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What is UDC and why?

Union information and service center is a state-of-the-art information technology center (telecentre) set up in the Union Council, which aims at ensuring information service to 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 of his office and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mrs. Helen Clark, from Char Kakrimukuri union of Bhola district. 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.

UDC's journey begins with 'People at the service of Doorsteps' in front of the slogan. With the establishment of the UISC, it is possible to create a free flow of information in every state of the society and the state system, where people are not going to 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 better 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 sophisticated printer, a color printer, a modem for online connection, a scanner, a digital camera can be started initially in a UDC program. But for the full UDC management, the following materials are needed -

    2 computers (laptops)
    1 multimedia projector with large screen
    1 laser printer
    1 modem


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 UDC, among them a man and a woman. These entrepreneurs manage UDC. 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:

UISCs 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 UISC are conducted. From the LGD and Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC), the funds for training of UDC's required ICT tools and the skill of the entrepreneurs are increased. BCC also provided solar panels in 1013 uninterrupted unions and brought all the Union Parishad under electricity. Apart from this, many institutions like BANK-insurance, mobile companies, NGOs, education-research institutes, hardware-software associations are involved with UDC with their services, new skills and technical support.

UMAs or UDC Activity Management System:

UDC program management or 'UMS' (http://www.e-service.gov.bd/uams/), an online software designed to help UDC entrepreneur's income calculation and follow-up of local administration, has been created. 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 4,501 UDC's 9,002 entrepreneurs spread across the country, where the entrepreneurs interact with themselves, identify problems and find solutions, take initiative, work with shoulder to shoulder with local administration , Even getting the opportunity to discuss with policymakers.