Designing e-Government for the Poor - Tanzania Development ...

III. PROPOSED PROJECT
A. Objectives and scopes
The objective of this project is to enable government officials at
three agencies namely CPI, MoF, PMO and 18 provincial administrative
offices to have a basic standardized MIS in hard format as well as in
electronic format. The purposes of the management information system is
to enhance working process, reduce time consumption, improve coordination
among agencies through online sharing of information, and provide
better government services to the public.
In the first phase of implementation, an MIS will be set up in the
three governmental offices of CPI, MoF, and PMO, and the 18 provincial
branches. In the second phase, the project will establish a WAN in CPI and
PMO. The WAN will be set up in each administrative province as well.
The WAN will be linked through intranet based on the existing telecommunication
network that will connect the three government agencies to the
provinces. In the last phase, the ICT system will connect the government to
the citizens, and a CPI e-government portal will be launched.
B. Cost estimates and financing plan
The total cost of the project is estimated at US$ 20 million, of
which 18.4 million (92 per cent) will be financed by donor agencies, and
1.6 million (8 per cent) will come from the counterpart fund of the
government.
COST ESTIMATES
(US$)
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Item Donors Government Total cost
Setting up IMS (Phase I) 1,840,000 160,000 2,000,000
1. Consultants 480,000 20,000 500,000
2. Furniture 450,000 50,000 500,000
3. Capacity building 720,000 80,000 800,000
4. Miscellaneous administration and
maintenance cost
90,000 10,000 100,000
5. Contingencies 100,000 100,000
Establishment of WAN (Phase II) 13,640,000 1,360,000 15,000,000
1. Consultants 970,000 30,000 1,000,000
2. Equipment and software 10,800,000 1,200,000 12,000,000
3. Capacity building 920,000 80,000 1,000,000
4. Miscellaneous administration and
maintenance cost
450,000 50,000 500,000
5. Contingencies 500,000 500,000
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