Palestine National Authority

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Palestine National Authority
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in
Palestine
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Ministry Of Telecom Information Technology
(MTIT)
http//www.mtit.gov.ps

• Bothaina Hamdan
• Public Relation Dept.

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Palestine . Now

• Connectivity
• Fully 100 digital network
• Established country code 970
• Using Computer 40 males, 31.5 females.
• Using Internet 22 of all people.
• Using Internet in Coffee shops 2 females, 15
  males.
• Fixed Phone 55 of all families.
• Cellular 80 of all families.
• Owning TV set 93

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Domains
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Education-Facts Figures

No. of Students
Enrollment Rate
Annual Increase
Employees
Schools
Illiteracy rate
General Education
1,100,000
98.7
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47,115
2109
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Remarks
70 Government
50 Female
55,000 in Gov. Schools
79 (Gov.)
75 (Gov.)
12 among women and 5 among men
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TV Radio Stations32
private TV / 24 Radio stations in the West Bank
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Sector Key Players

• Ministry of Telecom IT
• Ministry of Education and Higher Education
• Palestinian IT Association PITA (Private sector),
  www.pita.ps
• Palestine Chapter of the Internet (ISOC.PS),
  www.isoc.ps
• Palestinian National Internet Naming Authority
  PNINA, www.pnina.ps
• Palestine ICT Incubator PICTI, www.picti.ps
• Universities (excellence centers)

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Activities in ICT

• E-Government, 11 ministries committee is
  established
• Telecom Market liberalizations
• Independent Telecom regulator is established
• Palestine Education Initiative (PEI) Launched
  May 2005, to introduce communication and IT as
• a tool in the education process (Partnership
• with Private sector locally and
  internationally).
• www.pei.ps

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Activities in ICT (Continue)

• EUROMED Connect 45 Mps direct from London to
  Ramallah, completed Nov 2005 Palestinian
  Academic Network (Partnership with universities)
• Government Computer Center It provide Internet
  Access Service, E-mail, Web-hosting, and .PS
  Domain registration service.
• www.gcc.gov.ps
• Falastiniyeh Project Developing ICT through
  women share in the ICT job market. It contains
  (training by employment, funding small projects
  for women).

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Thanks

• Continue With My Colleague
• Maysoon

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Ministry Of Labor (MOL)
http//www.mol.gov.ps

• Maysoun Ibrahim
• Manager of Palestinian Labor Market Information
  System (LMIS) Unit

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Cooperation between MOL and MTIT

• Falastinya 1000 women job opportunity
• Partners for Temporary Employment 10,000 job
  opportunity in private sector in both West Bank
  and Gaza
• supported by European Union and International
  Bank

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Why Partners for Temporary Employment Program?

• Unemployed Registered Labors are 529,801
• West Bank 266,220
• Gaza 263,581
• Qualified Unemployed Registered Labors are 67,526
• West Bank 31,737
• Gaza 35,789

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Important Facts

• Palestinian population
• West Bank over 2.3 Million
• Gaza 1.3 Million
• Palestinian Authority controls
• 17.2 of the occupied West Bank (Divided into 13
  non-contiguous reservations)
• 80 of the occupied Gaza Strip

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Important Facts (Continue)

• Unemployment increased by
• Apartheid Wall
• Current Length 214 km built
• Projected Length 680 k

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• Wall Effects
• 8,000 acres of land confiscated for wall
  construction. (Oct.2004)
• Dividing cities, schools and homes.
• 89.5 of Palestinian will be trapped inside the
  wall.
• 280,000 of Palestinian will be separated from
  their land.

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Important Facts (Continue)

• Closure problems
• Economic Loss because of Israeli occupation since
  2000 until September 2005 is 15,633,700,000.
• Number of families that lost half of its income
  within Intifada 54.
• 67 of Palestinians are living under Poverty
  line
• Most of the 99,000 Palestinian labor in the
  Israeli Market lost their job after 2000
  (Intifada).
• Military Check points and backstop

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Check more Statistics on

• www.nad-plo.org

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How ?

• Within This Life, Occupation, Daily Loss, The
  Question is How can we use ICT to communicate at
  least?

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Government operation/ Solutions

• West Bank (WB) and Gaza are separated
• Functions are divided between WB and Gaza
• Connections between WB and Gaza use Israeli
  networks
• Limited wireless communication frequencies
  between WB Gaza
• Most offices and ministries have video
  conferencing facilities
• Internet connections (unfortunately no high speed
  connections)

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Other MOLs Programs

• Temporary Employment Program
• Interior Capacity Building
• Many others

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MOL Electronic Labor Market Information System

• To support Temporary Employment Program
• Old electronic system Microsoft Access
• Disadvantages
• Bad data transfer process
• Old Technology
• New electronic system ASP .NET (Internet)
• Register Labors
• Search for beneficiaries

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Conclusion

• Technology is not the only support issue for
  Palestinians community but it provides a
  breathing window for many Palestinians during
  closures

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The End
Thanks Dont hesitate to contact us on

• Bothaina Hamdan (MTIT)
• bohamdan_at_mtit.gov.ps
• P.O.Box 2430,
• Ramallah/ Palestine.
• Fax [phone]

Maisoon Ibrahim (MOL) Pal_lamis_at_hotmail.com P.O
.Box 4198 Al-Bireh/ Palestine Fax 00 970 2
2982812