NICIF and ICT Policy formulation process in Ethiopia Shumu Teferra UNCSTD Panel Meeting Colombo, Sri

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NICIF and ICT Policy formulation process in
Ethiopia Shumu TeferraUNCSTD Panel Meeting
Colombo, Sri Lanka October 15-17, 2002
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FDI in Ethiopia

• Domestic investment has increased rapidly since
  the introduction of liberal policy in 1992
  
• the gap between Domestic investment and saving
  has remained wide.
  
• Gross domestic investment as a proportion of GDP
  rose from 11.9 to 19.1
  
• gross domestic saving remained at the same rate

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FDI in Ethiopia (contd..)

• The large part of the increase in investment has
  been attributed to the private sector whose share
  increased from 2.5 to 13.1
  
• Public sector investment increased only
  marginally from 6.4 to 7.4
  
• The quantity of FDI that entered in the past
  decade was small

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FDI in Ethiopia (contd..)

• Problems
• limited resource of finance and defficualty in
  accessing existing source of finance
  
• access to important inputs or resources
  particularly land has also been a chronic
  constrains to investment
  
• insufficiency of the existing land lease market
• the high price of land and the fact that banks do
  not accept land as collateral

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What is NICIF?

• NICIF - National Information and Communication
  Infrastructure Framework
  
• It is a conceptual framework by which the
  Government has considered to proceed to more
  detailed elaboration of major components.

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Major Components

• National Telematics/Informatics/ ICT Policy
  (ESTC)
  
• National Contents and Standards (ESTC)
• Human Resource (AAU - SISA)
• Communication infrastructure (ETC)

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Steps Followed in the Policy formulation Process

• Elaboration of National Information and
  Communication Infrastructure Development Vision -
  through a workshop organized in collaboration
  with the UNECA (OCTOBER 11 - 12, 1999).
• One of the objectives
• To review and examine the National Information
  and Communication Infrastructure (NICI)
  development vision and the identification of
  policy instruments to guide and support the
  subsequent implementation of the program.

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Steps Followed in the Policy formulation Process
(cont'd)

• Major areas discussed
• National Information policy procedures and
  processes
  
• Content and Sectoral applications
• Human resource development
• Communication Infrastructure
• Community Information Service

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Steps Followed in the Policy formulation Process
(cont'd)

• The first draft was produced by a Team of Experts
  in November 1999.
  
• This draft policy was subjected to continued
  restructuring and polishing within the ESTC.
  Experiences of different countries were also
  further explored.

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The initial Draft Policy

• Introduction
• Background
• The country
• National Development Policy
• The ICTs Environment
• Aspects of the components
• ICTs related policies, plans and initiatives
• Sectoral policies and plans
• Scope/Stakeholders
• The Need for ICTs Policy
• Vision and Mission
• The Policy
• 22 Policy Elements
• Policy Statement
• Strategies
• Implementation Process

• ANNX I - Concepts and Definitions
• Communication
• Data
• GII
• ICT
• Informatics
• Information
• Information Infrastructure
• Information Policy
• Information Resources
• Information Services
• Information Society
• Information Superhighway
• Information Systems
• Information Technology
• Intellectual Property
• Internet
• NII
• Policy

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The Current Version of the Draft Policy

• INTRODUCTION
• Background and the need for ICT Policy - the
  driving force is national socio-economic
  competitiveness (particularly the buisness
  environment) influenced by the global
  scenarios.
• VISION
• Develop and exploit ICTs as an accelerator for
  the attainment of national development objectives
  and global competitiveness.
  

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The Current Version of the Draft Policy (cntd.)

• Goal
• POLICY STATEMENTS
• NATIONAL STRATEGIES
• PRIORITY PROGRAMS
• Government administration Services
• Community Access and Service Delivery

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The Current Version of the Draft Policy (cntd.)

• Sector Program Development
• ICT in education
• ICT in health
• ICT in agriculture
• Private sector development

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The Current Version of the Draft Policy (cntd.)

• ICT and knowledge economy development
• The physical infrastructure development
• The human resource development
• Contents and use of appropriate ICTs
• Regulatory frameworks and standards

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What is Next?

• Based on the output of discussion, final draft
  policy will be prepared and submitted to the
  Government,
  
• Conduct a high level discussion ( at the Council
  of Ministers??),
  
• Get Legal enforcement,
• Implementation, Follow up and Review