Measuring the Information Society of Islamic Republic of Iran
Details of the organization
Name *
Information Technology Organization of Iran
Country *
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Website (URL)
http://www.ito.gov.ir
Type *
Governments
National implementation mechanism
The organization has a strategy for coordinating WSIS Implementation at the national level:
Yes
The organization has a national e-strategy:
Yes
Information about the project
Project title *
Measuring the Information Society of Islamic Republic of Iran
Title acronym
Iran MIS
Description *
ICT ministry has recognized the importance of having quantitative and qualitative understanding of ICT development in Islamic Republic of Iran on both supply and demand side. Six years ago, the ministry delegated the responsibility of measuring the information society of Iran to the Information Technology Organization of Iran (ITO) as one of its subsidiaries. ITO has defined a long-term and ongoing program for measuring the information society of Iran and evaluating progress with regards to the existing ICT-related goals and policies in the development plans of the country as well as towards WSIS targets, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other related agendas. As a part of this program, ITO has developed the ICT Core Indicators of Iran, all needed processes, including data collection, data processing, data evaluation and analysis, data dissemination, reporting and interaction with national and international bodies, continuous improvement process and national coordination and collaboration.Now, all the data and analysis from the existing processes are published in the Portal of Measuring the Information Society of Iran (www.ito.gov.ir).
Project website
http://mis.ito.gov.ir
Geographical coverage *
National implementation:
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Status *
Ongoing
from 01/03/2012
to
01/03/2020
Partners
Data Processing Company (Parvaresh Dadeha)
WSIS information
WSIS action lines related to this project
*
The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to this project
Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
Project type *
Programme
Publication
Training initiative
Guidelines
Website
Database