Diapositiva 1

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Knowledge Based Economy
"We are going to relate with the world-wide
economy competing with jobs qualified not with
low wages. Dr. Abel Pacheco. 8 de mayo del 2002
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On line e-government site

• On line site proposes to strengthen
  e-government informative, communicational and
  transactional services.
• On line public services will connect citizens
  with public institutions.
• It is a unique tool to build inter governmental
  relations as well to support state control
  management.
• E-government site will open opportunities for
  Costa Rica to participate in knowledge society.

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Project main objectives

• Overall solution Costa Rican government
  requires an overall solution based on ICT in
  order to support its administrative management.
• Inter institutional relations the Government
  must count on computer systems to be more
  efficient to citizens
• Access to services Costa Ricans are demanding
  ICT based solutions to reduce row time and to
  access on line information about public services.
  
• Tool for education For more than 15 years Costa
  Rica has had an on going project using computers
  for educational purposes in elementary schools
  and high schools.

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Project stages

• I Etapa
• Analysis and design of e-Government Strategy.
• E-Government implementation Inter phase
  (www.go.cr).
• Basic scheme of integration.

March 2005
June 2005
April 2005
May 2005
July 2005
Octobre2005
August 2005
Sept. 2005
November 2005
November 2005
December 2005
March 2006
February 2006
January 2006
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E-Government site

• Portal characteristics
• Format for unique identification user.
• Queries about on line transactions.
• Security on users data.
• Personalize information pages.
• Search motors for users.
• Free e-mail (www.costarricense.cr).
• Expansion capacity

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E-Government site

• Information levels
• General content A single joining point where
  users can find information coming from government
  offices.
• Authentication and customized content (first
  level services) A safe site where citizens
  identify themselves once and have a particular
  access to information and services.
• Basic tools and services (second level services)
  Interactive tools for managing integrated
  information services from several offices.
• Vertical applications (third level services)
  Applications and computer systems to improve
  governmental activities on specific areas.

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Project activities

• Phase 1
• Analysis and strategy design
• Portal Inter phase
• Software / Hardware / Connectivity and
  Integration
• Portal development
• 6 Internet cabins for the poor communities
• Software / Hardware / Connectivity

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Costa Rica In transition to the knowledge based
economy

• Governmental institutions with available Web
  sites 96
• Informative level 91
• Interactive level 30
• Transactional level 15
• On line interactive services More than 60
• Public institutions with broad band access 84
• Source CONATIC-MICIT Febrary, 2005

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• Public Site for free access to e-mail.
• Costa Rica was the first country to assure free
  electronic mail for all citizens.
• More than 300 thousand e-mail accounts.
• 600 thousand online visits every month.
• Portal link to several data bases.
• Free loading of personal pages.

www.costarricense.cr