七月二日晚上十點半左右,我接到大使館賴秘書從大使館打來的電話,哇!賴秘書這麼晚還在拼外交,真是嚇到我了!

賴秘書要我在三日上午到大使館去一趟,幫他概略整理一下台灣政府在甘比亞協助推動的「縮短數位落差」和「電子化政府」兩個計畫的執行現況,然後向張北齊大使做個簡單的說明,好讓大使可以在接受記者的採訪時,具體地向媒體說明台灣政府在這方面的援助成效。

這些計畫的來龍去脈,與實際成效,因為是無法用三言兩語就說得清楚的外交機密,在此我就不多說了。三日才做好的採訪,四日就見報了,想想甘比亞在某些事情上面,也挺有效率的,正所謂「拿人錢財,給人辦事」,效率是可以買得到的,其他的我真的不方便再多說了。



Taiwan bridging the digital divide
Written by Ebrima Jaw Manneh
Jul 04, 2007 at 06:30 AM

Eleven staff from the Department of State for Communication and Information Technology (DoSCIT), the Department of State for Agriculture, Gamtel, GRTS and a student, have completed a training on computer repairs and maintenance at the new Computer Maintenance and Repairs Centre of DoSCIT, under the tutorship of River Huang, an IT expert from the International Cooperation Development Fund (ICDF) of Taiwan.

The centre - started operation in April this year - is an addendum to the list of computer centres established by Taiwan in Sapu in Central River Region, the Gambia Multimedia Training Institute and the Department of State for Education. It also came after a team of IT experts from Taipei implemented the e-government programme which included the installation of e-mail and web server, besides holding training on the use of the facility.

Confirming this in an interview with the Daily Observer, Dr Patrick Chang, Taiwanese Ambassador to The Gambia, said these strides complements government’s effort towards transforming the country into the silicon valley of Africa. Dr Chang said the e-government programme is now being managed by Ebrahima Jobe, who is also responsible for the portal page.

Confirming that the Computer Repairs and Maintenance Centre has been equipped with a broadband internet access and training materials, Ambassador Chang disclosed that the centre successfully repaired 20 computers. “The embassy is looking forward to more efforts for the creation of information society,” he added. “Under this programme, we would like to strengthen cooperation for creating digital opportunity centres to bridge the digital divide. We would like to reinforce the e-government programme,” he assured.

Ambassador Chang then renewed Taipei’s commitment to the silicon valley vision, saying “we shall continue to dispatch technical experts for a feasibility study and formulate work plan to enhance governmental effectiveness and national competitiveness. We would like to nurture IT human resources. We shall train more teachers and nurture high level of information development talent and quality manpower for local information industry”.

The Taiwanese diplomacy chief in Banjul affirmed Taipei’s commitment to provide training on computer hardware maintenance and website management. He then announced that 25 Gambian students will be dispatched in August, this year to undergo an IT programme at the National Taipei University of Technology.


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