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Amjad Umar, Ph.D., Director & Chief Architect, ICT4SIDS Partnership

ICT4SIDS Partnership ( www.ict4sids.com ) SDG Advisor: An Innovative Approach to Accelerate the SDG Implementations. Amjad Umar, Ph.D., Director & Chief Architect, ICT4SIDS Partnership Director and Professor of ICT Program, Harrisburg University of Science & Technology

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Amjad Umar, Ph.D., Director & Chief Architect, ICT4SIDS Partnership

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  1. ICT4SIDS Partnership (www.ict4sids.com)SDG Advisor: An Innovative Approach to Accelerate the SDG Implementations Amjad Umar, Ph.D., Director & Chief Architect, ICT4SIDS Partnership Director and Professor of ICT Program, Harrisburg University of Science & Technology eMail: aumar@harrisburgu.edu, Phone: 1-717-901-5141

  2. url = ict4sids.com

  3. STEP2: Status Checking and Service Recommendations

  4. STEP3: Outputs Produced by the Computer Aided Planner (Supports Samoa Pathway & SDG Compliant Hubs)

  5. STEP3+: An Operational Portal for Hub (Sample)

  6. Attempted Answers to Conference Guiding Questions Q1: One critical lessons learned: what works and what doesn’t • Do not declare victory too early or accept defeat too soon • Repeated use of computer aided planning is extremely valuable because the knowledge gained is fed back into the tool making it more powerful Q2: One challenge on which I would like to hear others’ experiences • Critical success factors and the key reasons for failures Q3: One recommendation for SIDS • Show signs of life for achieving success Q4: One recommendation or political statement the high-level political forum could make • Pay more attention to value provided and not just to volume (no of partners, no of people involved), etc Q5: One issue for further discussion in UN forums • What are the recurring problems & barriers to UN Initiatives (e.g., MDGs, SDGs)

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