GKP Africa Regional Preparatory Meeting to GK III

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  GKP Africa Regional Preparatory Meeting to GK
III
5 6 June 2007 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Introduction to Breakout Sessions
Afework Temtime ICT and Science Technology
Division (ISTD)/ECA
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Objectives

• provide opportunities for GKP Members to deepen
  discussion on their regional activities along the
  GK III themes Emerging People, Emerging
  Markets, and Emerging Technologies
• information and knowledge sharing
• create networking opportunities between GKP and
  non-GKP Members

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Breakout Sessions

• Three Breakout Sessions
• Breakout Session 1 Emerging People
• Breakout Session 2 Emerging Markets and
  Technologies
• Breakout Session 3 The role of media in
  promoting knowledge societies

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Breakout Sessions

• Breakout Session 1 Emerging People
• How ICTs and the emergence of knowledge societies
  is contributing to the empowerment of people,
  communities and whether there is evidence of
  transformation
• Include analysis on paths to an inclusive
  development in the social, economic, cultural,
  and political arena as a result, and a
  reconfiguration of citizenship in knowledge
  societies
• Discussion topics Innovative technologies for
  women, youth and rural societies, issues and
  challenges, best practices, recommendations
• Chair Ms. Lucy Mathai, SIDAREC, Kenya
• Rapporteur Leopold Armah, AYIN, Ghana

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Breakout Sessions

• Breakout Session 2 Emerging Markets and
  Technologies with a special focus on
  opportunities for women, youth and rural
  societies
• Focus on (i) the role and responsibility of
  entrepreneurs for the production of private and
  public goods, (ii) financing, stimulating and
  mentoring of SMEs and their linkages to the
  global economy (iii) fostering e-commerce though
  telecentres in rural, poor and migrant
  communities and linking it to global markets and
  others
• Discussion topics Emerging markets, issues and
  challenges, best practices, and recommendations
• Chair Ms Shalini Mathaven, Mauritius
• Rapporteur Mr. Thomas Tchetmi, AYIN, Cameroon

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Breakout Sessions

• Breakout Session 3 The role of media in
  promoting knowledge societies, with focus on GKP
  III themes
• Create awareness among African media
  practitioners on the themes of GK3 gt African
  activities related to the themes documented and
  widely disseminated
• Capacity building on specific topics of ECA ICT
  Media Training module
• Discussion topics ECA activities in building
  media capacity for the KE, emerging tools, latest
  innovations, lessons and solutions, convergence,
  new media, African media and the KE, issues and
  challenges, best practices, recommendations
• Chair Ms Sylvie Niombo, AZUR Développement,
  Congo
• Rapporteur Brenda Zulu, Zambia

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