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DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DOSCIT)

PROJECTS/ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

The DOSCIT was established in 2002 to coordinate the prolific growth in the communications, information and technology (notably information technology) industries. The DOSCIT is to develop policies and regulatory frameworks to facilitate orderly growth in the communications industry and to manage telecommunication resources including the radio spectrum. At the level of the public sector (inter-sector collaboration), the DOSCIT is to coordinate and support the numerous sectoral information and communication technology (ICT) initiatives.

In an effort to build an information-rich and knowledge-based society consistent with the Declaration of Principles of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), the DOSCIT will marshal on-going and future ICT initiatives into a coherent and robust national ICT-led policy and plan for socioeconomic development. Some of the on-going and future ICT-related projects are presented below on Table 1.

On-going Initiatives and Plans to Develop ICTs in The Gambia

There are several ongoing and planned projects which when implemented will capacitise The Gambia and position the country to better implement some of the aspects of the WSIS Action Plan. A selection of the activities in this area is given below.

Infrastructure Development Initiatives

Extension of the national telephone backbone through the extension of the network to the North Bank of the country using a combination of fibre optic cable and wireless technology (WLL). This is part of the Network expansion project for 2004.

Expand the capacity and speed of the Internet gateway bandwidth from 6Mbps (through Banjul to Senegal (SONATEL) to the outside world SAT3 cable) and 1 Mbps from Abuko (Satellite) to TELEGLOBE in Canada, to 10 Mbps to Broadband Internet in 2004. The ADSL (Assymetrical Digital Subsriber Line) project will be completed by April 2004 providing multiple user interface of voice, data and video.

Institutional Mechanisms/Structures

Establishment of an ICT Commission to streamline all the sectoral initiatives; address the issue of funding; set and enforce hardware and software standards; set computer use policy; systems administration policy and guidelines and so on.

Expansion of the Public Service to accommodate the IT Cadre who will support the ICT infrastructures and systems in the different sectors of Central Government. The Cadre will be administered by DOSCIT.

DEPARTMENTS

OF STATE
MAIN ICT PROJECTS
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
Office of the President Policy Analysis Unit (PAU);
Public Service Human Resources Information Mgt. System;

Electronic Records Mgt. System

 Computerisation, sharing and monitoring of development information/data through the PAU; monitoring of public service human resources through the PMO; computerization and management of public records through the National Records Office (NRO)
Education Education Management Information System (EMIS); Computer Literacy Programme Management of education resources (financial, material & human); deployment of computers to secondary schools and use of computer packages in teaching of science
Communication, Information & Technology ICT policy for socio-econ. development;
IT Personnel for Central Govt.
 Mainstreaming of ICTs in socio-economic devt., activities;
Training and management of IT personnel for Central Govt.
Health & Social Welfare Health Management Information System (HMIS); Tele-health; Case Management system Management of health resources (financial, medical & human); provision of expertise to regional health centres through electronic network; using computer technology monitoring health care delivery;
Finance and Economic Affairs Integrated Financial Mgt. System (IFMIS);
e-Government Program
 Computerisation of national payroll and linking of all Govt. Accounts Offices and revenue collection departments;
Connecting of all Central and Local Government Departments and Agencies.
Local Government & Lands GIS and Digital Mapping System for Land Administration and resource management Digitalisation of maps (1:50,000) and aerial photographs of whole country; digital mapping of Greater Banjul Area.
Table 1. A Sample of ICT Initiatives in Government Departments in The Gambia Implementation of the e-Government Strategy and Programme. Development of a National ICT Policy for Socioeconomic Development and Strategy.

Major ICT Sectors

(1) Integrated Financial Management System (IFMIS),

(2) GAMBIA TELECOMMUNCATIONS COMPANY LTD (GAMTEL),

(3) GAMBIA RADIO & TELEVISION SERVICES (GRTS),

(4) Postal Services (GamPost)
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