E- Sri Lanka

Lessons from

the Bank’s perspective

Ismail Radwan

Video-conference October 4th

The eSri Lanka VisionThe eSri Lanka Vision

To harness ICT as a lever for economic and To harness ICT as a lever for economic and social advancement by taking the social advancement by taking the dividends dividends

of ICT to every village, to every citizen, of ICT to every village, to every citizen,

to every business & to every business &

re-engineer the way government re-engineer the way government

thinks & works thinks & works

Re-Engineering

Re-Engineering

GovernmentGovernment

ICTICT Investment

Investment& Pvt. Sector

& Pvt. Sector Development

Development

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E-Leadership & Policy MakingE-Leadership & Policy Making

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E-Society

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Lang’s LocalLocal

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ContentE-SocE-SocFund

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M.o.EM.o.E C.o.EC.o.E

VocationalVocational GovtGovt

ProgramsPrograms ProgramsPrograms

Five Lessons from the Bank’s viewFive Lessons from the Bank’s viewFive Lessons from the Bank’s viewFive Lessons from the Bank’s view

1 Ensuring quality project management1 Ensuring quality project management

2. Gaining political support without interference2. Gaining political support without interference

3. Establishing the right institutional set-up3. Establishing the right institutional set-up

4. Overcoming opposition4. Overcoming opposition

5. Overcoming lack of capacity5. Overcoming lack of capacity

Quality Project Management

Project manager: Project manager: in-country in-country location.location.

DisbursementDisbursement: keep the categories : keep the categories simple.simple.

Procurement: Procurement: Don’t let it drive the Don’t let it drive the project. Get the best advice possible.project. Get the best advice possible.

Bank improvements: Bank improvements: Standard Standard contracts are not suitable.contracts are not suitable.

Political support without interference

PoliticsPolitics: Consider using political : Consider using political supportsupport

CultureCulture: build on local customs and : build on local customs and culture.culture.

Bi-partisanBi-partisan: build support from all : build support from all parties.parties.

RepresentationRepresentation: Ensure geographic : Ensure geographic and ethnic representation of the and ethnic representation of the project and the agency.project and the agency.

Institutional set-up

Who takes it forward?Who takes it forward?

Authorising environmentAuthorising environment

Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka: Autonomous agencyAutonomous agency

ParametersParameters: Business minded, : Business minded, private sector salaries, able to move private sector salaries, able to move quicklyquickly

National agency Vs project officeNational agency Vs project office

Facilitator Vs implementatorFacilitator Vs implementator

Overcoming opposition

Expect oppositionExpect opposition

Stakeholder analysisStakeholder analysis

Consult widelyConsult widely

Communicate in local languagesCommunicate in local languages

                        

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

                                                                 

Overcoming lack of capacity

PathfindingPathfinding: skills are not available: skills are not available

PartnershipPartnership: consider ways of : consider ways of bringing together international and bringing together international and local firms.local firms.

Distance learningDistance learning: As a means of : As a means of exchanging information.exchanging information.

Bank capacity;Bank capacity; we do not have all the we do not have all the answers, bring in external skills.answers, bring in external skills.

FacilitateFacilitate: bring in private sector.: bring in private sector.

ICT Investment and Private Sector

Development

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