This document provides an overview of the internship of a student from the University of Colombo School of Computing at the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) from March to August 2011. It describes ICTA's role in Sri Lanka's national e-government initiative called "e-Sri Lanka" and outlines the student's work on e-government policy adoption and projects involving policy compliance analysis and research. The student gained new skills in management, policy, research, and teamwork during the internship.
The document introduces the Digital Education Institute (DEI), which provides IT training and manpower development. It outlines DEI's mission to provide government and industry training, lists its business scope such as e-learning and certification programs, and details its training capacities, features, and honors. DEI has trained over 400,000 IT professionals over 30 years and its trainees come from various industries.
This document describes a project to develop a national career guidance system for Zambia's Ministry of Education using a decision support system. The system will help users, especially students, identify suitable careers and training programs by providing information on universities, colleges, courses and admission requirements in Zambia. It aims to address the lack of guidance available to help Zambians choose careers and institutions after secondary school. The online system will allow the Ministry of Education and other organizations to provide comprehensive information to the public on educational and training options in the country.
Latest Dissertation Sekhon Ict Enabled Gov Regorms Aug 2009Alok Mittal
This dissertation analyzes ICT projects in India and their impact on development. The author conducts case studies of three major ICT projects - land records computerization, microcredit programs, and IT kiosks. The dissertation aims to provide a holistic assessment of the opportunities and challenges for ICT-enabled governance reforms in India. While individual project case studies exist, a comprehensive academic evaluation is lacking. The author argues that ICT reforms can significantly aid development but also faces many obstacles. Core institutional and process reforms are needed alongside technology projects. Strong political will and continuous learning are key to achieving development outcomes through ICT.
The document provides an overview of expectations of the education sector from the IT industry, specifically regarding education sector software for schools. It discusses how IT can help create an effective education system by helping teachers, improving classroom instruction, and measuring progress. It then discusses Expedite Solutions, an IT company that provides education software called the School Unified Resource Enabler (SURE). SURE aims to digitize school processes like admissions, student data, attendance, exams, and communications to increase efficiency and accuracy. The document examines literature on paperless schools, school notification systems, reasons for introducing technology in schools, and available IT software in India. It outlines the research methodology used to understand school expectations of IT.
This document provides details about Julius Kipchumba Kemboi's industrial attachment report at Mount Kenya University Eldoret campus. It includes sections on the background of Mount Kenya University, Julius' experiences and tasks during the attachment, the skills and competencies he acquired, and challenges faced. The main tasks Julius performed were assisting with computer repairs and maintenance, setting up new computers, and helping students. He gained skills in troubleshooting, networking, and customer service. Some challenges included technical issues and a heavy workload. In conclusion, Julius states it was a great learning experience despite the challenges.
The document discusses Taiwan's progress in e-learning and ICT education. It provides an overview of key organizations and companies contributing to the e-learning sector in Taiwan. The Institute for Information Industry (III) has played a pivotal role in developing Taiwan's ICT industry and digital education. E-learning adoption is growing in both corporate training and K-12 education. The overall value of Taiwan's e-learning industry is also increasing, projected to reach NT$45 billion by 2012. Leading companies offer a variety of e-learning solutions including courseware, platforms, hardware, and consulting services.
The document introduces the Digital Education Institute (DEI), which provides IT training and manpower development. It outlines DEI's mission to provide government and industry training, lists its business scope such as e-learning and certification programs, and details its training capacities, features, and honors. DEI has trained over 400,000 IT professionals over 30 years and its trainees come from various industries.
This document describes a project to develop a national career guidance system for Zambia's Ministry of Education using a decision support system. The system will help users, especially students, identify suitable careers and training programs by providing information on universities, colleges, courses and admission requirements in Zambia. It aims to address the lack of guidance available to help Zambians choose careers and institutions after secondary school. The online system will allow the Ministry of Education and other organizations to provide comprehensive information to the public on educational and training options in the country.
Latest Dissertation Sekhon Ict Enabled Gov Regorms Aug 2009Alok Mittal
This dissertation analyzes ICT projects in India and their impact on development. The author conducts case studies of three major ICT projects - land records computerization, microcredit programs, and IT kiosks. The dissertation aims to provide a holistic assessment of the opportunities and challenges for ICT-enabled governance reforms in India. While individual project case studies exist, a comprehensive academic evaluation is lacking. The author argues that ICT reforms can significantly aid development but also faces many obstacles. Core institutional and process reforms are needed alongside technology projects. Strong political will and continuous learning are key to achieving development outcomes through ICT.
The document provides an overview of expectations of the education sector from the IT industry, specifically regarding education sector software for schools. It discusses how IT can help create an effective education system by helping teachers, improving classroom instruction, and measuring progress. It then discusses Expedite Solutions, an IT company that provides education software called the School Unified Resource Enabler (SURE). SURE aims to digitize school processes like admissions, student data, attendance, exams, and communications to increase efficiency and accuracy. The document examines literature on paperless schools, school notification systems, reasons for introducing technology in schools, and available IT software in India. It outlines the research methodology used to understand school expectations of IT.
This document provides details about Julius Kipchumba Kemboi's industrial attachment report at Mount Kenya University Eldoret campus. It includes sections on the background of Mount Kenya University, Julius' experiences and tasks during the attachment, the skills and competencies he acquired, and challenges faced. The main tasks Julius performed were assisting with computer repairs and maintenance, setting up new computers, and helping students. He gained skills in troubleshooting, networking, and customer service. Some challenges included technical issues and a heavy workload. In conclusion, Julius states it was a great learning experience despite the challenges.
