The Ghana ICT4AD Process

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The Ghana ICT4AD Process
Towards the Development of the Ghana ICT4AD Plan
2006 2010

• Professor Clement K. Dzidonu
• Chairman, National ICT Policy and Plan
  Development Committee

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The Ghana ICT4AD Process What has been Done..
What is being Done and what will be Done..

• Done It The Framework Document Making the Case
  for What Need to be Done
• Done It Developed the ICT4AD Policy
• Done It Developed the ICT Policy Statement for
  each Ministry and PSOs
• Done It Developed Sectorial ICT4D Strategies
• Doing It The Structures Coordinating Agencies,
  Implementation, Monitoring Evaluation and
  Coordinating Structures
• Work in Progress Developing and Implementing the
  ICT4AD-2010 Plan

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The Ghana ICT4D Processes
Involving Extensive Stakeholder Consultation
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Sectorial Strategies
DONE
THE HOW..?
Involving Extensive Stakeholder Consultation
THE WHAT..?
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• The framework document provides an analytical
  basis and serve as a conceptual framework for the
  development of the relevant policies and plans.
• The policy based on the framework defines what
  need to be done as per nations vision,
  strategies and policy commitments
• The corresponding plans (rolling plans) --- will
  provides details of how the policy provisions
  will be implemented in concrete terms in terms of
  specific programmes and initiatives done and
• The structures, --- relevant national bodies and
  institutions for facilitating and coordinating
  the implementation of the policy and the
  corresponding rolling plans

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Sectorial Strategies Developed

• The E-Commerce and Trade Development Strategy
• The Electronic Government and Governance Strategy
  
• The Telecom and Communications Sector Policy
  Statement
• The National ICTs in Education Strategy
• The National ICTs in Health Strategy
• National Strategy on ICTs and Gender
• National Electronic Security Strategy

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• Elements of the ICT4AD Policy

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The 14 Pillars of the Policy
Facilitating National Security and Law and Order
RD, Scientific and Industrial Research Capacity
Development
Promoting Foreign and Local Direct Investment
Drive in ICTs
Legal, Regulatory, and Institutional Framework
Provisions
Rapid ICT and Enabling Physical Infrastructure
Development
Promotion of National Health
Deployment and Spread of ICTs in the Community
Developing an Export-Oriented ICT Products
Services Industry
Developing a Globally Competitive Value-Added
Services Sector
Modernization of Agriculture and the Development
of an Agro-Business Industry
Facilitating the Development of the Private Sector
Promoting Electronic Government and Governance
Promoting ICTs in Education
Accelerated Human Resource Development
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An ICTAD Policy Pillar
Policy Measures, Instruments and Initiatives
Translate into . A Sub-Plan
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• The Pillars of the Plan

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• Electronic Government
• Human Resource Development
• ICT Infrastructure Development
• Social Sector Development
• ICTs in Education
• ICTs in Health
• ICTs in Community
• Developing Key Economic Sectors
• Agriculture Sector Development
• Service Sector Development
• Industrial Sector Development
• Legal and Regulatory Framework
• National Security and Law Enforcement
• Research and Development (RD)

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• The Sub-Plans of the
• ICT4AD-2010 Plan

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• The E-Government Sub-plan
• For facilitating government administration and
  service delivery, including the promotion of
  electronic government and governance initiatives
  
• The HRD Sub-plan
• For promoting human resource development
  targeting key skill areas necessary for
  developing Ghanas information and knowledge
  economy and society
• The E-education Sub-plan
• For promoting ICTs in education targeting all
  levels of the educational system from primary to
  university level

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• The Private Sector Development Sub-plan
• For supporting the development of the private
  sector including promoting the use of ICTs to
  support sectorial development, including key
  economic sectors like agriculture, services and
  the industrial sectors
• The E-Commerce Development Sub-plan
• For targeting the development of e-commerce
  services and products and ICT services/ITES in
  Ghana
• The Infrastructure Development and Roll-out
  Sub-plan
• For facilitating infrastructure development
  including physical and the telecommunications and
  communications infrastructure

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• The Legal, Regulatory, Institutional Provisions
  and Standards Sub-Plan
• For supporting the creation of the necessary
  legal and regulatory environment to support the
  development, deployment and exploitation of ICTs
  within the economy and society
• Industrial, Scientific Research, RD Promotion
  Sub-plan
• For facilitating and promoting, industrial,
  scientific research and RD to facilitate the
  development of key sectors of the economy
  including fast tracking the development of
  Ghanas capacity to develop ICT goods and
  services the development of an ICT production
  industry for Ghana

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• FDI Drive in ICTs Sub-plan
• For targeting the promotion of ICT-related FDIs
  into Ghana to support the development of the ICT
  industry and sector to drive efforts towards the
  development of Ghanas information and knowledge
  economy and society
• The E-Security Sub-plan
• For addressing national security and law and
  order issues to support and promote ICTs
  exploitation in the country.

