The one-day workshop organised by the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) at the Peacock Beach Hotel in Hambantota was the third in the series of 10 National Workshop on e-Government Policy aimed at familiarising Government institutional heads and chief innovative officers with the e-Government Policy.
Addressing over 100 participants comprising district secretaries, divisional secretaries and chief innovative officers of the Southern Province such as the Galle, Hambantota and Matara Districts and the Moneragala District of the Uva Province, Secretary Abeykoon drew widely from his experience for impacting on the audience the value and importance of ICT exposure of Government institutional heads in delivering a better public service.
Explaining the objective of the 10 workshops scheduled for 2010 ICTA Chief Operating Officer, Reshan Dewapura said that the series of workshop on e-Government Policy aimed at accelerating the implementation of the policy islandwide in a uniform manner, maintaining professional standards.
"This prevents unnecessary repetition of labour, waste of time and energy both on the part of the public and Government employees and contributes to serving the people in a more efficient , effective and people-friendly way," Dewapura emphasised.
The first in the series of National e-Government Policy workshops conducted under the guidance of the Presidential Secretariat was held in Colombo on 18 March.
Making the keynote address at the first workshop with about 170 core participants ICTA Chairman P.W. Epasinghe pointed out that usually it was only the Opposition that spoke about the Government's policy statement after the election and forming of the Government.
"In the case of the Government led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Government speaks constantly about its election manifesto in its sincere effort to implement the policy. This is true with regard to the 'Mahinda Chintana' policy statement and its extension, the 'Mahinda Chintana - Vision for the Future.'"
In a communication issued to all Government institutional heads, Presidential Secretary Lalith Weeratunga urged all to implement the e-Government Policy 100 per cent for actively putting into effect the 'Mahinda Chintana - Vision for the Future'.
Speaking further the Presidential Secretary instructed that all concerned Government institutional heads including those from ministries, departments and statutory boards should become familiar with the e-Government Policy before the end of the year.
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Quelle/Source: Daily Mirror, 22.06.2010
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