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CTO Roadmap

CTO Roadmap. A Support Programme To Deliver WSIS/MDG Compliant Country ICT Action Plans. A CTO CONCEPT PRESENTED WITH SUPPORT FROM Allan Drew & Susan Coote. Developmental Challenges Posed by ICT Explosion. Policy issues Legislative and Legal Regulatory requirements

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CTO Roadmap

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  1. CTO Roadmap A Support Programme To Deliver WSIS/MDG Compliant Country ICT Action Plans A CTO CONCEPT PRESENTED WITH SUPPORT FROM Allan Drew & Susan Coote

  2. Developmental Challenges Posed by ICT Explosion • Policy issues • Legislative and Legal • Regulatory requirements • Technological implications • Economic and developmental dimensions • Financial and capital investment considerations • Socio-cultural impact • Political, national and global • Human Capital These variances lie at the heart of the digital divide

  3. The Global Response to These Challenges • The Millennium Development Goals (United Nations) • Country Poverty Reduction Strategies (World Bank) • Country ICT Policy Papers (Encouraged by G8) • The World Summit on the Information Society (UN-led) • Regional and sub-regional initiatives e.g. NEPAD, WATRA etc • Bilateral institutional funding, initiatives e.g. DFID, SIDA • Private Sector Responses e.g. Cisco, Microsoft, BT • Role of NGOs and other Stakeholders – Research, analysis, advocacy • Role of the CTO, Commonwealth and beyond

  4. Global Consensus on ICT • Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) • 8 goals, 18 Targets & 48 indicators • Only Target 18 and 2 indicators formally relate directly to ICT • ICTs are a key enabler of ALL goals

  5. WSIS Action Plan • Expands ICT dimensions of MDG activity • Explains detailed outcomes required • Specifies responsibilities of: • governments • international organisations • financial institutions • private sector and • other ICT stakeholders Implementation is the challenge

  6. Developing Country Telecoms Trends • China at 260m mobile, 250m fixed line subscribers • India added 2m mobile subscribers a month in 2003 • Developing Countries account for: • Highest growth rates of mobile service since 2000 • Mobile subscription increased 500% in Nigeria, 2000-2002 • Cameroon, Morocco & others have 5 times more cell phone users than fixed lines • Africa has only 0.6% of global Internet users • More than 50% of continent have not yet made a phone call Source: ITU

  7. African ICT Policy Status Of 53 African countries - Only 16 had ICT policy in early 2003 - 21 were in the process - 16 had no process for developing policy • Good progress since made in some countries, spurred by WSIS process Source: ITU

  8. ICT Regulatory Status Measured by % of regulators by region • Americas 79% • Africa 79% • Europe 75% • Arab States 48% • Asia-Pacific 37% Source: ITU

  9. Goals are clarified Actions are listed Focus is on ends not means Process for planning in-country Best practice experience-sharing Sources of funding Partners for implementation The current status of MDGs and WSIS Action Plan In place Incomplete The CTO Roadmap helps make progress happen

  10. Roadmap for success (1) • An implementation support process that provides: • A framework of processes, systems and structures to enable governments, in particular, achieve their WSIS/MDG targets • Milestones and signposts for performance indicators • Enablers for international organisations and financial institutions to identify areas of possible support • Help to other ICT stakeholders to more readily identify possible support roles, per country

  11. Roadmap for success (2) • Opportunity for specialist consultancy to deliver services that help governments create, execute, monitor and evaluate WSIS/MDG compliant plans • In-country training & skills transfer for implementation teams • Case studies to drive best practice • A process for sourcing of funds and case writing • Project management tools & techniques

  12. CTO Roadmap identifies action at several levels • Political / Policy • Legislative / Regulatory • Operational /Telco-Cellco • Citizen, consumer, community • Regional and sub-regional coordination of policies, strategies, plans & programmes • Harmonisation of programmes /procedures of donor agencies • Fund mobilisation & coordination Country Regional International

  13. CTO Roadmap recognises • Roles of UN Agencies in assisting countries • UNDP/World Bank MDGs • UN/ITU WSIS process • In Africa, work of UN ECA with • Africa Information Society Initiative (AISI) • National Information & Communication Infrastructure (NICI) • Role of NEPAD and related initiatives • Roles of other Regional bodies – ATU, AfDB • Roles of Sub-regional groupings – WATRA, TRASA, ARICEA, EARTPO Need for collective action , alliances & partnerships

  14. Milestone 3 Milestone 4 WSIS/MDG Compliant plan Funding cases prepared Funding gaps known Implementation plans prepared Implementation begun CTO Roadmap – 5 Milestones and Signposts to Success Milestone 1 Milestone 2 Policy Regulatory Operational Milestone 5

  15. A Roadmap for Implementing WSIS/MDG Action Plan Milestone 1 Milestone 2 Milestone 3 Milestone 4 Milestone 5 Assess country policies for completeness Define compliance gap Review Create compliant Action plan Strengthen & Plan Review & strengthen country Action Plan Identify stakeholders in country Estimate implementation costs Fund Compare against country budgets Investigate sources of funding Build cases to secure funding Plan Prioritise & develop implementation plan Communicate with citizens Implement Finalise & launch implementation plan Manage projects effectively Review benefits & adjust plans

  16. Minister initiates policy action • Internal review by ICT ministry • Minister issues internal directive • Civil servants plan/produce documents • Run public awareness campaign • Contact all stakeholders through direct mail • Consult with other ministers

  17. Stakeholders • Relevant MDAs • Legislature • Other Ministries • Regulator • ICT operators • ICT Professional associations • Academic institutions • Research bodies • Consumer groups • Representative bodies • Trade unions • Chambers of commerce • Industry manufacturers • Finance & Banking • Security & Law enforcement • Traditional authorities

  18. Review manifesto • Review scope of ministerial/departmental action plans • Disaggregate country plans by Goals, Targets & Indicators • Align against MDG Goals, Measures & Targets • Disaggregate WSIS Action plan by function • Research case studies & best practice • Identify gap • Specify work required to close gap

  19. Identify 3 year rolling budgets • Identify budgets committed to ICT development • Compare against plan costs • Define funding gap

  20. The CTO Road Map recognises Global Progress in ICTs Identifies MDGs/WSIS as central focal points for action Recognises capacity gaps in some countries for making speedy progress Offers framework for cooperation between CTO and other stakeholders Provides opportunity to assist member countries SUMMARY

  21. Thank you

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