IfG.CC - The Potsdam eGovernment Competence Center

The previous Awami League government in 1999 acquired 230 acres of land at Kaliakair near Dhaka to set up an information technology (IT) park. It was to give this sector a big leap forward in all respects. The park was said to be built with uninterrupted power supply and continuous high speed Internet connectivity round the clock -- among other indispensables for such an establishment. Although a decade has passed since the acquisition of land, actual activities to get the park going in every sense of the term has been very little.

The government itself could give a boost to this sector by taking strong initiatives to spread e-governance. The ministries and different organizations could be adequately brought under computer networks to preserve information and discharge different services to people. In the process, the use of locally made software and support services could increase, giving a stimulus to about 400 companies that have sprung up in the private sector.

As it is, Bangladesh at present has only one connectivity to the international information superhighway through undersea cable connection. Alternative connections to the information highway are needed. There is an effective demand for some 10 to 15 thousand skilled or trained manpower annually in this sector in Bangladesh. But the present output from the country's educational institutions is about five thousand only.

The sector is also particularly in need of specialized education opportunities to create manpower selectively in this field. to really give a push to realize the vision of digital Bangladesh.

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Autor(en)/Author(s): Sifat Bari

Quelle/Source: The Financial Express Bangladesh, 14.12.2010

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