The document discusses Taiwan's progress in e-learning and ICT education. It provides an overview of key organizations and companies contributing to the e-learning sector in Taiwan. The Institute for Information Industry (III) has played a pivotal role in developing Taiwan's ICT industry and digital education. E-learning adoption is growing in both corporate training and K-12 education. The overall value of Taiwan's e-learning industry is also increasing, projected to reach NT$45 billion by 2012. Leading companies offer a variety of e-learning solutions including courseware, platforms, hardware, and consulting services.
The document discusses the roles and challenges of Government CIOs (GCIOs) in Thailand. It outlines how Thailand has established a GCIO program to appoint CIOs in each ministry and department. The core roles of GCIOs include formulating ICT master plans, approving budgets, and monitoring ICT projects. GCIOs face challenges such as promoting e-government services, establishing inter-agency collaboration, and promoting ICT literacy. The document also provides examples of successful e-government projects led by GCIOs in Thailand.
The document provides an overview of PTCL (Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited). It discusses PTCL's history, vision, mission, nationwide infrastructure including fiber optic backbone and international submarine cable connections. It describes the services PTCL provides such as broadband, V-fone wireless services, and carrier services to other operators. The document also outlines PTCL's nationwide structure and main offices across Pakistan.
ICTA is the implementing agency of Sri Lanka's e-Sri Lanka ICT development roadmap. ICTA aims to harness ICT to drive economic and social advancement by bringing the benefits of ICT to every citizen, village, and business, and transforming how the government works. ICTA's key roles include creating an enabling environment for ICT development, providing ICT infrastructure and services, developing Sri Lanka's ICT industry and workforce, and promoting an e-Society through innovative social applications of ICT.
The document outlines a two-year Master e-Governance Training Plan (MeTP) to provide training to central government employees in Delhi on e-governance systems and processes. It recommends selecting partner organizations to develop course modules, deliver instructor-led training, and host online content. Responsibilities are divided between the partner organizations and central agencies like DARPG for planning, content development, delivery, and monitoring the training program. The goal is to equip employees with the skills needed to support e-governance initiatives across central government ministries and departments.
This document provides information about an organizational study conducted at Keltron Controls in Aroor, India. It includes an introduction outlining the objectives and scope of the study. It then discusses the history and ownership of Keltron Controls, describing how it was established in 1979 as the control and instrumentation division of KSEDC. It has since restructured into four self-profit generating strategic business units supported by common service groups. The document also provides a company profile of Keltron Controls, describing its areas of focus and departments during its early years and how it has since adapted to changing market conditions.
This report summarizes Richard Chalamilas' six-week industrial training at Tanzania Telecommunication Company Limited (TTCL). The training focused on network printer installation, configuration, and troubleshooting. Richard learned to connect printers to networks, assign IP addresses, and add printers to computers. He also studied common printer problems like paper jams and low quality prints. The report describes printer maintenance techniques and provides steps for troubleshooting printers. Overall, the training helped Richard gain practical skills in network printers that will benefit his future career.
D2.4 e participation-bestpractices_v0.5George Zhukov
This document provides guidelines and best practices for engaging university stakeholders and increasing e-participation in university decision-making. It summarizes the MyUniversity project, which equipped universities with an e-participation platform. It then outlines eight ground rules for effective e-participation, including transparency, respect, trust, and inclusion. The document also presents a conceptual model for managing e-participation initiatives, including phases for programming, planning, design, implementation, and evaluation. It provides details on stages for each phase and guidelines for successful e-participation.
Rishal Mathew conducted a study on implementing a smart delivery management system at an ITC distribution center to improve supply chain efficiency. Currently, the distribution center uses a manual system that results in high truck turnaround times, inefficient warehouse storage, underutilized vehicles, delivery attrition, and time-consuming picking/loading. The project aims to identify the root causes of these issues and analyze a proposed smart system versus the manual one. Various tools are used to study workflows and conduct a cost-benefit analysis of implementing the new system. The findings could help simplify rolling out the smart system to other ITC distribution centers for enhanced delivery planning and customer satisfaction.
The document summarizes efforts by Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) at UC Santa Barbara to build and improve enterprise IT functions over the past year. Key accomplishments include expanding core infrastructure and application services, establishing plans and processes to create an Enterprise Service Desk, formalizing an IT service catalog, improving IT processes, revising the IT funding model, and appointing roles like Business Relationship Managers and an Enterprise Architect to develop an IT strategy and governance structure. ETS consolidated multiple campus IT organizations to provide centralized enterprise services more efficiently while maintaining local support.
Framework for Securing Educational E-Government Serviceijcisjournal
Enhancement in technology is leading to a change in the way governments, individuals, institutions and
business entities provide quality services to the citizen. Today's education system plays crucial role for
developing cognizance in society so e-government service is obliged to integrate with educational system.
In this work we proposed a novel framework for integrating educational service within e-government
services. One of the main tasks of this paper is to explore or propose a Secure Examination Management
System (SEMS). The system has been designed using cryptographic primitives, which enables students to
take the exam from anywhere. The student is allowed to take the exam after he gives his necessary
authentication details. In SEMS, it is important to exclude false students while ensuring the privacy for the
honest students. It allows evaluators to share student examination papers for evaluation with proper
authentication. This is done using digital signatures, authentication and confidentiality provided by public
key cryptographic system.
This document provides ICT curricula for teachers and students in the school system. It aims to prepare youth to participate in establishing a knowledge society and to be globally competitive, as outlined in the National Policy on ICT in School Education.
The curriculum for teachers focuses on 6 learning strands: connecting with the world through online resources, connecting with each other, creating with ICT, interacting with ICT, possibilities of ICT in education, and reaching out/bridging divides. It includes 14 modules covering topics such as digital storytelling, data analysis, using ICT for teaching/learning/evaluation, documentation/communication, and subject-specific ICT tools.
