Country Readiness Assessment Report – Kyrgyzstan 3.1. People and organization online • What is the percentage of the population: o Is aware of Internet existence? – 26.8 % - 10.6 % o Has used Internet recently? - 9.6 % o Uses Internet regularly? The survey was conducted among the adult population of big cities. • • • 3.2. Locally relevant content • • • • • 3.3. What is the structure of users by gender, age, social and educational status? Gender: male – 56.25 %; female – 43.75 % Age: 15-17 years – 0.83%; 18 – 22 years – 19.17%; 23-27 years – 44.17%; 28-35 years – 25%; 36-45 years – 7.51%; more than 46 years – 3.33% Status: executive staff – 19.17%; software developer – 11.67 %; mid level manager – 33.33%; intern – 7.5%; other – 34.17%; not mentioned – 4.17% What is the number locally registered domain names (per 1000 people)? 0.2 Is there advertising for online companies, and how common is it? There is some advertising for online companies but it’s not common. Are there (and how many: no, few, some, many) websites: There are about 500 web sites providing local topics in local languages. How often are they updated and is content static or dynamic? A few web sites are updated on a daily basis. There are some dynamic web sites with client side and server side data processing as well as remote database access. Are the above websites created in the community? Yes, these web sites are created by local programmers. Are bulletin board systems, Usenet groups, newsletters, and/or listservs in use? There are several popular bulletin board systems with sections like: “For Sale”, “Help Wanted” and so on. Several newsletters are distributed on a regular basis. Are there opportunities for Web-related training? There are paid and free of charge opportunities for Web-related training. Colleges and training centers are providing such training at a reasonable price. Resources Centres are supported by the International Development Agencies, which are also providing Web – related training free of charge for NGOs and the general public. ICTs in every-day-life • • • Does population include information and communication technologies (phones, faxes, pagers, computers) in everyday life? A sizeable portion of the population is using ICTs in everyday life. Are there phones, wireless phones, digital assistants, pagers, PCs and are they being used regularly? Are they used for household commerce (banking, online shopping, investing) and social and commercial interaction (bartering, online chat and etc.) They are widely used but not for household commerce, mostly for communication. Are there PCs with e-mail capability available (cyber cafés, telecenters) 55