Under the system, a total of over 40 departments and enterprises of government ministries will handle purchase of good sand services as well as tender sales and quotations. Along with the e-procurement projects, there are also six othere-government projects having been or being introduced. They are e-passport, e-visa, e-certification authority, smart card, smart school and trade-data interchange.
Myanmar attaches importance to developing human resources to computerize government activities. Besides having some trained information technology (IT) experts to work in e-government projects, the country is also receiving assistance under e-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) programs.
Being one of the signatories to the e-ASEAN Framework Agreementinitiated at the ASEAN Summit held in Singapore in 2000, Myanmar has formed the e-National Task Force to support the IT development.
With the aim of boosting the country's software industry, two ICT Parks in Yangon and Mandalay were established in January 2002 and August 2003 respectively.
Quelle: XinhuaNet, 01.04.2004
