Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2022 Nominee

Activities and Initiatives of the Ministry of ICT in response to the coronavirus (covid -19) crisis


Description

In this project, we aim to provide 1-Immediate emergency monitoring and control at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis 2- Financial measures to create a protective shield 3-Activities in the field of education, teleworking and social responsibility 4- Taking advantage of capacities in the areas of ICT.

ICT Tools used: 1-Implemented Measures in the fields of Monitoring and Control Technologies: Exploring the outbreak map of disease and congested parts based on the traffic map of infected people by considering telecommunication information of the infected patients for two weeks before hospitalization and evaluating the risk of infection for each Iranian individual based on the collected data from different sectors of the country including POS terminal information from Central Bank, household, Information from Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor, and Social Welfare, Ministry of ICT, Internet taxi transportation system, AC19 software, and Mask software 2- SMS support for sending a ten million Rials loan to low-income groups. 3-The ICT Ministry has collaborated with the private section to launch the "Buy from Home" campaign. 4-The Information Technology Organization of Iran and the Ministry of Education have developed and implemented the campaign to focus on the desirable and standard content production during the outbreak of the coronavirus and the closure of schools. The campaign revolves around identifying and appreciating teachers who have produced content in virtual learning environment. In this campaign, teachers can upload their generated content on the “Aparat” platform (VOD) and can be judged quantitatively and qualitatively in two stages. 5-Allocating 7 servers and one storage in one of the data centers of the Information Technology Organization of Iran to Providing the required infrastructure for passive defense... (Please see the extended description section for full information on the project).

Project website

https://ito.gov.ir/


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development 2022
  • AL C2. Information and communication infrastructure
  • AL C3. Access to information and knowledge
  • AL C4. Capacity building
  • AL C5. Building confidence and security in use of ICTs
  • AL C6. Enabling environment
  • AL C7. E-government
  • AL C7. E-business
  • AL C7. E-learning
  • AL C7. E-health
  • AL C7. E-employment
  • AL C7. E-science
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 1: No poverty
  • Goal 3: Good health and well-being
  • Goal 4: Quality education
  • Goal 5: Gender equality
  • Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
  • Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Coverage
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Status

Completed

Start date

01 March 2020

End date

01 August 2020


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Youth
  • Older persons
  • Women
  • Indigenous and nomadic peoples
  • People with disabilities
  • The unemployed
  • The poor
  • Remote and rural communities
  • All households in Iran.

WSIS values promotion

As this is a massive scale project that includes a number of intitaitves designed by the government, we believe that we are promoting many WSIS values in our community, such as C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development; C2. Information and communication infrastructure; C3. Access to information and knowledge; C4. Capacity building; C5. Building confidence and security in use of ICTs; C6. Enabling environment; C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-government, E-business, E-learning, E-health, E-employment, and E-science.


Entity name

Information Technology Organization of Iran

Entity country—type

Iran (Islamic Republic of) Government

Entity website

https://ito.gov.ir/