A total 99 officers including the ICT focal points of the various ministries, joint secretaries and deputy commissioners attended the two-day long workshop during the three offerings at Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC).
The workshop was developed as part of the eGovernment capacity building project initiated by Australian National University (ANU) under the AusAID's Public Sector Linkages Program (PSLP). Bangladesh Ministry of Science and ICT, Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) and Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) were the jointly organised the programme.
This applied project has evolved from an ongoing academic research where it was found that lack of knowledge is the principal barrier in ICT adoption in the public sector of Bangladesh, which included development of strategy document 'eGovernment for Bangladesh: A pathway to success', which was launched on October 18 by Professor M Tamim, special assistant to the chief adviser.
Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Douglas Foskett, Sheikh Md Wahid-uz-Zaman, secretary, Ministry of Science and ICT and Maj Gen (retd) Muniruzzman, president, BIPSS and Zobed Ali Sarker, ED, BCC also spoke at the occasion.
The objective of this applied research project was to develop “know-how” among key decision makers and government officials in Bangladesh for the effective use of ICT in public sector organisations.
According to the pathway outlined in the strategy the ten days long workshop aimed at empowering senior public sector officials with a comprehensive ICT management handbook.
This handbook covers four separate modules -- Introduction to eGovernment, Preparation of ICT Business Case, ICT Project Management and managing the outcome.
According to Ahmed Imran, ANU's eGovernment researcher and the project manager, the handbook is expected to serve as a ready reckoner for day to day management of ICT which has been specially designed to suit the context of Bangladesh.
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Quelle/Source: The Daily Star, 24.10.2008
