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A Critical View of Public-Private Partnerships

Professional Computer Association of Lebanon. A Critical View of Public-Private Partnerships. Bushra Itani Issa September 2007. Content. Concerns of the Private Sector Objectives of the PCA Means An Overview of the ICT market On the Financing Front On the Legal Front

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A Critical View of Public-Private Partnerships

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  1. Professional Computer Association of Lebanon A Critical View of Public-Private Partnerships Bushra Itani Issa September 2007

  2. Content • Concerns of the Private Sector • Objectives of the PCA • Means • An Overview of the ICT market • On the Financing Front • On the Legal Front • On the Administrative Front • On the Export and Marketing Front • Summary

  3. Concerns of the Private Sector Business Friendly Environment Qualified Workforce High Level of Awareness Market Growth

  4. PCA Objectives • Legal Framework in order to achieve a Business Friendly Environment (Customs, IPR, E-Laws, TRA…) • Capacity Building in Business and Technology (Management skills, Technology Skills, Quality, CMM, marketing, packaging, ….) • Community development projects (PiPoP, PiPOP2, MOSAIC…..) • Market Growth ICT development projects, BETZ, ICT Lebanon, Solidere Broadband Export Initiative, Trade Shows, …

  5. Means Public Relations Lobbying and Advocacy Seminars and Conferences Media and Communication Business Delegations/Matching Trade Shows Competitions www.pca.org.lb

  6. ICT Sector - Figures • Average Growth: 12.5 % • Small: 24.5%, <1% share • Medium: 19.1%, 12.6% share • Large: 11.6%, 86% share • HW: 7.7% • SW: 22.9% • Reported Net Profits: 76% • 15% focused on export • 10% revenue from export

  7. ICT Sector – Human Ressources • 8,500 head counts • 66% technical • Core Capabilities • Banking • Retail • Distribution • General Trade • Education • Some are ISO certified • No one is CMM certified

  8. On the Financing Front • No R&D • Kafalat is the ultimate financing program • No other financing source • No Venture Capital • No Local or International Exit • No ICT development Cycle

  9. On the Legal Front • IPR Law June 1999 • Customs rates 0% • and then nothing • Still waiting for the eLaw • Still waiting for the free Telecom Law • TRA is our only hope

  10. On the Administrative Front • Heavy Labor Law procedures • Heavy .lb registration procedure • Heavy Customs procedures • IRI: our nightmare

  11. On the Export and Marketing Front • Limited Support by IDAL • Government has no vision for the Sector • Embassies not concerned • No promotion activities

  12. Summary • Difficulty to communicate • Difficulty to create Awareness • Changing teams • No Single Vision • No National Budget for ICT • Execution through grants or loans • Isles of computing - No building blocks • Bandwidth

  13. www.pca.org.lb

  14. Thank You

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