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Digital Africa Conference 04Building Digital Opportunities Through
Public/Private Partnership
Cairo – Egypt 20-22/01/2004
Public/Private Partnership for ICT
Development; Role of ITU
Khalil AburizikITU Regional Officer for HRM/D
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On the Eve of WSIS
WSIS is a continuous process- Preparations started since 1999- Integration with the MDGs- First Phase Geneva 10-12 Dec04- Preparations for second phase- Second Phase Tunis 16-18 Nov05- Monitoring and follow-up tools
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Objectives to be achieved by 2015
to connect villages with ICTs to connect universities and schools ICTs; to connect scientific and research centres with ICTs; to connect public libraries and cultural centres …with ICTs; to connect health centres and hospitals with ICTs; to connect government departments and establish websites and
email addresses; to adapt school curricula to meet the challenges of the
Information Society, to ensure that all of the world's population have access to
television and radio services; to encourage the development of content and facilitate the
presence and use of all languages on the Internet; to ensure that more than half the world’s inhabitants have
access to ICTs within their reach.
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WSIS Plan of Actions
Main Lines of Actions:
Roles of Governments, Stakeholders…. ICT Infrastructure Access to Information and Knowledge Capacity Building Building Confidence & Security of ICT use Enabling Environment Promotion of ICT Applications Cultural identity, local content and media Ethical dimensions of Information Society International and regional cooperation Digital Solidarity Agenda
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WSIS Plan of Actions (2)
Follow-up and evaluation Towards WSIS phase 2 (Tunis)
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ITU Priority Areas
Access and connectivity; International standardization; Radio frequency management; Building confidence, trust and security; Establishing stable regulatory frameworks (good
governance), Human capacity building.
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Today ICT Situation
Technology Convergence, Lower Costs, IP as the de-
facto Channel, Network Effect and an Ever-changing
Environment.
Increasingly Important Role of ICTs in Various Sectors
(e.g., Health, Education, Finance, Government,
Commerce…).
Many New Stakeholders in Financing, Developing and
Using ICTs.
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What are the Challenges?
Understanding the Needs of Users and Stakeholders for
Building Sustainable Models for Affordable Access to
ICTs.
Addressing Issues for National and Regional Multi-
sector Policy Framework for ICTs.
Finding Mechanisms for Building Mutually Beneficial
Partnerships for Financing Infrastructure and Applications Development.
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What Role can ITU play?
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International Telecommunication Union
UN Specialized Agency for telecommunications
Leading the organization of WSIS in Geneva03 & Tunis05
Global organization with broad membership
• 189 Member States
• # 600 sector members
Triple global mandate
1. Coordinate use of radio-communications resources
2. Establish global telecom standards
3. Promote the development of ICT sector worldwide
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International Telecommunication Union
Unique among International Organizations:Cooperation between Governments/ Administrations and Private Sector
Wide range of entities represented:* Policy-makers and Regulators* Network Operators* Service Providers* Equipment manufacturers* Integrators* Financing Institutions* Consulting firms* Regional/National Telecom Associations…
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How it works; Examples from BDT Organization of Conferences, Workshops, Seminars … on Global
and Region Levels; WTDC02,
ITU-D Study Groups 1,2
Databases for Telecom and ICT Indicators
Guidelines and Tools; COSITU, G-REX
Publications WTDR, Trends in Telecom Regulations
6 Centers of Excellence (2 in Africa, 1 in ARB)
ITU Internet Training Center Initiative (51 training academies with Cisco, 17 in LDCs)
Partnerships; pilot projects …
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ITU has Developed and Strengthened Cooperation with the Private Sector
Over 600 Sector Members, mostly from Private Sector
Participation in the work of all Regional and World Conferences including in ITU Plenipotentiary Conferences
Participation in Sectors’ Advisory Groups to the elected officials (RAG, TSAG, TDAG)
Many representatives of the Private Sector Members, serve as Chairmen, Vice-Chairmen or Rapporteurs of Study Groups
Over 100 partnerships with private and public entities provide an invaluable contribution to development projects that facilitate access to ICTs for all.
