The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Government of Myanmar are working on designing an e-governance masterplan for the country. The ADB is expected to invite shortlisted consulting firms to submit proposals this week for the USD 1.5 million project.
Having recently opened its doors to international engagement, the
Myanmar is undertaking efforts to gain and maintain competitiveness at a
global level. The Government has formed an inter-ministerial task
force for appraisal of public service performance to improve public
service delivery with a focus on streamlining bureaucratic processes and
eliminating red tape.
Presidential Adviser, Aung Tun Thet, said, “Government working
practices are changing to involve fewer people and rely more heavily on
technology. While the Government had introduced an e-government system
into ministries last year, it has not yet reached the level we want”.
“The Myanmar Ministry of Communication and Information Technology
is leading the e-government project and the budget is being made
available to assist that process. We hope to develop it further in the
future”, he added.
According to the ADB, one of the key issues facing the Government as it seeks to introduce ICT
systems to strengthen public service performance is the lack of a
coherent and systematic approach to the design, evaluation and adoption
of such systems.
This may lead to the development of e-government systems on an ad-hoc
basis, which may prove to be inappropriate and incompatible to allow
the agencies to effectively share information, says the ADB.
“Therefore, such ICT solutions will have to
be undertaken comprehensively by way of developing an e-Governance
master plan, identifying and satisfying demand systematically”.
In order to support this initiative with skilled human resource, review of ICT
capacity in academic institutions in Myanmar is also expected to take
place. This may lead to capacity development and demonstration
activities in order to improve the digital accessibility and
cost-effectiveness of the institutions.
The Government’s approval for the project is expected to be received
in August, after which, the project will begin in September.
source: Future GOV
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