Comparison between e-governance in Sri Lanka and Nepal

1. Comparison between e-governance
on Sri Lanka and Nepal
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2. E-government in Sri Lanka
● In November 2002, the government of Sri Lanka launched e-Sri Lanka – the
information and communication technology development roadmap to achieve
e-governance by the year 2007.
● Sri Lanka’s first ever e-government conference was held in May 2003.The event
was given utmost importance by the government of Sri Lanka, and was supported
by some of the intergovernmental organizations such as the United States Agency
for International Development (USAID) and the Swedish International
Development Agency (SundayLeader, 2003).
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3. ● According to the official document, the main purpose of e-Sri Lanka is to
achieve the desired levels of development, by enhancing national
competitiveness, reduce or eradicate poverty by realizing enhancements in
the quality of life of its citizens (GoSL, 2003). The government of Sri Lanka
believes that the vision will take the dividends of information and
communication technology (ICT) to every village, to every citizen, to every
business and also transform the way Government works (SundayLeader,
2003).
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4. Five-program implementation strategy to achieve the
vision of e-Sri Lanka (based on [GoSL, 2003])
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5. Use of ICT as a key lever for economic & social
development
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6. E-government in Nepal
● Even conversations on electronic governance, or e-governance, may appear to
be a misguided focus in today's Nepal, where brick-and-mortar governance is
undergoing a transformation.
● In a world that has succeeded in e-governance over the last 30 years by
leveraging information and communication technology, Nepal ranks 137th out
of 193 countries in the e-governance development index (EGDI) (ICT).
● E-governance, according to the United Nations, is "the application of ICT in
government operations, achieving public ends by digital means."
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7. Nepal's e-governance pipe dreams
● However, for everyone in Nepal, e-governance-enabled public service delivery
has become a pipe dream. Long lines of people in front of the Passport
Department, vehicle registration offices, and a million-strong waiting list for a
driver's license across the country are just a few examples of poor, if any, use
of ICT by even the most resourceful government institutions.
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9. Nepal's effort
● The Asian Development Bank has been supporting Nepal's Governance
Reform Program for over two decades (2001).
● Nepal also passed the necessary legislation to make e-governance a reality.
The Information Technology Umbrella Act 2014 and the Electronic
Transaction Act 2006, which theoretically legalized digital signatures for
"certain" contracts and transactions. These rules were supplemented by the IT
Policy 2010, ICT Policy 2015, e-Governance Master Plan (eGMP) 2007 and
eGMP-II 2015, as well as the 10 Year Master Plan 2011.
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10. Position of Nepal on the Infrastructure Index
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11. Nepal's e-Government Implementation Challenges
● Literacy Rate 2018
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12. ● minimal per capacity Income ($4,060 )
● Insufficient infrastructure
● Insufficient of Human Resources
● Insufficient of Leadership and Commitment/ Coordination
● Insufficient of knowledge/training
● Financial Resources are Limited
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13. ● According to e-Readiness Index, e-Government Index,Infrastructure Index and
Infrastructure Architecture, OnlineService Index, Position of Human Capital
Index, Position of e-Participation Index are very low in Nepal. There are
various challenges for the implementation of e-Government in Nepal
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14. Compare Factors
● Infrastructure Layer
This layer focuses on technologies that should be in place before
e-government services can be offered reliably and effectively to the public.
● . E-business Layer
This layer is focused on using ICT applications and tools to harness a network
of trust, knowledge sharing and information processing that takes place both
within and between organizations (Moodley, 2003)
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15. ● E-government Layer
This layer is about integrating digital data of various organizations into a
web-portal of government services, in the form of a one-stop egovernment portal.
● Access Layer
This involves the channels that government users can access the various
government services. Government users can be citizens, businesses, employees,
other governments, and other community members.
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16. ❖ The understanding of e-government barriers and challenges is a significant
strategic phase toward reliable and effective e-government adoption.
Regardless of how advanced a country in terms of ICT infrastructure and
deployment is, many technical and non-technical obstacles must be faced in
the adoption and dissemination of e-government .
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18. Thank You
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