Experts at a workshop on Sunday urged all ministries and agencies to integrate their services with the National e-Service Bus for enhanced interoperability and availability of government online services.
They highlighted that 30 already-integrated services, such as the NID system, birth and death registration system, pay fixation system, e-primary system, and data analytics platforms, have significantly enhanced end-users' access and reduced database development costs.
The workshop on Bangladesh National Digital Architecture (BNDA) was organised by the World Bank-financed Enhancing Digital Government and Economy (EDGE) Project of BCC at a city hotel.
Chaired by ICT Secretary Md Shamsul Arefin, the programme was addressed, among others, by Executive Director of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) Ranajit Kumar, EDGE Project Director Md Shakhawat Hossain and BCC Senior Technical Specialist Farhad Hossain.
General Manager of The Open Group India and President of Association of Enterprise Architect Dr Pallab Saha presented the keynote at the function participated by officials of different ministries and organisations of the government.
Addressing the programme, Arefin said the verification of NID has been conducted 17.5 crore times using the National e-Service Bus, demonstrating the platform's efficacy in ensuring interoperability and availability of government services.
He pointed out that certain government organisations have to spend a substantial amount of money for significant gathering information and developing separate databases for various tasks. “By establishing a connection with the National e-Service Bus, they could avoid redundant efforts and expenses involved in developing databases already available on the platform.”
Arefin urged government agencies to align their software services with the guidelines and standards of the Bangladesh National Digital Enterprise Architecture (BNDA) and integrate them with the National e-Service Bus.
This integration, he said would streamline operations, enhance data sharing, and promote a cohesive digital ecosystem throughout the government.
With the objective of developing a whole-of-government approach, the BNDA platform aims to bring uniformity to software currently separately developed by different government agencies, enabling interoperability, he added.