The student curriculum spans 3 years with 3 sessions
Assessing school children’ ICT literacy skill remains a problem. Children are different from adults in the way they use technology. For that reason, commonly used evaluation methods such as questionnaires and observations are not able to potray the competency level acquired by these children. This paper explores the possibility of using suitable tracing tool for capturing computing activities of school children. In this pilot study, nine school children who are e-book users have been selected. The log file produced by the tracing tool was then used to identify the patterns of ICT competency level among these e-book users. The results show the benefit of using the RateSkill as a computerized and automated ICT literacy skill assessment tool.
The document summarizes findings from a study conducted with 45 small and medium enterprise (SME) representatives in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. The study explored how SMEs currently use mobile technologies to support their business activities, the challenges they face, and opportunities for using technology. Key findings include: SMEs spend most time on customer service, administration, and marketing activities and currently use basic applications like SMS, calls and social media. Challenges centered around affordability, skills, and network issues while opportunities exist to use technology for improved communication, sales, and operations. The report concludes with participant feedback on the value of the experiential learning process.
Dr. Fred Matiang'i, the Cabinet Secretary of Kenya's Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology, delivered the opening speech at the 2014 eLearning Innovations Conference. He emphasized that ICTs are integral to Kenya's development goals and that the conference objectives align well with those of his ministry. The conference brings together innovators in eLearning and mobile learning to exchange ideas and discuss how ICTs can promote learning across various sectors. Dr. Matiang'i challenged attendees to find innovative ways to use ICTs to address challenges and enhance lives, and committed his ministry to supporting eLearning initiatives through infrastructure development, partnerships, and talent development.
The article summarizes the activities and goals of the Asia Pacific Board (APB) of the IEEE Communications Society. It discusses the structure and committees of the APB, including the Membership Development Committee, Chapters Coordination Committee, Technical Affairs Committee, Information Services Committee, and Meetings and Conferences Committee. It outlines the objectives and plans of each committee, such as organizing events, distributing information, coordinating chapters, and selecting award winners. The overall aim of the APB and its committees is to support and promote the IEEE Communications Society within the Asia Pacific region.
Global communications newsletter september 2010Arief Gunawan
The article summarizes the activities and goals of the Asia Pacific Board (APB) of the IEEE Communications Society. It discusses the structure and committees of the APB, including the Membership Development Committee, Chapters Coordination Committee, Technical Affairs Committee, Information Services Committee, and Meetings and Conferences Committee. It outlines the objectives and plans of each committee, such as organizing events, distributing information, and coordinating activities in the Asia Pacific region. It also describes the APB Young Researcher Award program.
C-DIT is an organization established in 1988 by the Government of Kerala to advance research, development and training in imaging technology. It is housed on a 3-acre campus in Trivandrum and has regional centers in Kayamkulam, Ernakulam, and Kannur. Over the years, C-DIT has taken on many prestigious projects for the Government of Kerala across various domains including communication, technology, education and training, and operations. It has received several national and international awards for its work.
The document discusses the implementation of e-governance on Fonepay Payment Service Ltd. in Nepal. It provides background on the origin and goals of Fonepay, which was launched in 2019 to facilitate digital payments. The document then reviews literature on digital payments in Nepal and the current role of Fonepay. It describes the methodology used in Fonepay's implementation, including its technologies, website features, registration process, and benefits like reduced transaction times. Finally, it discusses the project's achievements in facilitating cashless payments, though an impact assessment on increased revenue is still pending.
The ACS Australia Assessment evaluates an individual's suitability for skilled migration or permanent residency. Aspiring trainers need to go through this rigorous assessment process to demonstrate their capabilities and adhere to the country's industry standards.
This document provides an introduction to the School of Computer and Communication Engineering (SCCE) at Universiti Malaysia Perlis. It discusses the philosophy, programs offered, and focus on integrating knowledge, skills, research and industry feedback to continually improve and update the curriculum. SCCE offers diploma, bachelor's, master's and PhD programs in computer, communication and electronic fields. The goal is to provide students with outstanding training for careers in industry, academia and government.
5th LF Energy Power Grid Model Meet-up SlidesDanBrown980551
5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.
Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power grid’s behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.
Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
-Insightful presentations covering two practical applications of the Power Grid Model.
-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
-An interactive brainstorming session to discuss and propose new feature requests.
-An opportunity to connect with fellow Power Grid Model enthusiasts and users.
The document discusses the roles and challenges of Government CIOs (GCIOs) in Thailand. It outlines how Thailand has established a GCIO program to appoint CIOs in each ministry and department. The core roles of GCIOs include formulating ICT master plans, approving budgets, and monitoring ICT projects. GCIOs face challenges such as promoting e-government services, establishing inter-agency collaboration, and promoting ICT literacy. The document also provides examples of successful e-government projects led by GCIOs in Thailand.
The document provides an overview of PTCL (Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited). It discusses PTCL's history, vision, mission, nationwide infrastructure including fiber optic backbone and international submarine cable connections. It describes the services PTCL provides such as broadband, V-fone wireless services, and carrier services to other operators. The document also outlines PTCL's nationwide structure and main offices across Pakistan.
ICTA is the implementing agency of Sri Lanka's e-Sri Lanka ICT development roadmap. ICTA aims to harness ICT to drive economic and social advancement by bringing the benefits of ICT to every citizen, village, and business, and transforming how the government works. ICTA's key roles include creating an enabling environment for ICT development, providing ICT infrastructure and services, developing Sri Lanka's ICT industry and workforce, and promoting an e-Society through innovative social applications of ICT.
The document outlines a two-year Master e-Governance Training Plan (MeTP) to provide training to central government employees in Delhi on e-governance systems and processes. It recommends selecting partner organizations to develop course modules, deliver instructor-led training, and host online content. Responsibilities are divided between the partner organizations and central agencies like DARPG for planning, content development, delivery, and monitoring the training program. The goal is to equip employees with the skills needed to support e-governance initiatives across central government ministries and departments.