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Creation of an ITU-D Working Group on Private Sector Issues
Sub-Group decided at WTDC-98 in Valetta
BDT Unit on Private Sector Partnership created in 2001,
responsible for all partnerships in 2003
5 Regional Working Parties (RWP) chaired by ITU-D
Sector Members
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Telecommunication Development BureauRegional Working Parties on Private Sector Issues and Programme Groups
ARAB Region: Mr. Mahmoud EL-SOURY & PG1 (Regulatory Reform) Chairman, Telecon Consultants,
Egypt
AFRICA Region: M. Cheikh Tidiane MBAYE& PG5 (Capacity Building) General Manager, SONATEL,
Senegal
AMERICAS Region: Mr. Alberto ZETINA-VELEZ
& PG3 (E-Strategies & VP Latin America, Ericsson,
Applications) Mexico
ASIA & PACIFIC Region: Mr. TV. RAMACHANDRAN
& PG2 (Infrastructure & Director-General, COAI
Network Development) (Cellular Operators Association of India), India
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BDT AS MODEL OF PARTNERSHIP
The development projects that countries need are numerous, diversified, requesting human, technical and financing resources
Multi-stakeholder partnerships become an appropriate answer to challenges of the Information Society:
* Development and consolidation of partnerships are amongst the main outcomes of the WSIS
* It is all about pooling resources together, avoiding redundancies between organizations, promoting complementary skills and mandates
WSIS: A unique occasion to:
* highlight the role and experience of ITU Members already involved in existing partnership (opportunity for renewal and extension)
* create new partnership opportunities for both ITU Members as well as ITU Sector Members
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Aims at mobilizing human, financial and technological resources for inclusion of all men and women in the emerging Information Society.
Priorities and strategies National e-strategies as an integral part of national
development plans, ICTs mainstreamed into strategies for Official
Development Assistance (ODA)
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Mobilizing resources
a) All countries and international organizations should act for mobilization of resources for financing development as elaborated in the Monterrey Consensus.
b) Developed countries should make concrete efforts to fulfil their international commitments to financing development including the Monterrey Consensus,
c) welcome initiatives to reduce outstanding indebtedness. These initiatives would release more resources that may be used for financing ICT for development projects.
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d) Recognizing the potential of ICT for development we furthermore advocate:
developing countries to attract private investments for ICTs through the creation of a transparent, stable and predictable enabling investment environment;
developed countries and international financial organisations to be responsive to the strategies and priorities of ICTs for development,
the private sector to contribute to the implementation of this Digital Solidarity Agenda.
f) A thorough review of financial mechanisms adequacy should be completed by the end of December 2004. to be submitted to Tunis phase
g) Countries should consider establishing national mechanisms to achieve universal access in both underserved rural and urban areas, in order to bridge the digital divide.
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Multi-Stakeholder Partnership
HUAWEI
KDDI IDRC/CIDA Cable & Wireless COAIEricsson
NEC ABU
DETECON
ITXCVODAFONE Cisco Rohde & Schwarz
Logic Telecom
AHCIET
ATU
TELENOR
ALCATEL
NTIINMARSAT DFID
INICTELFrance Telecom RASCOM
LUCENT
TEMIC
TRAI
PTCATCI
INTELSAT
NOKIA
CE/EC
NTT
CITEL
LS TELCOM/SPECTROCANECTEL
Nortel Networks
Japan Telecom
ART
TIA
MotorolaAPTEGYNETTELEFONICA
SIEMENS
CTO
TELKOM
FASTLINK
Tokai University
SWISSCOM
MTN
TIT
Jordan Telecom
SONATEL
AL-IKTISSAD
OFTA
THURAYA
US-AID
Europe & CIS RegionAmericas Region Asia & Pacific RegionArab RegionAfrica RegionNB:
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Conclusion o WSIS DoP and PoA make great opportunity for all stakeholders toward
Information Society
o ITU is playing key role towards building a global information society and closing the digital divide can only be fully achieved through partnership and collaboration with all relevant players.
o ITU-D broad mandate, experience and large membership which includes both public and private sector are unique features that would facilitate the transformation from digital divide to digital opportunities for all.
o ITU-D network of regional offices and direct contact with national entities is a factor to facilitate dialogue aimed at defining appropriate national and regional policies.
o ITU-D continues to provide a time-tested framework for establishing partnerships and a WIN-WIN opportunity through strong synergies amongst the parties.
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For more information
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/partners
and http://www.itu.int/wsis
Or )in Arabic(بالعربي http://www.ituarabic.org/sector_members.asp
and http://www.ituarabic.org/ArabPreCom
ITU Arab Regional Office - Cairo
Tel +(202) 2626620 Fax +(202) 2622274
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