S Gavashkar

Project Manager

Why e-Sri Lanka?

Grow the ICT Sector AND use Grow the ICT Sector AND use ICT as an enabler for socio-ICT as an enabler for socio-economic developmenteconomic development

Specific mechanisms to take Specific mechanisms to take the growth in Colombo/ South-the growth in Colombo/ South-West to other areas of the West to other areas of the countrycountry

Rural Access (Nenasalas)

ICT as an enabler for Socio Economic Development

ICT as a growth Sector

Entrepreneurship

e- e- Government

e-Society

Connectivity (RTNs)

TASS

What are the problems What are the problems facing the country? facing the country?

Can Can ITIT make a difference? make a difference?

Current Concentration of Growth

70%!!!

Vision & Macro StrategiesTake the dividends of ICT to every village, to every citizen, to every business and also

transform the way government works

Improve Improve public servicespublic services and governance using ICT and governance using ICTImprove Improve ICT infrastructureICT infrastructure and enhance quality of life and enhance quality of life through providingthrough providing affordable access affordable access and opportunities and opportunitiesBuild a Build a strong ICT industrystrong ICT industryEnhance the quality of education, Enhance the quality of education, learning learning and research and research through use of ICTthrough use of ICTProliferate access to ICT in rural areas and Proliferate access to ICT in rural areas and use of ICTuse of ICT applications for rural applications for rural socio-economic developmentsocio-economic development

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E-Leadership, Policy,Capacity Building &

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Re-EngineeringGovernment

E-Society

ICT Investments& Private Sector

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ICT HRCapacity Building

InformationInfrastructure

PEACE

EQUITYGROWTH

For more details please visit www.icta.lk

What is a Nenasala?

It is a center that will provide multiple Information Communication Technology

(ICT) based services to the members of the community

Nenasala Project

Project Progress1000 Nenasalas by end 2008

•To-date 506 centres established

Ampara - 32

Anuradhapura - 41

Badulla - 38

Batticaloa – 14

Colombo - 8

Galle - 22

Gampaha - 7

Hambantota - 28

Jaffna – 5

Kalutara - 16

Kandy - 43

Kegalle - 24

Kurunagala - 34

Mannar - 1

Polonnaruwa - 17

Matara - 27

Monaragala - 29

NuwaraEliya - 24

Matale - 18

Puttalam - 17

Ratnapura - 36

Trincomalee - 15

Vauvniya - 5

Location details available at www.nenasala.lk

Religious institutions ; Temples, Kovils, Mosques and churches

Individuals or Entrepreneures – 60 individuals managed centres.

Society/Community based Nenasalas– Village development societies, Women’s Societies, Vidatha Societies,

Gemidiriya Societies, Sanasa Societies, Sarvodaya Societies, Samurdhi Societies etc.

Public Library- Kalutara, Anuradhapura, Batticaloa and Polonnaruwa

Special Locations : - Fort Railway Station, Foreign Employment Bureau, Colombo District Secretariat

Pelwatte Sugar Factory, Camps.

Who operates the centres?

Services

• High speed internet access High speed internet access • E-mail servicesE-mail services• Access to information – Government, Agriculture, health, education….Access to information – Government, Agriculture, health, education….• ScanningScanning• FaxingFaxing• Photo copingPhoto coping• Telephone servicesTelephone services• IT TrainingIT Training• e-Learninge-Learning• Business Process Outsourcing - BPOBusiness Process Outsourcing - BPO

• Video conferencing Video conferencing – only at Distance & e-Learning centres– only at Distance & e-Learning centres• Playback facilityPlayback facility - only at Distance & e-Learning centres- only at Distance & e-Learning centres• Multimedia lab facility-only at Distance & e-Learning centresMultimedia lab facility-only at Distance & e-Learning centres

www.nenasala.lk

Thank you

S Gavashkar

Project Manager

gavash@icta.lk