Nepal: ICT and eGovernment scenario

Manohar K BhattaraiManohar K Bhattarai

Vice-Chairman, High Level Commission for ITVice-Chairman, High Level Commission for IT

Government of NepalGovernment of Nepal

Nepal: ICT and eGovernment scenario

Presentation highlights

• General ICT scenario

• Nepal initiatives on eGov

• Challenges

• Conclusion

General ICT scenario

• Telecom/ connectivity

• CDMA coverage >> all 75 districts, GSM mobile >>72 districts.• Tele connection to all 75 districts by mid-July 2010.

• All 75 districts to be connected by FO by 2014

• F/O optic network across E-W highway (terminating in India) and a north-south connection to the Tibetan border

• Total international bandwidth UL/DL 1.5 gbps

• Telcos pay 2% of their gross revenue into RTDF >> NRS. 2 Billion

• Wi-fi de-licensed for public use (no permission/fee required for two frequency bands)

Community interest in ICTs is growing

General ICT scenario

• Regulators/institutional arrangements

• Nepal Telecom authority• Regulator with semi-judicial authority.

• Ministry of Information and Communications

• High Level Commission for Information Technology

• National Information Technology Center

• Controller of Certification Authority

• Nepal’s eGov Scenario : brief overview

e-Government Master Plan (eGMP) Prepared

Investment proposals and implementation framework developed

EA component of the project initiated in April, 2010

e-GMPe-GMP

Good Governance and Socio-Economic Development

Defining Direction

of Restructuring

Legal Framework

Defining Direction

of Restructuring

Legal Framework

Defining Direction

of Execution

Organization

Defining Direction

of Execution

Organization

Establishing Vision,

Strategy,

Framework

Establishing Vision,

Strategy,

Framework

Selecting Major

Project and

Defining Roadmap

Selecting Major

Project and

Defining Roadmap

Establishment of Effective, Systematic, Productive e-GovernmentEstablishment of Effective, Systematic, Productive e-Government

The main purpose of this initiative is to ‘Realize Good Governance and Socio-Economic Development’ by establishing an effective, systematic, and productive e-Government.

e-GMP Objectivese-GMP Objectives

Citizen-Centered

Government One- PortalGovernment One- Portal

Informationand Service

Opinion/Policy Proposal

…

Ministry 1

Ministry 2

Ministry 3

Ministry N

Provide Information and Integrated Services

Integrated Processing

Platform

Knowledge Sharing

Government-wide

Interconnection

Knowledge Based SocietyKnowledge Based Society

APP DB HOST

IDCIDC

Citizen/Business

Internet VisitingMobileTelephone,Fax, Mail

Integrated Petition CenterIntegrated Petition Center Ministry WebsiteMinistry Website

MassProcessing

Networked

Efficient

Transparent

e-GMP Vision and Missione-GMP Vision and Mission

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SectorPh1: Fundamentals Ph2: Enhancement of Realization

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

G2C

G2B

G2G

Infra.

Government Representative Portal (MoEST/NITC)

National Identification System (MoHA)

e-Authentication

EA (Enterprise Architecture)(MoEST)

e-Customs (MoF)

e-Educational Administration System (MoES)

Immigration Management System (MoHA)

e-Tax (MoF)

BRAMS

e-Procurement (HLCIT)

National Unified Code System Development (MoEST/NITC)

Expansion of ICT Resource (back-bone, Internet Facility, H/W)

Development of ICT Literacy and HRD Program (MoES)

ICT Organization (MoIC)Establishment of Basic Act Gradual Improvement in Law/Institution (MoLJPA/MoEST)

Vehicle Registration system (MoLTM)

e-Drivers License(MoLTM)

e-Commerce (MoICS)

Groupware (MoEST)

e-Land Registration System (MoLRM)

GIDC (MoEST/NITC)PKI (MoEST)

Passport (MoFA) e-Agriculture (MoAC)

e-Health (MoH)

e-GMP Roadmap Milestonee-GMP Roadmap Milestone

Project Components Responsible Organization

1.Rural e-Connectivity - Ministry of Information & Comm.

1.1 Wireless Broadband Network 1.2 Village Network1.3 Telecenters

2. Government Network - Ministry of Science & Technology

2.1 Government Information and Data Center

2.2 Government Groupware

3. E-government Application3.1 Enterprise Architecture - High Level Commission for IT

3.2 NID/Citizen - Ministry of Home Affairs

3.3 e-Gov. in Public Service Commission - Public Service Commission

3.4 Land Records Management - Ministry of Land Reform Mgmnt

3.5 Vehicle Registration Driving License - Ministry of Labor & Transp. Mgmnt

4. Human Resource Development - Ministry of General Administration

Project Components & Execution ResponsibilitiesProject Components & Execution Responsibilities

Implementation Arrangements

EA/GIF Component

• General observations

• Various stages of development among the countries represented here

• Nepal at a very initial stage : EA component kicked-off only last week

• IT strategy and EA delivery framework would be based primarily on TOGAF

• Well articulated relationship between business, data, application and system architecture

• Conceptual design based on SOA

• Strategy for ensuring intensive stakeholder participation in the process

• Intensive focus on stakeholder buy-in

• Initiating public debate around EA

– Presence of press and academia during launching – Need to raise the level of awareness on the importance of EA/GIF– Policy posturing

» Open standard and open source

EA for Nepal, the approach

Key challenges

• Resistance to change (in BPR scenarios)

• Political commitment still an issue

• Need to work on EA/GIF governance issue from the very beginning

• Transition management

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