"Our aim is to get our new generations used to tapping technology," Sheikh Hasina said, inaugurating a convention of ICT-related experts of Asia, 'E-Asia 2011' at Bangabandhu International Convention Centre in Dhaka on Thursday.
She added that if the young generation receives proper education on information technology, it will play a role in creating jobs at home and abroad.
The programme had 40 projects which included the automated 36 offices.
“We have already handed over the completed 36 projects with four components - hardware, networking, web portal and training,” said project director of the Support to ICT Taskforce Programme Proshanta Kumar Chakraborty.
The quote is from the Election Manifesto of the Awami League, elected to office in 2008 with Sheikh Hasina, daughter of Bangladesh's first president, becoming prime minister. The pledge sounds appealing but how do you make it happen especially in this South Asian nation of 167 million (IMF 2011) where bureaucracy, lines and hassles for citizens are ingrained. Change is starting to come through the Access to Information Programme or as it is widely known, A2I. This United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) supported project is led by the national director, the energetic M. Nazrul Islam Khan, Secretary to the Prime Minister. Mr. Khan is zealous in his desire to reduce hassles for ordinary citizens through the application of ICT to government services.
The credit will be disbursed under 'Identification System for Enhancing Access to Services Project'. The goal of the project is to introduce e-governance in government bodies to combat corruption and provide more efficient services.
The Election Commission Secretariat will implement the project from July 2011 to June 2016.