During the meeting, members comprising permanent secretaries of each government ministry discussed achievements made during 2009 as well as plans for 2010. One of the major milestones last year was the launching of the 2009-2014 e-Government Strategic Plan. To date, 35 projects have been approved by EGLF since March 2007.
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The considerable leap in ranking reflects the pace of progress in the Brunei’s e-Government initiatives to build ICT infrastructure, deliver electronic services and developing human resource capacities and capabilities within the country.
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In the 8th National Development Plan, the Ministry of Education had allocated more than $145 million to carry out 29 e-education projects for the development of ICT infrastructure, hardware, software and multimedia development and human resource.
In the current National Development Plan 2007-2012, the Ministry of Education has been allocated additional funds to carry out another 15 e-education projects. This was highlighted yesterday by Hj Mohd Daud bin Hj Mahmud, Permanent Secretary (Higher Education) at the Ministry of Education, at the national workshop on New Information Technologies and Tools in Scientific Education.
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The research and consultancy firm said Taib highlighted the “considerable emphasis” that Brunei had placed on its e-government programme in Wawasan 2035, the long-term national development plan. “We see ICT as one of the key enablers of e-government and Wawasan 2035,” she told the group.
Dr Bruno Lanvin, invited speaker to the first seminar held by the Brunei Information Technology Council at the Indera Kayangan Ballroom at the Empire Hotel and Country Club, said, "Being smaller is becoming a bigger advantage than it has been in the past".