Submitted By (ICT PO/Focal Point)

Full Name

Email Address

Government Agency(ies) with Primary Responsibility

Ministry/Agency

Contact Person A

Full Name (First, Last)

Designation/Title

Email Address

Contact Person B

Full Name (First, Last)

Designation/Title

Email Address

National Development Priorities

Please list the Government’s primary developmental and sectoral priorities (Please include URLs, if any):

e-Readiness Assessment

Has the Government (or any third party or donor) conducted a multi-sectoral ICT or e-readiness assessment of the country?

 Yes  No

If YES, please provide details (title, conducted by, year, and URL):


If NO, please indicate if you think an assessment is required:

Existing e-Policies, -Strategies, Acts, Decrees, etc

Has the Government developed, or is the Government planning to develop, ICT policies?

Yes No

If YES, please provide a description of the Government's plan of action:


If NO, please suggest how UNDP may assist in formulating ICT policies, and proceed to the next set of questions.

Ministry/Agency in Charge of ICT Policy Formulation (Please include URLs, if any)

Scope of ICT Policies

Please indicate the scope of existing ICT policies. Do they cover education, health, telecom, public sector reform, gender, rural access to ICTs, etc.

Was the process of ICT policy formulation participatory in nature, and did it involve stakeholders?

Yes No

If YES, please list the sectors/players that were involved:

Does the Government have an official policy on ICT and Gender?

Yes No

If YES, please briefly describe the Government’s policy on ICT and Gender:


If NO, is the UNDP Country Office looking to advise the Government on Gender issues relating to ICTs?

Does the Government have an official policy on Open Source Software?

Yes No

If YES, please briefly describe the Government’s policy on Open Source Software (e.g. is Open Source a policy for Government procurement of software; is there a policy on Open Source technologies to foster industry? Please include URLs, if any):


List the principle governmental and non-governmental players in Open Source in the country (Please include URLs, if any):

Access

How is the Government addressing the issue of equitable access to ICT for all of its citizens, especially marginalized groups and those in rural communities?

What is the Government planning to do to increase local connectivity to the Internet?

Has the Government implemented, or is it planning to implement, e-government/e-governance initiatives to better deliver government services through the application of ICT and to improve government transparency and efficiency?

Yes No

If YES, please briefly describe what has been done:


If NO, is the UNDP Country Office looking to advise the Government on e-government?

Local Content Development and Knowledge Management

Is the Government aware of or is it active in standardization and localization of ICTs (e.g. local input/output conventions and standards for digital exchange, development of local language character sets conforming to international UNICODE and other standards) for fostering local content development and knowledge management?

Yes No

If YES, please briefly describe what has been done to foster local content development and knowledge management.

Please suggest how UNDP can assist in further developing local content development.