What is UDC and why?

A state-of-the-art information and knowledge center (telecentre), established in the Union Digital Center Union Council, aims to ensure information services at the doorstep of the grassroots people. From this center, people of rural areas get life and livelihood information and necessary services in their home environment very easily.

On November 11, 2010, the Honorable Prime Minister inaugurated all the Union Information and Service Centers (UDC) across the country through video conferences from the Prime Minister's Office of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and former New Zealand Miss Helen Clark Bhola district's Char Kakrimukuri Union. About 40 lakh people are receiving information and services from these centers. Through the easy, rapid and low cost of UDC, public and private services have started getting a lot of positive change in the lives of the local people.

The UISC started its journey in front of the 'People at the Doorsteps' program. With the establishment of UDC, it is possible to create a free flow of information in every state of the society and the state system, where people do not have to go door to door for service, but they are reaching the service. Free flow of information is one of the prerequisites for empowering the public. The establishment of information and service centers in 4,501 union parishads of the country has opened the way for information and services at the earliest, including participation in the free flow of rural people.

Materials:

A UDC has several computers and related materials to ensure improved information service for the public, which has been phased in and is being phased out. UDC's necessary materials are from entrepreneurial investment and union council funds (revenue and LGSP projects). A computer with a minimum stabilizer, a black screen printer, a color printer, a modem for connecting online, a scanner, a UI camera can be started initially with a digital camera. But for the full UISC management, the following materials are needed -

Multiple computers (desktop and laptop)
1 multimedia projector with large screen
1 laser printer
1 color printer
1 modem
1 scanner machine
1 laminating machine
1 photocopier machine
1 digital camera
1 webcam
1 generator
Upgrading to a UDC on the basis of local demand can be less than or equal to.

Union Information and Service Centers have been established based on PPPP (Public-Private-People's Partnership) model. There are two local youth entrepreneurs in each UISC, among them a man and a woman. UISC operates these entrepreneurs. In some centers, a woman and a male entrepreneur are working as a 'alternative entrepreneur' as well as a woman and a woman. The merchants are not UISC's salaried workers, income of every UDC entrepreneur income. The entrepreneur is also an investor in UDC.

Partnership or Partnership:

UDCs are being managed under Local Government Division. Under the guidance of the Cabinet Division and the management of the local administration, other activities including the supervision of UDC are conducted. From the LGD and Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC), the funds for training of UDC's required ICT equipment and entrepreneurship have increased. BCC also provided solar panels in 1013 uninterrupted unions and brought all the Union Parishad under electricity. Apart from this, many other institutions like Bin-Insurance, Mobile Company, NGO, Education-Research Organization, Hardware-Software Association, are involved with UIC with their services, new skills and technical support.

UMAs or UDC Activity Management System:

UISC program management or 'UMS' (http://www.e-service.gov.bd/uams/) has been created to help UDC entrepreneurs to calculate the income and local administration follow-up. UISC entrepreneurs upload their daily income information here.

Blog (uiscbd.ning.com):

The UDC blog (uiscbd.ning.com) has been created to instantly interact with the entrepreneurs, interact with each other and interact with the local administration officials to the entrepreneurs. This blog is a powerful online platform for the 4,501 UISC's 9,002 entrepreneurs spread across the country, where the entrepreneurs exchange experiences, identify problems and find solutions, take initiative, work together with shoulder shoulders with local administration , Even getting the opportunity to discuss with policymakers.