[DDN] Live webcast: Offshoring: Global Trends and Market Strategies for Developing Countries
World Bank Invites you to take part in a Quickstart seminar/videoconference on: Offshoring: Global Trends and Market Strategies for Developing Countries Leveraging ICTs to Enable Job Creation and Exports of Services Speakers: Randeep Sudan, Senior ICT Policy Specialist, CITPO, World Bank Ismail Radwan, Senior PSD Specialist, SASFP, World Bank Eloy Eduardo Vidal, Lead Telecommunications Engineer, GICT, World Bank Discussant: Kwaku Ofusu Darkwa, Chief Director, Ministry of Communications, Ghana Chair: Sudhakar Kaveeshwar, Manager, ISGEA, World Bank Tuesday, February 7, 2006 9:00 am ? 11:00 am Live Webcast will start at 9:00 am EST on Feb. 7 at: http://www.worldbank.org/edevelopment/live PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Offshoring and outsourcing have become industry buzzwords. Offshoring was a key issue in the last US election with Democrats raising the specter of well-paid American jobs disappearing to low-wage locations in developing countries. Offshoring is also the topic of many new books and articles. But despite gaining in popularity, the concept itself remains poorly understood and its potential for developing and transition countries remains largely unexploited. Offshoring, or the process whereby one company delegates responsibility for performing a function or series of tasks to operation based in another country, now represents a US$100 billion market: a market that is growing exponentially, at more than 30 percent per annum. In India, a global leader in this area, IT offshored exports account for close to US$22 billion and represent significant share of the country?s total export revenues. The total number of jobs created in the Indian IT industry is 700,000 and rising, with many jobs filled by women and 2.5 million jobs indirectly. Can other countries replicate this successful model? What are the key challenges and opportunities? What are the key measures that developing and transition countries need to put in place to succeed in this area? What are the global trends and successful market strategies? These questions will be answered drawing on international experience with a special focus on recent experience from the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh and Sri Lanka in
[DDN] Global Dialogue/Webcast on Lessons Learned in World Bank- Funded ICT for Development Projects
Dear colleagues, Join us for this exciting opportunity to learn from the e-development pioneers from several countries and to connect to Tunisia where the World Summit on the Information Society is taking place during that week! World Bank In collaboration with African Development Bank and other partners in support of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) invites you to attend a Global Dialogue via Videoconference/Live Webcast From Strategy to Implementation: Lessons Learned in World Bank- Funded ICT for Development Projects Tuesday, November 15, 2005, 8:30 am ? 10:30 am (Washington DC time) Participating Countries (via videoconference): Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Ghana, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Bangladesh (TBC), Rwanda (TBC), USA You can join this event in one of these countries or by watching live Internet broadcast which will start at 8.30 am Washington DC time on Nov. 15 at: http://www.worldbank.org/edevelopment/live PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: In accordance with one of the key recommendations of the Plan of Action adopted during the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), which took place in Geneva on 10-12 December 2003, many developing countries have developed national ICT/e-government strategies and action plans. Some countries have already started implementation and there are some early results, good practices and lessons learned. There is a need to facilitate sharing of this emerging knowledge between pioneer countries and those who are just starting implementation to avoid unnecessary mistakes and achieve better results by leveraging the lessons learned and good practices from the early implementers. As the global ICT for development community is convening in Tunisia on November 16-18, 2005 for the second phase of the World Summit, the World Bank will organize a Global Dialogue via a videoconference a day before the Summit officially starts. It will provide an opportunity to discuss what has been done during the last two years in terms of implementing national ICT/e-government strategies in several countries with the support of the World Bank. What are the realities of e-development projects, what are the specific issues, challenges and lessons learned in moving from strategy to implementation? Since the first phase of WSIS, the World Bank has seen increased interest around the world in further opening telecommunication markets, building out basic backbone infrastructure, mobilizing ICT investments