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Performance Summary: Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology
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Distribute 8,200 tablets to students
The remaining eight thousand two hundred (8,200) tablets, will be distributed during the first quarter of the 2022/2023 financial year.
Re-establish the Petroleum Training and Education Trust Fund
Petroleum Finally, for Petroleum we will move to: complete outstanding recommendations from the Zacca Report; implement the Industrial Baseline Study completed in the fiscal year 2021/2022 for oil and gas; and re-establish the Petroleum Training and Education Trust Fund.
Support the Pumped-hydro Storage Project
In the area of renewables, the Ministry will:
• issue the RFP concerning the GPE; and
• continue to offer its support to the Pumped-hydro Storage Project and the electrification of Public Sector Fleets.
Issue RFP for renewable energy (GPE)
In the area of renewables, the Ministry will:
• issue the RFP concerning the GPE; and
• continue to offer its support to the Pumped-hydro Storage Project and the electrification of Public Sector Fleets.
Further the advancement of the GovNet infrastructure
Madam Speaker, in the 2022-2023 financial year eGov will focus on the further advancement of the GovNet infrastructure. This will be done through the:
• the buildout of the fibre network in the KMA;
• the buildout of the network core by receiving, installing and configuring the networking equipment;
• the laying of the fibre cables across the KMA; and
• the connecting of the fifty (50) entities onto the network.
Finalise drafting instructions for Data Protection Regulations by September 2022.
In this financial year, the Ministry will aggressively pursue the following:
Data Protection
• finalise drafting instructions for Data Protection Regulations by September 2022.
Connect 341 schools to the Government’s wide area network
National Broadband Initiative
• connect one hundred (100) schools to the Government’s wide area network by August 2022 and the remaining two hundred and forty-one (241) by the end of financial year.
Connect the Parish Courts and Municipal Corporations to the Government’s network
National Broadband Initiative
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• Complete the connection of Parish Courts and Municipal Corporations to the Government’s network via fibre during the financial year.
Accelerate the development of a National Broadband Strategy.
To this end, the Ministry, will be developing a National Broadband Strategy which will take into account work already undertaken on the National Broadband Network, and give keen focus to broadband demand and usage. It is anticipated that this costed National Broadband Strategy will be developed, with the kind assistance of the European Union, by the close of the Financial Year.”
Begin the procurement process for the National Broadband Network
In this financial year, the Ministry will aggressively pursue the following:..
• complete the due diligence and commence the procurement process regarding the National Broadband Network by the end of the financial year.
Complete 189 Community Wi-Fi Hotspots.
Providing Universal Access to Internet Services
• complete all one hundred and eighty-nine (189) Community Wi-Fi Hotspots.
Establish six new public Wi-Fi Hotspots
Establish six new public Wi-Fi Hotspots by March 31, 2023.
Continue the procurement and distribution of technological devices under the Table in School Roll-Out Project.
Map the science, technology and innovation (ST&I) Ecosystem
The science, technology and innovation (ST&I) Policy was tabled in this House as a White Paper on February 10, 2022 and the implementation of the activities is now in train. The mapping of the ST&I Ecosystem is the first set of activities associated with the Policy.
Retrofit 80 government facilities with renewable energy
Retrofitting of Government facilities inclusive of Health, Education and Public Agency (HEPA) facilities This component includes the retrofitting of eighty (80) government facilities with renewable energy and energy efficient interventions. Madam Speaker, the eighty (80) government facilities will be completed over the course of the next two years, at a value of US$30M.
