Memorandum of the Parliamentary Parties of the Republic of Lithuania and the INFOBALT Association on the Development of Information Society in Lithuania October 25, 1999 Signed by:  6 parliamentary political parties  14 public organizations The conference Information Society 2003 and ITT solutions forum

NATIONAL AGREEMENT achieving economic and social progress December 3, 2002 Signed by:  10 political parties  15 public organizations The conference Information Society 2003 and ITT solutions forum

 1992 – programme “Lithuania 2000”  1993 – the first “Infobalt” exibition  1998 – liquidation of the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications  1999 – MEMORANDUM initiated by Asociation“Infobalt” 2000 – assigment of IT sector to the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania The conference Information Society 2003 and ITT solutions forum

I PRIORITETAS – siekti, kad Lietuvos ekonomika taptų konkurencinga žinių ekonomika, užtikrinančia žiniomis imlių darbo vietų gausą. Lietuvos pramonės struktūroje žinioms imli (aukštųjų technologijų) pramonė, kuri šiandien sudaro tik 6 nuo BNP, po 15 metų sudarytų 20-25% nuo BNP. * NACIONALINIS SUSITARIMAS 2002 M. The conference Information Society 2003 and ITT solutions forum

Window to the Future  LR Government  Vilniaus bankas  Hansabankas  Lietuvos Telekomas  Alna  Omnitel  Sonex Group  DDB & Co Katkevičius  Deloitte & Touche  Lideika, Petrauskas, Valiūnas ir partneriai, Advokatų kontora The conference Information Society 2003 and ITT solutions forum

Window to the Future More than 20 companies agreed to join in 2003 Target – 1000 PAIP’s are to be opened using private, state and EU funds PAIP’s to be established PAIP’s to be established using PHARE funds people to be pilot trained in basic internet skills The conference Information Society 2003 and ITT solutions forum

ES BIUDŽETO VIDAUS POLITIKA (t.t. IAE uždarymo finansavimas) SANGLAUDOS FONDAS PLĖTROS FONDAS SOCIALINIS FONDAS ŽUVININKYSTĖS FONDAS ŽEMĖS ŪKIO FONDAS ,5 BENDRAS ES PARAMOS FINANSINIS PAKETAS M. - 2,67 Mlrd. EUR TIESIOGINĖS IŠMOKOS ŽEMĖS ŪKIUI, RINKOS REGULIAVIMAS, KAIMO PLĖTRA 301,1 “Shengenas”, institucijų stiprinimas, kt 724,8  ENERGETIKA  TRANSPORTAS  APLINKA  SVEIKATOS IR SOCIALINĖ INFRASTRUKTŪRA  PRAMONĖ,VERSLAS  TURIZMAS  INFORMACINĖS PASLAUGOS  ŠVIETIMAS  UŽIMTUMAS  ŽUVININKYSTĖ  MAISTO ŪKIS  KAIMO PLĖTRA  ŽEMĖS ŪKIS, 792,1 Pasiskirstymas - mln. eurų KIEK? * Šaltinis: LR Finansų ministerija

School computerisation Number of PCs per 100 pupils EU8,61012 Lithuania1,72,54 Final grades - 6 The conference Information Society 2003 and ITT solutions forum

Biggest IT companies in Lithuania by turnover in 2002 (millions Litas)  Group of Lithuanian Telecom companies 968,2  Omnitel704,3  Bitė GSM351,0  GNT Lietuva257,7  Siemens, UAB180,7  Sonex grupė145,0  Alna116,8  Ericson Lietuva, UAB115,4  Tech Data Lietuva85,6 * Source: The list of 100 biggest companies (“Verslo žinios”) The conference Information Society 2003 and ITT solutions forum

 – Lithuanian Seimas established Information Society Development Commission, which grew into Committee  – established Information Society Development Commission, headed by Prime Minister  – conception of Information Society Development of the Republic of Lithuania  – Council of Information Society under President  – e-government conception The conference Information Society 2003 and ITT solutions forum

 – the white book of Lithuanian education and technologies  – e-business conception  – Information Society Development Committee under the Government of the Republic of Lithuanian  – Strategy of Lithuanian Republic Information Society  – National Agreement  – Demonopolization of telecommunication market The conference Information Society 2003 and ITT solutions forum

SOUTH KOREA AREA: sq. km POPULATION: 47,5 mln. GDP/per capita: US dollars GDP:  services 50 %  Industry45 %  Agriculture5 % The conference Information Society 2003 and ITT solutions forum

STAGES OF INFORMATION SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT – Ministry of Information and Communication – Framework plan for Informatization promotion and infrastructure – Information Promotion Fund as financial resource for nation-wide projects Source: WTO Roundtable Meeting Vilnius 2002 December The conference Information Society 2003 and ITT solutions forum

Lithuanian ITT market in 2002  ITT turnover 4,8 milliard Lt (7% GDP)  In IT sector works about employes  Export - 1 milliard Lt  Penetration of mobile phones – 45% (growth 27%)  Computers – about (growth 43%)  Internet penetration – 22% (growth 110%)  E-banking ir e-business services – users (growth 100%)  ITT grew 2,5 times faster than other fields of Lithuanian economy  The main trends: elektronic, lasers and biotechnologies  The turnover of 20 biggest IT companies – 218 millions EUR *Source: TAYLOR NELSON SOFRES INTERACTIVE (TNSI) The conference Information Society 2003 and ITT solutions forum

ACHIEVMENTS OF SOUTH KOREA 1.GDP/per capita 13 times (!?) higher than in North Korea all cities connected with 155 Mbps to 5Gbps level of high-capacity broadband optic cable 3.Internet penetration 70% – a single window and on-line home tax service G4C (government for civilians) G2B (government to business) G2G (government to government) 5.Reduced Social expences – 5 trillion US dollars or 105 US dollars for one civilian Source: WTO Roundtable Meeting Vilnius 2002 December IF IT WOULD BE PERFORMED IN LITHUANIA, IT CAN BE SAVED OVER 1 BILLION LITAS! The conference Information Society 2003 and ITT solutions forum

Modernization of public administration with the help of information technologies and development of e-democracy comprise: The use of information technologies to increase the effectiveness of decisions taken by state institutions (including development of integrated information systems, use of advanced data management technologies, etc.) and to enable optimal choice of strategic directions for state development. The conference Information Society 2003 and ITT solutions forum Gradually, this would open new opportunities for crime prevention, research, border protection and control of trafficking in drugs and dangerous substances; decision making would become faster and more motivated, public services, property protection and other procedures would be streamlined. Computer technologies and mathematical products could also be used in developing and integrating other institutional and national databases.