Champake Mendis

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WSIS ACTIVITIES IN SRI LANKA

• Champake Mendis
• Assistant Director (Information Documentation)
• Telecommunications Regulatory Commission
• Sri Lanka.

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Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri
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OUTLINE

• Outline of Sri Lanka ICT Status Strategies
• WSIS Activities
• eSri Lanka
• Comparison of Geneva Declarations eSri Lanka
• Future Directions

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OUTLINE

• Outline of Sri Lanka ICT Status Strategies

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Cumulative Number of Licenses granted under
Section 17 of the Sri Lanka Telecommunications
Act No 25 of 1991 as amended.
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Growth of Fixed and Mobile Telephone Subscribers
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ICT Infrastructure Fixed Telephony
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ICT Infrastructure Fixed Telephony
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ICT Infrastructure Fixed Telephony
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ICT Infrastructure Telephony
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ICT Infrastructure - Others
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Network Readiness Index Summary

• There are three important stakeholders to
  consider in the development and use of ICT
  individuals, businesses, governments
• There is a general macroeconomic and regulatory
  environment for ICT in which the stakeholders
  play out their respective roles
• The degree of usage of ICT by (and hence the
  impact of on) the three stakeholders is linked
  to their degrees ofreadiness (or capability) to
  use and benefit from ICT.
• Source Global Information Technology Report

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Criterion

• Market Environment

• Political and Regulatory Environment

• Environment

• Infrastructure Environment

• Individual Readiness

• Networked Readiness Index

• Business Readiness

• Readiness

• Government Readiness

• Government Usage

• Business Usage

• Usage

• Individual Usage

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Network Readiness Index
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OUTLINE

• WSIS Activities

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WSIS Activities

• WSIS Working Group

Following Working Group (WSIS-WG) was formed by
TRCSL on 12th December 2002.   Mr. Themiya L.B.
Hurulle    DG-TRCSL   Mr. Champake Mendis,
AD(ID)-TRCSL   Mr. Kapila Jayawardena,
CP/TRCSL   Mr. Lal Dias, Director Informatics
(Private Sector NGO)   Mr. Ajith Ekanayake,
CEO CINTEC (Public Sector)   Prof. Priyantha
Wijayathunga, Dean, Faculty of IT, University of
Moratuwa (Civil Society)   Mr. Dinesh
Saparamadu, CEO, eSenid (Private Sector) The
Secretary/Ministry of Mass Communication also
constituted an Implementation committee on advice
of Hon. Minister/Mass Communication. This
committee will take action with related to WSIS
implementation.
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WSIS Activities

• WSIS Meetings attended

1? Asia-Pacific Regional Conference(APRC) 13-15
January 2? PrepCom-2, 17-28 February 2003 3?Asia
Initiative for Information Society, 21-25 July
2003, India 5?PrepCom-3, 15th-26th September
2003, Geneva 6?World Summit on the Information
Society 10th-12th December 2003, Geneva
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WSIS Activities

• TRCSL Participation

• FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES WERE HELD
• Supported
• Networking South Asia 2003
• CSSL and IEE(SL) Joint Session on e-SRI LANKA
• Yuga Dekma Exhibitions - Ambilipitiya, Matara -
  Ministry of Mass Communication
• ICT Exhibition - Beruwala
• Seminar formation of E-Journalist Association -
  Ministry of Mass Communication World View
  Organisation
• Video Conference on WSIS - ICT Agency Ministry
  of Mass Communication
• WSIS/ICT Promotional Campaign with the Theme
  'Towards Building an Information Society' ,Christ
  Church College, Matale, Sri Lanka, Monday, 06th
  October 2003

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OUTLINE

eSri Lanka
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Transforming the way
we think, learn and act
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Key Elements of Implementation

• The ICT Act of Parliament
• Leadership from the President and the Prime
  Minister
• Stakeholder lead approach (Crucial role by FGs)
• National Consultative Committee (Cabinet )
• A small but empowered ICT Agency
• Partnerships as a core strategy in project
  formulation implementation
• PM approach for efficient implementation, ME
  dissemination of lessons learnt.

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Pilot Initiatives

• eMoneyOrder

• SME Portal

• Legal Draftsman

• Government Printer

• Govi Gnana System

• Sinhala Fonts

• eCabinet

• eParliament

• National Operations Room

• ePresidents Office

• Empowering the Workplace

• Distance e-Learning

• Telecenters (VGKs)

• eServices

• Internally Displaced Persons

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OUTLINE
Comparison of Geneva Declarations eSri Lanka
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Comparison of Geneva Declarations eSri Lanka
Activities of ICTA
Worked with Ministry of Mass Communication
to organize the WSIS Awareness Seminar for
Journalists in July 2003 Organized the Sri
Lankan participation in three International Video
conferences on WSIS. ( Sep 2003-Dec 2003)
Joined the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP)
network who is the co-organizer of ICT4D Platform
in WSIS Participated in WSIS-GKP South Asia
Consultation in Dhaka-Bangladesh (November
2003) Participated in LTNESCAP Expert Group
on ICT for Rural Development in Bangkok, Thailand
to prepare recommendation to WSIS on ICT for
Rural Development. (Dec 2003) Participated in
WSIS working Group meeting (July 2003-Dec 2003)
Made a presentation q WSIS Awareness Campaign
organized by the Ministry of Mass Communication
in Matale.( October 2003) Made a presentation
at GKP Pavilion at WSIS in Geneva.( Dec 2003)
Participated - WS IS Government delegation.( Dec
2003) Advocated various stakeholder
communities on WSIS ( Jul 2003- Dec 2003)
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OUTLINE
Comparison of Geneva Declarations eSri Lanka
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Comparison of Geneva Declarations eSri Lanka
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Comparison of Geneva Declarations eSri Lanka
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Future Directions
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Future Directions
Telephone services to 595 rural Sub- Post
Offices 20 Rural Telecentres Youth Caucus
Activities Statistics Seminars
Telecommunication facilities for people with
disabilities Public Awareness Programs
Cyber Laws Conventions
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Future Directions

• Following areas identified for funding and
  technical assistance,
• e-Services
• ICT in Education
• Telecommunications
• Training and Capacity building
• SME Development
• Job creation

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FURTHER INFORMATION
Telecommunications Regulatory
Commission 276 Elvitigala Mawatha, Colombo
08. Tel [phone] Fax [phone] Ema
il. dgtsl_at_slt.lk Website www.trc.gov.lk