Palestra Consulta Pblica

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ICT for Development in LAC Challenges and
Prospects
(Prepared for the IDB Consultative Meeting on
the Information Society Washington, 11-12
November 2002)
Tadao Takahashi Information Society
Program MCT/Brazil
SOCINFO/PAL/0139
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Contents

• ICT for Development
• G-8 DOT Force
• UN ICT Task Force
• LACNET - The UN ICT Task Force in LAC
• Premises for Action
• This Meeting

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ICT for Development
ICT Common Base for Innovation in all Social /
Economic Activities
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The Road to Digital Opportunity
Digital_Opportunity.ppt
From DOT FORCE Report (June 2002)
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G-8 DOT FORCE Action Points
(From Digital Opportunities for All, June 2002)

• Help establish and support National eStrategies
• Improve Connectivity, Increase Access and Lower
  Costs
• Enhance Human Capacity Development, Knowledge
  Creation and Sharing
• Foster Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Economic
  Development

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• G-8 DOT Force Action Points (cont.)

• Support Universal Participation in Addressing New
  International Policy and Technical Issues raised
  by Internet and ICT
• Establish and Support Dedicated Initiatives for
  ICT Inclusion of Least Developed Countries
• Promote ICT for Health Care and against HIV/AIDS
  and other infectious diseases
• Promote National and International Efforts to
  Support Local Contents and Applications Creation
• Prioritize ICT in G-8 and other Development
  Assistance Policies and Programmes and Enhance
  Coordination of Multilateral Initiatives

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UN ICT Task Force

• ICT Task Force was proposed to UN Secretary
  General by Working Group in 2000, at end of
  consultation process started in 1999
• Plan of Action extends Nine Action Points of G-8
  DOT Force Report
• Launching Meeting took place in NY on 19-20
  November 2001

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• UN ICT Task Force (cont.)

Working Groups
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• UN ICT Task Force (cont.)

Regional Networks
LACNET
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• LACNET - The UN ICT Task Force in LAC

Organizational Structure

• Countries have been asked to nominate
  representatives at Ministerial level

Steering Committee

• ECLAC
• IDB
• SECIB
• UNESCO
• etc.

Consultative Committee
Executive Committee and Secretariat

• ECLAC, IDB

• Government Brazil, Cuba, Chile, Dom. Rep.,
  Paraguay, etc.
• Business GBDe, AHCIET, ICC, ...
• Third Sector to define

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Premises for Action

• Scenario 2005
• National Supra-National Initiatives
• A Framework for Discussion
• Concrete Projects
• Agenda of Meetings

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To everything, there is a time
The case of E-Commerce (B2B)
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Scenario 2005
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Intergovernmental Organizations
Levels Types of Action
Policy Making Thematic Portals Arbitration of
Conflicts
Global
Integration Projects (eg. in Infrastructure) Capa
city Building
Regional
National Plans Demonstration Projects
National
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National Initiatives (and Articulation with
Supra-National Initiatives)
National (Govs, NGOs, Private Sector, Academia)
Supra-National (Dev. Banks, NGOs, Private
Sector, Academia)
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Building an Information Society Organizing the
Discussion
from Hilbert, M. (2002)
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• LACNET - The UN ICT Task Force in LAC (cont.)

Concrete Projects
PROPOSED APPROACH To examine existing projects
in the region and to select a handful of them to
support, sponsor and articulate funding.
OBJETIVE A complete grid of Regionwide,
Articulated, Distributed, Empowering Projects on
ICT for Development in LAC
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• LACNET - The UN ICT Task Force in LAC (cont.)

• Concrete Projects (cont.)

For Example

• Agenda for the Connectivity of the Americas
  (CITEL/OAS)
• RD Networking (CLARA, others)
• PKI/LAC (LACNET, others)
• Virtual Media Lab (MIT, others)
• Ciberamerica (SECIB, others)
• Digital Cities (AHCIET, others)
• Observatory of the Information Society in LAC
  (LACNET, others)

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• LACNET - The UN ICT Task Force in LAC (cont.)

Agenda of Meetings

• Santiago Meeting (4-5 June 2002)
• Curaçao Presentation (25-27 June 2002)
• Forum on the Info. Society
  in LAC Rio de
  Janeiro (26-28 Sep 2002)
• IDB Consultative Meeting
• Washington (11-12 Nov 2002)
• WSIS Regional Meeting (27-30 Jan 2003)

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This Meeting

• FOLLOW-UP OF RIO MEETING (26-28 Sep. 2002)

• The Rio Meeting
• Had heterogeneous attendance
  (with emphasis on Academia NGOs)
• Socialized background information
  (on ICT initiatives for Development)
• Proposed a Common Course of Action
  (Principles, Plans, Projects, Agenda, Models)

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• This Meeting (cont.)

• PREPARATION FOR SANTO DOMINGO MEETING (27-30 Jan.
  2003)

• The WSIS Regional Meeting will discuss
• Principles
• Plan of Action
• It should in addition discuss
• Concrete Projects
• Negotiation Topics
• for the WSIS (Dec. 2003)

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• This Meeting (cont.)

• THIS IDB CONSULTATIVE MEETING IS CRITICALLY
  IMPORTANT

• For Governments in LAC to articulate their
  actions
• For regional articulation of national initiatives
• For mainstreaming of ICT in massive development
  projects (at national/regional levels)

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What IDB can do

• Insertion of ICT component into major physical
  infra-structure projects
• Fostering innovation towards knowledge-based
  economies
• Integration of national/sectoral visions and/or
  initiatives towards the Information Society

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Thank you
tadao_at_socinfo.org.br