“We are very excited about finally getting the government to back a number of proposals we have been making to them for years,” said former ministry IT specialist Ibrahim Abouezzine. He added that within the ministry, there were “too many worries over the emergency laws and how this would affect security. But that is all over now, supposedly.”
According to the newspaper, a major initiative is the “One computer per family” that will target schools and introducing computers and Internet education into the system.
“It will then be extended to health care facilities, with those located in the more populous north of the country sharing best practice with those in the south,” reported La Tribune.
“A convention is being drafted in collaboration with the health ministry including a pilot telemedicine project to connect via a hospital in each of the 10 southern districts (wilayas) via dedicated broadband link with a counterpart in the north.”
Training will also be a major focus of the new goals established by the ministry, with a number of centers to be erected and financed through the country’s new ICT development fund.
Benhamadi also announced the launch of the ministry’s “Cyber Rif” project to introduce the possibilities offered by the Internet to people living in rural and mountainous parts of the country.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Jonathan Terry
Quelle/Source: Bikya Masr, 27.05.2011
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