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Lithuania: National Report on
the ICT Initiatives
The Lithuanian Computer Society
FISTERA-IT STAR Meeting,
Praha, 2004, October 22-23
Lithuania
• Population
3.5 millions
• GDP in Purchasing Power Parity per capita (as
percentage of EU) 41
• Percent. of households with a PC
25.1
• ICT sector compounds 7.5 % GDP
• Mobile communication penetration 75%
• 15 000 spec. in ICT and electronics (4000
advanced level IT specialists)
• Export of IT services about 45 M Euros
Government
• Long term Development Strategy
• The Government Programme for 2002-2004
• National Agreement between 15 political parties
of Importance of KS, 2002
• Information Society development Committee
• Ministry of the Interior
• Laws on e-Signatures, Copyright, Personal Data
Protection, Electronic communications
• www.evaldzia.lt
e-government standstill
• General rate of public services 43.8%
• Average of public services for citizens
35%
• No partnership between public and private
sectors
• For the 4-th years can’t imbibe 3M $
devoted for e-health from WB
Using Computers and Internet
• 25 % population using Internet
• Comparatively low costs of traditional way
of service
• Public libraries
Window to the Future
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Public Internet access points
Training Internet users
Development of e-content
State and EU funds
Breakthrough is possible
The Lithuanian Computer Society
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500 persons
Expert advice to Government
WITFOR, Vilnius, August 2003
72 ECDL TCs, 1 in Belarus
3 814 ECDL, 4 174 ECDL Start, 11 041 SCs
80 SCs in Belarus, 59 ECDL
The TestEngine (Lithuanian and Russian)
Agreements with ECDL-Russia and GI Germany
(Ukraine)
IT in Education
• Strategy for ICT implementation in
Education, 2000
• The new strategy for 2005-2007 years
• 1 computer for 17 students
• Teachers Computer Literacy Standard
• 3 X growth in a number of IT graduates
(2000 per year)
Household computerization
• 20 % of households with a PCs, 8% with
Internet
• The Amendment to the Law of Income
Tax, Expenses to be Deducted from
Income
Infobalt Association
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Taxation easement for ITT
Initiatives for broadband Internet programs
Developing e-skills of population
E-government services for citizens
Support R&D financing
Project ‘Outsource2Lithuania’
Other Initiatives
• Knowledge Economy Forum (KE
Organization Competition)
• Open Source for Lithuania (ECDL tests for
Linux and OpenOffice)
• Copyright agencies to protect IPR
• Lithuanian electronic industry association
Other Initiatives
• University education is not enough to be
useful in a company
• Education system is de facto extended far
beyond Universities
• A critical one-two year period after the
University
• Consortia between Companies and
Universities model
Thank You !
Ačiū !
Paldies !
Aitäh !