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Expert Group Meeting on Regional Cooperation on Follow up to WSIS and ICT4D. Purushottam GhimireUnder Secretary Ministry of Environment Science and Technology (MOEST) NepalNov 30-Dec 1, 2006 Bangkok. Total Area147181 Sq Km Population23.2 MillionRural population88%Urban12%Geographical D
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1. Nepal
2. Expert Group Meeting on Regional Cooperation on Follow up to WSIS and ICT4D Purushottam Ghimire
Under Secretary
Ministry of Environment Science and Technology (MOEST) Nepal
Nov 30-Dec 1, 2006 Bangkok
3. Total Area 147181 Sq Km
Population 23.2 Million
Rural population 88%
Urban 12%
Geographical Division Land Population
Himalayan region 35% 7.45%
Hills and Mountain 42% 44.46%
Low land Terai 23% 47.49%
Nepal in Brief
4. National Policy for ICT Development Encouraging private sectors for development and promotion of IT sector in order to eradicate poverty
Developing sustainable and competitive IT by using modern technology in the rural areas,
Introducing new development programs in IT for socio-economic development
5. Enter into Information Society Effectively enter into the Information Society through extension of Telecommunication service and enactment of necessary Policy, Acts and Rules (such as Electronic Transaction Act, Rules and Regulations etc
6. ICT Related Act and Polices of Nepal Telecommunications Act 1997 and Regulation 1998
IT Policy 2000 and (Revised 2006 Process in the final approval)
Establishment of NTA (Telecom-authority)
Telecommunication Policy 2004
Electronic Transaction Act 2004 ( Ratify form the Parliament Oct 2006)
ET Regulation IT Tribunal Regulation 2004
7. ICT Vision and Objectives Vision
By the year 2015, Nepal will have transformed itself into a knowledge-based society by becoming fully capable of harnessing information and communication technologies and through this means, achieving the goals of good governance, poverty reduction and social and economic development
Objectives
To make information technology accessible to the general public and increase employment through this means
To build knowledge-based industries
To build a knowledge-based society
8. IT Policy and Strategy Strategic focus, legal and regulatory framework,
Infrastructures
Content and Application
Private Sector Participation
Human Resource Development
9. Institutional Arrangements Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MOEST)
High Level Commission for Information Technology (HLCIT)
National Information Technology Center (NITC)
Ministry of Information and Communication (MOIC)
10. Millennium Development Goal and ICT as a Tool MDG 1- Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
Information Dissemination (through rural tele-center)
Awareness Raising
Increase Productivity (agriculture information)
Efficient Public Service Delivery (Efficient public servant)
MDG 2- Achieve Universal Primary Education
School Net
Education in/ with ICT
School Content on Web
11. Millennium Development Goal and ICT as a Tool cont.. MDG 3- Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
Equal Access to ICT
ICT Applications on Women’s Initiatives
MDG 4- Reduce Child Mortality
E-health
E-learning
Program dissemination through Media
Online Consultation
12. Millennium Development Goal and ICT as a Tool cont.. MDG 7- Ensure Environmental Sustainability
Raising Awareness
Information Dissemination
Geographical Information System (GIS)
MDG 8- Develop a Global Partnership for Development
ICT friendly Policy, Legislation, Regulation, Operation, Financial Mechanism & Customer Care
Integration and Harmonization of Sectoral Policies with ICT application and Services
13. WSIS Action Lines and National Initiative Framework 1. Role of Public Government Authorities and Stakeholders
Policy & Legislation
Trade and Investment
Product/ Service/ Application
2. ICT Infrastructure
High Speed, High Volume of Voice and Data Carrying Capacity Infrastructure
Develop network
14. WSIS Action Lines and National Initiative Framework 3. Access to Information and Knowledge
Easy & Affordable Access to ICT (Tele-center rural areas V-sat for commercial propose)
Access to Information
Access to Media
4. Capacity Building
Knowledge
Skill
Capacity
Competitiveness
15. WSIS Action Lines and National Initiative Framework 5. Building Confidence and Security in Use of ICTs
Harmonization between Service provider and users
Fast, Reliable and Secured Service
6 Enabling Environment
. Fair, Stable & Predictable Policy
Clear, Understandable, Simple Law
Neutral and Efficient Regulation
Ensured Market
Simple and Transparent Procedure
16. WSIS Action Lines and National Initiative Framework 7. ICT-Applications: e-government, e-business, e-learning, e-health, e-employment, e- environment, e- agriculture, e-science
7.1 Multi Years-Multi disciplinary Project Implementation for G2G, G2B and G2C Business with Multi Stake Holder’s Partnership in a transparent way with Democratic Character
17. WSIS Action Lines and National Initiative Framework 8- Cultural Diversity and Identity, Linguistic Diversity and Local Content
Digitization of Culture and Language
Development of Local content
Application of Local Content
9. Media
Access to Media
Access to Information
Informed Sovereign Citizens
Responsible Government
Free Society
Independent Institution
18. WSIS Action Lines and National Initiative Framework 10. Ethical Dimensions of the Information Society
Fair, Unbiased and Accurate Information Dissemination
Strict follow of Ethical Values & Norms on Profession
11. International and Regional Cooperation
Technical and Financial Support
Human Resource Development
Infrastructure Development
R & D
19. Challenges Build a Better Understanding of role of ICT in Development Endeavor
Infrastructure
Resource Mobilization
Strategic Institutional Restructuring
Effective Implementation ICT application
20. On Going Initiatives and need for regional cooperation Capacity building of MOEST, MOIC and NTA, Nepal Telecom, and private sector such as CAN, ITPF, ISPN
Define role of MOIC and MOEST to avoid overlapping
Prompt, Simple, cost effective and Transparent public service delivery
21. On Going Initiatives and need for regional cooperation cont… Necessary Legislation in line with ICT Policy provisions
e-government Master Plan Implementation
Establishment of Rural ICT Centers
Broadening sub-regional initiatives
Strengthening cooperation at the regional level
Facilitating cross-regional cooperation
22. Thank you