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The Ghana Scan-ICT Phase 2 Initiative

• The Scope, Deliverables and Work Plan

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Scope of the Project

• The project guided by the details and the
  provisions of the Scan-ICT 2 Tool Kit focuses
  on
• (i) The identification of a basket of suitable
  ICT4D status and impact monitoring indicators
  that Ghana should concentrate on to facilitate
  the monitoring and measurement of Ghanas
  progress towards the development of its
  information and knowledge economy The Ghana
  Basket of ICT4D Indicators
• (ii) The development of a Framework to facilitate
  the compilation of the Ghana Basket of ICT4D
  Status and Impact Monitoring and Assessment
  Indicators in the Ghana Statistical System The
  Framework for Integration ICT4D Status and Impact
  Monitoring and Measurement Indicators into the
  National Statistical System

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• (iii) The Development of Tools and Mechanisms
  including Data Collection Schemes,
  Questionnaires, Sampling Frames, Methods,
  Procedures, and Structures for supporting the
  implementation of the Framework for Integration
  ICT4D Indicators into the National Statistical
  System The ICT4D Indicators Integration Tools,
  Methods and Mechanisms
• (iv) The Ghana Core ICT4D Indicators
  Compilation and Analysis Demonstration Project.
  This will involve the compilation and the
  analysis of a selected number of the Core
  Indicators.
• This is a pilot initiative to demonstrate
  outputs of (i) (iii) as a proof of concept
  exercise that will focus the following core
  indicators

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• Basic infrastructure and access
• 1. Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
• 2. Mobile cellular subscribers per 100
  inhabitants
• 3. Radio per 100 inhabitants
• 4. Television sets per 100 inhabitants
• 5. Number of PCs per 100 inhabitants
• 6. Number of Internet subscribers per 100
  inhabitants
• 7. International Internet bandwidth per
  inhabitant
• 8. Broadband Internet subscribers per 100
  inhabitants
• 9. Internet access tariff (20 hours per month) as
  a percentage of per capita income
• 10. Percentage of localities with public Internet
  access centres (PIACs) by number of inhabitants
• (rural/urban)
• 11. Percentage of population with access to PIACs
  by type of PIAC (governmental/private)
• 12. Percentage of population covered by mobile
  telephony
• Households
• 16. Percentage of households with radio
• 17. Percentage of households with a television
• 18. Percentage of households with a telephone
  (Fixed only, mobile only, fixed and mobile)

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• Education
• 32. Percentage of primary and secondary schools
  having Internet access for students for study
  purposes
• 33. Percentage of students enrolled in tertiary
  education having Internet access for students for
  study purposes
• 34. Enrolled Student to PC ratio (in primary,
  secondary schools and tertiary education)
• 35. Percentage of students enrolled in tertiary
  education in an ICT field or an ICT- dominated
  field (of the total number of students) (by
  gender)
• 36. Percentage of ICT-qualified teachers in
  primary and secondary schools (of the total
  number of teachers)
• 37. Percentage of tertiary education institutions
  with e-learning courses (of the total number of
  tertiary education institutions)
• 38. For what purpose do students/teachers use
  computers/Internet ( for E-mail, research,
  employment opportunities, application software,
  etc.)
• Government
• 39. Ratio of availability of PCs to number of
  staff
• 40. Percentage of government offices with
  Internet access
• 41. Percentage of government offices and agencies
  with a website
• 42. Percentage of government employees with
  Internet access from the office
• 43. of government workers that use ICTs
• 44. Purpose of use () for e-mail, research,
  database work, geomatics, etc

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• Health
• 48. of health institutions using ICTs (by type
  of health institution private clinic,
  government,
• university hospital, pharmacy etc)
• 49. Geographic distribution of health
  institutions with computers, telephone and
  Internet connectivity
• 50. of health professionals that use ICTs for
  medical purposes
• 51. Purpose of usage and in tele-medicine,
  e-mail, research (health information, continuing
• medical education or distance learning, health
  promotion (including health information systems),
• database, Software applications, etc
• 52. of local web-sites and data bases with
  medical information
• Supplementary Indicators
• 53. Total Resident Population
• 54. Total number of households
• 55. Percentage of households with electricity
• 56. Total number of sub-regional and regional
  backbones and Exchange Points to which the
  country has access

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Expected Outputs of the Project The
Deliverables

• The Expected Outputs of the Project are
• (i) A Report documenting the Ghana Basket of
  ICT4D Indicators
• (ii) A Framework for Integration ICT4D Status
  and Impact Monitoring and Assessment Indicators
  into the National Statistical System of the Ghana
  Statistical Service (GSS)
• (iii) A Report documenting the ICT4D Indicators
  Integration Tools and Mechanisms
• (iv) Report detailing the outcomes, outputs and
  the lessons of the Ghana Core ICT4D Indicators
  Compilation and Analysis Demonstration Project
• (v) The Ghana ICT4D Indicators Website and
  Databases
• (vi) Final Project Report

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THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION
. AND PATIENCE
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