KPITB and KfW implementing a feasibility study for digital governance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
KPITB and KfW implementing a feasibility study for digital governance in Khyber PakKPITB and KfW implementing a feasibility study for digital governance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwahtunkhwa Pakistan’s sovereign legislative body, National Assembly, has adopted Google Workspace to digitize work processes and enhance productivity and collaboration between its members…… Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IT Board, Peshawar: To explore opportunities to promote the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s efforts and to encourage wide access to improved digital public services for the public, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IT Board and KfW – a german development bank – are implementing a feasibility study for a digital governance project in KP. This study is being conducted by international and national implementing partners, namely GFA Consulting Group from Germany, e-Governance Academy Foundation from Estonia, and TechValley from Pakistan. The feasibility study aims to present a case for a potential follow-up project to be financed by KfW on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Development (BMZ). The study will look at a number of relevant areas for the potential financing project including digital infrastructure, hardware, and software for digital services as well as employment creation in the IT sector. For this purpose, the delegation from Germany came to Pakistan this week and along with international and national E-Governance & ICT experts met various stakeholders contributing to the digital infrastructure of Pakistan. On their first day in the federal capital of Pakistan, the delegation visited the Ministry of IT & Telecom and had an interesting discussion on the ICT landscape of Pakistan with Dr. Muhammad Sohail Rajput, Federal Secretary, MOITT. As a consulting and technical guidance agency to the government departments of Pakistan – National IT Board was engaged to discuss the operational challenges of government departments at the federal level and explore possibilities for interoperability and collaboration with the provincial level IT Boards. Regarding the role of NITB, CEO Syed Husnain Kazmi said, To discuss the role of telecom regulatory and current penetration of broadband / 4G in the country, the delegation also visited Maj Gen (R) Amir Azeem Bajwa – Chairman PTA and later on with CEO USF Mr. Haris M Chahudhary to discuss the organization’s projects in expanding penetration of connectivity in Pakistan. Eager to learn more about data centers, infrastructure, and cloud services in Pakistan, the delegation also met CEO National Telecom Corporation Pakistan, Mr. Miraj Gul. The delegation also visited NADRA to discuss their current projects related to citizen’s facilitation and service delivery The next days were spent in Peshwar along with international and national E-Governance & ICT experts to conduct focus group discussions of the various important stakeholders of digital governance landscape of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Dr. Ali Mehmud, MD KPITB appreciated the efforts of the team and assisted the study for a better and digitized citizen delivery service in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa