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, Honorable Prime Minister inaugurated all the Union Digital Centers (UDCs) 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 getting information and services from these centers in the month, through the UDC, the public and private services are getting a lot of positive change in the life of the local people through easy, quick and low cost.

UDC's journey begins with 'People at the service of Doorsteps' in front of the slogan. 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 many computers and related materials to ensure improved information services for the area, which has been phased out and is being done. UDC comes with the necessary input from the entrepreneurs and the Union Council funds (Revenue Sector and LGSP Project). 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 -

    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 Digital Center has 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 UDC's salaried workers, income of every UDC is earned by the entrepreneurs. 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 amount of training required for UDC's required ICT equipment and entrepreneurship is 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. UDC 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 their experiences, identify problems and find solutions, take initiative, work with shoulder shoulders with local administration , Even getting the opportunity to discuss with policymakers.