Transcript Municipal_ICT_forum_launch

LIMPOPO MUNICIPAL
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
OFFICERS FORUM (LIMITOF)
LAUNCH
14 FEBRUARY 2006
MEROPA
Presented by:
Richard Rambiyana
Capricorn District: Information Management Services
BACKGROUND HISTORY
12 municipalities attended
First convergence
24apologies
June 2004
10 sent formal
Polokwane
ResolutionsMunicipality
of the meeting
create
an formed
environment
which
will
influence
• To
An interim
committee was
consisting of one member
from each
district municipality.
• communication
Convener of the interimamongst
committee meetings
was nominated
IT managers/officers
across all the
provincial Municipalities.
Mandate of the interim committee:
• To
To introduce
the forum
to other structures
and stakeholders,
i.e. DPLG,
discuss
transversal
Information
management,
and
PGITOC, SITA, Municipal
manager’s
forum, SALGA
ensure that the
the
communication
technology
(ICT)
issuesandAffecting
benefits are realised thereof
municipalities
2. Conduct research on similar structures, and study their guidelines
To
establish a provincial IT workgroup
3. Represent municipalities in DLG&H IT support meetings
To
prepare for the coming DPLG IT support meeting
OFFICIAL CONVENER
Department Local Government & Housing
Local Government ICT
challenges
• Co-ordination and Communication
Limpopo Municipalities IT
• Strategic role ofOfficers
ICT in the
municipalities
Forum
• Incompatibility of and desperate information systems
• Lack of Information Management and Knowledge
sharing
• Service delivery integration
LIMITOF
• Local Government capacity
Objectives of the Forum
To create an environment where
• Local government IT practitioners share ideas, experiences,
lessons learnt and insights on industry specific topics and find
solutions to problems, and develop a common approach and
practices.
• Local government ICT projects are initiated, deeply discussed, cocoordinated and consolidated before implementation
•
ICT trends are analyzed and how they can enable better service
delivery to all communities (e-community)
• All people involved in the implementation of the E-government at
the municipality level can speak in one voice.
Envisaged direction
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GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY OFFICERS COUNCIL
National
(GITOC)
Departme
nts
GITOs
Loc Gov
CIOs
Provincial
GITOs
BENEFITS
The significant problems we face cannot solved at
the same level of thinking we had when we
created them
“Albert Einsten”
Ndaa
Ndaa!!