Centro de Estrategia y Competitividad

1. Centro de Estrategia y Competitividad Martha C. Rodríguez D. Director Centre for Strategy and Competitiveness School of Management Universidad de los Andes III Conference ACORN-Redecom Mexico, D.F. September 5, 2009 The process

2. There is a direct and positive relationship between ICT and competitiveness…… 2019

3. Colombia’s position in the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) Percentage of countries with better ranking than Colombia Source: World Economic Forum – Global Technology reports (several years)

4. Colombia’s position in the Networked Readiness Index (NRI)

5. 2000 year strategy B. Education and training C. Businesses on line D. Promotion of the foreign direct investment In the IT industry A. Access to the Infrastructure F. e-government E. Content

6. 2007 year strategy Colombia must define a road map for the medium and long terms, to allow ICT to contribute to the transformation of the social, economic and political life of the country July 2007 The President announces the ICT National Plan July – November 2007 First phase: Participative process trough meetings with groups of different sectors and regions Bogotá, Medellin, Cali, Barranquilla and Bucaramanga Virtual forum where all the citizens could participate February 2008 ICT National Plan document February – April 2008 Second phase: Participative process using Internet. More than 13,000 visits to the Website More than 1,500 people downloaded the ICT Plan May 2008 ICT National Plan official presentation to the country

7. Whobuiltit? … 34,548 Colombians since April 09, 2008 until today… More than 25 sector meetings in (Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Barranquilla y Bucaramanga) From July 2007 until November 2007… Since April, 2007 until today … Public agencies partners in the ICTNP initiative Advisory group of national experts Coordinator Group

8. Two groups of experts in the building process Advisory group of national experts 10 Colombian experts with different profiles, some of the working in Colombia and some abroad Minister of Communications, Deputy Minister of Communications and their very high staff Director of the e-government Program Coordination by the Universidad de los Andes Logistic support by the Corporación Colombia Digital Education group of experts 7 experts in education Coordination by the Universidad de los Andes

9. Alignment with national strategy • Several meetings with private and public sectors to coordinate and align the Plan with: • Colombia 2019 Vision • National Development Plan 2006-2010 • National Competitiveness Strategy • National Science and Technology Plan • Strategic Program for the use of ICT in Education • Today, 32 indicators of the National Competitiveness Strategy • Comes from the ICT National Plan

10. ICT National Plan Mission To make a leap forward in social inclusion and competitiveness of the country through the use and appropriation of ICT, in everyday life as well as in productive uses of citizens, companies, the academy and the Government.

11. Transversal and Vertical Action Lines

12. Advisory Board (2 meetings in the year) Members Ministers of Communications, Education, Social Affairs and Trade, Industry and Tourism President of the Juridical National Council Director of the National Planning Department Director of National Science Department National Advisor for Competitiveness (Presidency of the country) President of Private Council for Competitiveness  2 presidents of the Regional Competitiveness Councils President of one public and one private university 2 international advisors 2 representatives of the ICT industry Responsibilities To assure continuity and fulfillment of the mission and vision Coordination between national and regional levels, public, private, academy and scientific sectors To establish policies and guidelines for the Plan and for the public – private partnerships Strategic planning To promote the plan To support the fund rising process

13. Advisory Board (2 meetings in the year) Members Ministers of Communications, Education, Social Affairs and Trade, Industry and Tourism President of the Juridical National Council Director of the National Planning Department Director of National Science Department National Advisor for Competitiveness (Presidency of the country) President of Private Council for Competitiveness  2 presidents of the Regional Competitiveness Councils President of one public and one private university 2 international advisors 2 representatives of the ICT industry Responsibilities: To assure continuity and fulfillment of the mission and vision Coordination between national and regional levels, public, private, academy and scientific sectors To establish policies and guidelines for the Plan and for the public – private partnerships Strategic planning To promote the plan To support the fund rising process Director of the ICT National Plan in the Ministry of Communications

14. Where are we today • All the programs in execution with good results • Defining the monitoring system of the (Plan Methodology: Balanced Score Card) • Strategic map of the ICT National Plan and of action lines • Control tables with objectives, programs, indicators, goals and institution in charge

16. Lessons learned with the process First adjustment of the ICT National Plan with the participation of the leaders of different programs Appropriation by the leaders of the programs They found that they are doing much more than they promised at the beginning, in terms of ICT infrastructure, incentive and training of human resources, creating contents and developing more effective processes supported with ICT They undertook together the alignment of indicators to obtain and realize on the importance of cross sectors support to fulfill the objectives and reach the goals They realize that together they can obtain much more than with the sum of their parts

17. The process Martha C. Rodríguez D. Director Centre for Strategy and Competitiveness mcr@adm.uniandes.edu.co