for challenging rural areas and address the potential of new Internet-based and other ICT-related services. In turn, the World Bank is supporting some countries in the design and implementation of e-development policies, projects, and measurement frameworks. Indeed, an increasing number of countries are receiving support for ICT components in traditional investment projects and to design e-government applications and integrated, large-scale e-development projects. This videoconference attempts to distill some of the lessons learned from various e-development projects based on the experiences of team members involved in project planning and execution. Four of these projects at different stages of development cycle will be discussed during this videoconference: e-Sri Lanka (a year into implementation) the ICT Sector Development Project in Tunisia (a year and half into implementation) e-Ghana (in the midst of preparation), and Vietnam ICT Development (just starting implementation). Among the issues to be discussed are the following: key challenges and difficulties faced, what have been the demonstrable achievements and good practices, sequencing and prioritization in delivery/implementation, monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the strategy, critical success factors and other lessons for the countries who are just starting on this path. Speakers: Members of 4 Project Teams (Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Vietnam, Ghana) Moderator: Robert Valantin, Manager, Development Information, ISG Co-Chair, e-Development Thematic Group, World Bank The event will be recorded and the video-clip will be available shortly after the event. Feel free to forward this invitation to other colleagues, everyone is welcome to participate! For more information please email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit: http://www.worldbank.org/edevelopment ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] World Bank Webcasts This Week: Evolving to Open ICT Ecosystems ICT Strategies for the Regions
Dear DDN colleagues, WORLD BANK'S E-DEVELOPMENT THEMATIC GROUP invites you to watch live webcasts for the following seminars 1.ICT Strategies for the Regions: Recent Developments in South and East Asia on Thursday, September 8, 2005, 11:00 am - 12:45 pm (EST) and 2.Evolving to Open ICT Ecosystems on Friday, September 9, 2005, 9:00 am ? 11:00 am (EST) The webcasts can be accessed at this URL (only during the events): http://webcast-ext.worldbank.org/streaming/live.ram +++ Detailed descriptions: 1.ICT Strategies for the Regions: Recent Developments in South and East Asia Thursday, September 8, 2005, 11:00 am - 12:45 pm (EST) Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) have now become an integral part and key enabler of today's development agenda. There is a growing and increasingly sophisticated demand for the Bank?s support in this area. Bank's capacity to respond to this demand is a ?fundamental test of the World Bank?s relevance in the years ahead? according to Jamil Kassum, EAP Regional Vice President, at the recent e-government workshop. Many countries are already receiving Bank support, and several integrated ICT projects are under preparation or implementation (e.g., in Sri Lanka, India, Ghana, Romania, Tunisia,Vietnam, Ethiopia, Mongolia et al). There is also a multitude of Bank sectoral projects with substantial ICT components. South Asia is a leading Bank Region in terms of mainstreaming the use of ICT in Operations. SAR management recently approved a Regional ICT strategy. There are different approaches to ICT in the Region, namely country-wide (e.g., e-Sri Lanka and e-India), sectoral applications (e.g., health, education, etc.), and as components of investment projects (e.g., business process automation in a central bank TA). ICT strategies as an enabler of reforms are included in all national PRSPs and need to be reflected in CASs as well. The e-SAR strategy highlights the need for a sectoral-driven approach to ICT-related initiatives. It proposes a 3-year implementation plan that would start with a first-year focus on e-Government related issues, followed by second and third year broader roll-out of other sectoral ICT applications and approaches. The initial e-Government program aims to develop a more coordinated and comprehensive analytical approach to e-Government issues, to build internal capacity and knowledge, and to help promote innovative projects with a focus on reaching underserved communities. The East Asia and Pacific Region, motivated by a desire to ensure that we are not missing opportunities to provide leading-edge value to our clients, is also rolling out a regional strategy. This approach, recently approved by its RMT, focuses planned activities on the sectors. EAP's goal is to equip sectoral staff with the training, tools, and networks to intelligently incorporate ICT -- where appropriate -- into their regular sectoral operations with client ministries. EAP