Digital West Bank & Gaza Project

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The development objective of the Digital West Bank and Gaza (WB and G) Project for WB and G is to: (a) increase access to high-speed broadband services in selected areas; and (b) enable development of selected e-services for response, recovery and resilience from shocks, such as Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The project comprises of five components. The first component, enabling legal and regulatory environment for digital economy will finance strengthening the enabling legal, policy and regulatory environment and the institutional capacity for the design, implementation, and evaluation of policies in support of digital transformation and emergence of digital economy in the WB and G. It consists of following sub-components: (i) strengthening development of key institutions of digital economy; (ii) development of legal and regulatory frameworks and cybersecurity and data protection; and (iii) capacity building. The second component, implementing digital infrastructure solutions for emergency response, recovery, and resilience aim to support digital infrastructure development and facilitate the use of digital technologies for building resilience, mitigating against emergencies and disasters, and digitally connecting communities and businesses. It consists of following sub-components: (i) emergency response center (ERC) for resilience; (ii) expanding access to broadband connectivity through sustainable mobilizing finance for development (MFD) approach; and (iii) expanding connectivity through the development of fiber optic infrastructure. The third component, fostering user centered e-service delivery will contribute to the establishment of a number of governments to citizen (G2C) and government-to-business (G2B) e-services across the WB and G under a whole of government approach. It consists of following sub-components: (i) enabling environment for accelerated development of e-services; (ii) delivering user-centric e-services; and (iii) development and implementation of priority e-government procurement (e-GP) functionalities in targeted high-spending agencies. The fourth component, project management and implementation support will strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MTIT), through the provision of management and implementation support to the MTIT in managing and overseeing project activities. The fifth component, contingent ER component (CERC) will provide immediate response to an eligible crisis or emergency, as needed.