Bhutan e-Government Master Plan 2. 2.1 TAKING STOCK Bhutan’s ICT Achievements Bhutan made has achievements delivery, good made capacity progress in terms building To Date in of ICT, as can infrastructure, and policy be seen from the telecommunications, formulation. many eService Some of the notable being implemented achievements in these areas are highlighted below: Infrastructure O The National Broadband Masterplan project is establish optical fibers in all 20 Dzongkhags and 205 Gewogs. currently reached all 20 Dzongkhags gewogs, fibers to the remaining and gewogs 138 Gewogs. are scheduled to Fibers have Except for four for completion by July 2014. On the international front, a Second been established Power Grid between and International Gateway at Gelephu operationalized Corporation of Bongaigoan and India to create Limited Gelephu the required (PGCIL) (BPC has Gantry) redundancy. strung to has OPGW facilitate this connectivity. Video conferencing facility available to all 10 ministries and 20 through the Dzongkhags; More than Thimphu 90 Government Wide Area Network organizations (WAN). are connected This network will facilitate a secure, efficient and reliable communications across all public agencies in Thimphu and contributes towards realizing the role of ICT in enhancing good governance; 182 community centres (CCs) have been established. 131 CCs are planned to be connected with broadband internet by December 2013. Making computers freely accessible to some of the rural communities facilitate learning? (HIWEL); and Establishment of first IT Park at Babesa on 1°' Nov 2011. * Hole-in-the-Wall Education Ltd (HiWEL) is an Indian initiative that facilitates learning for marginalized children and their communities through free and public access to computers. The computers, called Hole-inthe-Wall Learning Stations, are housed in self-contained robust units that are designed for easeof use and to withstand harsh weather conditions. to