L. Ariunaa, Intec Co. Ltd 5 November 2009 Continental Hotel, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

1. L. Ariunaa, Intec Co. Ltd 5 November 2009 Continental Hotel, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Session 6. Private and Public Sector Initiatives on Rural ICTs – Skills “PPP initiatives in rural ICT skill development” ITU/ADB Mongolia 1st National Stakeholder Workshop

2. Overview • What is the situation? • What has been done so far? • What can be done in the future?

3. What is the situation?

4. What is situation? • General information: • Total population of Mongolia – 2.65 mln population • Capital city – 1.2 mln of population; • 2nd largest city – 80,000 of people • 21 aimags • 355 soums • Average population of soum – about 3,500 • Average population at soum center – 1,100 • Major organizations: • Governor’s office – 12 officers • School – 25 teachers • Hospital - 2-3 medical personnel - doctor and nurses • Others – 1-2 staff

5. What is the situation? (cont-d 1) • Focus is on soum • Availability of • ICT policy documents at local level • computers, equipment and other hardware, • Software and applications • Infrastructure (electricity, network, etc.) • Access to • Equipment and infrastructure services • Internet and its services • Use of • hardware and equipment, • software and applications • Internet • Skills

6. What is the situation (cont-d 2) • Policy document: • Strategic plan to develop soum for 2015, 2020, 2025, etc • Infrastructure: • Electricity is getting connected (some have diesel, solar or wind power generators) • All soums have mobile services (Mobicom, Skytel, Unitel, G-Mobile) • Some schools and governor’s offices have access to Internet • Computers and hardware • At least 10 computers per soum school + 1-2 laptops, printers, copiers, scanner, etc. • At least 10 computers at soum governor’s office, 3+ computers at health hospital, printers, copiers,

7. What is the situation? (cont-d 3) • Skills • Basic computers skills, • Basic skills of working with printer, copier, scanner, flash disk, CD, etc. • Basic skills to access to Internet, email

8. 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% Internet Desktop Laptop VCD Printers Copy LCD Video Digital connection computer computer machine machine projector camera camera Interests in trainings on ICT tools

9. What has been done so far?

10. Academy of ICT essentials for government leaders • UN Asia Pacific Training Center on Information and Communications Technology (APCICT) • 8 modules: • Module 1. The linkage between ICT applications and meaningful development • Module 2. ICT for Development policy, Process and Governance • Module 3. E-government applications • Module 4. ICT trends for Government Leaders • Module 5. Internet governance • Module 6. Network and Information Security and Privacy • Module 7. ICT Project Management in Theory and Practice • Module 8. Options for funding ICT for Development

11. Academy of ICT essentials for government leaders

12. National Workshop of Academy of ICT essentials in Mongolia • Date: December 10-12, 2009 • Venue: Conference Hall, Government House • Over 50 representatives of Government organizations: • Heads of ICT departments of Line Ministries; • Management and Senior officers of Government Agencies; • Program Managers of International Organizations; • Representatives of educational institutions. • Modules presented: • Module 1 “The Linkage between ICT Applications and Meaningful Development” • Module 2 “ICT for development Policy, Process and Governance” • Localization of the content: translation and including local content (Mongolian MDGs, 6 case studies related to Module 1 and Module 2)

13. National Workshop of Academy of ICT essentials in Mongolia

15. Training for primary school teachers of Mongolia • MOECS and Catalytic Fund - “Education for All – Fast Track Initiative program”. • August 2009 • Over 2012 trainers trained to conduct training for over 8,000 primary school teachers • Training program, manual, presentations, guidelines and other materials are prepared • On improving knowledge and skills in using computers, software and applications, • On integrating ICT with teaching • On access to Internet and emails, Internet tools and services

17. Aptech WorldWide Mongolia • Started in 2007 • Have over 20 faculty and over 300 students • Programs offered: • ACCP – software engineers • Arena Multimedia • Aptech Plus – for secondary schools. • www.item.edu.mn

18. What can be done in the future?

19. What can be done in the future? • Improve ICT related knowledge and skills of policy and decision makers • Enhance ICT skills of ICT specialists • Increase built ICT skills of teachers further, build skills of doctors, nurses, specialists, agricultural workers, citizens, etc.

20. What can be done in the future (cont-d 1) • For policy makers: • “Academy of ICT essentials for Government Leaders” • Conduct training for all government offcials both at central and local (aimag and soum) level policy and decision makers • For ICT professionals • ICT related skills • Network, computer maintenance basic skills, troubleshooting of hardware, software and other technical problems • Provide them with manuals, user guides, troubleshooting hints booklets, etc.

21. For teachers, doctors, nurses, police, agricultural workers, herders and others • Trainings to integrate Integrating ICT with teaching methodology, use ICT for keeping medical records, agricultural products, vendors/suppliers database, etc. • Training for all - teachers of secondary schools, doctors, nurses, agricultural workers, herders and others – trainings addressing specific needs of stakeholders • Enabling environment for networking, information and experience exchange among stakeholders from different soums, aimags and to UB with government officials.

22. Challenges • Develop ICT skills programs targeted to different stakeholders • Resolve funding matters • Coordination and cooperation between government, private and non-governmental organizations

23. ariunaa@itconsulting.mn www.itconsulting.mn Phone/Fax: 976-11-328570 Thank you for your attention Questions?