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Table of Contents

Executive summary.. 2

Section-I: Context

1.1 Digital Bangladesh and development issues in Bangladesh.... 21.1 Key objectives and outputs of the project 2

Section II: Key Achievements

2.1 Innovation.. .................................... 3

2.2 Policy Reform 3

2.3 Technical Support.. 4

2.4 Quick Wins. 5

2.5 Content Development.. 5

2.6 Project operational.. . 6

2.8 Development results... . 6

2.9 Networks and knowledge sharing.... 7

Section III: Organization and Management

3.1 Organization structure and management arrangement... 7

3.2 Staffing or specialized capacities.. . 7

3.3 Budget and delivery by major outputs 7

Section IV: Partnership

4.1 Project monitoring and control... 8

Section V: Lessons Learnt

Annexes

Annex 1: Organizational structure.... 9Annex 2: Table 2.1 - List of policy advisory support... 10Annex 2: Table 2.2 - Training, capacity building and consultations 10Annex 2: Table 2.3 - List of international tour and experience sharing.. . 11Annex 2: Table 2.4 - List of knowledge products.. .. 12Annex 2: Table 2.5 - List of grants or contracts .. 12

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

In Bangladesh, service at doorsteps through ICTs is vital notonly to establish a democratic and transparent government,but also to fight against poverty and act as a cross-cuttingenabler for interventions geared towards attainment of all the

millennium goals. Service at doorsteps is also necessary forensuring government accountability, decentralization andproviding effective and efficient service delivery to citizens.If bi-directional flow of information between citizens andgovernment is established, consensus-building within asociety will be ensured, thus the poor and disadvantagedgroups will have the voice to contribute to policy makingand implementation. Keeping these objectives in mind, thepresent Government of Bangladesh took office with thevision of creating a digital Bangladesh by 2021.

Access to Information (A2I) Programme, with technicalassistance from UNDP Bangladesh, began its journey inSeptember 2006 with an aim to

Ensure appropriateness of new initiatives and programmesfor e-Governance within the context of national priorities

Support development of new projects and programmes fore-Governance and provide technical assistance for

monitoring and evaluating these projects;

Prioritize and mainstream ICT into the nationaldevelopment policies and assist in the development of a

national e-Governance vision and strategy that can

harness opportunities for development in consultation

with the stakeholders;

Identify emerging opportunities for ICT for Developmentinitiatives and programmes in support of national

priorities in the context of national e-Governance Vision

Since its inception, A2I has flourished to go a long way interms of accurately assessing the potential for fullachievement of project objectives and its deliverables.Accordingly, a number of significant achievements have

occurred during this quarter.

From the perspective of policy reform and development A2Ihas accomplished sensitizing field level policymakers whocan help design services that citizens can receive throughavailable electronic means.

In order to give necessary information to the rural people, 64web portals were developed. A competition among theministries was created with holding the digital innovationfair, first of its kinds in the country. Strategy paper fordigital Bangladesh is being developed. For popularizing theconcept of digital Bangladesh, media workshops were beingheld in divisional head quarters. Steps have been taken to

use ICT in the education system.

SECTION-I: CONTEXT

1.1 DIGITAL BANGLADESH ANDDEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN

BANGLADESH

As part of its national development strategy, the Governmentof Bangladesh took office with the vision of creating adigital Bangladesh by 2021. The National ICT Policy of

2002 gives importance to the issues of e-Governance,declaring that "the Government shall use ICT systems withinthe public administration to improve efficiency, reducewastage of resources, enhance planning and raise the qualityof services." The policy further provides that "theGovernment shall implement ICT systems to provide nation-wide coverage and access by any citizen to the governmentdatabases and administrative systems which can be used toextend public services to the remotest corner.

The cabinet further approved a National ICT Policy 2009 on1st April, 2009 which is a revised version of National ICTpolicy 2002. The current ICT Policy is revised in line withthe national goals, objectives and capabilities andincorporated all the issues which are not stated in theNational ICT policy 2006.