This document provides information about an organizational study conducted at Keltron Controls in Aroor, India. It includes an introduction outlining the objectives and scope of the study. It then discusses the history and ownership of Keltron Controls, describing how it was established in 1979 as the control and instrumentation division of KSEDC. It has since restructured into four self-profit generating strategic business units supported by common service groups. The document also provides a company profile of Keltron Controls, describing its areas of focus and departments during its early years and how it has since adapted to changing market conditions.
This report summarizes Richard Chalamilas' six-week industrial training at Tanzania Telecommunication Company Limited (TTCL). The training focused on network printer installation, configuration, and troubleshooting. Richard learned to connect printers to networks, assign IP addresses, and add printers to computers. He also studied common printer problems like paper jams and low quality prints. The report describes printer maintenance techniques and provides steps for troubleshooting printers. Overall, the training helped Richard gain practical skills in network printers that will benefit his future career.
D2.4 e participation-bestpractices_v0.5George Zhukov
This document provides guidelines and best practices for engaging university stakeholders and increasing e-participation in university decision-making. It summarizes the MyUniversity project, which equipped universities with an e-participation platform. It then outlines eight ground rules for effective e-participation, including transparency, respect, trust, and inclusion. The document also presents a conceptual model for managing e-participation initiatives, including phases for programming, planning, design, implementation, and evaluation. It provides details on stages for each phase and guidelines for successful e-participation.
Rishal Mathew conducted a study on implementing a smart delivery management system at an ITC distribution center to improve supply chain efficiency. Currently, the distribution center uses a manual system that results in high truck turnaround times, inefficient warehouse storage, underutilized vehicles, delivery attrition, and time-consuming picking/loading. The project aims to identify the root causes of these issues and analyze a proposed smart system versus the manual one. Various tools are used to study workflows and conduct a cost-benefit analysis of implementing the new system. The findings could help simplify rolling out the smart system to other ITC distribution centers for enhanced delivery planning and customer satisfaction.
The document summarizes efforts by Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) at UC Santa Barbara to build and improve enterprise IT functions over the past year. Key accomplishments include expanding core infrastructure and application services, establishing plans and processes to create an Enterprise Service Desk, formalizing an IT service catalog, improving IT processes, revising the IT funding model, and appointing roles like Business Relationship Managers and an Enterprise Architect to develop an IT strategy and governance structure. ETS consolidated multiple campus IT organizations to provide centralized enterprise services more efficiently while maintaining local support.
Framework for Securing Educational E-Government Serviceijcisjournal
Enhancement in technology is leading to a change in the way governments, individuals, institutions and
business entities provide quality services to the citizen. Today's education system plays crucial role for
developing cognizance in society so e-government service is obliged to integrate with educational system.
In this work we proposed a novel framework for integrating educational service within e-government
services. One of the main tasks of this paper is to explore or propose a Secure Examination Management
System (SEMS). The system has been designed using cryptographic primitives, which enables students to
take the exam from anywhere. The student is allowed to take the exam after he gives his necessary
authentication details. In SEMS, it is important to exclude false students while ensuring the privacy for the
honest students. It allows evaluators to share student examination papers for evaluation with proper
authentication. This is done using digital signatures, authentication and confidentiality provided by public
key cryptographic system.
This document provides ICT curricula for teachers and students in the school system. It aims to prepare youth to participate in establishing a knowledge society and to be globally competitive, as outlined in the National Policy on ICT in School Education.
The curriculum for teachers focuses on 6 learning strands: connecting with the world through online resources, connecting with each other, creating with ICT, interacting with ICT, possibilities of ICT in education, and reaching out/bridging divides. It includes 14 modules covering topics such as digital storytelling, data analysis, using ICT for teaching/learning/evaluation, documentation/communication, and subject-specific ICT tools.
The student curriculum spans 3 years with 3 sessions
Assessing school children’ ICT literacy skill remains a problem. Children are different from adults in the way they use technology. For that reason, commonly used evaluation methods such as questionnaires and observations are not able to potray the competency level acquired by these children. This paper explores the possibility of using suitable tracing tool for capturing computing activities of school children. In this pilot study, nine school children who are e-book users have been selected. The log file produced by the tracing tool was then used to identify the patterns of ICT competency level among these e-book users. The results show the benefit of using the RateSkill as a computerized and automated ICT literacy skill assessment tool.
The document summarizes findings from a study conducted with 45 small and medium enterprise (SME) representatives in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. The study explored how SMEs currently use mobile technologies to support their business activities, the challenges they face, and opportunities for using technology. Key findings include: SMEs spend most time on customer service, administration, and marketing activities and currently use basic applications like SMS, calls and social media. Challenges centered around affordability, skills, and network issues while opportunities exist to use technology for improved communication, sales, and operations. The report concludes with participant feedback on the value of the experiential learning process.
Dr. Fred Matiang'i, the Cabinet Secretary of Kenya's Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology, delivered the opening speech at the 2014 eLearning Innovations Conference. He emphasized that ICTs are integral to Kenya's development goals and that the conference objectives align well with those of his ministry. The conference brings together innovators in eLearning and mobile learning to exchange ideas and discuss how ICTs can promote learning across various sectors. Dr. Matiang'i challenged attendees to find innovative ways to use ICTs to address challenges and enhance lives, and committed his ministry to supporting eLearning initiatives through infrastructure development, partnerships, and talent development.
The article summarizes the activities and goals of the Asia Pacific Board (APB) of the IEEE Communications Society. It discusses the structure and committees of the APB, including the Membership Development Committee, Chapters Coordination Committee, Technical Affairs Committee, Information Services Committee, and Meetings and Conferences Committee. It outlines the objectives and plans of each committee, such as organizing events, distributing information, coordinating chapters, and selecting award winners. The overall aim of the APB and its committees is to support and promote the IEEE Communications Society within the Asia Pacific region.
