1. Manohar K Bhattarai Vice-Chairman, High Level Commission for IT Government of Nepal Nepal: ICT and eGovernment scenario

4. Presentation highlights General ICT scenario Nepal initiatives on eGov Challenges Conclusion

5. 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)

6. Community interest in ICTs is growing

7. 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

8. Nepal’s eGov Scenario : brief overview

9.  e-Government Master Plan (eGMP) Prepared  Investment proposals and implementation framework developed  EA component of the project initiated in April, 2010 e-GMP

10. Good Governance and Socio-Economic Development Defining Direction of Restructuring Legal Framework Defining Direction of Execution Organization Establishing Vision, Strategy, Framework Selecting Major Project and Defining Roadmap Establishment 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 Objectives

11. e-GMP Vision and Mission

12. 12 Sector Ph1: FundamentalsPh2: Enhancement of Realization 20072008200920102011 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 Milestone

13. Project ComponentsResponsible Organization 1.Rural e-Connectivity - Ministry of Information & Comm. 1.1 Wireless Broadband Network 1.2 Village Network 1.3 Telecenters 2. Government Network- Ministry of Science & Technology 2.1 Government Information and Data Center 2.2 Government Groupware 3. E-government Application 3.1 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 Responsibilities

14. Implementation Arrangements

15. EA/GIF Component

16. General observations Various stages of development among the countries represented here Nepal at a very initial stage : EA component kicked- off only last week

17. 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

18. 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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