1. ICT Standards and Guidelines Presenting the Project and the Team Sharif Hussein President, CNSI International

2. Objectives of this Session To present the project To present the structure of the team To highlight the working relationships between OMSAR and the team To outline the deliverables of the project

3. The Project OMSAR contracted CNSI in June 2002 The Project was funded by the Arab Fund for Social and Economic Development Work proceeded throughout the next 6 months It was completed and revised by Spring 2003

4. The Knowledge of the Team CNSI Experts (In the USA) OMSAR Experts (Task Force) CNSI Experts (In Lebanon)

5. The Structure of the Team Project Leader (USA) Project Manager (Lebanon) Quality Assurance (USA) Product Manager (Lebanon) Domain Experts Peer Reviewers

6. The Deliverables of the Project Deliverable 1 Analysis of the Current Situation Deliverable 2 The Standards and Guidelines 13 documents (Or segments) Deliverable 3 The Global Recommendations Document Deliverable 4 Recommendations for a Legal Framework for Standardization

7. Deliverable 1: Analysis of the Current Situation Analyzed the situation addressing Standards and Guidelines OMSAR conducted a Survey of all Ministries and Agencies: Purpose: to prepare an inventory of ICT resources This was augmented by a Survey from Team CNSI: Purpose: to assess current and planned work on standardization

8. Deliverable 2: The Standards and Guidelines OMSAR had initially requested 9 functional areas to be addressed OMSAR and CNSI reworked these into 13 segments The functional areas covered: Standards and Guidelines related to ICT Products Standards and Guidelines related to ICT Practices

9. The 13 Standards and Guidelines Areas or Segments The structure of the segments will be presented in a later presentation There will also be demonstrations of several of the above

10. It is hoped that OMSAR will extend work on Standards and Guidelines in the following areas: Project Management ICT Human Resources Structure and Organization of ICT Units Additional new technologies (Mostly web based) Procurement of ICT products and services Software Development Processes

11. Deliverable 3: The Global Policy Document This was based on the findings of the 13 Segments It charted global policies that OMSAR / CNSI are proposing to the Government The document also presented a proposed implementation plan Both plan and recommendations will be presented later on

12. Deliverable 4: Recommendations for a Legal Framework Legal experts identified existing laws and regulations that related to Standards and Guidelines They analyzed requirements and presented recommendations They identified possible conflicts with existing laws

13. Akram Najjar will now present “The Structure of the Project” And the “Proposed Implementation Plan”