1. E- Sri Lanka Lessons from the Bank’s perspective Ismail Radwan Video-conference October 4 th

2. 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 & re-engineer the way government thinks & works

3. Re-EngineeringGovernment ICT Investment Investment & Pvt. Sector Development ICT HR Capacity Building Comms Project Management Management DonorCo-ordination Legal Environment Monitoring & Evaluation Procurement & Finance E-Leadership & Policy Making E-Leadership & Policy Making InformationInfrastructure VGK RTN TASS E-Society LocalLang’s LocalContent E-SocFund M.o.E C.o.E Vocational Govt Programs Programs

4. Five Lessons from the Bank’s view 1 Ensuring quality project management 2. Gaining political support without interference 3. Establishing the right institutional set-up 4. Overcoming opposition 5. Overcoming lack of capacity

5. Quality Project Management Project manager: in-country location. Disbursement: keep the categories simple. Procurement: Don’t let it drive the project. Get the best advice possible. Bank improvements: Standard contracts are not suitable.

6. Political support without interference Politics: Consider using political support Culture: build on local customs and culture. Bi-partisan: build support from all parties. Representation: Ensure geographic and ethnic representation of the project and the agency.

8. Institutional set-up Who takes it forward? Authorising environment Sri Lanka: Autonomous agency Parameters: Business minded, private sector salaries, able to move quickly National agency Vs project office Facilitator Vs implementator

9. Overcoming opposition Expect opposition Stakeholder analysis Consult widely Communicate in local languages

12. Overcoming lack of capacity Pathfinding: skills are not available Partnership: consider ways of bringing together international and local firms. Distance learning: As a means of exchanging information. Bank capacity; we do not have all the answers, bring in external skills. Facilitate: bring in private sector.

13. ICT Investment and Private Sector Development BAT – Advent

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