Title: Recent Developments in the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development
1Recent Developments in the Partnership on
Measuring ICT for Development
- Torbjörn Fredriksson
- (torbjorn.fredriksson_at_unctad.org)
- Presentation at workshop on
- " ICT Indicators and Capacity building for ICT
measurement in the Arab Region" , - Amman, Jordan, 25-26 September 2010
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2Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development
- Global initiative to improve internationally
comparable ICT statistics to - coordinate activities among partners
- harmonize standards and methodologies, and
- provide technical assistance
- Response to WSIS call to measure the information
society - Launched in June 2004 (UNCTAD XI, Brazil)
- Includes key stakeholders working on ICT
statistics
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3Partnership members
International level ITU OECD UNCTAD UN
DESA UNESCO Institute for Statistics World Bank
Regional level ECA ECLAC ESCAP ESCWA Eurostat
Steering Committee ITU, UNCTAD, UNECLAC
4Core list of ICT indicators
- Endorsed by UN Statistical Commission in 2007
- Revised and extended list at, Feb. 2010
- Covering ICT infrastructure, ICT in households,
ICT in businesses, ICT sector and trade, ICT in
education - Definitions, standards, model survey questions
- Continuously revised and extended
- ESCWA translate into Arabic
Available at www.itu.int/ict
5Statistical manuals
- UNCTAD manual ICT use in businesses, ICT sector
- ITU manual ICT access in households, ICT use by
individuals - UIS Manual Guide to Measuring Information and
Communication Technologies (ICT) in Education
6Outside of OECD still large data gaps
- ICT use in enterprises (UNCTAD database)
- Only one out of 49 LDCs (Lesotho)
- Only three African countries
- Computer use by households (ITU database)
- Only 7 out of 49 LDCs have reported such data
- Policymakers need the data to
- Design, implement, monitor and assess policies
- Benchmark against other countries
7Capacity building on ICT statistics - 2009
- UNCTAD and ITU training courses household and
business ICT surveys - Delivery of trainings in Africa, Asia, and the
Caribbean
- Training of trainers (June 2009, Geneva)
- ECLAC, ESCWA, ECA regional workshops
8Work in progress on indicators
- E-government (led by UNECA)
- Measuring impact (led by OECD)
- Measuring WSIS Targets (launched during WSIS
Forum 2010) (led by ITU)
9Partnership Task Group on Measuring WSIS targets
towards 2015
- Launched during WSIS Forum 2010 (Geneva, May
2010) - Develop monitoring framework for WSIS targets
(including indicators, definitions, benchmarks
and collection methodologies), to be disseminated
widely - Track progress up to 2015 final report
- Partnership members and external collaborators
- Online forum http//groups.itu.int/wsis-targets
- Final indicators to be presented at 8th World
Telecommunication/ICT Indicators meeting, Geneva,
24-26 November 2010
10International Seminar on ICT StatisticsSeoul,
19-21 July 2010
- UNSD and KOSTAT, ITU and UNCTAD,
- In cooperation with Partnership on Measuring ICT
for Development
- Hosted by Government of the Rep. of Korea
- See http//unstats.un.org/unsd/ict/
- Participation from Arab countries
- Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia,
Tunisia, UAE
11Korea seminar topics for discussion
- ICT statistics and policy making
- Measuring information society and future
strategies The case of Korea - Measuring the Information Society
- New developments in mobile and broadband
communication technology - Measuring household ICT access and individual use
- Measurement issues related to households ICT
surveys
12Korea seminar topics for discussion (2)
- Measuring the Information Economy
- Measuring the evolving ICT sector
- Measuring ICT use by businesses
- Measurement issues related to business surveys of
ICT use - The Future of ICT statistics
- Emerging areas of ICT statistics (e.g.
e-government, online security) - Regional approaches to enhancing ICT data
availability - Capacity building needs and tools
13For more informationhttp//measuring-ict.unctad.
orghttp//www.itu.int/icthttp//unstats.un.org/
unsd/ict/default.htm