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ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA The African
Regional Preparatory Conference for the
WSIS Accra International Conference Center Accra,
Ghana 31 January 1 February 2005  Pre-Conferenc
e on Evaluation of the implementation of the
Geneva Plan of Action and Information Society
Indicators  Report on the Outcomes of the
questionnaire to assess the implementation of the
Geneva plan of action  
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Objectives
Regular monitoring and follow up of the WSIS
Geneva Plan of Action implementation by African
countries
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Questionnaires
1- General objectives, goals and targets of the
action plan 2- The Role of Governments and all
Stakeholders in the Promotion of ICTs for
Development 3- Information and Communication
Infrastructure an Essential Foundation for the
Information Society 4- Access to Information
and Knowledge 5- Capacity Building 6- Building
Confidence and Security in the Use of ICTs
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Questionnaires (continue)
7- Enabling Environment 8- ICT Applications
Benefits in All Aspects of Life 9- Cultural
Diversity and Identity, Linguistic Diversity and
Local Content 10- Media 11- Ethical Dimensions of
the Information Society 12- International and
Regional Cooperation  
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Results of the survey
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Geographic Repartition of the responses

• Questionnaires sent to All WSIS focal points
  in ECA members States
• Received 9 Responses (17)

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Respondents
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General Objectives, Goals and Targets of the
Action Plan

• - Availability of e-strategy 55
• Year 2002 and 2004
• Sectors covered by the implementation Plans

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General Objectives, Goals and Targets of the
Action Plan Role of Stakeholders in e-Strategies
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General Objectives, Goals and Targets of the
Action Plan Improving Connectivity

• The information collected in this section will be
  useful to monitor at the national level, the
  progress toward the implementation of the Plan of
  Action in the areas
• Connectivity and access
• Use of Web Sites and emails in Gov. Depart.
• Access to Television and Radio
• Use of the Local Languages in Internet

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General Objectives, Goals and Targets of the
Action Plan ICT in the Curricula
- ICT adopted in the Curricula of Secondary
Schools 55 - ICT adopted in the Curricula of
Primary Schools 33
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The Role of Governments and all Stakeholders in
the promotion of ICT for Development
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The Role of Governments and all Stakeholders in
the promotion of ICT for Development (Continue)
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Information and Communication Infrastructure
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Information and Communication InfrastructureParti
cipation to Regional Activities

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Access to information and knowledgeAvailable
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Access to information and knowledge (continue)
Available
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Existing Capacity Building Initiatives
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Capacity Building (Continue)
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Capacity Building (Continue) Training programmes
in the use of ICTs
                
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Building confidence and Security

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Building confidence and Security (Continue)
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Enabling EnvironmentExisting
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Enabling EnvironmentAvailable agencies charged
with activities
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Enabling Environment Availability of agencies
charged with activities (Continue)
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ICT ApplicationsAvailable
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Cultural Diversity and Identity Addressed in the
ICT Policy
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Cultural Diversity and Identity(Continue)
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Cultural Diversity and Identity(Continue)
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MediaExisting
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Ethical Dimensions Available activities
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International and Regional cooperation
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International and Regional cooperation (Continued)
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Conclusions

• The low rate of responses suggests a need to
  precise the role of focal points in coordinating
  the collect of Data from multiple national
  sources
• The available results shows efforts made by
  member States to implement the WSIS Plan of
  Action, and also areas were gaps still exist
• - For harmonization purposes ECA to share with
  members States the Data Base implemented for the
  survey

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