Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka

Uva province will be developed making best use of ICT: Chief Minister Shashendra Rajapaksa

Thursday, 01 July 2010 12:32

Chief Minister Shashendra Rajapaksa says that ICT will be used to the maximum for developing the Uva Province properly.

Inaugurating the 601st ‘Nenasala’, Uva Province Chief Minister said that maximum use of ICT, a main development tool, should be made for raising the standard of life of the people of the Badulla and Moneragala districts.

The 601st ‘Nenasala’ was inaugurated recently at the Badulla Senarat Paranavitana Public Library premises under the ‘Nenasala’ programme according to a concept of President Mahinda Rajapaksa for setting up ‘Nenasala’s – rural wisdom outlets island-wide.

Chief Minister Shashendra Rajapaksa pointed out that by now 65 ‘Nenasala’ have been set up in the Uva Province and that in the future the Uva Provincial Council would implement a systematic programme for carrying out the ‘Nenasala’ activities in an effective manner. The Chief Minister said that he hoped to obtain the advice of the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka and stressed that necessary steps would be taken for revamping the ‘Nenasala’s that are currently inactive and making them more useful to the people.

Speaking further on the occasion the Chief Minister said that the Provincial Council intends to develop the Uva Province according to a proper plan. The Minister said that ICT would be given priority in this development plan.

601st Nenasala opens in Badulla

Monday, 21 June 2010 14:55

The 601st Nenasala under the programme of setting up 1000 Nenasala telecentres or ‘wisdom outlets’ island-wide will be declared open at the Badulla Senarat Paranavitana Library on Thursday 24th instant at 9.00 a.m.

The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) says that the setting of this Nenasala is a further step in implementing President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s concept of making the benefits of ICT reach the rural society.

ICTA COO Reshan Dewapura says that the Nenasala set up at the Badulla Senarat Paranavitana Library, the only grade library in the Uva Province, will provide a valuable service to the people of the Uva Province.

Several ICT facilities including Internet and e-mail facilities, photocopying services, access to agricultural information will be available to the people through this Nenasala.

The Nenasala will be declared open by Uva Province Chief Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa at the auspicious moment of 9.00 a.m. A large number of distinguished guests including Badulla Mayor Attorney-at-law Upali Nissanka will participate in the event.

ICT savvy Government officers greatly help better public service:Public Management Reforms Min. Sec.

Monday, 21 June 2010 13:36

Knowledge of ICT among Government Institutional Heads igreatly helps better public service. This was stated by Secretary to Public Management Reforms Ministry Secretary P. B. Abeykoon. The Secretary said so during his keynote address at a workshop in Hambonthota last Thursday (17.6.2010) on the e-Government policy presented by President Mahinda Rajapaksa and approved by the cabinet last December.

The one-day workshop organised by the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) at the Peacock Beach Hotel in Hambantota was the third in the series of 10 National Workshop on e-Government Policy aimed at familiarising Government institutional Heads and Chief Innovative Officers with the e-Government Policy.