Capacity Building and ICT Policy, Regulatory and Legislative Frameworks Support for Pacific Island States

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Capacity Building and ICT Policy, Regulatory and
Legislative Frameworks Support for Pacific Island
States

• Sandro Bazzanella
• Project Manager
• Gisa Fuatai PurcellICB4PIS Project Coordinator
• Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

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Order of Presentation

• Background
• Objectives
• Expected Outcomes

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Project Objectives

• Detailed objectives are as following
• Building human as well as institutional capacity
  in the field of ICT through a range of targeted
  training, education and knowledge sharing
  measures
• This Project urges for a demand-driven bottom up
  approach
• The methodology will facilitate and consolidate
  the ownership of the project by the beneficiary
  countries
• In general terms, this project will pay specific
  attention to link the substance of policy and
  regulation to Capacity Building.

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Sub Project 3 ITU-EC Project for the Pacific
Islands
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• 2 year programme
• 15 Countries
• Aims at building human capacity in the field of
  ICT through a range of targeted training,
  education and knowledge measures
• Consider in-country assistance hiring experts
  from the region
• Recipient countries will agree on topics to be
  covered by this project.

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Possible Partners

• Country-level organisations
• Bodies responsible for ICT policy and regulation
• Organisations representing the ICT service
  industry ICT consumers
• Organisations responsible for ICT capacity
  development (CoEs, etc.)
• Regional international organisations
• SPC
• PITA
• PIFS
• ITU HQs and Regional Office for Asia and the
  Pacific
• International organizations e.g. World Bank,
  UNDP, UNESCAP, UNESCO etc., Bilateral e.g.
  Australia, NZ
• European Commission

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Main Objectives

• To build local capacity and to facilitate the
  establishment of enabling and sustainable
  telecommunication/ICT policy, regulatory,
  legislative and strategic frameworks to
  accelerate ICT development in, and among
  countries in the Pacific Sub Region, to maximize
  economic and social benefit.
• To serve national priorities in line with the
  goals of WTDC06 and WSIS Action Plan

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• SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PROJECT LAUNCH AND PLANNING
  MEETING

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Objectives of the Planning Meeting

• Formally present the ICB4PAC project to
  stakeholders
• - Provide opportunity for stakeholders to
  identify the main areas of regional focus and the
  priorities for the project
• - Identify relevant resources and technical
  cooperation requirements in the region
• - Finalise the projects scope and work plan,
  including deliverables at the regional and
  country levels
• Determine the project implementation modalities
  and mechanisms for stakeholders participation
  ownership
• Identification of project teams and contact
  points
• for each country

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EXPECTED OUTCOME

• Agree Project Acronym
• Agree list of Topics to be addressed
• Agree Implementation Modality
• Agree Structure
• Agree Focal Points - Commitment
• Propose Experts to set up an Expert Roster
• Agree Country Contributions
• Agree Title of Final Meeting Report
• Agree Final Meeting Report

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Project Acronym

• ICB4PIS Objections to the current Acronym
• Proposals ICB4PIC, ICB4PAC
• Any other proposals?
• Needs agreement today for the Project Acronym

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Tentative List of Topics

• National ICT Policy Plan/Strategy 
• Frequency/Spectrum management
• Numbering Plan
• Universal Service/Access
• Definition scope of the concept
• Who contributes? What areas are eligible
• Who controls the funds (regional?)
• 5 Cyber security
• Cyber legislation (Australia has supported cyber
  SPAM which is more limited)
• CERT
• Licensing (convergence technology neutrality)
• Interconnection
• 8 Cost Modeling

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Project Implementation 2 Stages

• I) Regional Development - Preparing proposals for
  regional guidelines on ICT policies, legislation
  regulations based on best practices country
  experiences
• II) Country Implementation - Transposition of
  these guidelines into national policies, laws
  regulations, including capacity building
• Based on the agreed Topics

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Project Implementation 1

• Regional development stage
• a) Starts with a Planning Meeting to validate
  project areas
• Set priorities define assistance requirements
• b) Gathering of information, situation analysis
  assessment
• c) Development and approval of roadmap with
  timeframes
• d) Formulation, validation endorsement of
  regional guidelines for country ICT policies,
  legislation regulations

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Project Implementation contd

• II) Country implementation stage
• a) Adaptation of the regional guidelines to
  country conditions
• b) Assistance in the implementation of the
  country policies, legislation and regulations
• c) Training and other capacity building activities

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Implementation Modality

• International Experts conduct work taking into
  account international best practice
• Review Team Senior Expert Focal Points
• Publication of knowledge build central data
  base for best practices in the Pacific Islands as
  a knowledge sharing mechanism

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Implementation Modality 2

• Create Pool of Experts You nominate names to
  put into database
• Proposed Structure
• Senior International, Regional Experts and Focal
  Point Review Team
• International Experts Do the Job
• Focal Points Provide Input and Agree TOR, Draft
  Report/Doc etc
• Regional Experts/Organisations provide input
  and Agree TORs, various documents
• Time Frame Dec 2009 Aug 2011

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Country Contributions

• Very important for the Project to have Committed
  Focal Points
• Summary will be presented before Session 4
• Further Amendment or Changes to be given to me
  during Morning Tea or Lunch at the latest
• All topics are relevant

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Critical Success Factors

• Country commitment /political will for collective
  action -gt contribution of resources Committed
  Focal Points
• Regional institutions gt ready to provide support
  (expertise, experience) to the project in their
  areas of concentration
• Project team -gt specialist expertise with good
  understanding of the Pacific Island context

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• NO ONE DIES FROM WORKING HARD BUT EVERYONE DIES
  WORRYING ABOUT HARD WORK

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Thank you for your attention
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Gisa Fuatai PurcellICB4PIS Project
Coordinator BDT/PRI ITU-EC Project fuatai.purcell
_at_itu.int   Phone [phone] or 679 3312
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PIFS Private Bag Ratu Sakuna Road Suva Fiji
Sandro BazzanellaITU-EC Project Manager BDT/PRI
ITU-EC Project sandro.bazzanella_at_itu.int
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Geneva 20 Switzerland