1.2 KEY OBJECTIVES OF ANDOUTPUTS FROM A2I

PROGRAMME

1. Provide technical assistance with the preparation andpublication of a National e-Governance Vision setting in the

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context of local best practices and interests/expertise ofvarious stakeholders.

2. Provide advisory services for the identification,formulation, strategic partnership and resource mobilizationand establishment of results and performance-basedmonitoring and evaluation framework for:

a) e- Governance Driver Projectsb) Enabling Environment Projects

3. Develop capacity of the e-governance cell aimed atstrengthening skills and competencies to execute the projectsundertaken by the cell.

4. Ensure coordination between relevant stakeholders. The e-governance cell will address the existing problem ofcoordination by providing an effective platform to bring allstakeholders together including government, developmentpartners, ICT4D CSO/NGOs, and the citizen at large.

Expected Outputs from A2I Programme during the

reporting period

e-Services for citizens enhanced capacity of public servants enhanced e-Governance quick-win initiatives implemented Multi-sector e-Governance projects formulated

SECTION II: KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

In this reporting period, the project has gone through someimportant activities which played key role in policy reformand development for establishing e-governance inBangladesh.

2.1 INNOVATION2.1.1 Digital Innovation Fair: e-governance

services showcased

One of the major achievements of the project duringthis reporting period is successfully holding of DigitalInnovation Fair, first of its kind in Bangladesh. Themega event was organized in Dhaka with an aim toshowcase mainly the government initiatives to givecitizens services through electronic means. PrimeMinister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the fair,participated the all the ministries with its e-services,on 4 March.

The other highlight of the event was a series of seminarsbased on contemporary issues related to ICT servicedelivery. The seven seminars ---1.Taking services toCitizens Doorsteps through Public Service DeliveryCenters, 2. m-Governance :Entering the New Paradigm forService Delivery, 3. Sustaining e-Service Delivery withAppropriate ICT HR in the Government 4. ImplementingICT Policy 2009 to Achieve Digital Bangladesh 5.Integration of Government Agencies ThroughInteroperability 6. PPP Framework to Sustain e-Service

Delivery and 7. Developing a Positive Image of Bangladesh--- also saw a standing room only crowd. Depending upon therecommendations from the experts and the audience, anaction plan is being made.

The fair that concluded successfully on Saturday, 6 Marchsaw a significant change in government mindset as thedigitization process it initiated has helped make its servicespublic. Almost all the ministries and departments took part

in the fair through 112 stalls highlighting various servicesthat they are currently being offered.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the three-day

Digital Innovation Fair 2010 on Thursday, 4 March at

Bangabandhu Novo Theatre complex

2.2 POLICY REFORM2.2.1 Domestic Network Coordination

A2I has been involved with the work of Domestic NetworkCoordination Committee (DNCC). Domestic networkcoordination committee was set up with the goal of bettercoordination between different agencies and ministries sothat the unused infrastructure, such as laid out fiber opticcable, could be used for connectivity in the rural areas downto union level. As the work of Union Information Centre isgoing on by the LGRD ministry, the issue of connectivity inthese centres and in other important public service deliverypoint has become critical. The committee, led by thePrinciple secretary, is comprised of secretaries and leads of

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various agencies. A2I recently worked with BTRC infinalizing the draft of Rural Connectivity Policy 2010 thatwill has been circulated for consultation and which will beplaced with the committee for approval. This policy will bethe cornerstone of the facilitation and coordination of thework between Ministry of Post and Telecommunication andvariousagencies of the government like BTCL, PGCP and

Bangladesh Railway.

2.2.2 Review of ICT Policy 2009 Action Items

A2i has also been involved revision of ICT Policy 2009. ThePolicy listed 306 action items out of which 125 items weregiven priority for immediate implementation. A2I policyteam has selected 29 action items out of those 125 itemsbased on the following criteria:* Significant progress has already been achieved in an actionitem* Action item is deemed not to be feasible in short-term*Duplication with another action item* Action items that would be triggered by other actions oncethey are implemented. On May 23, 2010 the ICT PolicyReview Committee has revised the action item list providedby A2I and developed a list of 42 action items. It should benoted here that the Committee has reviewed all 306 itemsinstead of only the high-priority 125 items. Next step in thisprocess would be to identify more action items based on theoutcome of the consultation on 'Digital Bangladesh StrategyPaper' (being prepared by the A2I team) by GED, BCC andA2I.

