REPORT OF THE BEST PRACTICE SESSION OF TURKEY: “A NATION TRANSFORMING TO INFORMATION SOCIETY”
6 December 2008
11:00 – 12:30
Room 6
Information Technologies and Communications Authority of Turkey, the regulatory body in the fields of ICTs, has organized the session in order to share the Turkish experience and knowledge with other IGF participants. Taking into account the multi-stakeholder nature of IGF, a multi-stakeholder session was organized. There were about 30 participants at the session.
The Session was chaired by Dr. Turgut Ayhan BEYDOĞAN, member of the Information Technologies and Communications Authority. There were three esteemed speakers: one from civil society, one from private sector and one from government.
Mr. Türker GÜLÜM, member of Executive Board in Turkish Informatics Association, the oldest and one of the biggest civil society organizations of Turkey has made a presentation about Public – Private Partnership and the role of civil society in transformation to information society process. During his presentation he has informed participants about
§ Current situation of ICT usage in Turkey
§ Turkey’s Information Society Transformation Policy
§ E – Transformation Turkey Project
§ E – Transformation Turkey Executive Board model
§ The role NGOs in this model
§ Internet Board model
§ Kamu BIB Working Group
§ Leading NGOs in Turkey in the fields of ICT
Mr. Deniz TUNÇALP, the manager of mobile signature operations of Turkcell Corporation, the biggest and leading GSM operator of Turkey has made a presentation on the internet banking applications and use of e – signature and m – signature at these applications. During his presentation he has touched upon
§ key advantages of
§ technical aspect of
§ security in
§ business model for
§ sample applications available to use with
mobile electronic signature. He has also provided some information on Mobile Banking in Turkey and “Mobile Signature Initiative: Towards a Global Mobile Identity”.
Mr. Ahmed Ramazan ALTINOK, the Chairman of the e-Government Advisory Group of the Turkish Prime Ministry, has made a presentation about some key e – government applications of Turkey. In this context, he has focused on following projects:
§ The Central Civil Registration System (MERNIS)
§ The Identity Sharing System (KPS)
§ National Judiciary Network Project (UYAP)
§ The Customs Modernization Project (E-Customs)
§ e-Health Project (Sağlık-NET)
The presentations were followed by a lively discussion on the issues presented and participants were asked many questions. It was recognized that sharing and debating countries’ best practices are of critical importance in protecting parties from loosing time for reinventing the wheel and enabling people for taking step forward faster and more robust.
The Chairman has closed the session after extending his appreciation and thanks to the panelists, participants, IGF Secretariat and Indian authorities.