Global communications newsletter september 2010Arief Gunawan
The article summarizes the activities and goals of the Asia Pacific Board (APB) of the IEEE Communications Society. It discusses the structure and committees of the APB, including the Membership Development Committee, Chapters Coordination Committee, Technical Affairs Committee, Information Services Committee, and Meetings and Conferences Committee. It outlines the objectives and plans of each committee, such as organizing events, distributing information, and coordinating activities in the Asia Pacific region. It also describes the APB Young Researcher Award program.
C-DIT is an organization established in 1988 by the Government of Kerala to advance research, development and training in imaging technology. It is housed on a 3-acre campus in Trivandrum and has regional centers in Kayamkulam, Ernakulam, and Kannur. Over the years, C-DIT has taken on many prestigious projects for the Government of Kerala across various domains including communication, technology, education and training, and operations. It has received several national and international awards for its work.
The document discusses the implementation of e-governance on Fonepay Payment Service Ltd. in Nepal. It provides background on the origin and goals of Fonepay, which was launched in 2019 to facilitate digital payments. The document then reviews literature on digital payments in Nepal and the current role of Fonepay. It describes the methodology used in Fonepay's implementation, including its technologies, website features, registration process, and benefits like reduced transaction times. Finally, it discusses the project's achievements in facilitating cashless payments, though an impact assessment on increased revenue is still pending.
The ACS Australia Assessment evaluates an individual's suitability for skilled migration or permanent residency. Aspiring trainers need to go through this rigorous assessment process to demonstrate their capabilities and adhere to the country's industry standards.
This document provides an introduction to the School of Computer and Communication Engineering (SCCE) at Universiti Malaysia Perlis. It discusses the philosophy, programs offered, and focus on integrating knowledge, skills, research and industry feedback to continually improve and update the curriculum. SCCE offers diploma, bachelor's, master's and PhD programs in computer, communication and electronic fields. The goal is to provide students with outstanding training for careers in industry, academia and government.
5th LF Energy Power Grid Model Meet-up SlidesDanBrown980551
5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.
Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power grid’s behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.
Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
-Insightful presentations covering two practical applications of the Power Grid Model.
-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
-An interactive brainstorming session to discuss and propose new feature requests.
-An opportunity to connect with fellow Power Grid Model enthusiasts and users.
Best 20 SEO Techniques To Improve Website Visibility In SERPPixlogix Infotech
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With Skybuffer AI, various AI models can be integrated into a single communication channel such as Microsoft Teams. This integration empowers business users with insights drawn from SAP backend systems, enterprise documents, and the expansive knowledge of Generative AI. And the best part of it is that it is all managed through our intuitive no-code Action Server interface, requiring no extensive coding knowledge and making the advanced AI accessible to more users.
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A Comprehensive Guide to DeFi Development Services in 2024Intelisync
DeFi represents a paradigm shift in the financial industry. Instead of relying on traditional, centralized institutions like banks, DeFi leverages blockchain technology to create a decentralized network of financial services. This means that financial transactions can occur directly between parties, without intermediaries, using smart contracts on platforms like Ethereum.
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At Intelisync, we specialize in providing comprehensive DeFi development services tailored to meet the unique needs of our clients. From smart contract development to dApp creation and security audits, we ensure that your DeFi project is built with innovation, security, and scalability in mind. Trust Intelisync to guide you through the intricate landscape of decentralized finance and unlock the full potential of blockchain technology.
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ICTA -e -GOV-policy Review Report
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ABSTRACT
"We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of
verbal instruction." --Malcolm Gladwell
As undergraduates of the Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology (BICT)
Degree programme offered by the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC), the final
semester in our 3rd year is reserved for the internship period which we are to undergo for a
period of 6 months.
My Six-month Industrial Internship Program work term was with the Re-Engineering
Government Unit of the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka for
the period beginning on 14th March 2011 till 31st August 2011. I was involved in the area of e-
Government Policy during my work term, all of which will be outlined in this report. This report
will cover some background information on the projects I was involved in, as well as details on
how the projects were developed.
I acquired many new Management skills throughout my work term. I acquired new knowledge
in the area of e-Government Policy. I also brushed up my Analyzing skills while doing the Policy
Compliance Analysis. Then I got introduced to the area of research and how to approach it.
Most importantly, the work experience was very good which included good fellowship,
cooperative teamwork and accepting responsibilities. Although I spent a lot of time learning
new things, I found that I was well trained in certain areas that helped me substantially in my
projects.
This report concludes with my overall impressions of my work experience as well as my opinion
of the Industrial Internship Program in general.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to acknowledge the following people for their support and assistance with this
internship.
First and foremost, I’d like to express my sincere gratitude to the Professional Development
Center, Dr. Shiromi Arunatileka and Ms. U.D.A.W. Gunasinghe for coordinating this internship
programme for all of us.
During my internship Program, the staff at ICTA and persons guiding me was very helpful and
extended their valuable guidance and help whenever required for the projects which I worked
on.
I am very thankful to my immediate supervisor Mr. Sameera Jayawardena (Project Manager-
HRD) for his invaluable guidance and advice, friendly support during my Internship.
I also thank Mr.Wasantha Deshapriya (Program Director – Re-engineering Government) who
helped us in the e-Government Policy on Audit Trails by sharing his vast experience and giving
valuable direction to the project.
I am thankful to Mrs. Nalini Senasekera (Program Head-HRD) for her guidance and allowing me
to take on the additional job duties of this monitoring project.
I would also like to thank all employees at ICTA for their support, guidance and for providing us
with the opportunity to work with them and the experience gained. Specially Mr. Chathura
Sammandapperuma, Mr.Dinuka Perera, Mr.Indika and Mrs.Chathurani, for sharing their
knowledge and experience.
