The past ten years have seen a phenomenal rise in the use of these services but most of this increase has been restricted to Ulaanbaatar, and a few of the bigger urban centers in the aimags. This is now set to change, and the project’s aim is to see that even baghs of soums far away from the central aimags offer the facilities.
The total cost for the six-year project is US$11.85 million. Of this, US$8 million will come from the World Bank as a non-repayable loan, and US$2 million from Japan. Mongolia is expected to contribute US$1.85 million. The project aims at putting in place a regime that would promote fair competition among service providers and build up a capable ICT policy leadership in Mongolia.
To reach these goals, the project, whose full name is the Mongolia Information and Communications Infrastructure Development Project, will encourage wider private sector participation in the delivery of e-government services, thereby improving public sector use of information communication technologies (ICT), coverage and use of relevant ICT services among the rural population and to encourage the participation of private operators and companies in the rural segment of ICT.
Autor(en)/Author(s): Ch.Sumiyabazar
Quelle/Source: The UB Post, 05.07.2007