2.2.3 Public-Private Partnership Policy revised

Public-Private Partnership (PPP) is a concept added to theBangladesh budget more formally in this financial year. A

draft policy has already been made on PPP initiative. A2iplayed a significant role to bring about some major changesto attract genuine investment in the various priority sectorsof the government. Huge investment is required for thedevelopment of infrastructure, specially power and energy,ports, communications, supply of drinking water, educationand health sector. The project held series of consultationwith experts and relevant government officials to make thePPP more efficient.

2.2.4 A2I played important role in BDF 2010

The two-day Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF) 2010that concluded successfully on Feb 16 renewed the strong

partnership between the government and developmentpartners to work towards supporting the government tobecome a middle income country.

A2I played important role and made substantive inputs indeveloping strategies of Bangladesh. One of the six majorareas that came under BDF discussion were DigitalBangladesh. All other discussions were also shadowed by it.A2i help preparing strategic papers on various issues ofDigital Bangladesh in the development forum.

2.2.5 Drafting Digital Bangladesh Strategy

Document

This quarter the research team's major activitywas coordinating the drafting and vetting process of the DBstrategy document, "Strategic Priorities of the DigitalBangladesh". There have been series of meetings, interviewswith line ministries, agencies, relevant organizations andExperts. Some of the selected chapters (draft) were shared inmeetings with line ministries- they are a) Health (23 Feb), b)Local Government (24 Feb), c) Education (25 Feb) and d)Agriculture (28Feb). Simultaneously all chapters (1st draft)were sent to related line ministries/ departments and relevantorganizations/ experts for comments and inputs. The firstdraft was semi-formally shared with selected top level policymakers for comments. In the process hon'ble Minister,Ministry of Planning was the first to respond and afterbilateral discussion it was proposed to be included in thenational policy document drafting process with GED of thePlanning Commission.

2.2.6 National Information Management

Committee

A National Information Management Committee has beenformed to over see all database related to citizens andservices. Projects two key personnel National ProjectDirector and Policy Advisorare making contribution asmembers of the committee being chaired by the PlanningMinister. The activities of the committee include formulationof policy guidelines for ensuring security and privacy of alldatabase related citizens and services which can be used atnational level like national identity cards.

2.2.7 Meeting on curbing the Cyber Crime

A series of meeting on how to curb the cyber crime wereheld at the prime Ministers Office in this quarter as thegovernment is taking many initiatives for establishing digitalBangladesh. In March, two meetings were held withconcerned government high officials and experts on theissue. Two committees were formed to make draft guidelineson cyber security. The meeting also decided that a nationalworkshop will be arranged on cyber crime to make theguideline more inclusive. The initiative was taken as thegovernment has its many websites and web portals wherecyber attack is not unlikely as this phenomenon is increasingworldwide.

2.3 TECHNICAL SUPPORT

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2.3.1 District Portals: Information at

Doorsteps

Each of the districts of the country now has its own webportal to have interaction with local people and showcaselocal information including socio-econimic development,history and culture and various government services

provided at the district level. The web portals have beendeveloped with the technical assistance from A2I andinaugurated on January 06, 2010 by the honorable PrimeMinister Sheikh Hasina in the presence of state ministers,government high officials and UNDP representatives.

2.3.2 Media sensitization on Digital

Bangladesh at Divisional

Headquarters

As part of its media sensitization initiatives, A2I has beenorganizing media workshops in divisional headquarters. A

day-long media workshop on Digital Bangladesh for localjournalists was held at Chittagong on 18 February aimed atbetter understanding of the issues of Digital Bangladesh. A2iProgramme and the Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB)

jointly organized the workshop.

A similar type of workshop was held at Khulna city on 07February. Digital Bangladesh is not a mere political slogan,it is meant for the welfare of the grassroots people saidHealth and Family Welfare Minister Dr. AFM Ruhul Haquein his inaugural speech.

