FYI sorry for cross posting. Cheers, FE PICTA Bulletin, January 2006 Number 48 PICTA Bulletin is a monthly publication that provides information on activities of members in the partnership, as well as offers news on ICT-related activities in Africa. This bulletin is also available at: http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/PICTAbulletin NEWS: PICTA Members … NEWS: PICTA Members … =========================================== Scan-ICT launched in The Gambia, Cameroon and Mauritius The Scan-ICT project was launched in The Gambia, Cameroon and Mauritius during national consultative workshops held from 29 to 30 November 2005 (The Gambia), from 5 – 6 January 2006 (Cameroon) and 23 January 2006 (Mauritius). These events identified core ICT indicators, reviewed ...... http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#1 Achieving affordable bandwidth in West and Central Africa The workshop was organized by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), held from 30 November to 2 December 2005 ....... http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#2 IICD receives renewed support from the Dutch government The International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) successfully gained support for its work from The Netherlands' Minister of Development Cooperation, Agnes van Ardenne.. ... http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#3 Swaziland validates its ICT Policy About 50 participants drawn from government, private sector, civil society, international and regional organizations (SADC) attended the NICI Policy validation workshop organized by the ECA on the 26th of January 2006 in Mbabane, Swaziland. ...... http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#4 ECA and IDEP go virtual to address African training needs The UN Institute for Development and Economic Planning (IDEP) and ECA’s Development Information Services Division have joined forces to ..... http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#5 CODESRIA to become an AVLIN node With possibly the largest collections of African social science research findings on the continent, CODESRIA, the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa has.......... http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#6 OTHER NEWS ........OTHER NEWS ........ ================================== Ethiopia: National consultation on ICT education The workshop was organized by the College of Telecommunication and Information Technology (CTIT) took place from 26 to 27 January 2006 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia........ http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#7 Uganda: Government to set up full ICT ministry The Government will create a separate ministry to manage and coordinate the ICT sector. This follows a recommendation by the ICT working group ofhttp://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#8 Ghana: Telecommunications bill meets stiff opposition from stakeholders Stakeholders in the ICT industry in Ghana have requested that the proposed Telecommunications Bill 2006 and the National Communications Authority ACT 2005 be redrafted ....... http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#9 Tanzania: Regulator now allow multiple services over single network The new licensing regime, introduced by the Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority, now permits multiple services over a single network. ....... http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#10 Meeting on India/AU Pan-African Network Project (PANP) The PANP Steering Committee meeting took place from 30 – 31 January 2006 at the Africa Union HQ in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The meeting reviewed technical modalities and operational arrangements made for launching the network .... http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#11 FORTHCOMING EVENTS ........FORTHCOMING EVENTS ........ ================================================= 10 – 12 February 2006, Internet Governance - The Way Forward: From Tunis via Malta to Athens, Radisson SAS Bay Point Resort, Malta. ...... http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#12 14 – 17 February 2006, Applying Geographic Information Systems to SADC Development, Cape Town, South Africa...... http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#13 23 – 25 February 2006, IDLELO2: Achieving millennium development goals through community software?, Nairobi, Kenya. ..... http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#14 01 – 03 March 2006, IFISI World Forum, Marrakech, Morocco...... http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#15 7 – 15 March 2006, World Telecommunications Development Conference, Doha, Qatar http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#16 7 – 9 March 2006, ICTs for Civil Society, Indaba Hotel, Fourways, Johannesburg, South Africa http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#17 8 – 11 March 2006, 5th FIG Regional Conference in Accra, Ghana http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#18 14 – 16 March 2006, e-Trade in Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#19 ANNOUNCEMENTS / RESOURCES ...... ================================== AFRICA: NEW PUBLICATION ON ICTS. http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#20 SOUTHERN AFRICA: NEW TRENDS LED BY SOUTHERN AFRICA http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#21 ====================================== PICTA Bulletin is a monthly information sharing service designed to keep members informed of each other’s activities in the area of ICTs in Africa. Please send relevant information, stories or exchanges you may want to share with other members to atemtime@uneca.org for inclusion in subsequent issues of the PICTA Bulletin. If you have any comments and/or suggestions, please contact: Aida Opoku-Mensah Officer-in-Charge Development Information Services Division Economic Commission for Africa P. O. Box 3001, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Phone: 251-11-54433562 Fax: 251-11-5510512 E-mail: aopoku-mensah@uneca.org Florence Etta Programme Co-ordinator Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) Nairo, Kenya Tel: + 254-733-621851 (Mobile)/254-20-7121506 (Res) Fax: + 254-20-7121506 Email: feanywhere@yahoo.co.uk/florence.etta@gmail.com --------------------------------- To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre.