Revised Bhutan ICT Roadmap Strengthen  Collaboration  between  GNHC,  MOF  and  MOIC  for  e-­‐Governance   The   developed   e-­‐Governance   Framework   is   to   allow   effective   governance   of   ICT  projects  across  the  government.  The  review  found  that  ICT  projects  were   not   identified   and   reviewed   by   the   governance   committees   before   submitting   for   budget.   GNHC,   as   the   owner   of   PLAMS,   and   MOF,   responsible   for   government   expenditure,   would   be   key   agencies   to   support   MOIC   in   managing   ICT   specific   projects   and   have   them   go   through   the   necessary   governance  process  as  prescribed  in  the  framework.  The  Project  Management   Office   (PMO)   in   MOIC   needs   to   establish   the   close   collaboration   with   GNHC   and  MOF  to  facilitate  the  execution  of  e-­‐Governance  Framework.     Dedicated  Team  to  Drive  e-­‐Government  System  and  e-­‐GIF  Programme   Low  adoption  of  completed  programme  could  stem  from  the  lack  of  dedicated   resources   to   operate   or   maintain   them.   Specifically   for   e-­‐Governance   Framework   and   e-­‐Government   Interoperability   Framework,   it   was   noticed   that  these  frameworks  have  been  developed  but  each  of  these  frameworks  do   not   have   dedicated   team   of   officers   to   implement,   maintain   and   promote   them   to   the   other   government   agencies.   Dedicated   resources   need   to   be   identified  and  be  responsible  to  propagate  the  use  of  both  frameworks  across   the   government.   A   strategy   to   ensure   dedicated   resources   are   allocated   would   be   to   include   goals   into   the   annual   performance   appraisal   but   subjected  to  availability  of  resources  (human  resources  and  budget).   4.2 Lack of Budget The   lack   of   budget   is   a   perennial   challenge   that   all   agencies   have   to   tackle.   The   government   has   to   be   prudent   in   its   expenditure,   accompanied   by   recurring  operational  expenses  that  can  put  a  strain  to  the  overall  budget.   Key  funding  programmes  such  as  Chipen  Rigpel  is  expected  to  complete  at  the   end   of   2015,   will   have   an   impact   to   the   computer   literacy   goal   that   the   government  sets  out  to  achieve.   The   lack   of   budget   will   inadvertently   pose   an   obstacle   to   overall   development   of  ICT  in  the  country  but  the  review  also  noted  that  in  many  programmes,  the   operating   expenditure   is   often   not   considered   resulting   in   the   lack   of   maintenance  of  these  programmes.   The  review  recommends:   Explore  Alternate  Funding  Model   The  lack  of  budget  is  posing  a  major  hurdle  for  programmes  to  be  carried  out.   Instead   of   relying   only   government   or   donor   funds,   the   RGOB   could   explore   © 2015. IDA INTERNATIONAL. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.