bulgarian ict policies: focus on ngn and r & d for accelleration of the information society

State Agency for Information Technology and Communications 1

BULGARIAN ICT POLICIES: FOCUS ON NGN AND R & D FOR

ACCELLERATION OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY

SEEERA-EI Kick-off meeting , April 10th, 2009, Athens

Margarita NikolovaDirector Innovations and Project Management

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

State Agency for Information Technology and Communications 2

State Agency for Information Technology and Communications at the Council of Ministers

www.daits.government.bg

State Agency for Information Technology and Communications3

SAITC – the executive governmental body responsible for conducting

state policy on electronic communications and media: pursues the state policy in the fields of Information Society and

Communications: information technologies and electronic

communications development for better e-Infrastructure and broadband

penetration;

defines the state policy for Information Society development at

legislative, technological, economical and social levels and outlines the

basic related activities

sustained development of the national postal sector, providing high-level

postal services at affordable prices in line with the world and European

requirements.


Information Society Priorities in Bulgaria:

The basic priorities that should be achieved in the process of accelerated development of the Information Society in Bulgaria are:

ICT infrastructure development and e-services penetration; Broadband penetration all over the country Effective information environment and interoperability standards; Research and Innovation infrastructure development; Encouraging public-private partnerships for investment in ICT

infrastructure and innovation; Providing a full range of e-services for economic and social

challenges; Promoting e-Inclusion.


International activities of SAITC: The SAITC is a member of the International

Telecommunications Union, the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations, NATO Civil Communications, Planning Committee (CCPC) in EAPC/PfP (Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council/Partnership for Peace) format, EUTELSAT IGO., INTERSPUTNIK, ITSO and IMSO;

Development of documents on the formation and implementation of international policies in the fields of ICT and communications;

Participation in the work of the European Commission Committees especially in Communications Committee and the Radio Spectrum Committee, GMES;

Coordination of the intergovernmental activities with the Council of Europe in the field of media and new communication services.


Law on Electronic Communications

Law on Electronic Governance (into force since June 1, 2008)

Electronic Trade Law (adopted by the NA in 2006)

Law on Electronic Document and Electronic Signature (2001)

Law on Spatial Data (public evaluation phase)

Ordinance of the rules and conditions on Information security

and Interoperability (Nov. 2008)

National Regulatory Framework


Bulgarian Strategic Documents 2007 - 2013

National Programme for Reforms (2007-2009)

National Development Plan

National Strategic Reference Framework (2007-2013)

State Policy on Accelerated IS development (2007-2010)

National Program on Accelerated IS development (2008-

2010)

National Broadband Program (2009 – public evaluation)

ICT


European Information Society Policy

Inclusive Information Society

Innovation and Investment

Information Space

i2010 priorities

Goals

to create an open and

competitive single market for

information society and

media services within the EU

to increase EU investment

in research on ICT by 80%

to promote an inclusive

European Information

SocietyMaking better use of ICT opportunities in order to create new business models and new types of jobs for better productivity performance and

higher economic growth


National Program for Accelerated Information Society Development

ICT networking and affordability

Quality of life and competitiveness

Human capital

Information Society for all

Information Society for all

Impact

ICT Infrastructure and Security

Society and Culture

Economy and Employment

Research & Technological Development

Branding of ICT sector

Education and Training

Directions


National program for accelerated IS development and

GRID focus Coordinated approach – GEANT NW, high

performance distributed clusters – GRIDS and test beds

Knowledge-based economy objective: R&D&I development in ICT for eHealth, Education, Business, eGovernment, scientific research and development

Access to GRID resources = optimized scientific and innovation potential of users + equal participation in EU scientific and educational initiatives


Some indicators of the Program, referred to R & D in ICT and

GRID Share of scientific research in the GDP Expenditure for scientific R & D Investments in ICT sector Secured national financing for R & D & I No. of engaged in ICT R & D No. of users with access to GRID resources No. of users facilitating GRID infrastructure


National Broadband ProgramAim for its development: for sustainable solution of the fact that the

broadband penetration rate in BG (11.2 % 01.2009, 7,6 % 01.08) is still far bellow the EU-27 average (22,9 % 01.2008), remaining one of the lowest in the EU (source: EC report of March 2009)

Milestones: Creation of new broadband infrastructure including

backhaul facilities (e.g. fixed, terrestrial wireless, satellite-based, or combination of technologies) ;

Upgrade of existing broadband infrastructure (e.g. increased reliability, speed, capacity, reach, better quality of service, etc.);

Laying down passive broadband infrastructure (eg: civil engineering works such as ducts, and other network elements such as dark fibre etc), also in synergy with other infrastructures (energy, transport, water, sewerage networks, etc).

New!


Vision: Up to 2013 г. to ensure all Bulgarian citizens to have broadband access

Aim: Maximum coverage, reliable connectivity, high speed and reasonable prices for the end users

- Social and business environment impact- Technological impact: connectivity, networks, infrastructure Principles:- Focus on citizens- Equality- Coordination and cooperation- Market based investments- Sustainable development- Following the EC policies, initiatives and principles


e-Government is:

ICT + organisational change + new skills

in public administrations,

in order to

improve public services and

democratic processes and

strengthen support to public policies


e-Governance challenges

Insufficient and improper use of ICT

Lack of secure and interoperable Infrastructure

Lack of teamwork at the institutional and national level

As for creating of real e-governance is necessary to

involve all the state institutions


4 steps to meet the challenge

1. To develop ICT infrastructure for wide public access to

electronic services

2. To build an effective information environment and to

ensure the information security

3. To upgrade the IT skills of the public officials and citizens

4. To provide integrated electronic services meeting the

needs of citizens and businesses


SAITC Programs 2009 - 2011

Services of the Information society Security of backbone and information Interoperability of public Information Systems Further development of governmental backbone Technology transfer (supercomputing + GRID) Spatial data infrastructure and services (acc. to

