1. Welcome

2. Implementation of WSIS Action Plan, Nairobi, Keneya*
07/16/96
Md. Shahid Uddin Akbar
Coordinator
ICTDP’B
(Information & Communication Technology for Development Program, Bangladesh)
Member, Advisory Group, Development Gateway Foundation, A World Bank Initiative
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ICTDPB Initiatives
MPTC - Multipurpose Telecenter
womenBD.com
BDHealthInfo
ICT4D Network (As member)
ISRG - ICT Study & Research Group
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4. Implementation of WSIS Action Plan vs
Topic
Implementation of WSIS Action Plan vs
Role of Govt. of Developing Countries
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5. Background
About 174 countries participated in the WSIS 2003 held in the 1st Phase of WSIS at Geneva, Switzerland
And
Signed the Action Plan
to turn the society towards
Information & Knowledge Society
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6. Implementation of WSIS Action Plan, Nairobi, Keneya
Role of Govt.
The role of govt. has been specifically defined in the action plan as “Governments have a leading role in developing and implementing comprehensive, forward looking and sustainable national e-strategies. …...”
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Role of Govt. contd...
1. Development of National e-Strategies
2. Infrastructure
3. Policy Guidelines
4. Capacity building
5. Building Confidence & Security
6. Regulatory Framework
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8. Implementation of WSIS Action Plan, Nairobi, Keneya
Role of Govt. contd...
7. ICT Application
e-Govt.
e-Business
e-Learning
e-Health
e-Employment
e-Environment
e-Agriculture
e-Science
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Role of Govt. …...
7. Cultural diversity & Local content
8. Media - Freedom of expression
9. Ethical Dimension of Information Society
10. International & Regional Co-operation
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10. Implementation of WSIS Action Plan, Nairobi, Keneya
Important Issues ..
Digital Solidarity Agenda
- Priorities & Strategies
Inclusion of ICT in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)
Follow up & Evaluation
Towards WSIS Phase II (Tunis)
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Govt. Role vs Reality
A huge gap exists in the implementation of WSIS Action Plan in Developing countries.
The defined role of the govt. is far away from the initiatives taken by the govt. and the gap is widening day by day.
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12. Can the govt.s of developing nations implement such plan of action ?
Moderately the answer is “NO”
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13. Implementation of WSIS Action Plan, Nairobi, Keneya
Reasons
Priority - Poverty reduction vs. ICT
Poor awareness level
Role of Development Partners
Limitation in Human Capacity
Lack of Political Commitment
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14. How to overcome …. Developing countries can overcome the limitations
through implementation of the WSIS Plan of Action
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15. How the plan may be implemented ….
Establishing a “Watchdog” to co-operate, support, advise, monitor and evaluate the process of implementation as committed by the Govt.s of developing countries
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Brief of the Watchdog ..
Initiative may be taken by ITU / CTO
Work Globally
Independent capacity to monitor
Activity may be covered from Awareness building to conduct Study & Research, Sharing experience between best practices vs non performing countries, mediate between govt. and civil society
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17. Widening the role of Watchdog …...
Co-operate the govt.s to design PRSP to integrate ICT
Crafting national e-Strategy
Designing evaluation modules
Resource Mobilization for Infrastructure, Capacity Building, Awareness building
Coordinating among the stakeholders
Networking among the global ICT initiatives
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Conclusion
To start the new journey towards implementation of WSIS Action Plan in Developing countries ....
The control is in our hand, and
Development Partners have to take initiative now ….
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19. Thank You