the country perspective: turkey
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The Country Perspective: TURKEY. H. İbrahim AKÇA State Planning Organization March 26 , 200 4. Outline. e-Transformation Turkey Project ICT Indicators of Turkey WB Financed KE Projects Invitation to the KE Forum IV in Istanbul. Urgent Action Plan of Turkey (November 2002). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Country Perspective:The Country Perspective:TURKEYTURKEY
H. İbrahim AKÇA H. İbrahim AKÇA
State Planning OrganizationState Planning Organization
March 26March 26, 200, 20044
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- e-Transformation Turkey e-Transformation Turkey ProjectProject
- ICT Indicators of TurkeyICT Indicators of Turkey- WB Financed KE ProjectsWB Financed KE Projects- Invitation to the KE Forum IV in Invitation to the KE Forum IV in
IstanbulIstanbul
OutlineOutline
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Urgent Action Plan of Turkey Urgent Action Plan of Turkey (November 2002)(November 2002)
- Public Administration Reform Public Administration Reform
ProgramProgram
- Economic Transformation ProgramEconomic Transformation Program
- Social Transformation ProgramSocial Transformation Program
- Democratization and Judiciary Reform Democratization and Judiciary Reform
ProgramProgram
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e-Transformation Turkey e-Transformation Turkey ProjectProject
- Government’s Urgent Action Plan urges public institutions to take necessary measures in order to remedy long-term problems.
- Under the Public Administration Reform Program, information society is declared among the highest priority issues.
- e-Transformation Turkey Project is aiming to foster the evolution and to coordinate information society activities.
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Objectives ofObjectives of e-Transformation Turkey e-Transformation Turkey ProjectProject
• Aligning ICT policies and regulations with the EU acquis and adopting eEurope+ Action Plan.
• Enhencing participation of citizens to decision-making process.
• Transparency and accountability for public management.
• Good governance principles in government services.
• Promoting ICT diffusion.
• Avoiding duplicated public IT projects
• Guiding private sector according to the above-mentioned principles.
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e-Transformation Turkey Project e-Transformation Turkey Project Administrative FrameworkAdministrative Framework
Executive Executive BoardBoard
Executive Executive BoardBoard
Deputy Prime Deputy Prime Minister and Minister and
Minister of State Minister of State ((e-Ministere-Minister))
Deputy Prime Deputy Prime Minister and Minister and
Minister of State Minister of State ((e-Ministere-Minister))
Advisory Advisory BoardBoard
Advisory Advisory BoardBoard
State State Planning Planning
OrganizationOrganization
State State Planning Planning
OrganizationOrganization
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Short Term Action PlanShort Term Action Plan
STAP consists of STAP consists of 73 actions and;73 actions and; 8 action lines8 action lines::
- Information Society Strategy(2)- Information Society Strategy(2)
-- Technical InfrastructureTechnical Infrastructure//Information Information Security(5)Security(5)
- Education and Human Resources(8)- Education and Human Resources(8)
- Legal Infrastructure(13)- Legal Infrastructure(13)
- Standards(1)- Standards(1)
- e-Government(23)- e-Government(23)
- e-Health(15)- e-Health(15)
- e-Trade(6)- e-Trade(6)
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ICT IndicatorsICT Indicators
PSTN Subscribers Density (%)
27,432,6
2732,1
55,6 56,3
010203040506070
Turkey EU Cand. (10) EU (15)
Per
cen
t
2001 2002
Mobile Penetration
26,538
73,9
33,350,8
78,8
0
20
40
60
80
100
Turkey EU Cand. 10) EU (15)
Per
cen
t
2001 2002
Internet Penetration
31.1
12.2
5.8
14
8.4
35.7
0
10
20
30
40
Turkey EU Cand. (10) EU (15)
Per
cen
t
2001 2002
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e-Readinesse-Readiness
COUNTRY POINTPOSITION
USA
5.921
Singapore
Finland
5.79
5.74
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3
TURKEY 3.5750
... ... ...
•Among 82 Countries, Turkey ranked 50th in overall.
Source: World Economic Forum Global IT Report 2002-03
Poland 3.8539
... ... ...
Estonia 4.6924
... ... ...
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Knowledge Economy Projects in Turkey Knowledge Economy Projects in Turkey Financed by the WBFinanced by the WB
1993: Informatics and Economic 1993: Informatics and Economic Modernization StudyModernization Study
1991-1998: Technology Development 1991-1998: Technology Development ProjectProject
1998: Basic Education Project1998: Basic Education Project 1999: Industrial Technology Project1999: Industrial Technology Project 2004: Health2004: Health SSector ector RReform eform ProjectProject 2005: 2005: Knowledge Economy and Knowledge Economy and
Innovation ProjectInnovation Project
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TechnologyTechnology
- Technology Development ProjectTechnology Development Project:: improving the Turkish technology improving the Turkish technology infrastructure and servicesinfrastructure and services..
- Industrial Technology ProjectIndustrial Technology Project:: harmonizing technology infrastructure harmonizing technology infrastructure to be WTO and EU compliant, and to be WTO and EU compliant, and upgrading technology services to firms. upgrading technology services to firms.
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EducationEducation
Basic Education Project:Basic Education Project:The objectives of the ProjectThe objectives of the Project:: - providing training for ICT trainers and providing training for ICT trainers and inspectors, inspectors, - introducing computer-aided learningintroducing computer-aided learning,, - computer education in over 3,000 basic computer education in over 3,000 basic educationeducation,,
* First Phase: * First Phase: Ministry of Education provided Ministry of Education provided 2,800 schools with computer laboratories and 2,800 schools with computer laboratories and Internet access. Internet access. * S* Second phaseecond phase:: 4,000 more schools 4,000 more schools..
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Selective Indicators of the Basic Selective Indicators of the Basic and Secondary Education in and Secondary Education in TurkeyTurkeyI.I. General FiguresGeneral Figures
- 13 million students13 million students- 580 thousand teachers580 thousand teachers- 59 thousand education institutions59 thousand education institutions
II.II. ICT InfrastructureICT Infrastructure- 125 thousand computers125 thousand computers- 6,400 computer laboratories6,400 computer laboratories- 6,000 internet connected schools (42 6,000 internet connected schools (42
thousand schools will have broadband thousand schools will have broadband connection until 2005)connection until 2005)
- 67% of teachers are computer literate67% of teachers are computer literate
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HealthHealth
HealthHealth SSector ector RReform eform Project Project includes includes national health and insurance national health and insurance information systems. information systems.
The project will be initialized in the The project will be initialized in the second part of 2004. second part of 2004.
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Knowledge Economy and Innovation Project
The project The project hashas four core areas: four core areas:
- - SSupporting enterprise innovation; upporting enterprise innovation;
- D- Developing information society; eveloping information society;
- D- Developing skills for the knowledge eveloping skills for the knowledge economy; economy;
- S- Strengthening the knowledge trengthening the knowledge eeconomy conomy environment. environment.
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We invite you all to KE Forum IV to We invite you all to KE Forum IV to be held in İstanbul. be held in İstanbul.
Hope to see you Hope to see you inin this beautiful city this beautiful city
in in 20052005..
Thank You...Thank You...
H.İbrahim AKÇA H.İbrahim AKÇA
State Planning OrganizationState Planning Organization
www.bilgitoplumu.gov.trwww.bilgitoplumu.gov.tr
March 26March 26, 200, 20044