Overall, the above team made my stay at ICTA an enjoyable one and I am grateful to them for
making it so.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abstract ......................................................................................................................................................... 2
Acknowledgement ......................................................................................................................................... 3
Acronyms ....................................................................................................................................................... 5
Chapter 1: Company profile .......................................................................................................................... 6
Background ................................................................................................................................................ 6
e-srilanka ................................................................................................................................................... 6
Company Introduction............................................................................................................................. 11
Board of Directors ................................................................................................................................... 12
Leadership Team ..................................................................................................................................... 12
Management Team ................................................................................................................................. 12
ICTA Teams & Departments .................................................................................................................... 13
Software and Hardware used .................................................................................................................. 13
Chapter 2: Training and experience gained ................................................................................................. 14
e-government policy adoption ................................................................................................................ 14
Work Experience ..................................................................................................................................... 15
summary of activities .............................................................................................................................. 16
Chapter 3: Observation and Comments ...................................................................................................... 17
Chapter 4: Conclusion ................................................................................................................................. 18
Reference .................................................................................................................................................... 18
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ACRONYMS
ICTA Information and Communication Technology Agency
ICT Information and Communication Technology
GoSL Government of SriLanka
CINTEC Computer and Information Technology Council of Sri Lanka
P
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CHAPTER 1: COMPANY PROFILE
This chapter carries information on how this organization came in to existence, what they do,
etc…
BACKGROUND
“Sri Lanka has, in my estimation, one of the most mature and robust e-governance initiatives of
any of the countries I have visited to date”. Michael Tiemann, VP, -Red Hat.
Performance of government affects quality of life, economic growth and voter behavior. To
that extent, it is essential to streamline the business of governance. Technology has been a
widely used tool to increase productivity and to remove inefficiencies in various industries in
the late 20th century. However, the business of governance has been late in adopting
technology solutions to increase its efficiency. The primary reason for this anomaly is that there
are numerous technology issues that need to be resolved before a true e-Governance solution
can be adopted.
Therefore taking in to account the significant role ICT plays in today’s world; The Government
of Sri Lanka developed the e-Sri Lanka Roadmap with the objective of harnessing ICTs towards
achieving socio-economic development in the country. The vision of e-Sri Lanka is “to take the
dividends of ICT to every village, to every citizen and to every business and transform the way
government thinks and works”. The e-Sri Lanka vision and roadmap gave birth to a nation-wide
ICT for development initiative, addressing all sectors of the economy and society, where ICT is
used to enhance national competitiveness, reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of
citizens.
E-SRILANKA
The design of e-Sri Lanka is based on the need to take a more holistic approach to development
using ICT. In other words, economic and social development is the overall objective with ICT
merely playing the role of an enabler of development.
E-Sri Lanka was the approach undertaken to accomplish the objective: foster social integration,
peace, economic growth and poverty reduction.
Figure 1: Design of e-Sri Lanka
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It was expected that through implementation of the e Sri Lanka initiative, it would create a
e-Sri
more enabling environment where citizens would have access to new technologies to ease
their day to day activities as well as cooperating with public and private sectors as well as the
private
civil society to make sure the objectives of this initiative are achieved.
Objective:
“To harness and exploit ICT for achieving broad based growth across key sectors of the
To
economy and society, in support of the overall development goals of economic growth, equity
development
and peace building.”
Expected outcomes:
• More effective, citizen
citizen-centred & business-friendly government.
• Empowerment of the rural poor, disadvantaged groups, women & youth through
increased and affordable access to information and communication tools.
• Developed leadership & skills in ICT.
• Employment in the ICT and IT enabled services industry.
• Enhanced competitiveness of user industries & services.
Figure 2: Components of e-Sri Lanka
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E-Sri Lanka is composed of six core programme areas:
Re-Engineering
Engineering Information ICT HR Capacity
Government Infrastructure Building
ICT Investment & ICT Policy,
Private Sector Leadership & E-Society
E
Development Capacity Building
Let’s see in detail what each of these areas contributes to.
RE-ENGINEERING GOVERNME
ENGINEERING GOVERNMENT
Re-engineering Government Programme is fundamental reform of government with the
engineering
objective of improving citizen service delivery. This will be achieved by improving the way
delivery.
government works, by first re engineering and then technologically empowering government
re-engineering
business processes, including government government (G2G), government
government-to-government government-to-citizen (G2C)
and government-to-business (G2B)
business (G2B).
Vision: To provide citizen services in the most efficient manner by improving the way government works
by re-engineering and technologically empowering government business processes
engineering processes.
There are many advantages which are expected out of this programme.
• Increase the efficiency, transparency, effectiveness
rease
• Reduce the wastage
• Increase the reliability & high security for the information
• Reduce data repetition as well as increase the data consistency
FIGURE 3: E-SERVICES LIST
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E-SOCIETY
The e-Society Programme seeks to use ICT as a k lever for socio-economic development at
key economic
the community level. Ensuring equitable and balanced access to information and knowledge,
especially within the rural society, and representation of marginalized and deprived groups, will
promote equitable growth and assist in closing gaps between urban and rural areas.
• Raise awareness among rural communities about the uses and benefits of ICT through
a strategic and sustained communications campaign.
• Develop multi-stakeholder partnerships in ICT for Development. These partnerships
stakeholder
will network ICTA with other organizations and institutions that are engaged in
promoting an e-Society.
Society.
• Establish a grants fund that will adopt a bottom up approach to solicit and develop
innovative solutions using ICT to benefit rural poor, women, displaced persons, and
rural
those residing in conflict
conflict-affected areas.
ICT HR CAPACITY BUILDING
DING
This will support re-engineering government by equipping public sector employees with the
engineering
required ICT, leadership and management skills and competencies. ICTA will also encourage
competencies.
international training institutions to invest in Sri Lanka and increase the pool of ICT trained
professionals so that Sri Lanka has the numbers needed to cater to inward investment
opportunities and is seen as an attractive destination for high quality human resources.
