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ESCWA’s Regional Plan of Action for Building the Information Society (RPoA)

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA). Fourth meeting of the ESCWA Consultative Committee on Scientific & Technological Development and Technological Innovation Manama, 1-2 April 2008.

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ESCWA’s Regional Plan of Action for Building the Information Society (RPoA)

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  1. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA) Fourth meeting of the ESCWA Consultative Committee on Scientific & Technological Development and Technological Innovation Manama, 1-2 April 2008 ESCWA’s Regional Plan of Action for Building the Information Society (RPoA) Mansour Farah Team Leader and Senior Information Technology Officer, ICT Division, ESCWA http://www.escwa.un.org/

  2. Objectives of the RPoA • To build a sustainable and inclusive information society in the region, in line with WSIS Geneva Plan of Action • To propose a comprehensive strategic framework • To foster partnerships and propose a modality for implementation • To achieve the Millennium Development Goals

  3. RPoA: Result of Collaborative Efforts Listed in chronological order • Arab ICT strategy, adopted by the Arab Summit in 2001 • Pan-Arab regional conference on WSIS, in Cairo, June 2003, including Cairo declaration • Tentative plan of action for the information society in the region, produced by ESCWA in December 2003 • WSIS-Geneva global Plan of Action (PoA) • Series of round tables planned by ESCWA during 2004 to address regional specificity • Efforts of the Taskforce on Realization of the Arab Strategy • Feedback from the ESCWA Second Regional Preparatory Conference for WSIS and an online forum

  4. Partnership Decentralization Results-based management (RBM) Modularity Open-endedness Government priority Rolling projects Leading responsibility Implementation upon maturity Periodic monitoring and reporting Online follow-up Evolving RPoA The RPoA can assimilate future needs of Arab countries along with a mechanism to periodically introduce new regional strategic actions, report on progress of work, and adjust the plan accordingly. Considerations include:

  5. RPoA Strategic Framework

  6. Main components of the strategic framework The strategic framework aims at streamlining actions at the regional level and at promoting the development of national capacity for achieving the transition towards the information society Action lines Areas Programmes Projects

  7. WSIS Action Lines(International partnership) • C1: The role of public governance authorities and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development • C2: Information and communication infrastructure • C3: Access to information and knowledge • C4: Capacity building • C5: Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs • C6: Enabling environment • C7: ICT Applications: e-government, e-business, e-learning, e-health, e-employment, e-environment, e-agriculture, e- science • C8: Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content • C9: Media • C10: Ethical dimensions of the Information Society • C11: International and regional cooperation

  8. Areas of interest to the region(Regional partnership) • Policies and strategies • ICT infrastructure • Access to information and knowledge • Capacity building • Building confidence, trust, and security • Enabling environment • ICT Applications • Cultural, linguistic, and Arabic content • Media • International and regional cooperation

  9. Regional plan of action towards the Information Society Main areas of action Project 1 Partnership programmes ICT for economic development Project 2 Developing e-government services Project n th Empowering Arab NGO’s in the information society Developing telecommunications infrastructure Developing the ICT sector Enabling environment Women empowerment in the information society Capacity building Media ICT infrastructure ICT Applications Building confidence, trust, and security Cultural, linguistic, and local content International and regional cooperation Policies and strategies Access to information and knowledge Information society measurements Promoting digital Arabic content (DAC) Project 1 ICT in education and scientific research Increasing community access with emphasis on Project 2 the marginalized and disabled th N Programme Project n th WSIS Global plan of action Arab ICT Strategy Axis 7 Axis 1

  10. Lists ofProgammes and Projects

  11. Programmes Projects (1/4) 1.1 CyberPort for trade and transport 1.2 CyberHaven for regional tourism development 1.3 Connecting Arab ATM networks 1.4 ICT Hub for SMEs 1. ICT for economic development 2.1 Enhancing government decision support capabilities in the socio-economic fields 2.2 Regional e-government portal 2. Developing e-government services 3.1 Arab NGO's information network 3.2 Arab civil society academy for capacity building 3. Empowering Arab NGO's in the information society 4.1 Towards an integrated regional telecommunications network 4.2 Enhanced broadband access through pilot national applications 4. Developing telecommunications infrastructure

  12. Programmes Projects (2/4) 5.1 Legislation model for an ICT enabling environment 5.2 Establishment of ICT incubators 5.3 Partnership space for incubating telecommunications projects 5. Developing the ICT sector 6.1 Women empowerment through ICT 6.2 Promoting the rights of women and children through the use of ICT 6.3 Enhancing Arab women’s role in development and decision making through the use of ICT 6.4 Gender evaluation methodology for ICT initiatives (GEM) 6. Women empowerment in the information society 7.1 Core ICT indicators 7.2 ICT indicators database 7.3 Capacity building for information society measurement 7. Information society measurements

