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Thursday, 10 November 2005 06:00 |
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Read more about Danish ICT Management's whereabouts this month
Danish ICT Management ends off 2005 in some
exciting destinations representing the ICT work that we do at Danish
Management Group. For several months, Danish ICT Management visited
Nicaragua, Tunisia and the Maldives.
Appraisal mission on the
integration of ICT into the Finnish Development cooperation in the
sector of municipal management and decentralisation in Nicaragua
Danish
ICT Management was contacted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in
Finland (MFA) to undertake an appraisal mission in Nicaragua over the
next two weeks (29-10 November, 2005). The appraisal's objective was to
assess if the presently proposed plan (outlining the new Finnish
intervention regarding ICT support to the Nicaraguan municipal
sector, was in accordance with Finland's overall development policy,
MFA ICT guideliness, and beneficiaries' requirements.
Frantz Longhi,
DMG President |
Frantz Longhi, DMG President added:
The
direct assignment for the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs was of
particular interest - other countries are now contacting Danish
Management Gruop directly for ICT consultancy services, supporting the
fact that we are becoming leading players on the ICT market. |
The
specific purpose of the mission was to finalise the intervention plan
with priority areas, institutional set-up, organisational locations,
and to incorporate new initiatives to the project if deemed feasible.
Ms. Ulla Hauer was Team leader and Ms. Jane Moeller Larsen was ICT
advisor on this assignment, and Danish Management Group enjoyed to
undertake this interesting appraisal mission.
Danish Management Group to participate in World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis, November 2005
From
16 to 18 November 2005, Danish Management Group participated in the
second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS),
organised by International Telecom Union (ITU) under the UN. Danish
Management Group also participated in the first WSIS phase held in
Geneva in 2003.
Some of the major themes up for discussion
during WSIS were: Access to ICTs for all, ICTs as a tool for economic
and social development (meeting the Millennium Development Goals), and
confidence and security in the use of ICTs. One of the ‘hot' topics -
among many others - was who was to control the Internet in the
future. Danish Management Group was represented at the stand of the
Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Participants from Danish
Management Group were: Mr. Jørn Lykou, Mr. Nils Jepsen, Mrs. Ulla
Hauer, Ms. Jane Moeller Larsen, and intern at Danish ICT Management,
Mr. Michelle Sassene.
Danish Management Group President's commented:
At
Danish Management Group we see this event as crucial in the
international ICT for Development sector. Danish Management Group would
like to demonstrate this understanding by a massive presence. |
Consultancy to develop a Business Model for the National Centre for Information Technology (NCIT) in Republic of Maldives
Danish
ICT Management undertook a consultancy assignment in the Maldives to
develop a business model for NCIT under the Ministry of Transport and
Communication. The first lot of field work was successfully carried out
in September 2005 by Mr. Claus Hoevelt, Ms. Rachael Kadama and Ms. Jane
Moeller Larsen. The next lot of field work took place from 2 to 22
December, 2005, and included Mrs. Ulla Hauer, Mr. Michelle Sassene, and
Ms. Jane Moeller Larsen as the Team leader.
Generally, the
consultancy dealt with localising, assessing and recommending
successful e-government models from around the world, and hereunder to
suggest and advise on the most appropriate e-government strategies for
the Government of Maldives in relation to network establishment,
applications development, services within the administration between
the Government and the citizens, and how e-government services were to
be planned in order to be sustainable in the long run (charges, cost
recovery and return on investment). Additionally, the consultancy dealt
with assessing the corporate structure of NCIT and to recommend whether
or not the organisation should transform into a parastatal unit.
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