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ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA
The African Regional Preparatory Conference for
the WSIS Accra International Conference Center A
ccra, Ghana 31 January 1 February 2005 
Pre-Conference 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 (Synthesis)  
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Introduction
Based on a detailed analysis of responses receiv
ed from African countries , the document
highlight the areas were gaps exist in the
implementation of WSIS Plan of Action and efforts
to be made
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Questionnaires
1- General objectives, goals and targets of the
action plan 2- The Role of Governments and all St
akeholders in the Promotion of ICTs for
Development 3- Information and Communication Inf
rastructure an Essential Foundation for the
Information Society 4- Access to Information an
d Knowledge 5- Capacity Building 6- Building C
onfidence and Security in the Use of ICTs
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Questionnaires (continue)
7- Enabling Environment 8- ICT Applications Bene
fits in All Aspects of Life 9- Cultural Diversity
and Identity, Linguistic Diversity and Local Co
ntent 10- Media 11- Ethical Dimensions of the In
formation 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
  

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General Objectives, Goals and Targets of the
Action Plan
- Half of the respondents has formulated an
e-Strategy - Done between the years 2002 and
2004 Sectors covered by the implementation Plans
Education, Health Delivery, Commerce, Govern
ment Services, Others Sectors
Role of Stakeholders in e-Strategies
- Need for more involvement of all stakeholders
in the Design and implementation of
e-Strategies - The Involvement of the Regional
Institutions is needed for more Harmonization

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General Objectives, Goals and Targets of the
Action Plan
Improving Connectivity This part of the ques
tionnaire shows the necessity for more
coordination at national level for the collect
of the data from appropriate sources
ICT in the Curricula More efforts are needed f
or the introduction of ICT in the curricula
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The Role of Governments and all Stakeholders in
the promotion of ICT for Development
There is a need to introduce innovative
mechanisms for the promotion of ICT for
Development Venture Capitals, Micro-finance,
Incubators Schemes, Support for Software
development and Export Information and Communica
tion Infrastructure Need for universal Access Po
licy and Strategies as a mean to respond to the
Infrastructure need of disadvantages groups and
geographic areas
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Information and Communication InfrastructureParti
cipation to Regional Activities
The participation to Regional Activities on
Information and Communication Infrastructure has
to be seen as a strategic mean to complement
national efforts Access to information and knowl
edge Develop Multi-purpose community public Acc
ess points, capacity building for Local
Aauthorities, awareness promotion of OSS and
Access to Public information

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Capacity Building Training programmes in the
use of ICTs
Equitable attention to Training Programme for
building various professionals
Building confidence and Security
More effort necessary for putting in place
legislation to enforce confidence and security
Enabling Environment Actions to be taken to imp
lement an enabling Environment
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ICT Applications
Give more attention to the following
applications - e-Employment - e-Environmen
t - e-Agriculture - e-science Cultural Dive
rsity and Identity Gender-sensitive Curricula an
d actions to build capacity of Girls and women
to understand and to develop ICT content
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Ethical Dimensions
Activities are needed to develop the ethical
dimensions of the information society
International and Regional cooperation
Develop Public Private Partnership for use of
ICT in Development, and attract private
investment
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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 synthesis focused on areas where efforts
  are needed by member States to implement the
  WSIS Plan of Action,
  
• - For harmonization purposes ECA to share with
  members States the Data Base implemented for the
  survey
  

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