2. About ICTA ....
ICTA is the implementation agency of the "e-Sri Lanka" -ICT Development
Road Map of SriLanka. ICTA is a Government Agency registered as a
government owned company. limited private company reporting to the
Minister of Economic Reform, Science and Technology of the Government
of Sri Lanka.
SINCE
July2003
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 & to re-engineer the way government
thinks & works"
Mission
“To bring ICT to every citizen, village ,Business and
enable the government to provide better service to
general public.”

3. What is
The Government of Sri Lanka developed the e-Sri Lanka Roadmap with
the objective of harnessing ICTs towards achieving socio-economic
development in the country.
The vision of e-Sri Lanka is
“to take the dividends of ICT to every village, to every citizen and to every
business and transform the way government thinks and works”.
Current Fund: $83 million US Dollars But Required $300 million
Donor Institutions:

4. Why ICTA?....
A. Create legal, policy, institutional and strategic background
for the development of ICT and ICT literacy
B. Provide ICT facilities for citizens (e-gov, e-commerce,
distance learning…) at rural telecenters and upgrading
livelihoods
C. Streamline services offered by the government using ICT
networks
D. Provide public telecommunication facilities for all villages
E. Encourage ICT (software & hardware) industries at the rural
level
F. Train rural youth for global ICT job market
G. Develop the country as a regional center of the Asia’s ICT
dissemination networks

5. What ICTA Can Do ?....
Connectivity
Rural Access
e- Government
Entrepreneurship
E-Society

6. Six key areas of ICTA

7. 1. ICT Policy, Leadership & Institutional Capacity Building
Programme
Nurturing leadership: ICT Agency, CIOs, Cabinet committee, Admin
Reform Committee
Balancing top down leadership and bottom up learning and innovation:
NGOs. local governments.
Partnering with private sector: India, Armenia.
Enabling e-laws & telecom reforms.
building capabilities for NGOs, communities
Program management, M & E, piloting and learning

8. 1. ICT Policy, Leadership & Institutional Capacity Building
Programme
E-Gov Policy is for
–To set up the common objectives,
–requirements ,
–time lines,
–implementation approaches,
–responsibilities and
–standards
related to e-Government work in Sri Lanka and to communicate to
all government organization.

9. 1. ICT Policy, Leadership & Institutional Capacity Building
Programme
These policies and procedures should be followed by all government organizations
including:
–Ministries,
–government Departments,
–Provincial Councils,
–District Secretariats, and Divisional Secretariats
–Local Authorities,
–government Corporations,
–Statutory Bodies, and Companies fully owned by government.

10. 2. Re-engineering Government Programme
Establish vision, policy, strategy
Pilot and phase strategic applications
Human and business processes: restructuring, information sharing and
community of practice
Identify needs of government clients and underlying common information
infrastructure:
Leadership: E-Parliament, E-Cabinet
E-citizen services
Public financial management: taxes, customs, budget
E-procurement; project MIS
Key infrastructure: portal; government-wide network; population
registry; land info; national smart card
Common technology standards for information sharing

11. Delivering Value To
Citizens
2. Re-engineering Government Programme
Transformation
Transactions All stages of
Limited
Electronic
Interactions delivery of
Web
Presence
information
on rules and
procedures
Email contact,
access to online
databases &
downloadable
forms via
intranets
services
automated,
e.g., renewal
of licenses
transactions
electronic. New
models of service
delivery with
public-private
partnerships
Complexity of Implementation and Technology

12. 3. Information Infrastructure Programme
“A user-friendly environment state-of-the-art technology infrastructure throughout
Sri Lanka that enables all citizens to have ready access to information, modern
communications, electronic services, and content that realize improvements in the
quality of life.”
Nenasala or “Wisdom Outlet” is a center that provides
multiple Information Communication Technology
(ICT) based services to the community
A central portal for the government to offer citizen
services on-line utilizing LG (www.srilanka.lk)
A private network for the government,
interconnecting key government organizations

13. 4. ICT Investment and Private Sector Development Programme
Aim to create a competitive ICT industry and contribute to
achieving sustainable economic growth and employment
creation in Sri Lanka.
•Use re-engineering government as a catalyst for the development of the local
ICT sector by enabling the sector to fully participate through outsourcing of
services and functions to local companies and use of local products.
• Promote the use of ICT in the non-ICT private sector consequently increasing
awareness of its benefits across all levels in the private sector;
• Promote local ICT products and services to the global market;
• Brand Sri Lanka as an attractive destination for global Multi National
Corporations to invest and set-up operations

14. 5. ICT Human Resources Capacity Building Programme
Support re-engineering government by equipping public sector
employees with the required ICT, leadership and management
skills and competencies

15. 6. e-Society Programme
e-Society programme is to promote the innovative use of ICT to meet the
social and economic needs of the most vulnerable communities in Sri Lanka,
to develop approaches to scale up successful applications, and to empower
civil society with affordable access to information, communication, and
relevant local content.
increased awareness of ICT among rural and urban poor
improved community capacity for utilizing ICT to meet local
needs
increased economic opportunity and equity through wide use of
ICT in agriculture, health, education
Empowerment of women and youth

16. Challenges for ICTA..
Mainstreaming ICT into development agenda and
Country Assistance Strategies.
 Avoid pitfall of e-development as technology fix
 Building core competency across turfs and sectors.
 Knowledge sharing; partnerships.
 Empowering e-champions and integrators.
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