In Barisal, the workshop on Digital Bangladesh for local journalists was held on 21 People believe journalists, sothey can spread the message of Digital Bangladesh, saidAdvocate Shawkat Hossain Hiron, Barisal City Mayor, asChief Guest.

2.4 QUICK WINS

2.4.1 Initiative for Making National

Information Repository

In this quarter, a series of meetings on law & human rights

content was held at Prime Ministers Office aimed atdeveloping a mechanism for the compilation of law &human rights contents in the national information repository.On Feb 23, A2i Programme organized the meeting toidentify the existing law & human rights contents and thefocal point organization for managing of all contents. Mr.Md. Nazrul Islam Khan, National Project Director of a2i,presided over the meeting. The meeting was told that thesecontents will be used in the Union Information and Servicecentre for the benefit of the rural people. Representativesfrom 15 government and non-government organizations tookpart in the discussion. A five-member organizationcommittee was formed as focal point organizations formanaging the contents.

2.4.2 Online GD filing and Online Library

General Diary now can be filed online at all 41 policestations under Dhaka Metropolitan Police. This wuick wininitiative was inaugurated by Home Minister ShaharaKhatun on March 03, 2010. Uttara police station was thefirst to have equipped with the facilities. A2i has beenproviding technical assistance in the quick win initiatives ofdifferent ministries. Now those who only need general diarynumbers dont have to go to police stations as police willsend them numbers after filling of general diary.

Another quick win initiative, online library ManagementSystem, is going to be completed shortly. This system isbeing introduced at the National Public Library.

2.4.3 Digital purjee information services

(DPIS) assessment

From 2 to 3 Feb in Mobarakganj Sugar Mill, Jhenidah theresearch team conducted an assessment process. The projecthelped implementing digital purjee management system intwo sugar mills of the country.

2.5 CONTENT DEVELOPMENT

2.5.1 Digital Contents Need Assessment

workshops

With an aim to identify the problems in teaching-learningprocess and enhance quality of classroom education, Accessto Information (a2i) Programme and Ministry of Educationhas been holding country-wide Digital Contents NeedAssessment workshops. As the part of its `ICT-enabled

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Teacher Training Programme, digital contents forsecondary teachers training will be developed to helpsecondary teachers to enhance the quality of teaching-learning process in classroom. With this view in mind,Digital Content Need Assessment Workshops with studentsof the different secondary schools of Coxs Bazar districtwere held on 21-22 March 2010. The objective of the

workshop was to assess the need of the students of veryremote region of the country and give them an opportunity tobe a part of the digital content development process.

30 students of each school were involved for identifying thedifficult contents of grade VIs English, Math and Sciencesubjects which were difficult to understand for them. Somestudents, while doing group works, also provided theiropinions about how they want to get the contents in easilyunderstandable digital format.

2.5.2 Script Development for Digital Contents

for the Primary Education Teachers Training

A2i has been working on how ICT can be used in education.With this in view, a workshop on Script Development forDigital Contents for the primary education teachers trainingwas held on 24-28 January 2010 at Proshika HRDC, Koitta,Manikganj. The workshop was jointly organized byDirectorate of Primary Education, UNICEF and Access toInformation (A2I) programme. The workshop wasinaugurated by the chief guest Mr. Mohammed Al Hassan,Education Director, UNICEF. The different project directorsand senior officials of Directorate of Primary Education,UNICEF and A2I were also present there.

Under the quick win initiative, Directorate of PrimaryEducation (under the Ministry of Primary and MassEducation) will develop some digital contents for teacherstraining. These contents will be developed for the primaryschool teachers which will help them to enhance the qualityof teaching-learning process in classroom. In the workshopteachers and experts have developed some draft scripts forthe digital contents regarding grade III English, Math andScience subjects. These draft scripts will be reviewed bysome well known national educational experts later on.

Three digital content development organizations wereclosely involved for writing the scripts. The participants(about 30) of the workshop were teacher-educators, teachertrainers, curriculum experts, multimedia experts and subjectteachers of countrys different primary schools. A2I assistedto arrange the workshop with necessary guidelines andsupport to make the workshop effective.