INFORMATION INFRASTR
INFRASTRUCTURE
This Programme is a user
user-friendly and state-of-the-art technology or ICT infrastructure
art
established throughout Sri Lanka that enables all citizens to have equal and affordable access
to dynamic information, modern communications, electronic services, and content, creating
the enabling environment for e
e-government, e-commerce and e-business.
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ICT INVESTMENT & PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
ICT Private Sector Development Programme has parallel aims of supporting the domestic ICT
sector and the ICT export industry of Sri Lanka. For the domestic sector, ICTA is aiming to
increase utilization of ICT across all sectors, particularly in government. The second objective is
to re-brand Sri Lanka as a destination of choice for ICT products, services and investments.
These twin aims will aim to create a competitive ICT industry and contribute to achieving
sustainable economic growth and employment creation in Sri Lanka.
So, this is done by:
• Promoting growth of the local private sector by providing ICT solutions
• Promotion of local ICT products & services to the global market, etc.
ICT POLICY, LEADERSHIP & INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The ICT Policy, Leadership & Institutional Capacity Building Programme focuses on developing
a conducive environment to achieve the objectives of ‘e-Sri Lanka’ and establishing the
necessary institutional framework. Its goal is to create a pro-active policy and a regulatory
environment that is supportive of ICT reform and ICT-based development, develop the ICT
leadership and institutional capacity, and communicate these initiatives and policies to the
wider stakeholder audience.
The Programme is implemented through the following Core Strategies:
• Facilitate the formulation and adoption of a National ICT Policy, ICT Action Plan and
necessary Legal Framework in collaboration with the Administrative Reforms
Committee and relevant stakeholder groups.
• Provide focus and leadership for e-Sri Lanka and for ICT for development in general,
including building e-leadership skills among senior government officials, business and
civil society leaders.
• Establish ICTA as a ‘centre of excellence’ in ICT for development, through timely and
cost effective implementation of e-Sri Lanka and building external capacity in project
management.
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COMPANY INTRODUCTION
The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) was established in
July 2003 and pursuant to Information and Communication Technology Act No. 27 of 2003, (IC (ICT
Act), ICTA was identified as the legal successor to CINTEC and became the apex ICT institution
of the Government, presently functioning within the purview of the Presidential Secretariat.
Under the ICT Act No. 27 of 2003 ICTA was empowered to formulate and implement strategies
and programmes in both the Government and the private sector and pursuant thereto ICTA
prepared programs and strategies on Information and Communication Technology, which are
presently embodied in the “e-Sri Lanka Development Project”.
Location
160/24, Kirimandala Mawatha, Colombo 05
05.
Contact
e-mail: info@icta.lk
Tele-phone: +94-11-236 9100
Fax: 94-11-236 9091
Website: http://www.icta.lk
Employees
80
Funded Agencies:
VISION OF ICTA
“To adopt ICT in all its aspects to make government more efficient and effective, improve access
To
to government services, and create a mo citizen centric government”
more
The vision of ICTA, as shown above, is to promote use of Information and Communication
Technology for the development of the economy as well as the community. They hope to do
this by taking the advantages of ICT to each and every corner of the land and re
every re-engineering
the quality of services provided by the government by equipping them with the needed
knowledge and skills in this regard.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
• Acting Chairman Professor P. W. Epasinghe
• Board Director Dr. R.B.Ekanayake
• Board Director Mr. M.D.Ravi Senanayake
• Board Director Mr. Earle Fernando
• Board Director Mr. Neil Umagiliya
• Board Director Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne
• Board Director Mr. Sajith.R.Attygalle
• Board Director Prof. Vijaya Kumar
LEADERSHIP TEAM
• COO/ Director Reshan Dewapura
• Program Director- Re-engineering Government Wasantha Deshapriya
• Program Director / Legal Advisor Jayantha Fernando
MANAGEMENT TEAM
• Senior Programme Head- Strategic Communications & Media Athula Pushpakumara
• Procurement Advisor Christy Perera
• Senior Programme Head - e-Society Chitranganie Mubarak
• Programme Head - Re-engineering Government D.C.Dissanayake
• Programme Head - Administration Radley Dissanayake
• Programme Head- Monitoring & Evaluation Jagath Seneviratna
• Head of Technology & Chief Software Architect Sanjaya Karunasena
• Programme Head - Information Infrastructure Dil Piyaratna
• Programme Head - Private sector Development Fayaz Hudah
• Procurement Specialist Gamini Karunaratne
• Programme Specialist Thushara Suraweera
• Manager Finance Percy Attanayaka
• Program Manager- Information Infrastructure Aruni Goonetilleke
• Program Manager- HRD Nalini Senasekera
• Internal Auditor Melvin Perera
• Senior Project Manager Kanchana Thudugala
• Senior Technologist Crishantha Nanayakkara
• Senior Systems Engineer Himira Ratnatilake
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ICTA TEAMS & DEPARTMENTS
At ICTA, the employees are grouped in to different teams depending on the area of
specialization and the purpose they serve. The teams are as follows:
1. Technology Team 7. Legal Team
2. Re-Gov Team 8. HRD Team
3. Nenasala Team 9. Procurement Team
4. E-Society Team 10. Private Sector Team
5. Monitoring & Evaluation Team 11. Administration Team
6. Communications Team
Usually each team contains a Senior Programme Head, Programme Head, Project Officers and
Specialists.
SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE USED
Operating Systems
• Windows platform: XP, Vista, Windows 7
• Linux Platform: Ubuntu, Fedora
Application Software
• Microsoft Office Packages
• Content Management System
• Online Survey Tools
• LibreOffice
• OpenProj
• SAAS Software
Hardware:
• The company has its’ own servers (to host the intranet and other systems)
• The Company has its’ own LGN servers to provide e-services by government
organizations.
