Needs Assessment for ePol-NET Services - Ghana

The Africa Node of the ePol-NET conducted a needs assessment survey of NICI focal points and consultants in seven African countries. The survey helped identify the e-Resources and expertise needed in the development of their ICT sectoral strategies. These include:
 
 

 

NICI plans documents from other countries

Database on ICT Policies success stories or lessons learned

Database on ICT strategies success stories or lessons learned

E-strategies from other countries

E-learning applications (lessons learned)

E-health applications (lessons learned)

E-government applications (lessons learned)

E-governance applications (lessons learned)

E-local administration applications (lessons learned)

E-parliament

Telecommunication Regulation lessons learned

Telecommunication privatisation or liberalisation (lessons learned)

Alternative Energy and solar Energy (lessons learned)

Gender and ICT (lessons learned)

Youth and ICT

TOR of various phases from other countries

E-vote

ICT for Job promotion

 

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Expertise was required in the following areas:

LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

  1. Competition
  2. Digital signature
  3. Foreign direct investment
  4. ICT regulation
  5. Institutional
  6. Intellectual property
  7. Legal
  8. Project document formulation
  9. Regional integration and international cooperation
  10. Resources mobilisation
  11. Telecommunication regulation
  12. Universal access

HUMAN CAPACITY BUILDING

  1. Capacity building for ICT specialists
  2. Capacity building for ICT use

BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
(technology transfer -investments)

  1. Energy
  2. Fixed telephony strategies
  3. Investment in telecommunication basic infrastructure
  4. Low cost connectivity at remote and rural area
  5. Mobile telephony strategies
  6. Spectrum Management
  7. Telecommunication infrastructure
  8. Wireless –VSAT- Electrical network - WIFI

ICT APPLICATIONS

  1. E-community
  2. E-Education
  3. E-Governance
  4. E-Government (facilitating of Government Administration and Services delivery)
  5. E-Health
  6. Environment and Agriculture
  7. Local content
  8. Open standard and open source strategy
     
 
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