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The online electronic procurement system has been introduced in the country, thanks to the government's pro-active move. But it has failed to gain popularity because of absence of mass awareness as well as necessary technical training. A FE report published on October 26 said, these factors have slowed down online electronic procurement. What is surprising is that the stakeholders in both public and private sectors are yet to be made aware of the new system. Only 19 organisations have so far been enlisted for the e-Government Procurement (e-GP) system, despite the fact that it was introduced 15 months ago. Moreover, the use of the system has not yet been made compulsory on consideration of the low level of computer literacy, less than required skill to use the electronic system and limited access to the Internet.

Weiterlesen: BD: Promoting e-GP for streamlining government procurement system

Information Technology (IT) and IT Enabled Service (ITES) companies will employ some 4,000 fast track future IT leaders as a government project will provide support to the companies to train them into IT leaders.

The project “Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment and Governance” of Bangladesh Computer Company under ICT ministry will offer a package of incentives to the IT and ITES companies to recruit the fast track future IT leaders and train them, said officials.

Weiterlesen: BD: 4,000 to get IT jobs after free training

Some 4,000 fast track future IT leaders (FTFLs) will get job in Information Technology (IT) and IT Enabled Service (ITES) companies soon as a government project has agreed to provide support to the companies for building up the FTFLs with training as per their skills demand, reports UNB.

The project titled 'Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment and Governance project' (LICT) of Bangladesh Computer Company (BCC) under ICT Ministry will offer a package of incentives for the IT and ITES companies against recruitment of FTFLs and their training, officials said.

Weiterlesen: BD: 4,000 fast track future IT leaders to get job

Lack of training blamed for apathy

The government's online-based electronic procurement system is yet to gain a foothold among the people related to procurement and tendering process, as it has been introduced without sufficient training for the relevant persons. On the other hand, both the public and private stakeholders are largely not aware of the development.

The e-Government Procurement (e-GP) system became operational in October last year with a pilot programme involving Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Roads and Highways Department (RHD), Rural Electrification Board (REB) and Bangladesh Water Development Board, Planning Commission sources said.

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