Information and Communication Infrastructure (C2) Capacity Building (C4)

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Information and Communication Infrastructure (C2)
Capacity Building (C4) Enabling Environment
(C6) The Next Steps
WSIS Stocktaking Exercise

• Jaroslaw Ponder
• Project and Initiatives Department
• International Telecommunication Union

Joint Facilitation Meeting on Action Lines C2,
C4, and C6 ITU Headquarters, Geneva, 16 May 2007
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WSIS Stocktaking

• Ongoing process
• Collaborative database
• Distributed approach
• Online questionnaire
• More than 3300 projects registered
• Basis for future evaluation
• Report on Stocktaking published on regular
  basis
• Endorsed in the WSIS Outcome documents

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Stocktaking and Tunis

• Tunis Agenda, paragraph 120
• The sharing of information related to the
  implementation of WSIS outcomes is an important
  element of evaluation. We note with appreciation
  the report on the Stocktaking of WSIS-related
  activities, which will serve as one of the
  valuable tools for assisting with the follow-up,
  beyond the conclusion of the Tunis Phase of the
  Summit, as well as the Golden Book of
  initiatives launched during the Tunis phase.
  We encourage all WSIS stakeholders to continue to
  contribute information on their activities to the
  public WSIS stocktaking database, maintained by
  ITU. In this regard, we invite all countries to
  gather information at the national level with the
  involvement of all stakeholders, to contribute to
  the stocktaking.

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3282 Entries Registered
5 May 2007
By WSIS Action Line
By stakeholder
5th largest category 1354 projects registered
44.8
Stakeholders (C1)
41.3
Infrastructure (C2)
57.8
Access to info (C3)
44.9
Capacity-bldg (C4)
22.3
Security (C5)
2nd largest category 1475 projects registered
32.3
Enabling env't (C6)
44.9
ICT appl's (C7)
19.9
Cultural etc (C8)
10.4
Media (C9)
8.5
Ethics (C10)
25.7
Cooperation (C11)
6th largest category 1354 projects registered
23.5
Objectives (B)
12.6
Digital solidarity (D)
11.0
Follow-up (E)
10.5
Tunis Phase (F)
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Information and Communication Infrastructure
(C2)1354 related projects
5 May 2007
By stakeholder
Miscellaneous
Business
1.2
Entities
Civil
6.9
Society
8.0
Governments
International
62.2
Organisations
21.8
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Information and Communication Infrastructure
(C2)1354 related projects
5 May 2007
The Multi-stakeholder Partnerships and Registered
Entries
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Capacity Building (C4) 1475 related projects
5 May 2007
By stakeholder
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Capacity Building (C4) 1475 related projects
5 May 2007
The Multi-stakeholder Partnerships and Registered
Entries
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Enabling Environment (C6) 1059 related projects
5 May 2007
By stakeholder
Miscellaneous
Business
1.2
Entities
Civil
6.9
Society
8.0
Governments
International
62.2
Organisations
21.8
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Enabling Environment 1059 related projects
5 May 2007
The Multi-stakeholder Partnerships and Registered
Entries
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Selected Projects Governments

• Azerbaijan
• The Ministry of Communications and Information
  Technologies developed the State Program,
  E-Azerbaijan, focusing on the development of the
  communication and information technologies in the
  Republic of Azerbaijan (2005-2008).
• Japan
• On the basis of Asia Broadband Program, an
  action program of the government of Japan, which
  seeks to make Asia as a whole a global
  information hub through the deployment of
  broadband platforms in Asia, Ministry of Internal
  Affairs and Communications) has been developing a
  range of measures to bridge the digital divide in
  the region.
• Oman
• The Information Technology Authority envisages
  transformation of the Sultanate of Oman into a
  sustainable knowledge-based society by leveraging
  Information and Communication Technologies to
  enhance government services enrich businesses and
  empower individuals. ITA has initiated various
  projects in three main areas infrastructure,
  awareness, electronic services delivery and
  capacity building.

