UNDP ICT Programme Officer/Focal Point

ICT Programme Office/Focal Point A

Full Name

Michael Mwaura

Designation/Position

Project Manager, Internet Project

Station (UNDP Country Office)

UNDP Timor-Leste

Email Address

michael mwaura@undp.org

Telephone Number

670 390 312 481

Fax Number

Government Agency(ies) with Primary Responsibility

Ministry/Agency

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Contact Person A

Full Name (First, Last)

Jeff Mutuku

Designation/Title

IT Manager

Email Address

jmutuku@east-timor.org

National Development Priorities

Please list the Government’s primary developmental and sectoral priorities:

·         Inter ministerial communications by electronic mail
·         Voice/Data conncetivity of governmental departments in the capital and to the districts
 

e-Readiness Assessment

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

NO

Through UNDP, the government would wish to bring in a consultant who would carry a feasibility study and come up with apolicy paper
 

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

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

YES

Partially developed:

• Provide email and Internet access services to the government
• Development of a centralised helpdesk and workshop services
• Provide data connectivity within capital and all the districts.
• Provide backup and disaster recovery services to government departments

Documenting a formal ICT policy paper for the government

• Technical needs analysis for the government
   

Ministry/Agency in Charge of ICT Policy Formulation

Ministry Of Transport and Communications

Scope of ICT Policies

Education and Telecom

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

NO
 

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

NO

Yes with emphasis that women should be more involved on ICT matters.

Women  are being encouraged to be in the fore-front in the implementation stages of ICT projects. Create ICT centers that shall be managed by women. For example open up an ICT Center in the rural areas which is fully managed by women and addresses issue that affect women mostly
 

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

NO

No policy as yet though some of the open sources software are in use
 

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?

·         Initial focus is government offices
·         Government offices in the districts
·         Private TeleCom to provide internet acccess to the citizens
·         Creation of information hubs through information hubs
 

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

·         Partnership with UNDP in providing gateway
·         TeleCom company to provide second gateway
 

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

·         The finance department has installed an online treasury billing system
·         The Customs department (Foreign affairs) has an online systems that assists on registration of business and collection of tax.
·         Government Web site
·         Centralised email

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?

NO 
 

International Donors of ICT for Development

Please list (in order of total contributions for 2002) the top five donors who have invested in ICT for Development.  DO NOT include UNDP.

Donor

Specific Area of Support

Amount (USD)

1

Government Trust Fund

Equipment

967,000

2

ADB

Equipment/Personnel

300,000

3

UNV Bonn

Personnel

240,000

4

UNMISET

Personnel

200,000

5

AnaCom

Training

100,000

Please list (in order of priority) the five top areas of ICT for Development for the donor community.  E.g. e-Government, e-Commerce, e-Learning, ICT policy, etc.

1

Connectivity

2

ICT Policy Paper

3

e-Governance

4

e-Learning

5

e-Commerce