BD: Enhancing Digital Government & Economy Project

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The objective of the Enhancing Digital Government and Economy Project for Bangladesh is to improve the efficiency and cybersecurity of digital government, and increase digitally enabled employment and raise revenues of IT industry firms supported by the Project. The Project has four components. 1. Enabling Environment for Digital Government and Digital Economy component has three subcomponents. 1.1. Legal and Regulatory Enabling Environment for Digital Government and the Digital Economy subcomponent will provide (i) support for review, development and implementation of the policy, legal and regulatory frameworks; (ii) establishment and strengthening of data protection safeguards; (iii) support for BCC for implementation of organization changes; and support (iv) development and implementation of business plan for integrated digital platform. 1.2. Change and Stakeholder Management subcomponent will support development and implementation of a change and stakeholder management program for selected Government of Bangladesh (GoB) agencies. 1.3. GOB Digital Capacity Development subcomponent will support (i) establishment of a digital leadership academy (DLA) under Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) as a center of excellence for knowledge or disruptive/emerging technologies; and (ii) establishment of a digital intellectual property agency under BCC as a center of excellence for digital-related intellectual property issues and activities. 2. Transforming Digital Government component has three subcomponents. 2.1. Integrated Digital Platform (IDP) for Digital Government and Digital Economy subcomponent will support the establishment of an integrated digital platform as a shared, cloud-computing platform for use by any GoB agency to build, operate and maintain its sector-specific systems, applications and services. 2.2. Cybersecurity Strengthening for BCC subcomponent will scale up of BCC cybersecurity activities to enhance GoB internal network security. 2.3. Mainstreaming Bangladesh National Digital Architecture subcomponent support (i) institutionalization of Bangladesh National Digital Architecture (BNDA) as the architectural blueprint and the de facto guideline for implementation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) initiatives across GoB; (ii) preparation of implementation plan and roadmap for interoperability between systems, and (iii) sensitization and promotion of BNDA framework among GoB ministries and divisions. 3. Developing Digital Enablers component has five subcomponents. 3.1. Digital Enablers Coordination subcomponent will support establishment of a Center of Excellence on Digital Technologies (CEDT) within BCC. 3.2. Hire and Train Program for Youth subcomponent will support scaling up of GOB’s ongoing hire and train program. 3.3. Strengthening and Promoting the IT Industry subcomponent will support (i) scaling up of GOB’s program for promoting local IT firms. 3.4. Digitalization of Small and Medium Enterprises subcomponent will support (i) implementation of a strategic partnership program to help local small and medium enterprises scale up; (ii) formulation and provision of a comprehensive set of assistance schemes for small and medium enterprises to support their digitization, (iii) development of a digital business continuity plan for small and medium enterprises to mitigate or maintain core business functions. 3.5. Establish Training, Research and Innovation Centers subcomponent will support (i) establishment of training, research and innovation centers (TRICs) within selected Public Universities; (ii) provision of Fees to teachers for research and innovation initiatives, (iii) selected Public Universities to provide digital skills training to students from relevant disciplines. 4. Project Management Support component will support the establishing of the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) and overall Project management and implementation.