He urged all concerned to focus on the hopes and aspiration of the people especially those who are poor and marginalised in conducting the activities of the e-governance cell.
He said this at a workshop on the UNDP's 'Access to Information (A21) Programme' at the Press Briefing Room of the Chief Adviser's Office (CAO) in the city yesterday.
Kazi Aminul Islam, Secretary -in-charge of the CAO, Larry Maramis, Deputy Country Director of the UNDP, secretaries of all ministries, additional secretaries, joint secretaries, representatives from different Information Communications Technology (ICT) organisations, among others, were present on the occasion.
Kazi Aminul Islam said, "To provide the government service to the citizen, there is no alternative to e-governance. Our all projects will consider the perspective of citizens and these are to be implemented to ensure the maximum utilisation of ICT."
Larry Maramis said, "ICT is no more a luxury. It is a part of our life. E-governance has no alternative to fulfill the vision of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS). It has already been established that the use of ICT can play a vital role in improving the life style of the common people."
To provide technical and knowledge advisory support in the formulation and implementation of e-governance projects, the UNDP has initiated the programme from January this year in partnership with the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) presently known as the Chief Adviser's Office.
Quelle/Source: The New Nation, 15.05.2007
