Report of the Regional Workshop - Escap

Country project proposals and actions plans
The project framework highlights the following issues that require
immediate focus:
• It is necessary for legislation to be enacted to ensure e-
communications within government and that the relevant regulations
be modified to enable e-Government
• Senior officials must be adequately trained to use the system
• All ministries must identify and release staff people for training
• Training academies must have the resources to cater for the
training requirements
• Ministries must be given a budget for maintenance of infrastructure
• Technical positions must be created in all ministries for management
of operations
6. Cost estimates and financing plan
Table 19. Pakistan cost estimate
Item
1. Data centre and intranet
a. Cost of networking
b. Cost of software/applications
c. Cost of implementation services/training
d. Cost of hardware
Sub-total
2. Federal Government. Divisions
a. Cost of networking (LANs)
b. Cost of software/applications
c. Cost of implementation services/training
d. Cost of hardware
Sub-total
Rs.
(in million)
10,700
60,000
5,000
115,710
191,410
29,889
9,692
6,008
76,026
121,616
3. Project staff salaries 68,471
4. EGD project office expenditure 4,055
5. Operating expenditure 53,440
80
6. Miscellaneous and contingencies (five per cent) 21,950
Total 460,941