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The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) "is an initiative to help Africans to better understand the policy-making processes that affect them, especially in the area of information and communications technology (ICT) and development." It is a program of Bridges.org.
Webpage: http://www.cipesa.org/
CIPESA's "objectives are to raise awareness about key issues, provide useful information to assist African participation in policy-making, and stir debate by sparking discussion and convening productive gatherings. Decision-making related to the use of ICT for poverty reduction is a primary area of interest."
Its "mission is to increase the capacity of East and Southern African stakeholders to participate in international ICT policy-making. The aim is to promote the effective representation of African interests in international policy-making processes, and to see that international policy decisions can effectively be translated into positive outcomes for Africa. To accomplish these objectives, CIPESA will:
In addition to Bridges, its collaborating agencies include:
Founded in 1865, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is arguably one of the exceptional global bodies based on partnerships between government and the private sector. While other similar world bodies comprise politicians and other bureaucrats, ITU membership boasts of telecommunication policy-makers and regulators, network operators, equipment manufacturers and hardware and software developers. Anthony Mugeere examines its origins, role in developing infrastructure and what Africa should look forward to. The ITU is by far living up to expectations in its mission to coordinate global telecommunications and services. Working in collaboration with governments and private sector enterprises, ITU has, through regular global and regional conferences, facilitated the establishment of best business practices for the deployment of, and maintenance of ICT infrastructure. For Africa, ITU has worked closely with the regional bodies to support programmes aimed to achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals. Following the completion of the study on the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) in January 2005 for instance, ITU convened a meeting of core partners active in ICT to explore ways of developing the use of ICT in the region. The Union was also a key player in the identification of core ICT indicators during the Botswana regional workshop in October 2004 and participated in the International Labour Organisation (ILO) sponsored meeting on poverty reduction in Burkina-Faso. This was in addition to the institutional support to the NEPAD Secretariat by providing experts to compile a list of all known terrestrial telecommunications infrastructure development initiatives and projects and advocacy through seminars and workshops. The most notable undertakings in supporting infrastructural development have been through the Telecommunication Development (ITU-D), one of its three sectors that specialises in designing programmes to improve telecommunications infrastructure. Like the Radio communication (ITU-R) and Telecommunication Standardization (ITU-T) sectors ...RSS feed from/de : CIPESA - CIPESA newsletter
CIPESA Focus - March 2006
ITU: Is it Still Thinking Globally and Acting Locally?
The role of the ITU-Development sector
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