Software & IT Service Catalog 2011 - basis

With regard to policy advocacy for the sector, BASIS regularly interacts with concerned
agencies of the Government and other relevant stakeholders. BASIS played an active role in
the formulation of National ICT policy 2009. BASIS has also strongly advocated for industry
support related policies and issues (tax exemption facility, EEF policy, Special Foreign
Exchange rule for BASIS members etc.) for software and ITES industry. BASIS represents the
industry in different national level committees including Digital Bangladesh Task Force
(headed by PM), High Tech Park Development Authority and Executive Committee of
Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC).
Organization Structure and Governance
BASIS Board: BASIS is run by a nine member Board of Directors (elected by direct voting of
the members for a two-year term). The Board of Directors has the overall responsibility for
running the affairs of BASIS and setting policy guidelines for its secretariat. Aside from the
elected board of directors, there are 10 (Ten) Standing Committees comprising of members
who are experts in relevant areas.
BASIS has a strong secretariat. The secretariat is well staffed to deliver different member
services and to carry out programs & activities in different areas as specified within the
broad goals of the association. Currently, the employee size of BASIS Secretariat is 12.
Current Projects of BASIS
• ICT Incubator
• BITMAP (supported by Danish Embassy)
• BASIS-A2I Joint Project for national portal framework development
• NTFII Project (supported by CBI, Netherlands Government and implemented jointly
with ITC, UN and DCCI)
Details of the projects as well as other activities are available at BASIS web site: www.basis.org.bd
Number of BASIS Member Companies
17 23 30 45 44 60 72 102 168 218 260 275 326 405 458
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
(up to
July 2011)
BASIS Membership Growth
Bangladesh Association of Software & Information Services
BDBL Bhaban (5th Floor - West), 12 Kawran Bazar, Dhaka -1215, Bangladesh
Phone: +880-2-8151196, 8144708-9, Fax: +880-2-8151197
Email: info@basis.org.bd | Web: www.basis.org.bd
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