Digital Bangladesh & Vision 2021

Digital Bangladesh has 4 Pillars Digital Government, Human Resource Development, IT Industry Promotion and Connecting Citizen
The Election Manifesto of 2008 Laid the foundation for Digital Bangladesh and defined goals for 2021
The Vision 2021 is an Articulation The nation needs to be in 2021 - the year which marks the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s Independence
Ready with Technology Driven Talents to meet the global demand. It is one of the top 10 growth markets for tech devices offering a rapid technology adoption consumer base

Bangladesh Government is

committed to “Digital Bangladesh” and leveraging IT/ITeS for achieving sustainable development goals, creating employment for all and moving Bangladesh towards a developed economy. The election manifesto of 2008, laid the foundation for Digital Bangladesh and defined goals for 2021. The election manifesto of 2014, takes the Digital Bangladesh much forward and defines goals for a developed Bangladesh by 2050, in the words of the honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, “Now we are looking beyond 2021, extending our view to the year 2050, when Bangladesh will be recognized as a well civilized and developed country with all its acquired virtues".

The philosophy of “Digital Bangladesh”

comprises ensuring people’s democracy and rights,transparency, accountability, establishing justice and ensuring delivery of government services to the doorsteps of the citizens through the use of technology; with the ultimate goal to improve the lives of the people. The four pillars of Digital Bangladesh are Digital Government, Human Resource Development, IT Industry Promotion and Connecting Citizens.
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Bangladesh Government bolstered the goals and objectives of Digital Bangladesh through its 7th Five Year Plan. The campaign is adopting IT practices and tools on a wide scale to enable economic, cultural, and social development.As part of this nation-wide initiative, particular focus is given to greater adoption of e-Governance and e-Services solutions. The “‘Vision: 2021” is an articulation of where this nation needs to be in 2021 – the year which marks the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh's independence.

Bangladesh is amongst one of the only countries that initiated Digital Bangladesh dated back as early as 2008. It is empowering its resources by its advanced, robust training programs on Intelligent Enterprise, Digital Trust, Cyber Security and SMAC (Social Media, Mobility, Analytics and Cloud) and robotics.

Bangladesh is ready with technology driven talents to meet global demand. It is one of the top 10 growth markets for tech devices offering a rapid technology adoption consumer base.

Bangladesh is adapting, blending and getting its resources to meet digital jobs of the future while realizing the impact of digitization. The impact of digitization cuts through various factors adding value to the overall performance of the business resulting in improved productivity, collaboration, SMAC embraced new business models, advanced prescriptive analytics, real time decision making, instant availability of information, decreased importance of physical infrastructure.
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