Agenda

Friday 21 March 2008

8 : 00 – 9 : 00
Registration  
9 : 00 - 9 : 30

Opening Session

Opening Remarks:
· Ms Aida Opoku Mensah, Director- ICT, Science and Technology Division-ECA
· Mr. Moses Bayingana, ICT Expert, HRST Department, African Union Commission
· Ms Wendy Ace, Director, Canadian e-Policy Resource Centre – Canada School of Public Service
· Welcoming Remarks: Representative of the Government of Ethiopia
· Dr. Elwaer Abdul Hakim, Director HRST Department, African Union Commission [format: | lang: english]

 
Session 1: Setting the Scene

Moderator:
Ms Wendy Ace, Director, Canadian e-Policy Resource Centre – Canada School of Public Service
 
 9 : 30 - 9 : 40

ECA – Gender and Development Programme, Thokozile Ruzvidzo, Officer In Charge, African Centre for Gender and Social Development- United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
[format: | lang: english]

 
 9 : 40 - 9 : 50

Gender- ICTs and AISI (ISTD) – Ms Eskedar Nega, Programme Officer – ICT Policy Development Section (ECA) [format: | lang: english]

 
 9 : 50 - 10 : 00

E-government: Pre-requisites, challenges and opportunities in the African context, Mr Sizo Mhlanga, Regional Advisor- ICT Policy Development Section (ECA) [format: | lang: english]

 
 10 : 00 - 10 : 30

Q&A session

 
10 : 30 – 10 : 45

Coffee/Tea Break

 
  Session II: Draft Action Plan on Gender and E-Government

Moderator:
Ms Salématou Conde , Directrice Nationale Adjointe des Nouvelles Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication - Ministère de la Communication et des Nouvelles Technologies de l’Information, Guinée

 
10 : 45 – 11 : 10
Presentation of the outcomes of the ICTs, Gender and e-Government Workshop held in Tunis and Maputo (ISTD), Ms Faiza Azzouz, Chargée de Mission – Ministère des Technologies de la Communication, Tunisia and Mr Sizo Mhlanga, Regional Advisor- ICT Policy Development Section (ECA) [format: | lang: english]
 
11 : 10 – 11 : 30
Presentation of the Draft Action plan on Gender and e-Government - Sophia Huyer, Consultant , Canadian ePolicy Resource Center  [format: | lang: english]
 
11 : 30 – 12 : 45
Q&A session  
12 : 45 – 13 : 00

Presentation of Guidelines for breakout sessions on implementation of the Draft Action Plan on Gender and E-Government, Girma Dessalegn, Project Officer- ICT Policy Development Section (ECA)

 
13 : 00 – 14 : 00
Lunch  
 

Session III: Breakout sessions on implementation of the Draft Action Plan on Gender and E-Government

Two Breakout Sessions on the following sub-themes:

· Enabling environment for the formulation and implementation of gender sensitive e-Government policies and applications
· Innovative gender sensitive applications in e-government
· Opportunities and challenges in implementing the Gender and E-government draft action plan

 
14 : 00 – 16 : 00

Moderator/Breakout session II: Ms Grace Nyakanini Gasani, Director Innovation, Research and Development, Rwanda

 
16 : 00 – 16 : 20

Coffee/Tea Break

 
  Session IV: Implementing the Gender and E-government plan of action: pre-requisites, challenges and opportunities

Moderator:
Ms Aida Opoku Mensah, Director- ICT, Science and Technology Division-ECA

 
16 : 20 – 17 : 20
Presentation of recommendations of working groups to plenary
Wrap-up session on way forward
 
Session V: Closing Session

Moderator: Mr. Mzwandile R. Mabuza- Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Communications, Swaziland
 
17 : 20 – 18 : 00
Closing remarks by:

· Ms Aida Opoku Mensah, Director- ICT, Science and Technology Division-ECA
· Ms Wendy Ace, Director, Canadian e-Policy Resource Centre – Canada School of Public Service

 
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