IRTIC Guideline for a National IT Strategy

During the IDB 23rd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors held in Cotonou, Benin, in November 1998, the Bank organized its. The 9th Annual Symposium on “Preparing the Ummah for the 21st Century: Promotion of Information Technology for Development” recommended the Islamic Development Bank to develop a ‘Guideline for a National IT Strategy” to help the MCs. The main objective of conducting such a study was to promote IT awareness in the MCs and identify Centers of Excellence in the area of information technology who would cooperate with each other for better utilization of their services and resources._x000D_ _x000D_ Analysis of selected IDB MCs was carried out based on several successful case studies of ICT initiatives at the local level within developing MCs. This further identifies areas of weaknesses, improvements, responsibilities, directions as well as implementation issues faced by its members to effectively utilize IT in the new economy. The study provides a framew