ICT PROGRAMME IN SRI LANKA

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ICT PROGRAMME IN SRI LANKA
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CURRENT CCF AREAS

• STRENGTHENING GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS
• SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY OF CONFLICT AREAS
• ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES TO THE POOR

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CURRENT ICT ACTIVITIES

• NO SEPARATE PROGRAMME FOR ICT
• ICT IS AN ACTIVITY IN PROJECTS

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POLICY AND DIALOGUE

• POLICY
• E-Sri Lanka Road map with five major components
• E-Government, Infrastructure, human resources,
  ICT implementation capacity, e-society.
• ICT for MDG Report
• NATIONAL LEVEL DIALOGUE
• WSIS working group established.
• Donor working group.

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ACCESS

• INFRASTRUCTURE NOT READY FOR E-GOVERNMENT
• 1 PC FOR EVERY 100 PERSONS. NINE (9) TELEPHONES
  (FIXED AND MOBILE) FOR EVERY 100 PERSONS
• CURRENT ROLE OF UNDP TO INCREASE ACCESS
• IN E-GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES, BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE
  OF GOVT TO ACCESS INFORMATION PARLIAMENT,
  SLIDA, ERD, OCG, LD.
• MAKING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE ONLINE

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CURRENT ACTIVITIES

• MIS for aid management
• MIS for Fiscal Devolution
• Development of Information System for Legal
  Draftsmans Dept
• Development of Information System for project
  monitoring in North and East SL
• ICT capacity building of national disaster
  management centre

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PIPELINE ACTIVITIES

• E-Parliament
• E-President

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CHALLENGES

• Learning and Sharing Good Examples to Develop
• Aid Management System
• Project Management Information System
• E-President Project

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PARTNERS

• Regional-
• APDIP
• UNESCAP
• National
• ICT Agency
• External Resources Department

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ISSUES

• ICT Strategy developed but ICT for D is not a
  priority focus area.
• INADEQUATE LINKAGES TO MDGS

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STRATEGY

• Raise Awareness on ICT4D for key development
  actors
• Implement and Demonstrate concrete examples of
  ICT4D

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THANK YOU