This is a catalytic project, aimed at demonstrating results to mobilise support from partners for country wide initiatives.

The project includes building Provincial Digital Resource Centres (CPRD) and mobile units, which aim at becoming important training and knowledge centres e.g. offering universal and affordable email access to citizens.

At national level, an ICT Country Knowledge Base is constructed for recording information about national IT infrastructure, capacity and individual IT experts. In addition it handles information about applications and technologies used by government, academic, private and NGO organizations in Mozambique.
Currently two CPRDs are in place (Inhambane and Tete) and ICT Country Knowledge Base and pilot Mobile Unit are being finalized.

The programme also supports national ICT Policy Commission in institutionalizing the coordination and implementation unit to secure sector wide implementation of the national ICT Policy and ICT Policy Implementation Strategy.

Donor Project Number: 00013710 - MOZ/02/002

Mozambique Budget Project Number: 520100000

Donor: UNDP

Project Internet Link: www.infopol.gov.mz

Duration: 01.09.2002 – 31.12.2009

Project Status: Ongoing

Funding Type: Grant off Budget (for 2007) Project

Total Project Funding: US $ 2.047.098

Total Committed (UN Core Funding): US $ 1.877.598

Total Disbursed: US $ 1.991.969

Total Disbursed until end of 2004: US $ 808.711

Undisbursed: US $ -114.371

Partners/Donors:

• Partner name: Markle Foundation
• Committed funds (up to date): US $ 169.500
• Donor Project Number:

Disbursements to Date (Year):

Disbursements Forecast:

UNDP Contact: John Ngahu

Telephone: +258 21 481 404

Email: john.ngahu@undp.org

DAC Codes and Sector: 22040 Information and communication technology (ICT)

Government Counterpart: Institutions and Agencies

Location: National

MDG's:

• Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  Target 1: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day
• Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development
  Target 12: Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system (Includes a commitment to good governance, development, and poverty reduction – both nationally and internationally) Target 18: In co-operation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications

Comments: Note that the amount disbursed in 2004 represents all disbursements made since the beginning of the project in 2002 until end 2004.

Last Update: 15.08.2007