Regional impact of information society technologies in Africa

CUNNINGHAM, MIRIAM
Tel: +353-1-8170607
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COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, SOUTH AFRICA
UNIDADE TECNICA DE IMPLEMENTACAO DA POLITICA DE INFORMATICA, MOZAMBIQUE
THE COMMONWEALTH NETWORK OF INFORMATIONN TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT,MALTA
TANZANIA COMMISSION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY,TANZANIA

IIMC INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT CORPORATION LIMITED
13 DOCKLANDS INNOVATION PARK, 128 EAST WALL ROAD, 3 - DUBLIN
IRELAND

The main objectives of IST-Africa (2005 - 2006) are:
- To promote dissemination and exploitation of European IST research results in Southern Africa;
- To adapt relevant European research results to regional requirements and develop modular eGovernment, eHealth, eLearning, ICT for Agriculture and ICT Sensitization training materials;
- To develop European and national case studies for Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Botswana, that will facilitate customization of training workshops for different target countries;
- To deliver 10 training modules and related case studies as a series of 2 and 3 day workshops (20 - 40 participants) held in Mozambique (10), South Africa (10), Tanzania (10) and Botswana (4);
- To deliver 2 international conferences in Africa (100 - 200 delegates) to facilitate EU-ACP networking, and highlight IST exploitation and international cooperation research opportunities;
- To publish 2 annual comparative research reports including case studies on ICT adoption and eGovernment, eHealth and eLearning activities in Mozambique, South Africa and Tanzania;
- To reinforce wider regional exploitation and impact of IST-Africa training materials by engaging with key regional stakeholders and potential partner programmes in Africa;
- To publish IST-Africa training materials, related European and national case studies, workshop reports, conference papers and presentations on the IST-Africa portal