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• E-Government Pilot Project for Government of Sindh (Phase-I).
• IT Training for Sindh Government Employees.
• Establishment of Provincial Portal and Websites for Government of Sindh.
• Introduction of it in District Administration in Sindh.
• Establishment of IT Resource Rural Community Internet Centers in Sindh.
• Intranet Setup for Government of Sindh.
• Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Youth Development Program

1.  Establishment of Information Technology Center (ITC) [Completed]

This Project has been completed and all objectives have been achieved successfully and the PC-IV has also been approved. Under this project Local Area Network (LAN), Advance IT Training, Customized Software Applications and E-mail facilities have been created for coordinating and monitoring.  The project is therefore, providing reliable and authenticated information to decision-makers, administrators and planners.

The main objectives of the project were:

• To device ways and means to bring the advancement in the Information Technology.

  To facilitate the establishment of Sindh Information Technology Board (SITB).

  To provide reliable, authenticated, fast & timely, information to decision makers, administrators and planners on research and development.

  To develop Softwares for each department’s MIS as per their needs for smooth functioning of routine work.

  To Establish Local Area Network and E-mail facilities to all Secretariat Departments in Government of Sindh.

  To establish Coordination among government departments through data sharing and data transfer.

  To conduct on-job group training and Seminars / Workshops for the awareness of the Information Technology and Computer applications.

  To increase the awareness of the critical importance of Scientific and Technological  Information Systems (STIS).

• To gain from and offer Data link on strategies prompting the use of Information Technologies.

2.  E-Government Pilot Project for Government of Sindh

Under this project E-Government system will be introduced in five designated government departments.  The major activities include; (Development of customized software applications for each department, User’s Training for application of these customized software, Installation of complete Local Area Network (LAN) set-up for these departments, and Supply of requisite hardware and other peripherals. The main objectives of the project are:

• To establish Local Area Network (LAN) for each department including field offices.

  To develop Software for each designated department’s MIS as per their needs for smooth functioning of routine work.

  To device e-Government system to bring the advancement in the routine work of government.

  To provide reliable, authenticated, fast & timely, information to decision makers, administrators and planners.

  To establish Coordination among government departments through data sharing/transfer.

  To conduct on-job group Training, Seminars / Workshops for O&M of customized applications and creating awareness of the IT and Computer applications.

• To increase the awareness of the critical importance of Scientific and Technological  Information (STI).

The most important part of this project is to reduce paper work and financial burden on stationery and telephone calls by using the Intranet facility between Karachi, Islamabad and other cities of Sindh and reduces its dependency on conventional mail delivery. In addition to the above mentioned objectives, following will be the targeted challenges to meet through this project:

• Managing and supporting large numbers of users

  Connecting offices to the information they need

  Providing Security and accuracy

  Preventing information overload

  Insuring information integrity/management

  Helping providers publish information

  Reducing redundant work

• Getting non-technical users trained and merge in mainstream of IT users Continual client software changes/improvements

3.  IT Training for Sindh Government Employees [Completed] 

Under this project Government of Sindh will provide I.T Training to 15000 government employees from grade 5 to 20.  These training's will be arranged at Cities, Towns of the province.  The aim of this program is to provide training to Sindh Government employees in I.T. (Windows, MS Office, LAN, WAN). The main Objectives are:

• Project will facilitate e-Government readiness program.

  Project provides office automation training to 15000 government employees in Sindh.

• IT Department, Government of Sindh decided to launch IT Training program for employees from grade 5 to 20 at districts and provincial levels.

Description:

• E-Government program needs trained IT personnel.

  There is a shortage of trained manpower in Government Departments.

  Existing employees need to be trained for E-Government readiness program.

  Project is jointly funded by Federal Ministry of IT & Telecom and GOS at 75% and

• 25%  funding ratio.

Technology 

Office automation course (MS Office, E-mail and Internet) for four week is adopted. The course contents are adopted from the previous project of Pakistan Computer Bureau (PCB). Hands on computer is basic need of the training, besides lectures and handouts are also provided.

4.  Establishment of Provincial Portal and Websites for Government of Sindh The main objectives that the government would like to achieve in respect of improving services delivery to citizens are: 1- Provincial Government

• Board of Revenue

  Land Records

  Registration

• Stamps

2- Excise & Taxation

• Motor Vehicle Registration

  Motor Vehicle Tax

• Vehicle Fitness

3- Police 4- Judiciary

• Role of District Government

  Birth & Death Registration

  Complaint Systems

  Property Tax

  Reduction in the cost of service to citizen by providing government information to the public through a government portal.

  Online availability and submission of all Forms of the Government of Pakistan and Government of Sindh.

  Online availability of information on Jobs, tenders, official gazette notifications etc, for the convenience of the public.

  Facilitation of payment of utility bills  and taxes.

• Ensure transparency in government- Public interactions.