2.5.3 Field level assessment workshop on One

Stop Service held at Jessore

The project has been planning to establish one-stop servicein all DC offices of the country. The aim of this initiative isto provide services to the citizens at one go. Keeping this inmind, an a2i team has started field level assessment. OnFebruary 25, a two member facilitators held a workshop atJessore Collectorate Conference room to get feed back aboutthe initiative. Different professionals including journalists,lawyers, educationists, businessmen, NGO officials andgovernment officials participated in the workshop. On thesame day, an orientation on Digital Bangladesh was also

held at the same venue. District level officers, press, politicalleaders, social organization's representative, students, headof educational institutions, professional organization'srepresentatives and local elites attended.

2.6 PROJECT OPERATIONS

In this reporting period the project is being operational withthe completion of the recruitment of few project personnel.A2I Programme has completed selection process in the 1 stQuarter from Jan Mar10 for the following positionsnamely - Programme Analyst, Local DevelopmentAssociate, Policy Associate, Capacity DevelopmentAssistant, Technology Assistant (1Position), Office

Secretary, Local Development Expert and CapacityDevelopment Associate.

2.7 DEVELOPMENT RESULTS

With various e-governance activities, including some ofquick-wins, implemented, citizens are starting to get servicesat their doorsteps. Such as bills pay, union information andservices centres and digital railway ticketing. These effortshad had made a great impact on gaining trust of the seniorgovernment officials and helping them realize the benefits ofICT in increasing efficiency of their administration as wellas improve efficiency of delivering government services tocitizens. In this regard, the Digital Innovation Fair played a

great role in shaping the role of e-governance mindset aswell as competition among the ministries to make e-servicesfor the citizens. Besides, local administration is now muchmore aware of the issues of the digital Bangladesh what thisgovernment is committed to build by 2021.

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2.8 NETWORK BUILDING AND

KNOWLEDGE SHARING

Through workshops and consultation process the projecteffective involved senior government officials in e-

governance activities. Network has not only been establishedin the government mechanism to help establish digital

Bangladesh but also with private sectors for partnership.Media is being involved in the various initiatives and as aresult the whole country got know new initiatives.

See Annexure 2, Table 2.3 for complete list of Networkbuilding and knowledge sharing initiatives undertaken in thisquarter.

SECTION III: ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT

3.1 ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE AND

MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS

Access to Information (A2I) programme is beingimplemented by Prime Minister's Office in NEX modality.From, 7th June, 2009 Md. Nazrul Islam Khan,PS-1 To

Honble PM has taken the charge of National ProjectDirector of this programme as his additional designatedduty.

3.2 STAFFING OR SPECIALIZED CAPACITIES

A2I Programme has completed selection process in the 1 stQuarter from Jan Mar10 for the following positionsnamely - Programme Analyst, Local DevelopmentAssociate, Policy Associate, Capacity Development

Assistant, Technology Assistant (1Position), Office

Secretary, Local Development Expert and CapacityDevelopment Associate.

The A2I programme has also started recruitment andselection process for 7 positions in the mentioned quarter,namely: Administration Manager, Coordinator- Researchand assessment, Communication and Media Specialist,Finance Assistant, Policy Assistant, Senior Programmer (Re-advertisement) and Technology Assistant (Re-advertisement)

8 new SSA have been recruited in this period Mr.Fayazuddin Ahmed as Research Coordinator, Mr. FaruqueAhmed as Senior Consultant (Education Csontent), Mr.

Mridul Chowdhury as e-Governance Specialist, Ms. RubaiyaAhmad as e-Governance Associate, Mr. Faheem Hossain asICT4D Expert, Ms. Mahrukh Mohiuddin as e- HealthExpert, Ms. Himadri Ahsan as Research Assistant and Mr.Mobasser Hussain as Communications Consultant.

3.3 BUDGET AND DELIVERY BY MAJOR

OUTPUTS

Sl.

No.

Components Estimated

cost 2010(USD)

Progress

upto the1

stQtr.

