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InternationalTelecommunicationUnion
National Reporting on WSIS Implementation Mechanisms
and ICT Strategies
Jaroslaw K. PonderInternational Telecommunication Union
Telecommunication Development Bureau
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WSIS Outcome Documents
Tunis Agenda sets a target of 2010 for the formulation and elaboration of sustainable national e-strategiesnational e-strategies as an integral part of national development plans and poverty reduction strategies (Para 85 of Tunis Agenda).
It also encourages governments, with the participation of all stakeholders and bearing in mind the importance of an enabling environment, to set up a national implementationnational implementation mechanismmechanism (Para 100)
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National Reporting on WSIS Implementation Mechanisms and ICT Strategies
Initiative launched on the occasion of the WTISD 2007WTISD 2007
The main goal of the exercise was to launch portal highlighting progress on the WSIS implementationWSIS implementation at the at the national levelnational level
This publicly accessible portal is available at:http://www.itu.int/wsis-implem
entation/national
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National Reporting on WSIS Implementation Mechanisms
Portal contains more than 70 reportsmore than 70 reports on WSIS implementation, which were prepared and submitted by the member states member states or prepared by the WSIS Stocktaking Teamthe WSIS Stocktaking Team, based on the information collected from the publicly available sources for validation.
Reports include comprehensive descriptions of the national mechanisms national mechanisms established to advance achievement of the WSIS objectives, as well as information on e-strategiese-strategies as well as key initiativeskey initiatives undertaken since WSIS in Tunis 2005.
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2007 Exercise: Focus Africa The purpose of 2007/2008 exercise was
to focus on national implementation mechanisms in 51 African countries51 African countries considering following five directions:
1. the steps undertaken by multilateral institutions and governments
2. infrastructure, applications, content and general countries’ priorities
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2007 Exercise: Focus Africa
national development plans
evolution of the e-strategies
examples of successfully implemented national strategies
(Seychelles, South (Seychelles, South Africa, Morocco, Africa, Morocco, Mauritius)Mauritius)
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Case Studies: Seychelles
Few Priorities:Few Priorities: Human capacityHuman capacity
education and skills education and skills development development
IndustryIndustry enabling and conducive enabling and conducive
environment environment Legal and regulatory Legal and regulatory
frameworkframework GovernmentGovernment
As a user, purchaser, As a user, purchaser, and a regulator must and a regulator must support the use of ICTs support the use of ICTs for the innovative, for the innovative, effective and efficient effective and efficient delivery of information delivery of information and services to the and services to the citizen and within the citizen and within the public sector public sector
In its new Strategy 2017
Seychelles follows the WSIS outcomes and focus on achievement of the connectivity goals.
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Case Studies: Morocco The national strategy e-The national strategy e-
Maroc2010 which was Maroc2010 which was launched in 2005 gave launched in 2005 gave the opportunity to the opportunity to mainstream the WSIS mainstream the WSIS outcomes at outcomes at the national level. the national level.
The main focus of the E-The main focus of the E-Maroc StrategyMaroc Strategy: : e-administratione-administration economic and social economic and social
developmentdevelopment
Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database
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Case Studies: South Africa
With its new converged regulatory new converged regulatory frameworkframework for the ICT sector, aimed to low costs ICT access and increase the efficiency of telecommunications service, South Africa follows the WSIS objectives.
The priority of implementation mechanism is to create a favorable favorable environmentenvironment that ensures that South Africa has the capacity to advance socio-economic development goalssocio-economic development goals.
Supporting role for the WSIS was in implementation of the IT Strategy projects, which included 4 fundamental objectives: sustainable ICT sector, use sustainable ICT sector, use ICTs for socio-economic development, ICTs for socio-economic development, creation of the ICT workforce as well as creation of the ICT workforce as well as world-class culture of ICT innovation.world-class culture of ICT innovation.
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Case Studies: Swaziland
Swaziland went through several reforms building up comprehensive ICT framework laying down necessary foundation for the separation of functions of the Ministry (policy), Regulator (regulation) and operators (separation of Post and Telecommunications)
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The examples of projects: Egypt Smart School NetworkEthiopiaDeveloping ICT human
resources development strategy
KenyaCenter of excellence projects
for English Speaking Africa
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Jaroslaw K. PonderInternational Telecommunication Union
Telecommunication Development Bureau