The Korea IT Industry Promotion Agency (KIPA) Tuesday pledged to support Nepal's master plan to promote e-governance in the country.
"We are interested to provide all the necessary assistance to promote the ICT sector in Nepal," Chang-hak Choi, Director General, Presidential Committee on Government Innovation told a seminar today.
The seminar entitled "Korea-Nepal e-Government Symposium" was organised by the High Level Commission for Information Technology (HLCIT) of His Majesty's Government and Korea IT Industry Promotion Agency (KIPA).
Korea has emerged as one of the powerful ICT nations of Asia. Korea has reached the peak of progress in the ICT sector within a short span of time because of the effective planning and the strategy implemented by its government, said Choi. The government of Nepal is also working in the field of ICT through efforts being forged among the Ministry of Information and Technology, National Planning Commission, Nepal Telecom Corporation and the Computer Association of Nepal (CAN), said Atma Ram Ghimire, Member-Secretary, HLCIT.
He further added that the government has implemented few applications of ICT for Budget Control and monitoring and VAT system, which is being implemented by the Finance Ministry.
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