S Gavashkar Project Manager

Why e-Sri Lanka? Grow the ICT Sector AND use ICT as an enabler for socio- economic development Specific mechanisms to take the growth in Colombo/ South-West to other areas of the country Rural Access (Nenasalas) ICT as an enabler for Socio Economic Development ICT as a growth Sector Entrepreneurship e- e- Government e-Society Connectivity (RTNs) TASS What are the problems facing the country? Can IT make a difference? Current Concentration of Growth 70%!!!

Vision & Macro Strategies Take the dividends of ICT to every village, to every citizen, to every business and also transform the way government works Improve public services and governance using ICT Improve ICT infrastructure and enhance quality of life through providing affordable access and opportunities Build a strong ICT industry Enhance the quality of education, learning and research through use of ICT Proliferate access to ICT in rural areas and use of ICT applications for rural socio-economic development

An Integrated e~Development Model & Program Interdependencies E-Leadership, Policy, Capacity Building & Strategic Communications Re-Engineering Government E-Society ICT Investments & Private Sector Development ICT HR Capacity Building Information Infrastructure PEACE EQUITY GROWTH For more details please visit

What is a Nenasala? It is a center that will provide multiple Information Communication Technology (ICT) based services to the members of the community Nenasala Project

Project Progress 1000 Nenasalas by end 2008 To-date 506 centres established Ampara - 32 Anuradhapura - 41 Badulla - 38 Batticaloa – 14 Colombo - 8 Galle - 22 Gampaha - 7 Hambantota - 28 Jaffna – 5 Kalutara - 16 Kandy - 43 Kegalle - 24 Kurunagala - 34 Mannar - 1 Polonnaruwa - 17 Matara - 27 Monaragala - 29 NuwaraEliya - 24 Matale - 18 Puttalam - 17 Ratnapura - 36 Trincomalee - 15 Vauvniya - 5 Location details available at

Religious institutions ; Temples, Kovils, Mosques and churches Individuals or Entrepreneur es – –60 individuals managed centres. Society/Community based Nenasalas – –Village development societies, Women’s Societies, Vidatha Societies, Gemidiriya Societies, Sanasa Societies, Sarvodaya Societies, Samurdhi Societies etc. Public Library -Kalutara, Anuradhapura, Batticaloa and Polonnaruwa Special Locations : - Fort Railway Station, Foreign Employment Bureau, Colombo District Secretariat Pelwatte Sugar Factory, Camps. Who operates the centres?

Services High speed internet accessHigh speed internet access services services Access to information – Government, Agriculture, health, education….Access to information – Government, Agriculture, health, education…. ScanningScanning FaxingFaxing Photo copingPhoto coping Telephone servicesTelephone services IT TrainingIT Training e-Learninge-Learning Business Process Outsourcing - BPOBusiness Process Outsourcing - BPO Video conferencing – only at Distance & e-Learning centresVideo conferencing – only at Distance & e-Learning centres Playback facility- only at Distance & e-Learning centresPlayback facility- only at Distance & e-Learning centres Multimedia lab facility-only at Distance & e-Learning centresMultimedia lab facility-only at Distance & e-Learning centres

Thank you S Gavashkar Project Manager