ICTD Thematic Trust Fund Bureau for Development Policy ICT for Development Special Initiative UNDP

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ICTD Thematic Trust FundBureau for
Development PolicyICT for DevelopmentSpecial
Initiative UNDP

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• Overview What is TTF?
• 2002 Activities What have we done?
• 2003 Prospective Where are we going?

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Overview

• What is Thematic Trust Fund?
• What kind of activities are supported?
• Who can apply?
• Who is Funding?
• What is BDPs role?

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What is TTF? DOI - Framework
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What is TTF? What kind of Activities Supported?
Service Line

• e-Strategies Service Line 1 National Regional
  ICT for Development Strategies
  
• e-initiatives Service Line 2 Strategy
  Implementation Capacity
  Development
  
• e-governance Service Line 3 ICT for Democratic
  Governance
  
• e-grants Service Line 4 Digital Grants
  Initiative
  
• e-awareness Service Line 5 National Awareness,
  Promotion and Stakeholder
  Campaigns

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What is TTF? Who can Apply?

• UNDP Country Office
• Regional Programme
• Global Programme
• Others.

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2002 Activities

• 1st Tranche UNDP portion
• 2nd Tranche UNDP portion
• J-Portion
• Ireland Portion

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What is TTF? What is BDPs role?

• BDP does not choose countries.
• Support Regional Bureaux on Strategy/Technical
  merits only.
  

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2002 Activities Overview

• 254 proposals worth over 41 million dollars were
  received for 1st and 2nd tranches.
  
• 14 countries and one regional programme were
  chosen to receive 1st tranche with total
  allocation of 947,500
  
• 14 Countries and one Global programme are
  short-listed for 2nd tranche. Disbursement will
  follow when we receive GOJ approval.
  
• Approval from Japanese Government and Project
  documents have been collected from the Country
  Offices.

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2002 Activities 1st Tranche

• 123 proposals were received from 68 country
  offices worth over 21 million dollars.
  
• 14 countries and one regional programme were
  chosen to receive 1st tranche with total
  allocation of 947,500

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2002 Activities 1st tranche

• Country
• Azerbaijan National ICTD Strategy for Azerbaijan
  SL1 35,000
  
• Benin URNET Building a University Research and
  E-learning Intranet SL2 100,000
  
• Botswana Information Access System for the Rural
  Communities SL2 75,000
  
• Djibouti ICTD in Djibouti SL1 60,000
• El Salvador ICT for Development SL2 85,000
  
  
• Ethiopia Expansion of Internet Connectivity for
  Development SL2 100,000
  
• Kyrgyztan Formulation of National IT Strategy
  Implementation Unit under the President of
  Kyrgyz Republic SL1 35,000
  
• Lebanon A National E-Strategy for
  Lebanon SL1 40,000
  
• Paraguay Promotion of National Dialogue on ICT
  for Dev SL1 45,000
  
• Philippines Building a Knowledge and Information
  Network of Indigenous Peoples through
  ICT SL2 60,000
  
• Syria ICT for Development in Syria SL1 40,
  000
  
• Uganda Development of Strategy for Implementation
  of the National ICT Policy SL1 100,000
  
  
• Vietnam National Forum on ICT for Development
  SL1 50,000
  
• Yugoslavia Creation of an ICT Strategy in
  Montenegro SL1 35,000
  
• APDIP Policies and e-Strategies for Least
  Developed Member Countries of the
  ASEAN SL1 87,500
  
• ALL (Pending Approved) TOTAL 947,500

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2002 Activities 2nd Tranche

• 131 proposals were received worth over 20
  million dollars.
  
• 14 countries and one regional programme are
  short-listed with total planned allocation of
  950,000

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2001 Activities 2nd tranche Short-list

• Country
• Belarus ICT TTF proposal on democratic
  governance SL3 30,000
  
• Cameroon Support for ICT for Development in
  Cameroon SL1 45,000
  
• Cuba Adapting E-readiness methodology at local
  level to integrate ICT efforts. SL1 35
  ,000
  
• DOI Digital Opportunity Initiatives global
  project SL1 285,000
  
• Dominican Republic Strengthening of municipal
  capacity in the city halls of Santo Domingo
  area SL3 65,000
  
• Macedonia ICT to enhance decentralization and
  local governance SL3 40,000
  
• Maldives Digitally Empowered Development in
  island communities
  
• of Maldives. SL4 70,000
• Mali Support to National Commission on NTIC in
  formulating a National E-strategy and Action
  Plan in Mali SL1 90,000
  
• Nepal Development Information Resource and
  Rural Access SL2 70,000
  
• Romania Regional ICTD Advocacy in ECIS through
  WSIS SL5 25,000
  
• Somalia Capacity building for ICT promotion and
  development. SL2/3 60,000
  
• Tunisia E-government strategies for
  Tunisia SL3 65,000
  
• Uzbekistan Promotion of ICT business units in
  rural areas to foster small and micro
  enterprise development SL4 45,000
  
• Venezuela Model of Dynamic Simulation for Human
  Development SL/1/2/4/5 25,000
  
• Proposal Total 950,000

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2001 Activities J-Portion

• Initiatives taken by GOJ
• Consist 60 of Total Japanese contribution
• A total of 27 project proposals worth 6.1
  million have been received for 1st Tranche.
  
• Amount of Fund available 2.72 million (2002)
• How to Tap into it?

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2001 Activities Ireland Portion

• Amount of Fund available 380,000 (2002)
• Already Earmarked for Africa (2nd tranche)

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2003 Prospective

• 2002 Replenishment
• Revision of ICT TTF Framework/SL
• 2003 Replenishment Prospective

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2003 Prospective 2002 Replenishment

• 2 million from GOJ planned
• 800,000 for UNDP Portion
• 1.2 million for UNDP Portion
• Pending 2002 year disbursement status.

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2003 Prospective Revision of TTF SL

• March Retreat focuses on review of TTF
• Please voice your comments (discussion through
  ITRN?)
  
• Easier to raise funds?

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2003 Prospective 2002 Replenishment

• Challenging giving current ODA trend.
• We are fighting. Need good cases to argue that
  we are making differences to donors.

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Resources

• ICTD TTF document http//www.undp.org/trustfunds
  /TTF-ICTe.PDF
  

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Resources Management Reporting System
http//www.sdnp.undp.org/ttf/
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Resources Expanded Interest for Quick Approval
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Thank You for your Attention.Bureau
for Development PolicyICT for DevelopmentSpecial
Initiative UNDP