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Public/Private Partnership for ICT Development; Role of ITU

Digital Africa Conference 04 Building Digital Opportunities Through Public/Private Partnership Cairo – Egypt 20-22/01/2004. Public/Private Partnership for ICT Development; Role of ITU. Khalil Aburizik ITU Regional Officer for HRM/D aburizik@itu.int. On the Eve of WSIS.

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Public/Private Partnership for ICT Development; Role of ITU

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  1. Digital Africa Conference 04Building Digital Opportunities Through Public/Private PartnershipCairo – Egypt 20-22/01/2004 Public/Private Partnership for ICT Development; Role of ITU Khalil Aburizik ITU Regional Officer for HRM/D aburizik@itu.int

  2. On the Eve of WSIS WSIS is a continuous process • Preparations started since 1999 • Integration with the MDGs • First Phase Geneva 10-12 Dec04 • Preparations for second phase • Second Phase Tunis 16-18 Nov05 • Monitoring and follow-up tools Khalil AburizikBuilding Digital Opportunities Through Public/Private Partnership

  3. Objectives to be achieved by 2015 • to connect villages with ICTs • to connect universities and schools ICTs; • to connect scientific and research centres with ICTs; • to connect public libraries and cultural centres …with ICTs; • to connect health centres and hospitals with ICTs; • to connect government departments and establish websites and email addresses; • to adapt school curricula to meet the challenges of the Information Society, • to ensure that all of the world's population have access to television and radio services; • to encourage the development of content and facilitate the presence and use of all languages on the Internet; • to ensure that more than half the world’s inhabitants have access to ICTs within their reach. Khalil AburizikBuilding Digital Opportunities Through Public/Private Partnership

  4. WSIS Plan of Actions Main Lines of Actions: • Roles of Governments, Stakeholders…. • ICT Infrastructure • Access to Information and Knowledge • Capacity Building • Building Confidence & Security of ICT use • Enabling Environment • Promotion of ICT Applications • Cultural identity, local content and media • Ethical dimensions of Information Society • International and regional cooperation • Digital Solidarity Agenda Khalil AburizikBuilding Digital Opportunities Through Public/Private Partnership

  5. WSIS Plan of Actions (2) • Follow-up and evaluation • Towards WSIS phase 2 (Tunis) Khalil AburizikBuilding Digital Opportunities Through Public/Private Partnership

  6. ITU Priority Areas • Access and connectivity; • International standardization; • Radio frequency management; • Building confidence, trust and security; • Establishing stable regulatory frameworks (good governance), • Human capacity building. Khalil AburizikBuilding Digital Opportunities Through Public/Private Partnership

  7. Today ICT Situation • Technology Convergence, Lower Costs, IP as the de-facto Channel, Network Effect and an Ever-changing Environment. • Increasingly Important Role of ICTs in Various Sectors (e.g., Health, Education, Finance, Government, Commerce…). • Many New Stakeholders in Financing, Developing and Using ICTs. Khalil AburizikBuilding Digital Opportunities Through Public/Private Partnership

  8. What are the Challenges? • Understanding the Needs of Users and Stakeholders for Building Sustainable Models for Affordable Access to ICTs. • Addressing Issues for National and Regional Multi-sector Policy Framework for ICTs. • Finding Mechanisms for Building Mutually Beneficial Partnerships for Financing Infrastructure andApplications Development. Khalil AburizikBuilding Digital Opportunities Through Public/Private Partnership

  9. What Role can ITU play? Khalil AburizikBuilding Digital Opportunities Through Public/Private Partnership

  10. International Telecommunication Union • UN Specialized Agency for telecommunications • Leading the organization of WSIS in Geneva03 & Tunis05 • Global organization with broad membership • 189 Member States • # 600 sector members • Triple global mandate • Coordinate use of radio-communications resources • Establish global telecom standards • Promote the development of ICT sector worldwide Khalil AburizikBuilding Digital Opportunities Through Public/Private Partnership

  11. International Telecommunication Union • Unique among International Organizations: Cooperation between Governments/ Administrations and Private Sector • Wide range of entities represented: * Policy-makers and Regulators * Network Operators * Service Providers * Equipment manufacturers * Integrators * Financing Institutions * Consulting firms * Regional/National Telecom Associations… Khalil AburizikBuilding Digital Opportunities Through Public/Private Partnership

  12. How it works; Examples from BDT • Organization of Conferences, Workshops, Seminars … on Global and Region Levels; WTDC02, • ITU-D Study Groups 1,2 • Databases for Telecom and ICT Indicators • Guidelines and Tools; COSITU, G-REX • Publications WTDR, Trends in Telecom Regulations • 6 Centers of Excellence (2 in Africa, 1 in ARB) • ITU Internet Training Center Initiative (51 training academies with Cisco, 17 in LDCs) • Partnerships; pilot projects … Khalil AburizikBuilding Digital Opportunities Through Public/Private Partnership

  13. ITU has Developed and Strengthened Cooperation with the Private Sector • Over 600 Sector Members, mostly from Private Sector • Participation in the work of all Regional and World Conferences including in ITU Plenipotentiary Conferences • Participation in Sectors’ Advisory Groups to the elected officials (RAG, TSAG, TDAG) • Many representatives of the Private Sector Members, serve as Chairmen, Vice-Chairmen or Rapporteurs of Study Groups • Over 100 partnerships with private and public entities provide an invaluable contribution to development projects that facilitate access to ICTs for all. Khalil AburizikBuilding Digital Opportunities Through Public/Private Partnership

