JERP e-Government Program 2006-2007

 

The e-Government Activities within JERP FY07 resulted in the following outputs:

 

 

I. Digital Inclusion

Kazakhstan is lacking behind most peer upper middle-income countries in terms of accessibility and affordability of e-government and information society opportunities by the population at large. Unless drastic measures to bridge this gap are undertaken, the country is not likely to be able to compete with peers in the increasingly digitized world economy and the promise and significant investment into e-government programs will not be justified. Recognizing this, the GoKz requested collaboration on the following issues:

• State program on digital inclusion as the first stage for Information Society development (focus on developing monitoring and evaluation framework)
• Increasing the level of digital literacy, including distance learning for ICT skills
• Digital inclusion for disadvantaged groups (focus on children with special needs)
• Strategic Communications & Public Awareness Expanding access to e-services through Public Access Points
• Increasing Internet and PC penetration; Public Private Partnerships for rural broadband; Universal Access Funds, etc

Under this program component, the following video-conferences were organized:

• Review of Kazakhstan State Digital Inclusion Program

  

II. Inter-Agency Coordination and Integration

e-Government is primarily about integrating government around the needs of the citizens and businesses. This involves a number of technical, institutional and legal challenges. Therefore, GoKz requested collaboration on the following issues:

 

• Introducing digital ID cards in the context developing the National Identification System: standards, range of uses of the ID card, coordination with other e-government projects.
• Defining architecture of the government Payments gateway, information security issues related to the Payments gateway and cost recovery options.
• Defining the functionality and services of government Intranet, requirements for back-end integration of government information systems enabling the Intranet to operate as a single entry-point to G2G services. 
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).

Under this program component, the following video-conferences were organized:

1. Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for e-Government
2. National Identification Systems (in Englishand  Russian,  in two zip files)
3. Public Sector Intranets: Lessons Learned from Global Experience
4. Payment Gateways for e-Government Services

  

III. e-Government Leadership and Capacity Building

Implementing e-government is not only about technology but primarily about process re-engineering and change management. This requires a cadre of e-government champions - the senior officials responsible for e-government in their respective agencies. Kazakhstan needs to develop such a cadre to ensure success in its e-government efforts.

 

Under this program component, the following activities were organized:

1. Business Process Re-Engineering in the Context of e-Government and Administrative Reform (in English and  Russian, in two zip files)
2. e-Government Capacity Building Workshop for Senior officials in the KZ Government
3. Comments on the draft Kazakhstan e-Government Strategy (2007-2010)