clients have all identified the importance of ICT, and all have stated national ICT strategies, so the EAP approach will look for ways to find the best applications -- by sector -- that can become enabling components of broader project or AAA work. While still quite early in the process of implementing the EAP ICT strategy, EAP will share its planned program and analysis of future obstacles to successfully increasing the level of ICT in high-performing sectoral operations. This seminar will provide the opportunity to learn from the pioneer Regions and discuss how the Bank Group as a whole might be better able to respond operationally to this e-development challenge. We will also try and make sense of the rapidly changing world of ICT and the various different approaches to supporting operations and analytical work in the Regions. Chair: Jamil Kassum, Regional Vice President, East Asia and Pacific (EAP) Speakers: Praful Patel, Vice President, South Asia Region (SAR) - Opening Remarks Kareem Aziz, SASFP - Presentation of e-SAR Strategy Michael Kubzansky, EAPVP - Presentation of EAP ICT Strategy Simon Bell, Sector Manager, SASFP - Closing Remarks Discussants: Rakesh Asthana, Director, ISGCI - ISG Perspective Mohsen Khalil, Director, CITID - GICT Perspective Cheryl Gray, Director, ECSPE - Europe and Central Asia Perspective Roberto Panzardi - Latin America and Caribbean Region Perspective 2.Evolving to Open ICT Ecosystems on Friday, September 9, 2005, 9:00 am ? 11:00 am (EST) This discussion will focus on the key recommendations of the Berkman Center?s latest report, ?The Roadmap to Open ICT Ecosystems?, and will invite your reaction and feedback on how governments, industry and civil society can collaborate to build, and reap the benefits of, open ICT ecosystems. The Roadmap for Open ICT Ecosystems represents the collective wisdom of senior government officials (from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, India, Jordan, Japan, Netherlands, South Africa,
[DDN] Reminder - Live Webcast: World Bank Workshop on ?Designing and Implementing e-Government: Key Issues , Best Practices and Lessons Learned ?, April 26-27, 2005, 8:45 am ? 4:45 pm EST
WORLD BANK'S E-GOVERNMENT PRACTICE invites you to a training workshop via live webcast ?Designing and Implementing e-Government: Key Issues, Best Practices and Lessons Learned? Tuesday, April 26, 2005, 8:45 am ? 4:45 pm (EST) Wednesday, April 27, 2005, 8:45 am ? 4:45 pm (EST) Featuring: Ali Abbasov, Minister of ICT of Azerbaijan (via videoconference) Fernando Gutierrez, Costa Rica Minister of Science and Technology (via videoconference) Sam Pitroda, Former Adviser to Prime Minister of India (via videoconference) Mark Forman, former Administrator, Office of E-Government and IT, USA (via videoconference) Mart Laar, former Estonian Prime Minister (via videoconference) Greg R. Georgeff, Corporate Chief Information Officer, Government of Ontario Jeongwon Yoon, Director, National Computerization Agency Ake Gronlund, Swedish e-Government Expert Subhash Bhatnagar, Professor, IIM Ahmedabad and many World Bank experts: Arleen Seed, Senior Information Officer, ISGIF (via videoconference) Bruno Lanvin, Senior Adviser, E-Strategies, CITPO Carlos Braga, Senior Adviser, PRMTR Charles Watt, Senior ICT Policy Specialist, CITPO Deepak Bhatia, Manager, ISG e-Government Practice, ISGIF Eduardo Talero, Senior Consultant, E-Government, E- Procurement, ISGIF Fernando Rojas, Lead Public Sector Management, LCSPS Hamid R. Alavi, Senior Private Sector Development Spec., MNSIF Mark Dutz, Sr Private Sector Development Spec., SASFP Mohamed Muhsin, ISG VP and CIO, ISGVP Navin Girishankar, Senior Public Sector Specialist, AFTPR Pierre Guislain , Manager, CITPO Ramesh Siva, Lead Information Officer, ISGIF Randeep Sudan, Senior ICT Policy Specialist, CITPO Robert Schware, Lead Informatics Specialist, CITPO Co-Chair, e-Development TG Robert Valantin, Lead Information Officer, ISGIF Co-Chair, e-Development Thematic Group Roberto Panzardi, Senior Public Sector Management Specialist, LCSPS Samina Melhem, Senior Operations Officer, infoDev Sanjay Pradhan, Sector Director, PRMPS Sudhakar Kaveeshwar, Program Manager, ISGIF Tenzin Dolma Norbhu, Senior ICT Policy Specialist, CITPO Waleed Haider Malik, Lead Public Sector Management, LCSPS To watch the live webcast click here: http://webcast-ext.worldbank.org/streaming/live.ram Tip: The live stream is only to be viewed with Real Player (RealOne or the latest RealPlayer10 that can be downloaded for free at http://www.real.com). We will encode at both 56K for low bandwidth connections and at 150K for higher bandwidth connections . For more information please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit: http://www.worldbank.org/egov or http://www.worldbank.org/edevelopment ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Live Webcast: World Bank Workshop on ?Designing and Implementing e-Government: Key Issues , Best Practices and Lessons Learned ?
