International Telecommunication Union Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development Esperanza Magpantay Market, Economics and Finance Unit (MEF) Telecommunication Development Bureau Joint ITU/ECA Regional Workshop on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Indicators Gaborone, Botswana October 2004 Host: Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA)

Outline o Background and justification o Objectives and deliverables o Partners and contributions o Phase 1: June 04 – Nov 05 o Phase 2: Nov 05 – June 08

Background and justification (1) o No globally agreed ICT indicators o ICT indicators measure: Readiness Use/intensity Impact Outcome o Benchmarking helps policy makers o Pioneering efforts: ITU, OECD, Eurostat, UNCTAD, UN Regional Commissions

Background and justification (2) o Prior work: Internationally comparable telecom data from ITU UNCTAD: Measuring e-commerce OECD initiative to harmonize and collect data (WPIIS) Eurostat’s database on ICT usage for EU countries Metadata questionnaire by UN-RCs UN ICT Task Force Working Party: mapping the MDGs to ICT indicators

Background and justification (3) o WSIS Plan of Action : calls for IS indicators to measure development calls for developing measurement tools outlines indicative targets by 2015 in key areas !!MSW-E.doc o Expanding work through partnership by: developing a coherent and structured global approach assisting developing countries - building local capacities providing input for future policy and analytical work

Objectives and deliverables (1) o Common set of ICT indicators: To be agreed upon globally by mid 2005 To be submitted to WSIS Tunis and UN Statistical Commission Regional networks to be developed in order to ensure that particularities are recognized

Objectives and deliverables (2) o Capacity building in NSOs By end 2005 develop capacity of selected beneficiary countries Regional statistical working groups: developing and collecting ICT statistics A training course for ICT statistics A manual on ICT indicators to guide NSOs and related ministerial units

Objectives and deliverables (3) o International database on ICT indicators that provides: an inventory of available ICT indicators a compilation and publication of data on the web an international online platform (portal) for information dissemination and continuous discussion

Partners and contributions (1) o Avoiding duplication of effort o Equality among partners o Respecting mandates and areas of competence of partners o Coordinating work programs for common results

Partners and contributions (2) o ITU: Vast experience in collecting and disseminating ICT statistics (World Telecommunication Indicators) Global meetings on collection and use of ICT statistics Lead agency for UN MDGs o OECD: Working Party on Indicators for the Information Society (WPIIS) - methodology, standards, compilation and analysis “Guide to Information Society Measurement”

Partners and contributions (3) o UNCTAD: Focus on e-commerce and e-business “E-commerce and Development Report” o UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS): Focus on communication, education, science and technology Press and broadcast surveys (radio & TV) o UN Regional Commissions: ECA, ECLAC, ESCAP, ESCWA Promote regional perspective Liaise directly with NSOs

Partners and contributions (4) o World Bank: Web-based “ICT at-a-glance” “Trends in global ICT development” Global database design and development o UN ICT Task Force: Working Party on Indicators and MDG Mapping o NSOs: Advanced countries provide expertise and advice to developing countries Collect and analyze data

Phase I: Jun 2004 – Nov 2005 o Launched at UNCTAD XI, June 2004, Sao Paolo, Brazil o Donors meeting, 18 October 2004 in Geneva Donors were invited to support the partnership and finance technical assistance activities o Aims at WSIS Tunis, December 2005

Phase 1: Activities & resources (1) o Inventory of ICT statistics: ECLAC produced the questionnaire Through collection of metadata from NSOs Results of the surveys show state of progress ECLAC, ECA, ESCWA, UNESCAP, OECD, UNCTAD to collect and analyze data UNCTAD/ITU/UIS to consolidate sectoral data o Regional workshops: Substantive contributions from ITU, OECD, UNCTAD, UIS, UN-RCs, WB and NSOs Upcoming: ECLAC (2-3 November)

Phase 1: Activities & resources (2) o Global ICT indicators meeting Geneva: February 2005, hosted by ITU & UNCTAD Substantive contributions from all partners Need for resources: Costs for venue, interpretation, documents and travel of participants o Pilot studies Feasibility missions to select pilot countries Advisory missions to provide training ITU/UNCTAD/UIS/UN-RCs directly involved Resources needed for travel, survey, feasibility studies

Phase 1: Activities & resources (3) o Technical workshops: Share expertise, identify best practices, develop common methodologies, … Organized by UN-RCs and NSOs o Training course: Targeting NSO practitioners All partners are involved in developing material, providing knowledge, expertise, … o Guidebook on IS Indicators Best practices, model questionnaires, methodologies, data collection measures, … OECD to provide material (WPIIS) o International database Internet platform - interactive Web site Concerted effort by all partners

Phase 2: Nov 2005 – June 2008 o Expand ICT measurement work o Enhance and expand the database o Develop capacity building activities from Phase 1 o Extend training programmes

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