National Reporting on WSIS
Implementation Mechanisms
and ICT Strategies
Jaroslaw K. Ponder
International Telecommunication Union
Telecommunication Development Bureau
International
Telecommunication
Union
WSIS Outcome Documents
 Tunis Agenda sets a target of 2010 for the
formulation and elaboration of sustainable
national e-strategies as an integral part of
national development plans and poverty
reduction strategies (Para 85 of Tunis
Agenda).
 It also encourages governments, with the
participation of all stakeholders and bearing
in mind the importance of an enabling
environment, to set up
a national implementation
mechanism (Para 100)
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National Reporting on WSIS Implementation
Mechanisms and ICT Strategies
 Initiative launched on the
occasion of the WTISD 2007
 The main goal of the
exercise was to launch
portal highlighting progress
on the
WSIS implementation at the
national level
 This publicly accessible
portal is available at:
 http://www.itu.int/wsisimplementation/national
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National Reporting on WSIS
Implementation Mechanisms
 Portal contains more than 70 reports on WSIS
implementation, which were prepared and
submitted by the member states or prepared
by the WSIS Stocktaking Team, based on the
information collected from the publicly
available sources for validation.
 Reports include comprehensive descriptions of
the national mechanisms established to
advance achievement of the WSIS objectives,
as well as information
on e-strategies as well as
key initiatives undertaken
since WSIS in Tunis 2005.
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2007 Exercise: Focus Africa
 The purpose of 2007/2008 exercise was
to focus on national implementation
mechanisms in 51 African countries
considering following five directions:
1. the steps undertaken by
multilateral institutions and
governments
2. infrastructure, applications,
content and general
countries’ priorities
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2007 Exercise: Focus Africa
 national
development plans
 evolution of the
e-strategies
 examples of
successfully
implemented
national strategies
(Seychelles, South
Africa, Morocco,
Mauritius)
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Case Studies: Seychelles
Few Priorities:
 Human capacity
 education and skills
development
 Industry
 enabling and conducive
environment
 Legal and regulatory
framework
 Government
 As a user, purchaser,
and a regulator must
support the use of ICTs
for the innovative,
effective and efficient
delivery of information
and services to the
citizen and within the
public sector
 In its new Strategy 2017
Seychelles follows the
WSIS outcomes and
focus on achievement of
the connectivity goals.
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Case Studies: Morocco
 The national strategy e-
Maroc2010 which was
launched in 2005 gave
the opportunity to
mainstream the WSIS
outcomes at
the national level.
 The main focus of the EMaroc Strategy:
 e-administration
 economic and social
development
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Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database
Case Studies: South Africa
 With its new converged regulatory
framework for the ICT sector, aimed to
low costs ICT access and increase the
efficiency of telecommunications
service, South Africa follows the WSIS
objectives.
 The priority of implementation
mechanism is to create a favorable
environment that ensures that South
Africa has the capacity to advance
socio-economic development goals.
 Supporting role for the WSIS was in
implementation of the IT Strategy
projects, which included 4 fundamental
objectives: sustainable ICT sector, use
ICTs for socio-economic development,
creation of the ICT workforce as well as
world-class culture of ICT innovation.
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Case Studies: Swaziland
Swaziland went through
several reforms building up
comprehensive ICT
framework laying down
necessary foundation for the
separation of functions of the
Ministry (policy), Regulator
(regulation) and operators
(separation of Post and
Telecommunications)
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The examples of projects:
 Egypt
 Smart School Network
 Ethiopia
 Developing ICT human
resources development
strategy
 Kenya
 Center of excellence projects
for English Speaking Africa
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Thank you very much for your
attention!
Jaroslaw K. Ponder
International Telecommunication Union
Telecommunication Development Bureau
Jaroslaw.Ponder@itu.int
International
Telecommunication
Union