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S Gavashkar Project Manager

S Gavashkar Project Manager. What are the problems facing the country? Can IT make a difference?. Connectivity (RTNs). ICT as a growth Sector. e- Government. ICT as an enabler for Socio Economic Development. TASS. e-Society. Why e-Sri Lanka?.

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S Gavashkar Project Manager

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  1. S Gavashkar Project Manager

  2. What are the problems facing the country? Can IT make a difference? Connectivity (RTNs) ICT as a growth Sector e- Government ICT as an enabler for Socio Economic Development TASS e-Society Why e-Sri Lanka? • Specific mechanisms to take the growth in Colombo/ South-West to other areas of the country • Grow the ICT Sector AND use ICT as an enabler for socio-economic development RuralAccess (Nenasalas) 70%!!! Entrepreneurship Current Concentration of Growth

  3. Vision & Macro Strategies Take the dividends of ICT to every village, to every citizen, to every business and also transform the way government works • Improve public services and governance using ICT • Improve ICT infrastructure and enhance quality of life through providing affordable access and opportunities • Build a strong ICT industry • Enhance the quality of education, learning and research through use of ICT • Proliferate access to ICT in rural areas and use of ICT applications for rural socio-economic development

  4. For more details please visit www.icta.lk Re-Engineering Government E-Society E-Leadership, Policy, Capacity Building & Strategic Communications Information Infrastructure ICT Investments & Private Sector Development ICT HR Capacity Building PEACE An Integrated e~Development Model & Program Interdependencies EQUITY GROWTH

  5. Nenasala Project What is a Nenasala? • It is a center that will provide multiple Information Communication Technology (ICT) based services to the members of the community

  6. Project Progress 1000 Nenasalas by end 2008 Jaffna – 5 • To-date 506 centres established Location details available at www.nenasala.lk Vauvniya - 5 Mannar - 1 Anuradhapura - 41 Trincomalee - 15 Puttalam - 17 Polonnaruwa - 17 Kurunagala - 34 Batticaloa – 14 Kandy - 43 Matale - 18 Kegalle - 24 Badulla - 38 Gampaha - 7 Ampara - 32 Colombo - 8 NuwaraEliya - 24 Ratnapura - 36 Monaragala - 29 Kalutara - 16 Galle - 22 Hambantota - 28 Matara - 27

  7. Who operates the centres? Religious institutions ; Temples, Kovils, Mosques and churches Individuals or Entrepreneures • 60 individuals managed centres. Society/Community based Nenasalas • Village development societies, Women’s Societies, Vidatha Societies, Gemidiriya Societies, Sanasa Societies, Sarvodaya Societies, Samurdhi Societies etc. Public Library - Kalutara, Anuradhapura, Batticaloa and Polonnaruwa Special Locations : - Fort Railway Station, Foreign Employment Bureau, Colombo District Secretariat Pelwatte Sugar Factory, Camps.

  8. Services • High speed internet access • E-mail services • Access to information – Government, Agriculture, health, education…. • Scanning • Faxing • Photo coping • Telephone services • IT Training • e-Learning • Business Process Outsourcing - BPO • Video conferencing – only at Distance & e-Learning centres • Playback facility - only at Distance & e-Learning centres • Multimedia lab facility-only at Distance & e-Learning centres

  9. Thank you www.nenasala.lk S Gavashkar Project Manager gavash@icta.lk

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