5.  Introduction of Information Technology in District Administration in Sindh

The main objective of the project is to collect, prepare and disseminate the district database and make its use at district, provincial and federal levels.  The project will also devise the ways and means to bring the advancement in the routine work of government. The project has a great impact on the introduction of e-government. Initially Databases of all 13-district departments will be developed in its first phase and these databases will be used through individual PCs (work stations) at each user.  These Databases will be operated / implemented through the existing MIS applications, which are already developed through various IT projects at Provincial and Federal levels.  Later a facility of Network will be provided in its second phase, which will facilitate exchange of information between the district head quarter and provincial head quarter and among the users at district departments.  6.  Establishment of IT Resource Rural Community Internet Centers in Sindh

The main objective of this project is to enhance the IT awareness among the citizens of the Province, so that critical shortage of IT and Computer literate persons in Pakistan can be overcome and provide quality services to the general public, students, Government employees and other beneficiaries. The specific objectives of the project are given as under:

• To provide access to the market and community information to local community, consumers and business community.

  Actively and passively target marketing on the net (B-2-B and B-2-C).

  To obtain strategic planning and market research.

  To acquire marketing and concept development.

  To obtain technical information.

  To train educated citizen and convert in to the IT literate.

  To provide enabling environment to local business communities to be open for national and international market.

  To facilitate the citizens in possession of the requisite public information from Government Websites through the usage of Internet services.

  To create a transparent government operating system while making the public information easily available for the end users.

  To provide reliable, authenticated, fast & timely information to general public, students, Government employees and the business community.

• To create employment opportunities for job-less graduates in the different field of computer science and Information Technology.

IT Awareness Centre 40 IT Awareness Centers shall be established in all the districts of the province.   Future Strategies: 400 IT Awareness Centers shall be established in every Union Council, Tehsil, Town, district and cities of the province through phase wise scheme to create IT Awareness in order to bring revolution in the field of IT where every citizen will have the chance to get the fruit of IT irrespective of paying capacity.  Call Centre Training For Jobless Graduates/Under-Graduates

• The main objective of the project is to create the skilled manpower for the rapidly growing field of Call Centre.

  To facilitate the jobless or low paid graduates /undergraduates to learn state-of-art Call Centre application, operation, usage and management.

  To bring foreign exchange by the establishment of off-shore Call Centre companies in Pakistan.

  It will enhance and encourage the concept of e-business and e-commerce in the private / public sector organization.

• Through this project 1000 jobless graduates / under-graduates shall be able to get the job in local as well as International Call Centers.

7.  Intranet Setup In Sindh Government

Information Technology department, Government of Sindh is in the process of setting up secure an Intranet for providing internet connectivity thorough a high speed and data / file sharing. It will provide central management, technical support helpdesk. Provincial Government will be the main service provider with the responsibilities including Networking and issue email addresses. All Sindh Government departments will get the web based email services for their employees.

The domain-based address that is used to send electronic mail to a specified destination. E.g. "Secretary@sindhitd.gov.pk" provides the following information. Secretary indicates Secretary (User) Sindhitd indicates Abbreviated/full Name of the department .gov. indicates Government Organization .pk indicates A Pakistani Organization. So, Secretary@sindhitd.gov.pk is the email address for a user, who is an employee of government of Sindh. The computer network has made world as global village. This is the way for acquiring fast information or contact inside and outside the country. Within the country, this system will make all organizations work together. There is a need to make our nation competent with the changing world. The aim for establishing "INTRANET" is for improving the data collection, storage, verification, its dissemination / communication and file transfer between headquarters and field offices without use of Internet and providing the latest information to the users. Objectives The objectives of Intranet project to connect all Sindh Government departments among each other with Federal Government as well as with their field offices through a network. Initially the main service setup will be installed at Sindh Secretariat Karachi and whenever the traffic of data and correspondence increases, a separate server at district level will be installed in each district. In that case, first the data will go to local server and than it will transfer to main server at Karachi. The setup for Intranet in Sindh Government will be divided in phases. In Phase - I, Sindh Secretariat Building will be interconnected. In Phase - II all district office will be interconnected through fiber optic and will be exchange information through this network. A network belonging to an organization and its sub-departments, accessible only by the authorized members of the organization, employees of organizations or others with secure authentication. Hardware and Software will be implemented and configured to protect the network from unauthorized access and intrusion into the office's local area network from the internet. The most important part of this project is to reduce Government's Telephone / Postal expenditure by using the network facility between Karachi, Islamabad and other cities of Sindh.

Establishment of Video Conferencing System in Sindh:

Establishment of a Video Conferencing System for Government of Sindh between provisional Headquarter offices at Secretariat, Governor, Chief Minister, Chief Secretary and Provisional Field offices of DCOs. In other words the prime objective of the project is to establish an electronic face-to-face contact among the government officials/bodies to increase the productivity by reducing the time, traveling cost and different resources. Karachi Internet Media City:  Features:

• 200 Acres Dedicated Land for Internet Media City.

  City’s own Satellite Earth Station.

  High Speed Bandwidth.

  Town Planning of International Standards.

  IT friendly, Pollution Free, Safe and Secure Environment.

  Earthquake proof structure. Artificial Lake, Amusement Parks, Hotels.

  20% land is reserved for plantation.

  Serenity Landscaping

  Office / Industrial Facilities With Complete IT Infrastructure.

  Economical Highly Skilled Manpower.

  100% Power generation by Environment friendly bio-gas and wind turbines.

  Satellite Earth Station.

  Fiber-optic Nerves and Basic Civic Facilities.

• Very Economical  Cost, Pre-Paid Facilities.