DIGITAL

CHITRANGANIE MUBARAK. CHAIRPERSONICT AGENCY OF SRI LANKA

2015-11-05

CONFERENCE ON IT UTILIZATION TO STRENGTHEN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE

SOCIETYVISION OF A DIGITALLY INCLUSIVE SRI LANKA

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A Country focused on improved innovation leveraging ICT

A Country focused on improved innovation leveraging ICT

Global Innovation Index 2015 (#GII2015)

A Country focused on improved innovation leveraging ICT

“The Sri Lankan government has made a substantial effort to develop its online portal which now ranks 74th in the world. The online portal offers A-Z government web indexes, 108 e-services for citizens, 51 e-services for businesses and 10 non-residence related e-services. The portal also offers extensive mobile and SMS services, an e-participation portal, government forms easily accessible online, a developed open data portal with data available in various formats, as well as a whole-of-government strategy”

2014 United Nations eGovernment Development Index (eGDI)

Vision of a Digital Society in Sri Lanka

Connectivity

Devices

Online Services

Digital Commerce

Empowered Citizen

Digital in Sri LankaA snapshot of the country’s key digital statistical indicators. (Mar/2015)

Connectivity

DOUBLING BROADBAND SPEEDS

FOR AN ECONOMY CAN

ADD 0.3 % TO GDP GROWTH

Source: “Socioeconomic effects of broadband speed”, ERICSSON

§ High-available infrastructure for secure Gov data exchange, voice and video calling § 3500 sites (stage 1);

4500 sites(stage 2)§ Last mile 100Mbps§ 10Gbps/ 100Gbps

backbone § 1Gbps/ 2.5Gbps/ 5Gbps

Internet backbone§ Empowered with Wi-Fi

: access from anywhere§ Integrated to the

Government Cloud (LGC)

Lanka Government Network 2.0 , 2.1

- High Speed- Reliability

• 10,000 public locations in all districts with free WiFi connectivityØ State universities, education institutions, railway stations,

central bus stands, hospitals, public parks, public libraries, museums and Government offices

Ø U.Free connectivity for all government serviceØ U.Free connectivity for digital educationØ U.Free connectivity for all electronic financial

transactionØ U.Free connectivity for all health services

WiFi to Public

Photo Credit: GizmagSource: Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, Dept. of Census and

Statistics

Strong Education System

Strong Agriculture

oriented

High Literacy

Sri Lankan mobile penetration is much higher than fixed line

subscriptions.

Schooling93.3%

Agricultural Lands: 42%,

Population 26%

Literacy 95.7%

Aiming high with Google Project Loon

Government Cloud Initiative 2.0Capitalizing on cloud computing 's capability for economic growth, cost savings and flexibility to create a more efficient, accessible means of delivering public services.

Providing on-demand computing resources to Government

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Eliminating files and transforming the work environment to a paperless/digital office

Cross-Government Document Management System

G-Cloud

Document Servers

Digital Instruction Services

Citizen / Business owner

[Gov payment services]

[online users]

Service providers

National Payment Switch

[Payments are transferred from the user’s A/C to the Gov Inst ’n bank A/C, real time]

Update payment confirmations – For Government and Commercial institutions

Financial Institutions

National Payment Switch

Framework for Real-Time Fund Transfer for Payments

Encouraging Every Citizen to be a part of the Banking SystemAll payments made electronically

Legal Framework

§ On 29th May 2015, Sri Lanka ratified the Budapest Convention on Cyber Crime – the only international treaty which effectively addresses Internet and computer crime by harmonizing national laws, improving investigative techniques, and increasing cooperation among nations.

Major strides in strengthening the legal framework

§ In doing so Sri Lanka became the first country in South Asia, and only the second in Asia, after Japan, to join this Convention.

§ On 7th July 2015 Sri Lanka ratified the UN Electronic Communications Convention Photo Credit: www.whorunsgov.com

Ø High Level Committee :Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure, Minister of Finance, Minister of Education, Minister of Public Law and Order, Minister for Investment Promotion, Minister Policy Planning, Secretary Public Administration,State Minister Defense, Secretary Defense, ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA)

Ø Issuing directives on all ICT matters across ministries, departments, public and private institutions

Setting up of an Inter-Ministerial Committee

Societal

1,000,000 - Devise Strategy

Use of Digital Technologies for Citizen empowerment and for improving livelihood starting from the grassroots

Social Circles§ Empowering Citizens with

knowledge and applications to improve quality of life

§ Promoting citizen participation and engagement with government & other stakeholders

§ Developing SMART Social Circles to facilitate and promote best use of Digital Technologies & Social Media among all communities

Electronic ID for All Citizens

Photo Credit: www.childlanka.com

Citizen Identificationfor obtaining

Government and Commercial services; Facilitating electronic financial transactions

Electronic ID Card

Photo Credit: www.clipart.com

Digital Society in Sri Lanka

§ Digitally empowered Citizens§ Removing a mindset of

geographical boundaries§ Contributing actively to

policy making§ Citizen driven government§ Making self regulated

financial decisions § A society that believes in

creativity, innovation and ability to take risks.

Thank you

Chitranganie MubarakChairperson, ICT Agency of Sri Lanka