| Wednesday
6 November 2002 |
| 09.00 -
09.30 |
Welcome and introductory remarks by organisers
Chair: ECA
Message of goodwill by the ECA Executive Secretary
Overview of agenda
|
| 09.30
- 10.45 |
Background infromation and presentations:
- What is the scope of ICT policy? Why is it important and
why should CSO's care? - Emmanuel Njenga Njaguna
- Civil society voice in ICT policy - David Souter
- Media sector and broadcasting policy - Tracey Naughton
(MS Word >>)
- Mainstreaming gender in ICT policy - Jennifer Radloff
- Communication rights and Internet rights - Peter Benjamin
(Powerpoint presentation >>)
- Freedom of expression - Fatou Jagne (MS Word >>)
|
| 10.45 -
11.15 |
Coffee
break |
| 11.15 -
12.15 |
Overview of regional and international ICT policy initiatives
and their relevance to civil society organisations: What is
the role for civil society organisations?
- ICT civil society and governance - Habib Sy
- The role of parliamentarians in the formaulation fo ICT
policies - Kouferidji Ramanou
- The role of civil society in NICI plans and strategies
- Lishan Adam
|
| 12.15 -
13.00 |
Reports
from e-discussion lists on e-governance and civil society -
Mme Nnenna Nwakanma and Mohammed Rimoulali |
| 13.00 -
14.30 |
Lunches
and networking |
| 14.30 -
15.00 |
Introduction to breakaway sessions - Peter Benjamin
|
| 15.00 -
16.00 |
Working groups:
- The right to communicate, rights awareness and realisation
of rights, privacy and security, civil liberties in the
Information Age
- Freedom of expression and information exchange, media
diversity
- Diversity of content, language, ownership and control
and the protection of user rights
- Global regional and national governance of the information
society/Internet
|
| 16.00 -
16.30 |
Coffee
break |
| 16.30 -
18.00 |
Working
groups continue |
| Thursday,
7 November 2002 |
| 08.30 -
09.15 |
Africa wide initiatives relevant to ICT policy in Africa
Chair: Emmanuel Njenga Njuguna, APC
- The African Information Society Initiative (AISI) - Aida
Opoku-Mensah (Powerpoint presentation >>)
- New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad)
- The Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN) - Mme Anne Rachel Inne (Powerpoint presentation
>>)
- The UN-ICT Task Force, African Stakeholders Network (Powerpoint
presentation >>)
|
| 09.15 -
10.00 |
The African Preparatory process to the World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS) including CSO activities and recommendations
- Bamako 2002/PrepCom 1 reports - Tracey Naughton, MISA
(Powerpoint presentation >>
Full paper in MS Word >>)
- UNESCO's support of NGO's for WSIS - Gunther Cyraneck,
ECA (WSIS CSO Bamako Resolution in MS Word, english >>
french >>,
UNECA and WSIS >>)
|
| 10.00 -
10.30 |
Coffee
break |
| 10.30 -
12.00 |
Presentation
of civil society organisations' work
Showcase of ICT applications in Africa for CSO's |
| 12.00 -
13.00 |
Report
back from Working groups 1 (MS Word >>) |
| 13.00 -
14.30 |
Lunch |
| 14.30 -
15.15 |
Learning from past ICT initiatives - role of civil society
(Powerpoint presentation >>)
- Weakness and strength in networking
- Evaluation of networks and initiatives in Africa and around
the world
- Challenges: how to renew methodologies of networking to
be more efficient to influence ICT policy
- Social impact of ICT policy, evaluation of roles and action
of CSOs
|
| 15.15 -
15.35 |
Mobilizers
networks - information dissemination, regional catalysts - Peter
Benjamin (Powerpoint presentation >>)
|
| 15.35 -
16.00 |
Coffee
break |
| 16.00 -
18.00 |
Working
groups for action plan |
| 19.00 -
22.00 |
Hafkin
Prize Dinner |
| Friday,
8 November 2002 |
| 08.30 -
09.30 |
Working
groups continue - action plan |
| 09.30 -
10.45 |
Report
backs to plenary (Powerpoint presentation >>) |
| 10.45 -
11.15 |
Coffee
break |
| 11.15 -
12.00 |
Regional
groups meeting |
| 12.00 -
13.30 |
Recommendations
and way forward
Evaluations, thanks and closing |
| Training
Course: Saturday, 9 November 2002 |
| 09.00 -
16.00 |
Training
course on ICT policy for civil society |
Themes|
Workshop
statement English 
