Country Readiness Assessment Report – Kyrgyzstan . 1.1.5 Organisational, economic and financial mechanisms to implement and monitor national strategy 1.1.5.1 Methodology for the ICT strategy implementation To achieve the goals set by the National Strategy requires the creation of effective organisational, economic and financial mechanisms that: stimulate ICT development, information infrastructure and information industry; create a favorable investment climate for the strategy’s implementation; optimise utilisation of financial resources allocated to ICT development; and regularly monitor and evaluate the current status of the National Strategy implementation. The methodology for preparing and implementing the National Strategy includes preparation of a medium-term strategy for a period of five years, a government programme of information and communication technologies development in the Kyrgyz Republic, and annual preparations and implementation of the Action plan on the National Strategy implementation. The National Strategy was developed in line with the Comprehensive Development Frameworks. To evaluate current status of ICT in Kyrgyzstan a methodology developed by UNDP has been used. The methodology is based on the Guidelines “Readiness for a Net World” for developing countries prepared by the Center of International Development at Harvard University. The methodology allows the assessment of the ICT development level in Kyrgyzstan at the current stage and plans its development for the near future, identifying indicators for objectives achievement. A group of experts has identified six basic dimensions in the monitoring and evaluation of ICT development in Kyrgyzstan: • access to the Internet (opportunities of access to Internet; cost and quality of ICT nets, service and equipment); • public administration in the information century (electronic governance); • teaching of information technologies (integration of ICT in teaching progress, availability of training-programs for preparation of specialists in ICT sphere); • information society (how society uses ICT for its needs, access to information for citizens), • development of the net Economy (how business uses ICT, partnerships of business, government and civil society); • government policy in ICT area (creation of a favourable environment for the development of the information society). A system of indicators defining the level of readiness for a net world has been developed for each of these dimensions. For effective formulation and implementation of the National Strategy, as well as for ensuring effective mechanisms for implementing programmes in ICT, the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic proposed an administrative management structure presented in the Programme of information-communication technologies development in the Kyrgyz Republic. The National Strategy identifies areas where it is necessary to develop a programme of interventions in order to achieve the aims of the National Strategy. Each area will have specific projects. These projects should be developed in detail in annual program measures. Each programme’s objective should be the promotion of an informational society in Kyrgyzstan and the elimination of existing barriers and problems that limit the development and application of 12