International Relations and Diplomacy, September 2019, Vol. 7, No. 09, 394-406 doi: 10.17265/2328-2134/2019.09.002 The E-Government in Local Governance and Its Contribution to the Regional Development: A Comparative Study Vasiliki Delitheou Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens, Greece Maria Maraki Harokopeion University of Athens, Athens, Greece Charalampos Trasanidis University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England The purpose of this article is to designate the impact of the implementation of e-governance in municipalities and to suggest some proposals for further growth. More specific, in the first chapter, there is a theoretical approach of e-governance by presenting its definition and describing the current situation of the progression of e-governance to these municipalities. In the second chapter, it is presented a comparison between these municipalities about the implementation and progress of e-governance among them. Finally, in the third and last chapter, there are the conclusions and some proposals for future growth of e-governance to these municipalities. Keywords: e-government, municipalities, local government, public administration Introduction The Internet was created at the last decades of 20th century but has been growing rapidly during since the first decade of 21 century. The information and communication technologies (ICTs) are based on Internet and they have created a global revolution and a radical change in numerous sectors of humans’ life. Their implementation in public management started in decade of 90’s (Konstantinidou, 2016, p. 8). At the beginning of 21st century, the governments of both developed and developing countries, recognizing the success, development, and impetus offered by the Internet to the private sector, found that its use and implementation in the public administration would add a remarkable and unprecedented added value to its organizational processes, while at the same time redeploying the an existing operating system, which has found dysfunctions, reliability, bureaucratic obstructions, and waste of resources (Kallinderi, 2006, p. 6). Through e-government, public administration gradually moves to the digital age and it is in line with the new technological trends that have prevailed in most areas of human activity, such as trade, trade, service provision, interoperability, communication, etc. However, this transition of public administration to the digital age and its attempt to keep up with the technological requirements of modern times poses some very important risks, such as providing citizens with Vasiliki Delitheou, Ph.D., Permanent Assistant Professor, Department of Economic and Regional Development, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens, Greece. Maria Maraki, MSc., Harokopeion University of Athens, Athens, Greece. Charalampos Trasanidis, Master in Management, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England. DAVID PUBLISHING D