ICT in Mongolia Current situation and way-forward

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ICT in MongoliaCurrent situation and way-forward

• Toshiya Nishigori
• Private Sector Development Officer

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UNDP Projects

• Citizen Information Center (1998)
• ICT Vision 2010 (1999)
• Harnessing ICT society (2001)
• ICT donors meeting (2002)
• e-job (2002)

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Improvements

• All provincial capitals are connected by fiber
  optics
• 4 pc per each secondary school
• Phone penetration 17

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Challenges in ICT

• Vast Land
• Population 2.3 million
• Former Communist state
• Too many donors (?)

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UNDP for 2nd phrase

• Two Shifts
• From Hardware to Software (Contents)
• From Supply-driven to Demand-driven
• UNDP as
• Coordinator
• Initiator
• Promoter

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UNDP as coordinator

• Public-Private Partnership
• Inter-ministerial coordination (e-readiness for
  e-governance )
• Aid coordination

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UNDP as Initiator

• Providing long-term development basis common
  services
• FOSS
• All Mongolian Web Award (2001-)

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UNDP as Promoter

• Private Sector Development Supply-driven to
  Demand-driven
• Supporting linkage between ICT SMEs and
  industrial competitiveness.

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• Thank you!