Needs Assessment for ePol-NET Services - Mali

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-local administration applications (lessons learned)

Alternative Energy and solar Energy (lessons learned)

E-strategies from other countries

E-learning applications (lessons learned)

E-government applications (lessons learned)

E-health applications (lessons learned)

E-governance applications (lessons learned)

Telecommunication Regulation lessons learned

Telecommunication privatisation or liberalisation (lessons learned)

Gender and ICT (lessons learned)

Youth and ICT

ICT for Job promotion

TOR of various phases from other countries

E-vote

E-parliament

 

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Expertise was required in the following areas:

LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

  1. Competition
  2. ICT regulation
  3. Institutional
  4. Investments
  5. Legal
  6. Resources mobilisation
  7. Telecommunication regulation

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. Mobil telephony strategies
  6. Spectrum Management
  7. Telecommunication infrastructure

ICT APPLICATIONS

  1. E-Education
  2. E-Governance
  3. E-Government (facilitating of Government Administration and Services delivery)
  4. E-Health
  5. E-services (call-centers/e-work/etc..)
  6. ICT and Community Radio
  7. ICT for disfranchised
  8. Information security
  9. Local content
     
 
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