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GATech Liberia ICT4D Project

GATech Liberia ICT4D Project. Michael L. Best Kipp Jones Illénin O. Kondo Edem Wornyo Dhanaraj Thakur Calvin Yu. Project Goals. Study the State and Potential of ICT in Liberia ICT Measures Measure ICT capabilities, infrastructure and plans Sectoral studies of ICT usage

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GATech Liberia ICT4D Project

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  1. GATech Liberia ICT4D Project Michael L. Best Kipp Jones Illénin O. Kondo Edem Wornyo Dhanaraj Thakur Calvin Yu

  2. Project Goals • Study the State and Potential of ICT in Liberia • ICT Measures • Measure ICT capabilities, infrastructure and plans • Sectoral studies of ICT usage • Financial Institutions • Media • Physical Security • Port Authority • User survey of ICT usage • Mobile phone impact • Internet impact • Policies • Policy development process and existing regime • Feasibility of implementing new ICT strategies

  3. Initial Description • Preliminary Schedule • September: instrument and framework preparation • October: field work • November - December: analysis and report Policy Processes • Personnel and Travel Schedules • Local Team: Genesis TMG • Travel Team: Kipp, Edem • In country October 1 - October 13 • Final Stakeholder Consultation: Mike, Dhanaraj • In Monrovia December or perhaps January? • You all are welcome!

  4. Liberia ICT Focus on cataloging, mapping, and quantifying the existing ICT infrastructure and intended investments within Liberia.

  5. ICT Measures • Standard Measures • World Bank • ITU • IDRC • Measure • ICT Sector Structure • ICT Sector Performance • Progress • Investment Plans & Strategies • Access & Usage • Physical Plant • Legal and Regulatory Environment

  6. Key Participants • Mobile Providers • Celcom • LiberCell • Comium • Lonestar • Liberia Telecommunications Corporation (LTC) • ISPs • Data Tech • Atlantic Wireless (LiberCell) • Comium • Government • Liberia Telecommunications Authority • Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications • Office of the President

  7. Sectoral studies – Scope • Sectors • Financial institutions • Central Bank of Liberia, Private Banking Institutions • Media • Print media, Online media, Broadcast media • Approach • SRS: Strategic ReStructuring • Institutions, Structures, Coalitions, Leaders, Policy • Impact Assessment • Drivers of adoption and impediments • Perceived benefits

  8. Sectoral studies – Goals • Current & prospective use • Organizational capability • Operational impact • Drivers and impediments • Impact assessment • Adoption roadmap • ICT Capital iceberg • Human Resources • Process enabling ICT • Hardware • Software • Connectivity • Integration • Local capacity • ICT revolutionaries

  9. Sectoral studies – Instruments • ICT Capital • ICT iceberg • Multi-level survey • ICT artifacts vs. business processes • Adoption drivers vs. impediments • Web Traffic analysis • Investments • Interlocutors • Senior Executives • HR + Head IT Manager + CFO/CPO • Government & Regulators

  10. Sectoral Studies – Cont’d • Physical Security • Evaluate current security situation • UNMIL, LNP, private security • Port Authority • Specifically investigate the impact of computers and communications in the port authority • Evaluate current presence of ICT • Recommend future development

  11. User Surveys • Specifically investigate and quantify the impact of mobile phones and the Internet on Liberians • Provide data on existing ICT services • Governmental services • Other services • Evaluate present customer satisfaction with existing services • Forecast future services in ICT sector based on survey • Framework for invigoration of current services in ICT sector • Benchmark for investment in the general ICT sector

  12. ICT Policy Processes - Objectives • Understand the structure through which ICT policies are developed and implemented in Liberia • Assess the feasibility of implementing proposed ICT strategies

  13. ICT Policy Processes - Approach • Policy Formulation • Stable Parameters • External Events • Policy System • Policy Implementation • Scope of Policy problem • Capacity of policy/law • Non-statutory factors • Implementation of Policy

  14. Questions?Comments?

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