Contents Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 3 1. National Strategy and Action Plan....................................................................................... 4 1.1 National strategy ............................................................................................................. 4 1.1.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 5 1.1.2 Main objectives, tasks and priorities of the National Strategy................................. 7 1.1.2.1 Objectives........................................................................................................... 7 1.1.2.2 Main tasks .......................................................................................................... 7 1.1.2.3 Main priorities.................................................................................................... 7 1.1.3 Main principles and directions of the national ICT policy....................................... 8 1.1.3.1 Main principles of the national ICT policy ........................................................ 8 1.1.3.2 Improvement of public administration and local self-governance through ICT application ...................................................................................................................... 8 1.1.3.3 Education – human capacity building and training of staff ............................... 8 1.1.3.4 Electronic economy............................................................................................ 9 1.1.4 State support in the development of the priority areas of the national strategy ..... 10 1.1.4.1. Development of ICT-related legislation.......................................................... 10 1.1.4.2 Development of infrastructure for informatisation .......................................... 10 1.1.4.3 Ensuring security of information...................................................................... 11 1.1.4.4 ICT and civil society development. Building partnership with different sectors ...................................................................................................................................... 11 1.1.5 Organisational, economic and financial mechanisms to implement and monitor national strategy............................................................................................................... 12 1.1.5.1 Methodology for the ICT strategy implementation ......................................... 12 1.1.5.2 Measures of National Strategy implementation ............................................... 13 1.1.5.3 Economic and financial measures for implementation of the National Strategy13 1.1.5.4 Monitoring and evaluation system creation to track implementation of the National Strategy.......................................................................................................... 14 1.1.5.5 International cooperation and donor support for the National Strategy........... 14 1.2 Action Plan.................................................................................................................... 15 2. The Institutional Regime.................................................................................................... 19 3. Present Situation and Trends in the Country’s Informational System............................... 22 3.1 Main Telecommunication projects ............................................................................... 22 3.2 Communication facilities .............................................................................................. 22 3.3 Internet in the Kyrgyz Republic.................................................................................... 27 3.3.1 Informational computer networks coming into being in KR (1991-1993)............. 27 3.3.2 History of Internet services (1994-1996) ............................................................... 27 3.3.3 The early Internet development period (1997-1998).............................................. 27 3.3.4 Current condition of the Internet services market in Kyrgyzstan (1999-2001)...... 28 3.3.5 The web services market and Internet resources of Kyrgyzstan ............................ 29 3.4 Sector online software applications .............................................................................. 29 4. Characteristics of the Country’s Human Resources........................................................... 31 5. National innovation capacities and capabilities and their effectiveness ............................ 36 5.1 Development of ICT in different sectors ...................................................................... 38