be found from the project website at www.emacao.gov.mo.

The talk introduces the e-Macao project, and its relationship with other e-government activities in UNU-IIST, particularly the UNeGov.net Initiative - Building a Community of Practice for Electronic Government at www.unegov.net.