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E- Sri Lanka Lessons from the Bank’s perspective Ismail Radwan Video-conference October 4 th. The eSri Lanka Vision. To harness ICT as a lever for economic and social advancement by taking the dividends of ICT to every village, to every citizen, to every business & - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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E- Sri Lanka
Lessons from
the Bank’s perspective
Ismail Radwan
Video-conference October 4th
The eSri Lanka VisionThe eSri Lanka Vision
To harness ICT as a lever for economic and To harness ICT as a lever for economic and social advancement by taking the social advancement by taking the dividends dividends
of ICT to every village, to every citizen, of ICT to every village, to every citizen,
to every business & to every business &
re-engineer the way government re-engineer the way government
thinks & works thinks & works
Re-Engineering
Re-Engineering
GovernmentGovernment
ICTICT Investment
Investment& Pvt. Sector
& Pvt. Sector Development
Development
ICT HR CapacityICT HR CapacityBuildingBuilding
Comms
Project
Project
Management
Management Donor
Donor
Co-ordination
Co-ordination
Leg
alL
egal
En
viron
men
t
En
viron
men
t
Monitoring & Monitoring & EvaluationEvaluation
Pro
cure
men
t &
Pro
cure
men
t &
F
inan
ceF
inan
ce
E-Leadership & Policy MakingE-Leadership & Policy Making
E-Leadership
E-Leadership&& Policy Making
Policy Making
Informatio
n
Informatio
n
Infrastru
cture
Infrastru
cture
VGKVGK
RTNRTN
TASSTASS
E-Society
E-Society
Local
Local Lang’s
Lang’s LocalLocal
Content
ContentE-SocE-SocFund
Fund
M.o.EM.o.E C.o.EC.o.E
VocationalVocational GovtGovt
ProgramsPrograms ProgramsPrograms
Five Lessons from the Bank’s viewFive Lessons from the Bank’s viewFive Lessons from the Bank’s viewFive Lessons from the Bank’s view
1 Ensuring quality project management1 Ensuring quality project management
2. Gaining political support without interference2. Gaining political support without interference
3. Establishing the right institutional set-up3. Establishing the right institutional set-up
4. Overcoming opposition4. Overcoming opposition
5. Overcoming lack of capacity5. Overcoming lack of capacity
Quality Project Management
Project manager: Project manager: in-country in-country location.location.
DisbursementDisbursement: keep the categories : keep the categories simple.simple.
Procurement: Procurement: Don’t let it drive the Don’t let it drive the project. Get the best advice possible.project. Get the best advice possible.
Bank improvements: Bank improvements: Standard Standard contracts are not suitable.contracts are not suitable.
Political support without interference
PoliticsPolitics: Consider using political : Consider using political supportsupport
CultureCulture: build on local customs and : build on local customs and culture.culture.
Bi-partisanBi-partisan: build support from all : build support from all parties.parties.
RepresentationRepresentation: Ensure geographic : Ensure geographic and ethnic representation of the and ethnic representation of the project and the agency.project and the agency.
Institutional set-up
Who takes it forward?Who takes it forward?
Authorising environmentAuthorising environment
Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka: Autonomous agencyAutonomous agency
ParametersParameters: Business minded, : Business minded, private sector salaries, able to move private sector salaries, able to move quicklyquickly
National agency Vs project officeNational agency Vs project office
Facilitator Vs implementatorFacilitator Vs implementator
Overcoming opposition
Expect oppositionExpect opposition
Stakeholder analysisStakeholder analysis
Consult widelyConsult widely
Communicate in local languagesCommunicate in local languages
Overcoming lack of capacity
PathfindingPathfinding: skills are not available: skills are not available
PartnershipPartnership: consider ways of : consider ways of bringing together international and bringing together international and local firms.local firms.
Distance learningDistance learning: As a means of : As a means of exchanging information.exchanging information.
Bank capacity;Bank capacity; we do not have all the we do not have all the answers, bring in external skills.answers, bring in external skills.
FacilitateFacilitate: bring in private sector.: bring in private sector.
ICT Investment and Private Sector
Development
BAT – Advent
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