2010

(USD)

1. CapacityDevelopment

201,500 15,465

2. Multi Sectoralinnovation

268,700 46,579

3. ImplementingQuick WinActivities

965,970 69,218

4. Strategicframeworkand plan foraction for DBdeveloped

190,300 46,786

5. TechnicalAssistance

557,670 51,722

Total 2,184,140 229,769

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SECTION IV: PARTNERSHIP

4.1 PROJECT MONITORING AND

SUPERVISION

The project had continuous institutional partnership withother relevant stakeholders. It conducted regular projectactivities monitoring meetings with those stakeholders

SECTION V: LESSONS LEARNT

Decision and commitment from the top has clear impacton the transformation of government process for e-Governance.

Incorporation of the stakeholders in the programmearchitecture and system design part, increase the success rateof any e-Governance project, and

Adequately capacitated and empowered people take moreresponsibility in their shoulder.

ANNEXES

ANNEX 1: ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE

Note: The subsequent TPP (The government ProjectDocuments) of the project included the following threecommittee as part of project control.

PROGRAMME STEERING COMMITTEE

As implementation of e-governance involves senior-levelpolicy issues and strategic direction, there is a ProjectSteering Committee which meets at least twice a year, thefirst meeting having been held within six months fromprogramme inception.

Composition of the Steering Committee is as follows:

1. Principal Secretary Chairman2. Director General (Administration), PMO Member3. Project Director, SICT Project Member4. Representative from Finance Division, Ministry ofFinance,(Not below the rank of JS) Member5. Representative from ERD (not below the rank of JS)Member6. Representative from IMED (not below the rank of JS)Member7. Representative from Planning Commission Member

(Not below the rank of JS)8. Representative from Ministry of Post andTelecommunication Member(not below the rank of JS)9. Representative from Ministry of Science and ICT Member(not below the rank of JS)10. Representative from Ministry of Law, Justice andParliamentary Affairs Member(Not below the rank of JS)

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11. Representative from e-Governance Cell Member (notbelow the rank of DS)12. Director (Administration), PMO Member13. Senior Management Representative from UNDPMember14. A2I Programme Focal Point, UNDP Member15. National Project Director (NPD) Member Secretary

In the absence of Principal Secretary Steering

Committee will be headed by Secretary of PMO.

Programme Implementation Specialist along with

the project office will provide secretarial assistance to the

Project Steering Committee.

PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE (PIC)

The Programme Implementation Committee will monitorand evaluate the programme progresses and providesolutions regarding the effective implementation of the

programme. The committee will sit for a meeting in everyfour months. Composition of the ProgrammeImplementation Committee will be as follows:

1. Director General (Administration), PMO Chairman2. Director (Administration), PMO Member3. System Analyst, PMO Member4. Representative from MoPT Member(not below the rank of DS)5. Representative from ERD Member(not below the rank of DS)6. Representative from IMED Member(not below the rank of DS)7. Representative from Planning Commission Member

(not below the rank of DS)8. Representative from Finance Division, MoF Member(not below the rank of DS)9. Representative from Ministry of Science and ICT Member(not below the rank of DS)10. Representative from e-Governance Cell Member(notbelow the rank of DS)11. Representative from BCC Member

12. Representative from UNDP Member13. PIS Member14. National Project Director (NPD) MemberSecretary

PROGRAMME TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

Provision has been kept to constitute a technical committeein the project document. The Technical Committee will beentrusted with the authority to design, suggest and finalizethe specifications of the equipments and the application

software. The technical committee will also provide qualityassurance and acceptance certificate for the delivered goodsand services before payments of all bills. The committee willrecommend on the technology and related issues for theimplementation of the project including verification of thespecification of equipments to be procured.

