Africas Youth and WTDC 06

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Africas YouthandWTDC 06

• African Youth input into ICT4D through the
  WTDC Process

Gbenga Sesan for Youth Workshop WTDC African
Regional Preparatory Meeting www.gbengasesan.com
me_at_gbengasesan.com
World Telecommunications Development Conference
African Regional Preparatory Meeting. Nigeria.
July 3 2005.
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Introduction

• Youth is not an agenda item, but major
  stakeholders in any development process in
  reality, the proof of sustainability. The WTDC
  process is commended
• In the last few years, a lot of work has been
  done around the subject of Youth and ICTs. Youth
  have demonstrated great dynamism and will to
  promote ICT as a tool for the development of
  their society
• Several recommendations and concrete actions
  have come out of this process. We support action,
  and are willing to partner with relevant
  stakeholders in delivering the promises that are
  proceeding from this PrepWorkshop
• African Region Youth Preparatory Workshop for the
  WTDC 06 seeks to bring dynamism to earlier
  efforts and give energy to new ideas

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Objectives

• Youth recommend
• Support for youth-led and youth-friendly ICT
  initiatives on the continent
• Strong participation of youth in the formulation
  and implementation of the Doha Plan of Action
  (2007 - 2010) by ensuring that youth
  participation is assured for the World
  Telecommunications Development Conference (WTDC)
  06 agenda
• Increased participation of youth and youth-led
  organizations in ITUs regional and global
  activities

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Organisation

• The youth recommend that the RPM should propose
• That a working group of WTDC 06 Plenary be set
  up to examine issues relating to the youth and
  youth-led organizations
• That the WTDC 06 agenda should be amended to
  include issues relating to the youth
• The working group of the plenary should determine
  actions for
• Greater youth contributions to the formulation
  and implementation of the Doha Plan of Action
  (2007-2010)
• Increasing the participation of youth members
  and youth-led organizations in ITUs regional and
  global activities through involvement in
  preparatory activities at national and regional
  levels and on country delegation membership
• The group should make recommendations to ensure
  that the Doha Plan of Action (2007-2010) meet the
  youth need and concerns

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Recommendation

• Infrastructure and resource mobilization
• Youth Technology Fund
• Youth Office in Ministry in charge of ICTs
• Policy and Regulatory issues
• Government to honour curriculum committment
• Zero rating tax on computers
• Specific budgetary allocations
• Building Human Capacity
• Profit percentage reinvestment in youth
• Promoting positive peer pressure youth train
  the trainer schemes
• Responsiveness to the needs of differently-abled
  persons
• Regional exchange programs for youth on research
• Youth Considerations
• Harnessing creative youth energies
• Matching investments on development and
  maintenance
• Youth central in developing ICT4D Key
  Performance Indicators

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Conclusion
We, the youth, are aware and appreciate the
opportunity offered to us to participate in the
Africa Regional Preparatory Meeting. We have been
able to comprehensively explore the challenges
and opportunities facing us and are now in a
position to better define our role in the process
leading up to WTDC 06 and beyondThrough this
process, we hope to convince government organs
and corporate entities at various levels to
integrate in their work, programmes aimed at
developing the capacity of youth to make use of
ICT tools more effectively towards meeting the
developmental needs of their communities. Developm
ent is a continuous and dynamic process, and as
such, it is a process that cannot ignore youth.
All sectors of society must be included in order
to build an Africa that works and is open to the
world at large, where we can continuously build
on our strengths. Conscious of all that we have
said, we commit to action and partnerships
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Africas YouthandWTDC 06
Thank You

• African Youth input into ICT4D through the
  WTDC Process

Gbenga Sesan for Youth Workshop WTDC African
Regional Preparatory Meeting www.gbengasesan.com
me_at_gbengasesan.com
World Telecommunications Development Conference
African Regional Preparatory Meeting. Nigeria.
July 3 2005.