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an unchanged Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement.170 The cabinet is a mix of
senior, male NLD members and independent technocrats who have proven loyalty to Suu
Kyi and the party (see section 4.1 below on relevant stakeholders).171
There are considerably more union executive institutions involved in various aspects
of digital divides (particularly the rural/urban infrastructure gaps that create unequal
access) than the one department actively addressing gender equality. The main
player is the MoTC. Within the Ministry, the relevant departments include Myanmar Post
and Telecommunications (MPT), the Department of Communications (responsible for the
World Bank–MCIT telecoms reform project, including the USF strategy described in section
2.3 above) and the Department of IT and Cyber Security (responsible for drafting and
overseeing implementation of the next ICT Master Plan as well as housing the e-Government
Agency and the National Center for Cyber Security, see figure 11).
Figure 11: Organizational Chart of the Department of IT and Cyber Security,
Ministry of Transport and Communications
“There is a tremendous
staff capacity issue in
government bodies—and
a need to move from pen
and paper to digital tools.”
Department of IT and
Cyber Security
Director General
IT Security
Office of
Management
Office of
Satellite
Communications
—Representative of donor
agency
IT Investigations
E-Government
Center
Office of
Legal and
International
Relations
National
Cyber
Security
Center
Office of
Training
Source: http://www.mcit.gov.mm/content/org-itcs.html
In addition to MoTC, the Ministries of Information and Education have also supported
public-private partnerships to expand access to the internet & digital skills projects in public
libraries and schools, respectively.172 Such partnerships are aligned with the priorities
outlined in the Ministry of Education’s Comprehensive Education Sector Review (CESR),
which has been under way since 2012 with extensive support from ADB, AusAID, British
Council, Denmark, DfID (UKAid), EU, GIZ, JICA, Myanmar Education Consortium, Norwegian
Embassy, Open Society Institute, Save the Children, Swiss Agency for Development and
Cooperation (SDC), UNESCO and UNICEF.173 Following a rapid assessment phase that
Department of Social Welfare website. Accessed February 14, 2017.
Aung Htin Kyaw, “U Htin Kyaw’s Inaugural Cabinet: A Demographic Profile,” Fifty Viss, March 26, 2016.
See Case Study box on p 55
173
Official Website of the Comprehensive Education Sector Review, “Partnerships.” Accessed February 14,
2017.
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