DHAKA, Nov 20, 2019 (BSS) – With a view to sharing suggestions of e-Government Master Plan report and its implementation strategy, a dissemination workshop on ‘e-Government Master Plan for Digital Bangladesh’ was held today in the city.
Senior Secretary of ICT Division N M Zeaul Alam, Country Director of Korea International Cooperation Agency Hyun-Gue Joe, Additional Secretary (Planning and Development Wing) of ICT Division Md. Mamun-Al-Rashid, Project Director of ‘e-Government Master Plan for Digital Bangladesh’ Mohammad Manir Hossain, among others, addressed the programme held at Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC).
Parthapratim Deb, Executive Director of BCC presided over the programme, said a press release.
‘E-Government Master Plan for Digital Bangladesh’ report was formally unveiled by the Architect of Digital Bangladesh, ICT Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister Sajeeb Wazed on 20 October 2019. According to the report of UN e-Government Survey 2018, Bangladesh ranked 115th among 193 countries.
While addressing the programme, Zeaul Alam said that e-Government Master Plan for Digital Bangladesh will play an effective and efficient role to establish a strong e-Government eco-system in the country and it will be very useful for different ministries, divisions and organisations to initiate their new ICT related activities aligned with “Vision-2021.
He mentioned that ICT Affairs Adviser to the Prime Minister Sajeeb Wazed Joy has given us a target to improve UN e-Government ranking 50th positions by 2021. In 2003, only 45 countries had one-stop-platform and it was 90 in 2016.
“We made more than 40 percent service available in online and activities are going on to bring 90 percent services by 2021.
Parthapratim Deb said the goal of the government is to be a service-oriented citizen-centric government by bringing its services to the doorsteps of citizens through the use of ICTs.
The speakers said that the Master Plan-once fully rolled out- will completely transform government processes, services and management, and make information access and service delivery more efficient.