INSPIRE Directive)


To develop ICT infrastructure for wide public access to electronic services

Providing computer equipment and Internet

access throughout the country

Providing Internet and computer equipment in

the schools

Development of the National Electronic

Communication Network in order to connect

the central and local authorities

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Delivery of over 3,500 computers, servers mainly to the

regional and local administrations:

Licensed software for 60 000 computers and 2000 server

systems in all administrations

Antivirus/spam/adware protection software

20 000 computers and 1500 server systems in the local

and regional administrations

Delivery of 2,150 e-signatures

Technical Equipment for the State Administration (2006-

2007)


Bulgarian National Research and Educational Network

It is the Bulgarian NREN, incorporating and integrating the

networks of all institutes of the Bulgarian Academy of

Science, 22 Universities and interconnecting about 2600

Bulgarian schools to the Pan-European research and

education resources trough GEANT

2119 schools already have their computer labs connected

to the network

SAITC supports BREN’s membership in TRENA and RIPE

IPv6 Lab opened for public scientific access April 2008

New!


Building a high-speed fiber-optic ring with an initial

transmission capacity of about 2.5 Gbps and with an option for

further increase up to 10 Gbps

Connecting 27 regional centers and the capital within the fiber-

optic ring by end-2009

Providing national connectivity and integration of the National

Electronic Communication Network with the other networks of

the state institutions after 2009 Infrastructure development for 112 emergency calls (2008)

Development of ICT infrastructure for wide public access to electronic

services


Innovation ICT projects, supported by SAITC:

National Network of virtual libraries – 46 university libraries interconnected as one-stop shop virtual library of common access

Bulgarian Virtual University (infrastructure projects i-Net, i-zone integration)

SAITC as one of the founders of BREN supports the Bulgarian NREN’s ICT R & D projects portfolio for interconnectivity and joint research networking of all institutes of BAS and 22 BG universities in Europe – GEANT2/GEANT3, SEEREN2, SEEGRID, SEE Light

National Grid Center - equipment and SW for further development of the grid center in IPP-BAS, 2008

SEERA-EI – national GRID policies development (2009)

Supercomputer center was opened Sept. 9th, 2008

New!


BG SUPERCOPMUTER CENTER FIGGURES

√ IBM Blue Gene/P, 2 racks, 2048 PowerPC450 processors (32 bits, 850 MHz), a total of 8192 cores

√ Double-precision, dual pipe floating-point acceleration on each core

√ A total of 4TB random access memory√ 16 more I/O nodes currently connected via fiber

optics to 10 Gb/s Ethernet switch√ 16 more I/O nodes ready to be connected further√ Max LINPACK performance achieved: Rmax = 23.42

Tflops√ 127th rank in the 32nd edition of the world’s TOP500

supercomputers list (Nov. 17, 2008) New!


To build an effective information environment and to ensure the

information security Development of a meta-information system ensuring an

information environment for integrated administrative services

Development of register of the interoperability standards

Development of the technical secure infrastructure and

applications

Provision of the security of the critical applications and of each

individual computer

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Establishment of National Center of Competence for Interoperability and

Information Security

Register of Standards

Register of Certified Systems

govCERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) + BREN CERT

List of Accredited entities

GIS-spatial data interoperability (eGOV 2008/9 – INSPIRE Directive)

New!


To upgrade the IT skills of the public officials and citizens

Educational programs for the employees in the state

administration

Educational programs for teachers and administrators

in the schools

National program for computer literacy

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Extension of the National Network of Public Internet Access

Points to all (264) municipalities by the end of 2010

Provision of access to the Internet and e-government services

for the majority of Bulgarian citizens (especially those in less

developed areas)

Raising qualification and education level through various forms

of distance learning and online courses

Creating new job and business opportunities

Extension of the National Network of Public Internet Access Points (i-

Center)


To provide integrated electronic services meeting the needs of citizens

and businesses Upgrade the existing infrastructure

Provide centralized access to e-services via one

government portal

Application of the best practices and pilot

projects

Expanding the services to all levels – G2C, G2B,

G2G

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• Integrated system of the e-Government

− service portal of the administration: www.egov.bg

− environment for document exchange

− support of the interoperability registers

• Pilot integrated system of e-Region

− regional service portals

− integration of the systems of the regional and local

administrations

• Total investment in projects for 2006 and 2007: BGN 25

mln

Backbone of the e-Government


Information society projects of SAITC

iCentres project – free public access to i-net to all (SAITC/UNDP - 120 + 1 mobile functioning)

i-Class – a PC-class in each Bulgarian school (SAITC) NOVA Project – educational system for simulation of

lab testing – special secondary schools (mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry etc.)

2 EU projects for SME support – ELISA & EVITA (INTERREG program)

eGOS – remote access to the e-Gov services (CIP-PSP)

Bulgarian library program for joining the GL program /US/ (MC, SAITC, UNDP, BMGF)

New!


ICT Policy Results

More effective institutions (combat corruption,

modernisation (eGovernance), value for money and etc.)

Higher share of ICT investment on total investment

Enhanced investments in R&D activities both the whole

economy and the ICT sector

Successful PPP models

Competitive, export-oriented ICT industry

Well-developed ICT infrastructure

From passive to active labour market


Thank you for your attention!

Margarita Nikolova, Director IPM

State Agency for ICT, R Bulgaria6, Gourko st., 1000 Sofia

[email protected]+359 889 503447, +359 888 371076

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