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impacts of deploying and using ICTs.
6.6.4 STRATEGIES
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Develop
and implement a comprehensive E-Government strategy
targeting:
Government to Government (G2G), Government to Business (G2B) and
Government to Citizens (G2C) and Government to Employee (G2E) services;
Identify, develop and implement E-Services in the provision of government
information, health, educational and other services through the use of ICTs;
Undertake a comprehensive change management and human resource
development Programme to support the adoption of ICTs as part of the service
delivery model;
Develop and promote standards, guidelines and procedures to facilitate the
acquisition, installation and maintenance of ICT systems within public sector
institutions;
Develop Provincial and District Information Resource Centres and implement
an integrated Geographic Information System to support development
planning and decision-making at national, provincial and district levels;
Partner with civil society and private sector to participate in civic initiatives and
other information/service delivery solutions including development of public
access centres for online services such as license acquisition, registrations of
births, deaths, marriages as well as voter registration at national, provincial
and district levels as part of E- Government implementation;
Establish and develop an Integrated Land Information System at district and
provincial levels to enhance land management, security of tenure, land utilisation;
monitoring and evaluation;
Implement mechanisms and processes that will facilitate sharing and
exchange of information, good practices and organisational experiences within
the public sector;
Implement schemes and initiatives targeted at motivating public service
employees to acquire ICT literacy/skills as part of improving productivity,
efficiency and effectiveness;
Establish legislative and other instruments aimed at enhancing access to
information, as well as secure the privacy and security of information in public
domain;
Adopt an open policy for use of proprietary, free and/or open source
software in developing E-Government solutions systems.
PROMOTING ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
E-commerce broadly involves the use of electronic and traditional delivery systems
such as the postal network to facilitate the process of trading in goods and services using
electronic payment systems and technologies such as the Internet.
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