Information management and knowledge for development in Public Policy : Importance of information resource centre(IRC) in public organization compliance with RTI -Bangladesh perspective Presenter : Md. Abu Sayeed Deputy Director Economic Relations Division Ministry of Finance Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207 Tel: 8802-911-9541(office) Cell: <880-1914-960801>; <880-1726-551056>. Email: <[email protected]> 1
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Information management and knowledge for development in Public Policy : Importance of
information resource centre(IRC) in public organization compliance with RTI
-Bangladesh perspective
Presenter : Md. Abu Sayeed Deputy Director Economic Relations DivisionMinistry of FinanceGovernment of the People’s Republic of BangladeshSher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207
Objective of the paper Methodology Proposed Knowledge Hub - linear structure Research findings Conclusion
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Aim and Objective -1: Sector wise National Plan Development
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Agriculture,
Water Resources
and Rural
Institutions
4Pr
ogra
mming6Industry and energy
2Physical
Infrastructure 3
Gener
al
Econo
mic
BangladeshNational
Development Plan
5Socio-
Economic infrastructur
e
National Planning com
mission has Six sectors
identified for economic Developm
ent
Ensure current Information
Ascertain Effective planning
Main Objectives
Transparent functions, accountable public fund, Im
plement RTI-2009
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Aim and Objective-2 The way information become useful and converted into knowledge for Dev.
Data input ,Preparation of National Plan for
sector wise development
IRC/Library/Central
knowledge Hub
Collection of data, information and
knowledge for national plan
Generation of knowledge
Collection of Information for
knowledge
Cultivation of knowledge
Sharing of knowledge
Re-assessing ,synchronizing data and information into
knowledge
Processing of knowledge. Indexing. Cross reference
Knowledge Assessment for Development
Dissemination of knowledge
Packaging-Repackaging
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Methodology Particularly desk research was conducted Secretariat instruction for present office procedures was
consulted Field work involved visiting Libraries in different ministries and
Divisions Reflects 31 years of practical experience in providing different
types of information services in Economic Relations Division Analyzed other relevant public offices in Bangladesh RTI implementation observed for last 5 years While it was
introduced 7 years back Opinions from veteran library and information professionals were
collected in person Related literature were consulted
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Research findings (1)
Use of Information is not in time retrieval base due to Lack of Knowledge Hub/central Information Resources Centre .
Right to information Act-2009 can be more effective through a professionally handled information system.
Systematic arrangement of knowledge and information can be made available for information retrieval in time to accelerate desired decision making process and meet RTI
Information in time certainly safes money and time which is absent in present information management activities.
An enormous flow of information resources to public organizations need to process technically for easy , fast and in time retrieval and to avoid wastage of money
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Research findings-2 Knowledge Hub is an indispensible unit to be established to hastening
development activities Development activities, e.g. Development project formulation, strategic
planning, Budget support for national budget are being done regularly but information resources have to be collected manually in disorganized manner that costs much buys time
Lack of subject wise information database consumes much time to reach an information resource that also costs much.
To reduce uncertainty policy making process deserves an Information Resource Centre or Knowledge Hub
Using knowledge Hub central sharing information resources can have an organized shape to make an information system compatible.
Information professionals in public policy making offices have no uniform staff pattern for building cumulative information resource management
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Conclusion
Every policy making office (Ministry/Division) must have a well established Information Resource Centre-IRC, as knowledge Hub ( Library/ Documentation centre) as proposed.
All types of Publications should be received by the IRC direct from generating sources and RTI compliance authentication control by a set order .
Modern equipment and internet connectivity with suitable office environment internationally standard information system and services .
Each IRC must have a information/ library professional chief at high position scale next to pay scale grade –I/immediate next scale to the head modifying work pattern.
Other professional and non-professional staffs with logical hierarchy compliance with mother organization.
Required separate budget proposed for IRC including local and foreign training facilities
