Consulting Services For Utilization of TDF for Tele-medicine and Tele-education Networks of Afghanistan
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The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the ICT Sector Development Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds to hire a qualified Individual Consultant to provide Consultancy Support on “Efficient Utilization of Telecom Development Fund for Tele-medicine and Tele-education Networks of Afghanistan”. This Consultancy Support will be provided to Afghanistan Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ATRA) under the World Bank funded Project of MCIT “Afghanistan ICT Sector Development Project”.
The aim of the ICT Sector Development Project is to expand broadband connectivity, mainstream use of mobile applications across the Government and develop the capacity of the IT sector to facilitate improved service delivery across Afghanistan while accelerating job creation and economic growth. The project will do so by: (a) Creating the enabling environment and making strategic investments for the development of Afghanistan’s backbone and broadband infrastructure; (b) Supporting the mainstreaming of mobile applications across Government by supporting innovations and creation of cross cutting enablers; and (c) Developing local IT infrastructure and capacity in the public and private sectors. Selected Individual Consultant will execute the following tasks:
To consult Ministry of Public Health and analyze their exact requirements of Tele-medicine Networks.
To consult Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education to analyze their exact requirements of Tele-education Networks.
To finalize the locations for establishing Tele-medicine and Tele-education Networks.
To prepare the SOPs and the MOUs to be signed between ATRA, MCIT, Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education at Kabul, for establishing needed Networks by utilizing the TDF.
To prepare the Bidding Documents to be used by ATRA to establish Tele-medicine and Tele-education Networks by utilizing TDF.