Capacity Building on effective use and management of ICT in the public sector in Tanzania
Considerable advances have been achieved in the rollout of ICT-based public services in many government units. However, the experience and surveys show that there is inadequate contribution of ICT investment to the improvement of the organizational performance and public services delivery due to, among others, the lack of proper strategic planning, use and management of ICT. This is also due to the lack of ICT management programme in most of learning institutions in Tanzania. As a result the few experts trained abroad are absorbed by the private sector due to the high pay.
The main focus of this project is to equip the management with essential knowledge and skills not only for strategically aligning business logic and ICT infrastructure but also champion and managing integration of ICT with government objectives and strategies.
The project addresses the need to match public administrations capacity to make full use on the management level, of the Tanzanian government expansion of and commitment to e-governance in recent years.
The project purpose is to establish a sustainable capacity building training programme on effective use and management of ICT within the public sector. Specifically it will;
- Create a standard curriculum and training materials for current and future training needs on ICT management.
- Create awareness to increase level of understanding amongst IT and business management on the potential of ICT to transform the public services delivery process.
Produce well trained management personnel on ICT management. - Equip and guide the public sector management to develop and use standard approaches to strategic management of ICT in the Public sector.