WORLD BANK'S E-GOVERNMENT PRACTICE invites you to a training workshop via live webcast ?Designing and Implementing e-Government: Key Issues, Best Practices and Lessons Learned? Tuesday, April 26, 2005, 8:45 am ? 4:45 pm (EST) Wednesday, April 27, 2005, 8:45 am ? 4:45 pm (EST) Room MC C2-131, 1818 H Street NW Washington DC Participating by videoconference: World Bank Country Offices in Azerbaijan, Ghana and Rwanda PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: E-Government is a comprehensive approach to leveraging Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for public sector modernization and private sector competitiveness. In addition to the technology components, successful implementation of e-government requires a complementary set of government process changes to induce governance that is more client-oriented, transparent, effective, efficient, and empowering. It could establish a new way of doing the business of government with a more integrated delivery of information, services and processes. Many World Bank client countries are in the process of designing and implementing e-government strategies, programs and projects. There is a growing demand for World Bank assistance in this area both in terms of knowledge and financial support. Many countries have already requested Bank support and several projects are under preparation or implementation (e.g. in Sri Lanka, India, Romania, Ukraine, Tunisia, Ghana, Indonesia, Vietnam, Ethiopia et al). Learning about best practices and lessons learned from early implementers may help avoid common pitfalls and maximize returns on investment. The purpose of this training workshop is to empower Bank staff and clients with knowledge, tools and operational recommendations to design and implement comprehensive e-government strategies, programs, projects and increase effectiveness of traditional Bank projects in various sectors through the use of ICT. The discussion will start with a comprehensive overview of the e-government framework and enabling environment on the first day and move towards detailed discussion of implementation issues, emerging trends and applications on the second day with a strong focus on good practices and lessons learned in the context of mainstreaming e-government in World Bank Operations. Therefore, the workshop will provide both macro- and micro-views on e-government. Featuring: Albert Kan-Dapaah, Ghana ICT Minister, Ministry of ICT Ghana (via videoconference) Ali Abbasov, Minister of ICT of Azerbaijan, Ministry of ICT Azerbaijan (via videoconference) Sam Pitroda, Former Adviser to Prime Minister of India (via videoconference) Mark Forman, former Administrator, Office of E-Government and IT, USA (via videoconference) Mart Laar, former Estonian Prime Minister (via videoconference) Jeongwon Yoon, Director, National Computerization Agency Ake Gronlund, Swedish e-Government Expert Subhash Bhatnagar, Professor, IIM Ahmedabad and many World Bank experts: Arleen Seed, Senior Information Officer, ISGIF (via videoconference) Bruno Lanvin, Senior Adviser, E-Strategies, CITPO Carlos Braga, Senior Adviser, PRMTR Charles Watt, Senior ICT Policy Specialist, CITPO Deepak Bhatia, Manager, ISG e-Government Practice, ISGIF Eduardo Talero, Senior Consultant, E-Government, E- Procurement, ISGIF Fernando Rojas, Lead Public Sector Management, LCSPS Greg R. Georgeff, Corporate Chief Information Officer, Government of Ontario Hamid R. Alavi, Senior Private Sector Development Spec., MNSIF Mark Dutz, Sr Private Sector Development Spec., SASFP Mohamed Muhsin, ISG VP and CIO, ISGVP Navin Girishankar, Senior Public Sector Specialist, AFTPR Pierre Guislain , Manager, CITPO Ramesh Siva, Lead Information Officer, ISGIF Randeep Sudan, Senior ICT Policy Specialist, CITPO Robert Schware, Lead Informatics Specialist, CITPO Co-Chair, e-Development TG Robert Valantin, Lead Information Officer, ISGIF Co-Chair, e-Development Thematic Group Roberto Panzardi, Senior Public Sector Management Specialist, LCSPS Samina Melhem, Senior Operations Officer, infoDev Sanjay Pradhan, Sector Director, PRMPS Sudhakar Kaveeshwar, Program Manager, ISGIF Tenzin Dolma Norbhu, Senior ICT Policy Specialist, CITPO Waleed Haider Malik, Lead Public Sector Management, LCSPS To watch the live webcast click here: http://webcast-ext.worldbank.org/streaming/live.ram Tip: The live stream is only to be viewed with Real Player (RealOne or the latest RealPlayer10 that can be downloaded for free at http://www.real.com). We will encode at both 56K for low bandwidth connections and at 150K for higher bandwidth connections . For more information or to register in the webcast please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit: http://www.worldbank.org/egov or http://www.worldbank.org/edevelopment ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to
