Strategic Priorities User-Oriented Public Services Initiatives and Actions Initiative 1 : Setting up a steering committee in charge of the e-government program • Beyond computerising existing processes and procedures, e-government requires their indepth reconfiguration, on the basis of a real understanding of the public administration functionning. • This also requires transversal collaboration between the administrations and relevant bodies, as well as a vision shared between the different entities. • Governance dedicated to e-government projects is thus imperative to ensure the design of a global strategy and the allocation of necessary funds, and to manage the effective implementation of decision making process. • The principles of such governance are as follows : •D  efine the government’s common vision and a coherent action plan taking into account government priorities; •O  ptimise operation and investment costs of e-government services and projects; •A  dopt a personalised approach with the different ministries, administrations and local collectivities, to assist them in implementing their projects and operating their e-government services; •B  e accountable for the results obtained with respect to the defined objectives and to the means of implementation; •M  anage transversal missions with different ministries and administrations 40 D i g i t a l M o r o c c o The National Strategy for Information Society and Digital Economy - 2009-2013