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UNITED REPUBLOC OF TANZANIA President’s Office, Public Service Management
e-Government Agency
e-Government Legal and Regulatory Framework in Tanzania
June 24, 2015
Medellin, Colombia
www.ega.go.tz
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OUTLINE
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Tanzania at glance
e-Government Institutional Arrangement
e-Government Implementation Status
e-Government Legal and Regulatory Framework
Introduction
ICT Governance in Public Service
e-Government Related Guidelines and Standards
Infrastructure
Public Key Infrastructure
The end
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Tanzania at Glance
DAR ES SALAAM ZANZIBAR
MT. KILIMANJARO
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TANZANIA FACTS
• Full name: United Republic of Tanzania • Population: 44.9 million (NBS, 2012) • Capital: Dodoma (official), Dar es Salaam (commercial) • Largest city: Dar es Salaam • Area: 945,087 sq km (364,900 sq miles) • Major languages: English, Swahili • Major religions: Christianity, Islam • Life expectancy: 58 years (men), 60 years (women) (UN) • Monetary unit: 1 Tanzanian shilling = 100 cents • Main exports: Gold, sisal, cloves, coffee, cotton, cashew nuts,
minerals, tobacco • GNI per capita: US $540 (World Bank, 2011) • Internet domain: .tz • International dialling code: +255
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e-Government Institutional Arrangement
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The e-Government Agency (eGA) is established under the
Executive Agency Act, Cap 245 as Semi-autonomous institution.
Mandate of the e-Government Agency include coordination,
oversight and promotion of e-Government initiatives and
enforcement of e-Government Standards in the Public Service.
Major Roles and Functions includes:
To ensure coordination, management and compliance of e-
Government implementation and initiatives;
To ensure within the Government users have access to ICT
shared infrastructure and resources;
To promote and provide e-Government advisory and
technical support for implementation of e-Government;
To coordinate, manage, develop, disseminate, monitor and
evaluate e-Government standards and guidelines
To ensure that public has access to e-services
e-Government Agency
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e-GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENTATION STATUS
• In order to reap the benefits of leveraging ICT in delivering quality public services, e-Government in Tanzania has concentrated in five areas that foster e-Government initiatives, namely:
(i) Establishing the e-Government related policies, laws and regulations;
(ii) Improving governance in public services;
(iii) Enhancing infrastructure;
(iv) e-Government applications and
(v) Provision of e-services.
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NSGPR I
Tanzania e-Government Strategy
5 years Development Plan
e-Government Master Plan
Sector ICT initiatives
National
Vision 2025
e-Health eLearning e-commerce e-Agriculture
Government Portal
Government Mailing System
e-recruitment system
ICT use for improving public service delivery, teaching and learning, manufacturing etc
1995
NSGPR II
MDG’s 2010
Transforming Tanzania into a middle-
income country by 2025. ICT is one of 5 core priorities to
promote growth
2011
2012
E-Government Agency
e-Government Agency Strategic Plan
2012
2012
Tanzania e-Government Strategy
Draft
2009
Gove-Net Government Data Centre
2013
National ICT Policy
GDP growth rate of 8% on average by 2016 and 10% from 2016 to 2025
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e-Government Related Policies, Laws, & Regulations
• Policies, Laws and Regulations related to ICT in Tanzania are now given a top most priority by the Government, some of the actions taken include; Two cyber related Laws has been enacted this year covering:
– Cybercrime Act, 2015
– e-Transactions Act, 2015
• The process of enacting Personal Data Protection Law is underway.
• Formulation of e-Government policy under President Office Public Service Management and Review of 2003 National ICT Policy under Ministry of Communication Science and Technology are other initiatives related to policies.
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ICT Governance in Public Services
• This includes e-Governance framework, strategic management, resources optimization and value for money (benefits) from e-Government related initiatives. – As said earlier, establishment of e-Government Agency (2012) for
harmonizing, coordinating and enforcing compliance of e-Government initiatives with the Public Service
– The Government has engaged a private firm for developing Government Enterprise Architecture and e-Government standards which is expected to be completed by July 2015.
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ICT Governance in Public Services
• This includes e-Governance framework, strategic management, resources optimization and value for money (benefits) from e-Government related initiatives. – Realization of the intended benefits for various e-Government
initiatives is a critical aspect which the Government of Tanzania is focusing now. In an effort to improve this, e-Government is making thorough reviews of all ICT related Projects in the Government institutions to ensure the value for money spent is realized.
– The Government ICT Projects Review checklist, criteria and Procedure are provided in the Agency’s website in order to guide Government Institutions in developing their ICT related projects, the link is: http://www.ega.go.tz/index.php/publications/index/4
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e-Government Related Guidelines and Standards
• By September, 2015 the Government will complete the development of the e-Government related Standards and Guidelines which will cover:
• Interconnection – standards related to networks and system development, which layer enables communications between systems.
• Data integration – standards for the description of data that enables exchange between disparate systems.
• Content management and metadata – standards for retrieving and managing government information.
• Information access and presentation – presentation of data to the user in the various means of access to e-government services.
• Business services – standards to support data exchange in particular business areas such as e-learning, e-health, etc.
• Web-based services – standards to connect and integrate web-based applications over the Internet.
• Security – standards that ensure safe access and exchange of information in public services. The security should cuts across all technical interoperability layers.
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Infrastructure
• There is a significant investment and development of e-Government infrastructure at the National level focusing on connectivity and shared resources/facilities. – National ICT Broadband Backbone (NICTBB), this is a five-
phased project in which the Government envisioned to have whole of Tanzania connected through backbone network, metro and last mile connectivity networks. NICTBB phases 1 and 2 focused on backbone transmission network, it is completed and covers 7,560 kilometers of optical fiber cable (OFC) connecting regional centers, submarine cables and neighboring countries. • On top of this NICTBB there are Government Secured Network (GovNet) and
Public Key Infrastructure
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Public Key Infrastructure Tanzania is on the verge of
finalization of ‘Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) which will be used to secure online transactions through using of “digital signature”
This is a part of National ICT Backbone
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THANKS
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President’s Office, Public Service Management e-Government Agency
P.O Box 4273, Dar es Salaam
Tel: +255222129868/74 Fax: +255222129878 Email: [email protected]
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