Myanmar's Lower House will soon debate a motion that urges the administration to provide public services through electronic means, said Speaker Win Myint.
The e-government motion was submitted by National League for Democracy MP Nay Phu Ba Swe. The lawmaker said that more electronic services would ensure people have easy access to government services and information via websites and mobile applications.
The MP said: “Ministries needs to reform their work with the help of their experienced and qualified staff and information technology. Ministries are in urgent need of e-government. The underdeveloped is due to the lack of technical infrastructure, weak participation, poor leadership and farsightedness and financial constraints. According to the e-government Development Index report in 2016, Myanmar is the lowest-ranked country in Asean. So the country needs to implement e-government urgently so as to keep abreast with other Asean countries.
“E-government could help the government to win public trust and better manage services. It could save time and money, even though there might be heavy costs at the beginning. It can also reduce the number of human errors, malpractices, corruption and bribery, as well as offering real-time information. E-government could control 50-60 per cent of corrupt cases. The country can develop only if it implements e-government and information technology in an effective manner,” Nay Phu Ba Swe said.
Until this June, there was a phone for an estimated 89.4 per cent of the population, the MP said. The number of fixed phone lines was 0.52 million while there were 43.7 million mobile subscribers.
Tin Maung Win MP for Seikkan, who seconded the motion, reckoned that e-government was not a resounding success after its implementation in 2012.
In a paper by Asian Development Bank released in July 2015, the previous plans primarily focused on infrastructure, with limited focus on the ICT applications and services to be offered, roll out plans, capability and capacity building, skills to be developed. There was also limited focus in defining better clarity in implementation structure, budget allocation and control, capability and alignment with national goals.
In the report, ADB said to embark on the e-governance journey, Myanmar should look at adopting some of the best practices followed by countries with existing e-governance platforms.
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Quelle/Source: Eleven Myanmar, 08.09.2016
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