  13. Programmes Projects (3/4) 8.1 Establishing a digital Arabic library* 8.2 Connecting Arab documentation centres* 8.3 Developing an Arabic search engine* 8.4 Arabized ICT e-glossary 8.5 Arabic domain name system (ADNS) 8.6 Arab region network for document cataloguing and processing 8.7 Memory of the Arab world 8. Promoting digital Arabic content (DAC)  * These projects have been earmarked as most importantby Arab Ministers of Telecommunications and Information Technology 9.1 Regional Hub for capacity building in open source software for education and research 9.2 IT teacher training framework 9.3 Regional scheme for deployment of technical computing software 9.4 Lifelong learning for socio-economic development. 9.5 Networking academies 9.6 Learning object repository in Arabic (LORA) 9. ICT in education and scientific research

  14. Programmes Projects (4/4) 10.1 Empowerment through community access: total access points* 10.2 PC for Every Home* 10.3 Information technology clubs* 10.4 Empowerment of the visually disabled through ICT 10.5 Market information systems for agriculture and fishing businesses 10. Increasing community access with emphasis on the marginalized and disabled * These projects have been earmarked asmost important by Arab Ministers of Telecommunications and Information Technology

  15. RPoA Methodology for Programmes

  16. Programme Details Each programme in the RPoA is presented by its champion-partner using the following structure: • Conceptual overview; • Mapping to the areas presented in the strategic framework of RPoA; • Outline that includes the programme’s main objectives, challenges, implementation strategy, expected accomplishments and indicators of achievements.

  17. Criteria for adding Programmes A programme can be added once it satisfies the following criteria: • Presented in a clear and concise format by its champion-partner (RPoA uses the Results-Based Management paradigm); • It has a coordinating agency/institution (usually the champion-partner); • It has a high impact on a number of areas that are identified in the RPoA strategic framework.

  18. RPoAMethodology for Projects

  19. Projects: Actions translated into results The list is an evolving one and will be adjusted as changes on existing projects are made and as new projects are added. • Originally, there were 38 projects proposed by various partners and distributed among 10 programmes; • Each project has a coordinating/leading agency; • Projects are regional in nature, with most having national components; • Implementation starts upon maturity; • Regional projects recommended by the Working Group on the Realization of the Arab Strategy are included and flagged as most important for the Arab Governments.

  20. Project Development Phases Phases Outputs Project Concept Paper (PCP) Phase 1. Preparing the project concept paper Preliminary interest for developing a project document Letter of intent Project document (ProDoc) Phase 2. Identifying funding agencies and possible partners Phase 3. Preparing the full project document Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Implementation reports Phase 4. Implementing the project Progress of work report Monitoring Impact analysis report Evaluation

  21. Implementation Modality

  22. Role of different stakeholders Government International /regional organizations & NGOs Universities (educational sector) Banks and donor organizations Mature firms (Private sector)

  23. Suggested Modality Strategic Partners Steering Committee Steering level + Secretariat National Programme ....... Programme1 Programme2 Programmen Coordination Level Level Project Project Project Project Project Project Project Level 1.1 1.x 2.1 2.x n.1 n.x

  24. Online Partnership Space Implementation phase RPoA Strategic Framework Main areas of action On-line subscription Transfer of ownership Development of Knowledge repository Flexibility to Implemented projects: update/add building blocks programmes for developing the Partnership Shared failures and information society successes Mechanism Programmes Flexibility to Project evaluation update/add projects Project monitoring On-line forum to Completion of project solicitcomments and maturity level Project identifypartners Development of Project partnership networks Project Project Project

  25. Information Society Portal for the ESCWA Region(ISPER)

  26. ISPER (1/2) • Provides tools to enhance efficiency of partnerships and efficiency of development work, communication and cooperation; • Deploys modern online tools for collaboration among stakeholders: • Real-time discussion forums, • Collaboratively generated content, • Syndicated content feeds, • Up-to-date content on projects and priorities in the region, • Real-time dissemination of statistical indicators.

  27. ISPER (2/2) • Constitutes a source of information on the Arab ICT Strategy; • Is a one-stop-shop on implementation details • Catalyzes partnerships between project implementers and donors; • Fosters partnerships by: • Raising awareness of available project • Providing market intelligence • Catalyzing community of practice

  28. Thank you! farah14@un.org

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