January
2000
Update: Palestinian Territories
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Update: Palestinian Territories |
This is the final WWW Indicators report on the Palestinian Territories as the ESIS project ended in January 2001. It covers the whole period of the ESIS project surveying the Mediterranean Area, March 1999 - January 2001 inclusive.
1. WWW Indicators Update October 2000 - January 2001
Total number of "population" |
Total number of Web sites |
% of website / total number of "population" |
Source |
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| Primary and secondary schools | 527 | 1 | 0.19 | Ministry of Education, CGPW (www.birzeit.edu/links/index.html), PCBS (www.pcbs.org) |
| High schools and universities | 39 | 14 | 35.90 | Ministry of Education, CGPW, PCBS |
| National ministries | 28 | 8 | 28.57 | PASSIA (www.passia.org), CGPW, PCBS |
| Regional and local authorities (regions, departments/counties, municipalities) | 114 | 9 | 7.89 | PASSIA, CGPW, Palestine-Net (www.palestine-net.com) |
| Hospitals/clinics | 76 | 3 | 3.95 | PASSIA, CGPW |
| Museums | 5 | 0 | 0 | PASSIA, CGPW |
| Libraries | 16 | 1 | 6.25 | PASSIA, CGPW |
| Totals | 805 | 36 | 4.47 |
Table Acronyms:
PASSIA:
Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International
Affairs
PCBS: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
CGPW: Complete Guide to Palestinian Websites
2. Evolution of the WWW Indicators over the whole ESIS II period
A graph to show the evolution of the total number of websites as a percentage of the total number of institutions across a range of key public actors
A table to show the evolution of the total number of websites as a percentage of the total number of institutions across a range of key public actors
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% of website / total number of "population" |
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07/99 |
10/99 |
01/00 |
04/00 |
07/00 |
10/00 |
01/01 |
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Primary and secondary schools |
0.2 % |
0.2% |
0.4% |
0.4% |
0.19% |
0.19% |
0.19% |
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High schools and universities |
33.3% |
33.3% |
33.3% |
33.3% |
33.3% |
35.9% |
35.9% |
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National ministries |
32% |
32% |
17.9% |
17.9% |
17.9% |
28.6% |
28.6% |
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Regional and local authorities (regions, departments/counties, municipalities) |
4.4% |
4.4% |
4.4% |
5.3% |
7.9% |
7.9% |
7.9% |
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Hospitals/clinics |
2.6% |
2.6% |
2.6% |
2.6% |
3.9% |
3.9% |
3.9% |
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Museums |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Libraries |
6.3% |
6.3% |
6.3% |
6.3% |
6.3% |
6.3% |
6.3% |
The Palestinian Authorities are aware of the importance of Information Technology in the Global Economy, and they consider it essential for the development of their economy. In the past Telecommunications and IT services were entirely provided by Israeli companies due to the lack of infrastructure and human resources in the Palestinian Territories. During the past few years, achieving independence in the IT sector has become one of the top priorities. For this reason the Palestinian Authorities have placed much emphasis in developing their infrastructure and human resources mainly through private funding.
We observe that the major developments undertaken were directed towards High Schools and Universities, and in National Ministries. This indicates which sectors the Palestinian Authorities are placing much emphasis to develop incorporating IT technologies. In the future higher education institutions will provide the country's experts needed in the IT sector. However, although the percentage of websites remains steady during the last two years with only a small increase of 2% during the last six months of 2000. With the rigorous efforts being made, this should change considerably in the next few years.
National Ministries from the first to the end of the second quarters of 2000 experienced a fluctuation in the number of ministerial websites. This is due to the redevelopment of certain ministerial sites. From the beginning of the third quarter of 2000, the number of ministerial websites began to increase once more, showing that the small transitional period was starting to subside.
In summary, during the last two years there were no major developments in the infrastructure of the Palestinian Territories, which explains the steady level in which the number of the websites were being introduced. In addition, we need to mention that the table presents only the public sector websites and not the private sector. These statistics, therefore, do not represent the real picture that is indicative of developments occurring within the Palestinian Territories.
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