Composition of the Technical Committee will be as follows:

1. Director General (Administration), PMO Chairman(Additional Secretary)2. Director (Administration), PMO Member (DeputySecretary)3. System Analyst, PMO Member (Deputy Secretary)4. Representative from MoPT Member (Not below the rankof Deputy Secretary)5. Representative from Finance Division, MoF Member(Notbelow the rank of Deputy Secretary)

6. Representative from MoSICT Member(Not below therank of Deputy Secretary)

7. Representative from IMED Member(Not below the rankof Deputy Secretary)

8. Representative from BCC Member(Not below the rank ofDeputy Secretary)

9. Representative from e-Governance Cell Member(Notbelow the rank of Deputy Secretary)

10. Representative from UNDP Member(Not below the rankof Deputy Secretary)

11. PIS Member12. National Project Director (NPD) Member Secretary.

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Annex 2: Table 2.1List of Policy Advisory Support

#Policy Support Subject Area or

TitleMinistry / Department /

OrganizationAdvisor

ServiceDates

(from/to)

No. ofDays

Value ofService(US$)

Final Produ

N/A

Annex 2: Table 2.2Training and Capacity Building, Consultations

#Training or Capacity

Building Initiative

Ministries or

OrganizationsDate Location

Number of

participants

Key resu

outcom

1Workshop on DigitalBangladesh for media

a2i-Press Institute ofBangladesh

18 Feb 2010 Chittagong city 50 Capacity bu



07 Feb 2010 Khulna city 50 Capacity bu

3

Workshop on scriptdevelopment for digitalcontents for primary educationteachers training

M/o Education and a2i 24-28 Jan 2010 Manikganj 25Capacitydevelopmen



21 Mar 2010 Barisal city 50Review meeupdaing theof quickw

5UISC enterpreneurs trainingwith 20 entrepreneurs

a2i-NILG Jan 10-14 Dhaka 20 Capacity Bu

6

UISC review meeting of 32

unionsa2i-NILG Jan 3-4 Dhaka 120 Capacity Bu

7

UISC orientation for UPchairman with 140 UPchairman a2i-NILG

Jan 5-6 Dhaka140 UPchairman

Capacity Bu

8Joomla trainihg with 12 peoplefrom 6 ministries

A2i Feb 22-25 pmo 12Capacity Buon basic inteand comput

9

Basic computer and internettraining Feb 8-10 with 8 PMO

staffs

a2i Feb 8-10 pmo 08Capacity Buon basic com

10

Workshop on PMOtransportation system March 16with 6 PMO staffs

A2i March 16 pmo 06 Capacity bu

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Annex 2: Table 2.3List of international tours and experience sharing

sl .No Description Representative members

1 Tallin, Estonia Mr. Md. Nazrul Islam KhanPS-1 to Honble Prime Minister

Prime Ministers Office &National project Director

27-29 J2010

2 New Delhi, India Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Abdul Karim Khandker

Honble MinisterMinistry of Planning

Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh

Mr. Yeafesh Osman

Honble State MinisterMinistry of Science and ICT

Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh

Mr. Md. Habib Ullah Majumder

Secretary

Planning Division,

Ministry of Planning

Mr. Md. Nazrul Islam Khan

PS-1 to Honble Prime MinisterPrime Ministers Office &National project Director

Kazi Abu Mohammad Morshed

Assistant Country Director

MDGs and Pro-Poor Development Cluster,

UNDP Bangladesh

Mr. Anir Chowdhury

Policy Advisor

Access to Information (A2I) Programme

Prime Ministers Office, Dhaka

Mr. A R Azimul Hoque

Technology Specialist

Access to Information (A2I) Programme

Prime Ministers Office, Dhaka

10-12 March 20

3 New Delhi, India Mr Abu Reza Khan

Executive Chairman

Board of Investment (BOI)

Mr. Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury

Joint SecretaryTreasury and Debt Management Wing

Finance Division, Ministry of Finance

Mr. Ananya Raihan

PPP Specialist, A2I Programme &

Executive Director, D. Net

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Annex 2: Table 2.4List of knowledge products

# Knowledge Products AuthorsBudget

(USD)Completion Date Key result or outcom

1. e-Krishi (Agriculture) a2i 5200 March 2010

2. Seminar Book a2i 140 March 2010

Annex 2: Table 2.5List of grants or contracts N/A

# Project Initiative Location/Place

Benefiting

Organization or

community

Total BudgetNumber of

beneficiaries

Key res

outco

No grant was provided/ awarded in this reporting period for the implementation of the project

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