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Selected ProjectsInternational and Regional
Organisations

• UNESCAP/ICSTD Toward Improved Connectivity for
  the Pacific
• Pacific island states have been served by a
  diversity of telecommunication mechanisms, from
  submarine cable and satellite to 2-way radio.
  However, the return of global enthusiasm for
  building connectivity "pipe" and applications,
  plus other circumstances including new
  institution-building in the Caribbean, offer
  opportunities and modalities for the Pacific to
  benefit considerably from modern telecoms. ESCAP
  has conducted a study of the situation, and is
  working with Pacific island states and other
  stakeholders toward improving telecoms (and
  benefits therefrom) for the Pacific.
• International Telecommunication UnionRegional
  Project on Connectivity Americas Region
• The development objective os the project is to
  assist and provide the countries of the region
  with mechanisms and tolls in order to facilitate,
  whenever necessary, the respective assessment,
  design, implementation, evaluation and
  integration of the national Agendas of
  Connectivity, as well as the relevant programmes
  related to the use of Information and
  Communication Technologies incorporated by the
  Agendas.
• APEC Asia-Pacific Grid Implementation Project
• This project is designed to support Asia-
  Pacific high performance Computing Grid
  implementation in order that researchers from the
  region can easily secure computing resources
  needed for up-to-date researches by connecting
  the major nations' super computers with Grid.

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Selected Projects Business Sector

• CATEL Caspian American Telecommunications, LLC
  Rural Area Telecommunications Program
• The Rural Area Telecommunications Program,
  developed by Caspian American Telecommunications,
  LLC (CATEL), is designed to provide affordable
  telephone and high-speed internet service to
  people living and working in rural areas across
  Azerbaijan.
• E-Mac Corporation Cameroon Telecommunication
  Project
• E-Mac is deploying a fast Internet and digital TV
  services which include voice and data
  transmissions, Internet access, video and radio
  broadcasts, telemedicine, and distance learning
  in Cameroon, and other selected countries in
  Africa, Europe, South America and Asia. The
  initial concept of this project generally calls
  for a hybrid network combining satellite, fiber
  optics, microwave and last mile wireless solution
  while dependant upon existing local conditions
  and infrastructures, owned and operate by
  Government such as CAMTEL.
• Nokia and Grameen Fundation Affordable
  telecommunications to rural villages in Africa
• The aim of the rural village phone project is to
  provide rural communities with valuable
  communications services through mobile phones to
  enable them to start self-sustaining businesses.

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Selected Projects Civil Society

• APWKomitelAssociation of Community Internet
  Center Distributing Multipurpose Community
  Internet Center Directory
• The purpose of the project is to deploy
  Multipurpose Community Internet Center in rural
  villages with Government (PPP) and in urban town
  with grass root SME member of APWKomitel
  (bottom-up approach).
• ParisTech Rural Telecommunications in Burkina
  Faso
• The objective of this project is to provide
  information and communication infrastructure to
  the rural areas, in particular focusing on
  deployment of the telecommunication networks .
• Lebanese American University Wireless LAN
• The Lebanese American University has implemented
  a high speed Wireless LAN covering all areas of
  both its campuses in Beirut and Byblos. This
  allows students,faculty and staff to access
  network services from anywhere, thus enhancing
  learning and productivity.

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WSIS Stocktaking Future

• Tracking progress made in building the
  Information Society
• Maintaining and improving the Internet-based
  Stocktaking Database
• Adding new sub-definitions of the projectsfor
  each action line
• Encouraging all WSIS stakeholders to submit and
  update descriptions of projects
• Establishing the necessary links to
  moderators/facilitators to share and exchange
  information efficiently
• Distributing WSIS stocktaking interface

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Distributed Approach
WSIS Stocktaking Official Page
By zero marginal cost, the WSIS Stocktaking
offers an attractive and efficient tool
facilitating WSIS follow-up process on national,
regional and international level!!!
Exemplary Web-Page
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E-mail WSIS-Stocktaking_at_itu.int
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Advantages

• Stakeholders
• Efficient and reach in resources tool
  facilitating WSIS follow-up process
• New way of gathering information on the WSIS
  implementation on each level
• Enriched web-content at zero cost

• WSIS Database
• Popularization of the tool among all WSIS
  stakeholders
• Significant impact on the number of new entries
• Attractive offer to the WSIS Stakeholders
  encouraging WSIS follow-up process by zero cost

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WSIS Stocktaking Future

• Raising awareness of the content of the database
  among all WSIS stakeholders through greater
  information and publicity
• Developing analytical tools and materials
  emphasizing countries experiences and best
  practices
• Regular publication of future editions of the
  Stocktaking Report to present the efforts of all
  stakeholders in WSIS implementation

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Thank you very much for Your attention!

• wsis-stocktaking_at_itu.int