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ICT Policy and Regulatory
Framework DevelopmentCapacity Building Workshop on Information
Society Statistics:
Infrastructure, Household and other Indicators
6-8 November 2006
Jean-Michel Sadoul - ICT Policy Section
Information, Communication and Space Technology Division
http://www.unescap.org/icstd/
Global and regional experiences in ICT Measurements
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Division
ICSTDWe assist ESCAP Members and Associate
Members in implementation of the ActionPlan and the Declaration
of Principles of
WSIS, and measure their progress towards
the information society
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Division
ICT Policy SectionThe section focuses on supporting the
development of policies and the associatedregulatory frameworks
that promote access
to, and application of, ICTs for development
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ICT
Indicators
Policy
Regulatory
Framework
Evidence-
based
policy making
Evidence-
based
policy making
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UNESCAP Information, Communication and Space Technology
Division
ICT Policy Database We collect national ICT policy and
regulatory frameworks
Sources: government websites, countrypapers, other agencies
resources (APT,
ITU, UNCTAD)
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Division
Focus of the Database Phase 1: national e-strategies
Phase 2:
Convergence
Infrastructure: Content and Services
Software / ICT Services
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ICT Policy Database On the web (soon!!)
Free access for everyone
A vector for disseminating best practices
Dynamic: Full text search
link to sources
Continuous update
Local archive for historic purpose
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Problems and Limitations Pulling information our database is
not
always up-to-date
Not everything is online Not everything is in English
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Division
UsageSupport the development of national Policy
Framework that may require collaboration atthe regional
level.
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3 stages of ICT growth in AP
STAGE 1: Introduction
STAGE 2: Growth and Expansion
STAGE3: Maturity
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Convergence Policies
Convergence Act
Single
Communications
and Content/Media
Authority
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Convergence PoliciesConvergence service providers will be
borderless
BUT
No regional uniform approach Regional harmonization needed
model regulation needed
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Software / ICT Service Policies Procurement policies to
support
development of local SMEs
Open Standards policies
IT/Software parks
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Software / ICT Service Policies
What works can be replicated:
1. copy what works and
2. Adapt the legislation when it doesntwork
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ICT Policy and Regulatory
Framework DevelopmentICT indicators are one set of tools to
produce better policy and implementations.
Regional Policy Harmonization is a keyfactor for managing
Convergence
Best Policy Practices: share them and copy
them!
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Thank you
For contacting the ICT Policy Section:[email protected]