  14. Creation of an ITU-D Working Group on Private Sector Issues • Sub-Group decided at WTDC-98 in Valetta • BDT Unit on Private Sector Partnership created in 2001, responsible for all partnerships in 2003 • 5 Regional Working Parties (RWP) chaired by ITU-D Sector Members * Khalil AburizikBuilding Digital Opportunities Through Public/Private Partnership

  15. Telecommunication Development Bureau Regional Working Parties on Private Sector Issues and Programme Groups • ARAB Region:Mr. Mahmoud EL-SOURY & PG1 (Regulatory Reform) Chairman, Telecon Consultants, Egypt • AFRICA Region: M. Cheikh Tidiane MBAYE & PG5 (Capacity Building) General Manager, SONATEL, Senegal • AMERICAS Region:Mr. Alberto ZETINA-VELEZ & PG3 (E-Strategies & VP Latin America, Ericsson, Applications) Mexico • ASIA & PACIFIC Region: Mr. TV. RAMACHANDRAN & PG2 (Infrastructure & Director-General, COAI Network Development) (Cellular Operators Association of India), India Khalil AburizikBuilding Digital Opportunities Through Public/Private Partnership

  16. BDT AS MODEL OF PARTNERSHIP • The development projects that countries need are numerous, diversified, requesting human, technical and financing resources • Multi-stakeholder partnerships become an appropriate answer to challenges of the Information Society: * Development and consolidation of partnerships are amongst the main outcomes of the WSIS * It is all about pooling resources together, avoiding redundancies between organizations, promoting complementary skills and mandates • WSIS: A unique occasion to: * highlight the role and experience of ITU Members already involved in existing partnership (opportunity for renewal and extension) * create new partnership opportunities for both ITU Members as well as ITU Sector Members Khalil AburizikBuilding Digital Opportunities Through Public/Private Partnership

  17. Aims at mobilizing human, financial and technological resources for inclusion of all men and women in the emerging Information Society. Priorities and strategies • National e-strategies as an integral part of national development plans, • ICTs mainstreamed into strategies for Official Development Assistance (ODA) Khalil AburizikBuilding Digital Opportunities Through Public/Private Partnership

  18. Mobilizing resources • All countries and international organizations should act for mobilization of resources for financing development as elaborated in the Monterrey Consensus. b) Developed countries should make concrete efforts to fulfil their international commitments to financing development including the Monterrey Consensus, c) welcome initiatives to reduce outstanding indebtedness. These initiatives would release more resources that may be used for financing ICT for development projects. Khalil AburizikBuilding Digital Opportunities Through Public/Private Partnership

  19. d) Recognizing the potential of ICT for development we furthermore advocate: • developing countries to attract private investments for ICTs through the creation of a transparent, stable and predictable enabling investment environment; • developed countries and international financial organisations to be responsive to the strategies and priorities of ICTs for development, • the private sector to contribute to the implementation of this Digital Solidarity Agenda. f) A thorough review of financial mechanisms adequacy should be completed by the end of December 2004. to be submitted to Tunis phase g) Countries should consider establishing national mechanisms to achieve universal access in both underserved rural and urban areas, in order to bridge the digital divide. Khalil AburizikBuilding Digital Opportunities Through Public/Private Partnership

  20. Multi-Stakeholder Partnership ALCATEL IDRC/CIDA Cable & Wireless KDDI COAI Ericsson ABU NEC HUAWEI DETECON VODAFONE Cisco Rohde & Schwarz ITXC NTI OFTA INMARSAT DFID Logic Telecom TELENOR TIA NTT LUCENT ATU RASCOM TRAI France Telecom CE/EC AHCIET INICTEL ATCI ART PTC TEMIC INTELSAT CITEL NOKIA TELKOM Jordan Telecom AL-IKTISSAD MTN CTO ECTEL US-AID Nortel Networks LS TELCOM/SPECTROCAN FASTLINK SWISSCOM TIT SIEMENS Japan Telecom SONATEL THURAYA Tokai University EGYNET APT TELEFONICA Motorola Africa Region NB: Asia & Pacific Region Europe & CIS Region Arab Region Americas Region Khalil AburizikBuilding Digital Opportunities Through Public/Private Partnership

  21. Conclusion • WSIS DoP and PoA make great opportunity for all stakeholders toward Information Society • ITU is playing key role towards building a global information society and closing the digital divide can only be fully achieved through partnership and collaboration with all relevant players. • ITU-D broad mandate, experience and large membership which includes both public and private sector are unique features that would facilitate the transformation from digital divide to digital opportunities for all. • ITU-D network of regional offices and direct contact with national entities is a factor to facilitate dialogue aimed at defining appropriate national and regional policies. • ITU-D continues to provide a time-tested framework for establishing partnerships and a WIN-WIN opportunity through strong synergies amongst the parties. Khalil AburizikBuilding Digital Opportunities Through Public/Private Partnership

  22. For more information aburizik@itu.int http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/partners and http://www.itu.int/wsis Or )in Arabic(بالعربي http://www.ituarabic.org/sector_members.asp and http://www.ituarabic.org/ArabPreCom ITU Arab Regional Office - Cairo Tel +(202) 2626620 Fax +(202) 2622274

  23. THANK YOU

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