TURKEY : National Information Society Policies and Links with eEurope

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TURKEY National Information Society Policies
and Links with eEuropeInformation Society
Perspectivesin South-Eeastern EuropeThessaloni
ki - 29-30 June 2001

• Dr. Cemil ARIKAN, Turkey

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TUENA

• National
• Information
• Infrastructure
• Master Plan

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TUENADirective of the Prime Ministry

• To develop an information sector policy -
  including internet - for improving information
  techonogies and enabling Turkeys transition to
  an informatin society is crucial
• provided that careful attention is given to
  socio-economic, legal and institutional aspects
  as well as to security of information.

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TUENAProject Organisation
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TUENAExecutive Committee

• Ministry of Transport
• General Staff
• National Security Council General Secretariat
• Undersecretariat of State Planning
• Higher Education Council
• Turkish Electronics Industry Manufacturers
  Association
• Turkish Information Industry Association
• Technology Development Foundation of Turkey
• Turkish Telecom

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TUENAVision

• The vision of the Turkish National Information
  Infrastructure Project (TUENA) is to build and
  implement policies, that will
• Maximise the social and economic benefits of the
  national information infrastructure in all
  application areas, such as public administration,
  education, public health and industry
• Increase the value added by the national firms in
  hardware, software, content and service
  industries
• Increase the market share of national informatics
  industry in the global markets

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TUENAProject Work Packages
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TUENAurban household demand percentage for IT
equipment
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TUENAurban household demand percentage for
e-services

• SERVICES DEMAND ()
• Electronic payments 82,6
• Contacting government (petitions) 75,5
• Booking and reservation 73,5
• Exchanging information 73,2
• Viewing cultural events 73,2
• Participating in debates and elections 69,6

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TUENAtarget change in subscriber profile
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TUENAtarget change in total subscriber capacity
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TUENAtarget change in transmission and switching
capacity
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TUENADefinition
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TUENATurkey
1995
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TUENATurkey / Australia
(380)
Turkey
Australia
(124)
(186)
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TUENATurkey / Greece
Turkey
Greece
(134)
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TUENATurkey / Israel
(198)
Turkey
Israel
(197)
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TUENATurkey / Malesia
Turkey
Malesia
(1263)
(444)
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TUENATurkey / Russia
(284)
Turkey
Russia
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TUENATurkey 1995-2010
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TUENAAnnual Investment Target
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NATIONAL PROGRAM OF TURKEY(SECTION
SCIENCE AND RESEARCH

• Turkish Government is ready to contribute to the
  eEurope initiative. To transform Turkey into an
  information society, the eTurkey initiative in
  compliance with eEurope will be started and the
  necessary institutional structures will be
  established in collaboration with private sector,
  academic circles, NGOs and other related
  institutions.

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E-GOVERNMENT

• ONGOING PROJECTS
• 1- RETIREMENT FUND
• Health Project
• 333 Hospitals 14000 Pharmacy...
• Image Processing Project
• 2- MINISTRY OF FINANCE
• Automation of Income Tax Offices
• Automation of Motor Vehicles Tax Offices
• Web Access to all Information on Tax Matters
• Automation of Comptroller Offices

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E-GOVERNMENT(Cont.)

• PLANNED PROJECTS
• MINISTRY OF INTERIOR
• Citizenship Identification Number Project
• (MERNIS PROJECT)

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TUSIAD REPORT TURKISH INFORMATION SOCIETYIN
THE PROCESS OF EU MEMBERSHIP

• TARGETS
• 1- To provide means of access to information with
  bearable price to all sections of the community
• 2- To achieve the sustainable economic growth
• Science and Technology efforts must be promoted
• 3- The human capital must be further developed
• 4- The expected increase in brain-drain due to
  globalization must be reverted
• 5- Compliance with EU policies
• 6- A consensus platform accommodating all
  sections of the community must be established and
  a long-term foresight study should be carried out
  and the results should be implemented

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TURKEYS COMMITMENTS TO eEurope

• Turkey has finalized her eEurope Action Plan
  covering period from 2001 to 2003
• Turkish Prime Minister, Mr. Ecevit, has declared
  Turkeys commitments to eEurope during 14-15
  June meeting in Goteborg
• As a part of objective 0 of eEurope,
• An Independent Telecommunication Council has been
  established by Law in May 12, 2001
• The new Board of Directors of Turk Telekom A.S.
  will be appointed before July 3rd
• The legal infrastructure for Internet is in the
  Governments agenda