• ICTA’s employees have either a desktop computer or a laptop in order to carry out the
work they are involved with.
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CHAPTER 2: TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE GAINED
This part of the project involved gaining a good understanding of an ICT Policy for Government
Organizations. My task was to study its capabilities from the point of view of a data
management solution in the e-Gov system. My task was to:
• Understand the e-government policy,
• How to adopt the e-government policy,
• Analyze the policy Compliance of Government Organizations.
E-GOVERNMENT POLICY ADOPTION
The ICT Policy articulates the minimum requirements expected of government organizations,
and government organizations could add on to this and create their own organizational ICT
policies and procedures, within this Policy framework. Thus, the Policy is mandatory for
providing a unified approach in implementing e-government services and achieving the
following:
• Improved efficiency and effectiveness of government organizations in Sri Lanka thereby
making each government organization’s budget go further.
• Ease and accessibility of government information and services for citizens, and other
government organizations.
• Promote good governance.
• Develop ICT competence among government employees.
• Manage ICT resources in sustainable manner.
Therefore ICT Policy and Procedures for the Government (e-Government Policy) was approved
by the Cabinet of Ministers on 2009-12-16 to be implemented by all government organizations
including Ministries, Government Departments, Provincial Councils, District Secretariats,
Divisional Secretariats and Local Government Authorities. The
Cabinet of Ministers also recommended the e-Government Policy
to be implemented by the Government Corporations and
Statutory Boards. A Presidential New Circular (No:
SP/5/1/ICTA/Re-Gov) was issued to all government organizations
to inform the need for e-Government Policy compliance. It
specially drew attention to achieve compliance for 40 critical
policy requirements. The implementation period is 3 phases
starting from June 2011. Amidst other responsibilities,
Reengineering Government Programme (Re-Gov) of ICTA carried
out a rigorous awareness campaign to educate the public sector
on the e-Government Policy and convince the government Leaders and CIOs of the importance
of implementation of e-Government Policy.
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STRUCTURE OF THE ICT POLICY UNIT
The ICT policy team of ICTA consists of 2 members as shown in Figure 3 below
below.
Director,
Mr. Wasantha Deshapriya
Re-
Re-engineering
Project Manager Mr. Sameera Jayawardana
Figure 3: Structure of the ICT Policy Unit
MAIN SOFTWARES USED IN THE ICT POLICY UNIT:
• Microsoft Office Packages
ft
• Online Survey Tools
• ICTA Forum
WORK EXPERIENCE
My work at ICTA could be classified in to 3 groups.
1. ICT Policy-related Work
⊕ Studied the company environment and ICT Policy Documents.
More details of the information I gathered in this study have been furnished in the e –
Government Policy Book
Book.
⊕ I was asked to prepare do a presentation about my understanding of the ICT Agency of
Sri Lanka in brief, ICT Policy and the work involved to be presented at a later date.
CT
⊕ Made Event Record sheet for meetings by the date, time, venue, t record about ICT
vent to
Policy events.
⊕ Made Translations for e-Gov Policy Documents
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⊕ Update and the Government Organizations Database.
⊕ Gathered information and made notes on FOSS.
⊕ Made a Policy Compliance Sheet.
⊕ Made Policy Samples and formats.
2. System Requirement Analysis- e Services
⊕ Designed the basic structure of the proposed solution and did a study on the
requirements mainly based on past documents by Government Organizations.
⊕ Drew work flows and Business process according to their suggestion.
⊕ The plan was documented.
3. Evaluation Reporting
⊕ Done Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis based on Feedback forms on Policy
Workshops.
⊕ Drafted a Situation Report and reviewed it.
⊕ Finally made a Evaluation Report.
SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES
My main responsibility in the ICT Policy program was to assist with the Policy Compliance
documentation of the commune sub-projects being designed and implemented at the ICTA
level at the Government Organizations. For this reason, this report will concentrate primarily
on documentation and my experiences and recommendations related to it.
In addition to working on documentation in the ICTA office, I also attended meetings and
travelled to some of Policy Workshops. At workshops and meetings, I generally attended to get
a better idea of the way the ICT Policy program as a whole, operated. Even when these were
not strictly related to the documentation work I was doing, they were still quite interesting and
helpful to my more general understanding of the program and its component parts.
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CHAPTER 3: OBSERVATION AND COMMENTS
It seemed highly appropriate for me to be working on a ICTAs’project where the main goal was
Policy Adoption because my capacity to continue to do National development work in the
future was definitely raised.
Nevertheless this internship period was surely a good way for me to understand the nature of
working life, behaviour and attitudes of people, etc. However, I would suggest that it would
benefit the interns more if it was possible for ICTA to involve them in the ongoing Re-
enginerring and e-Government Policy in order for them to get a better exposure to the policy
activities.
However, this was certainly a good opportunity for me to experience the issues which we might
face during work life, identifying how the help of Information and Communication Technology
could be integrated in coming up with solutions for these kind of problems.
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CHAPTER 4: CONCLUSION
This internship completion report brings together as a whole, the work performed by myself at
the Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) of Sri Lanka, during my 6 month
internship period which spans from the 14th of March 2011 till the 31st of August 2011. This also
carries information about the company, how the company came in to existence, the ‘e-Sri
Lanka Roadmap’ and other related information which I managed to collect during my time
there.
This was surely a good opportunity for me to get an insight as to how office life carries on.
REFERENCE
⊕ www.icta.lk
⊕ E- Government Policy Book
⊕ Catalyst Magazine
⊕ http://www.icta.lk/index.php/en/e-governement-policy
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APPENDICES
• Appendix A: Progress Reports
o Progress reports from March to July have been attached. Progress reports for August
will be handed over at the end of the internship.
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