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<font size=3>Dear all<br><br>
Please find below information about a new publication from APC on
multi-stakeholder partnerships, based largely on our experience of the
CATIA initiative (catalying access to ICTs in africa), funded by UK
DfiD.<br><br>
Together with ISOC, PANOS, infoDev and the UK Gov, APC will be hosting a
best practice forum in Rio at the 2nd IGF. <br><br>
The publication will be made available in french and english on-site and
we welcome all who are attending the IGF to join us on Nov 13th at
1800-1930 fcor the workshop "Moving Beyond the Talk: Partnerships in
Practice"<br>
<a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/BPP2.php?went=38" eudora="autourl">
http://www.intgovforum.org/BPP2.php?went=38<br><br>
</a>thanks<br>
karen<br>
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[Version française suit]<br><br>
New Publication from APC: “Frequently Asked Questions about
Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships in ICTs for Development A Guide for
National ICT Policy Animators”<br><br>
Recent years have seen significant interest in the development of
multi-stakeholder partnerships and multi-stakeholder processes that aim
to address various developmental challenges. Despite this growth in
interest, partnerships between the public sector, the private sector and
particularly civil society in promoting information and communication
technology (ICT) policy are still relatively new and not always fully
understood. <br><br>
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In response to the growing demand for information on multi-stakeholder
processes in ICT policy, this guide seeks to contribute to the existing
body of knowledge and experience on the subject. Drawing on the practical
experiences encountered during the three-year CATIA (Catalyzing Access to
ICTs in Africa) programme on ICT policy advocacy, it presents guidelines
that may assist national ICT policy facilitators in coming to grips with
the complexities of multi-stake- holder relationships and the attainment
of common goals and objectives. It also considers practical issues for
the establishment of a multi-stakeholder process for ICT policy and looks
at how multi-stakeholder partnerships work, what has been successful and
what has not, and offers some practical suggestions on how to make them
more effective.<br><br>
Download full versions in English or French.<br><br>
<a href="http://rights.apc.org/documents/catia_ms_guide_EN.pdf" eudora="autourl">
http://rights.apc.org/documents/catia_ms_guide_EN.pdf<br>
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<a href="http://rights.apc.org/documents/catia_ms_guide_FR.pdf" eudora="autourl">
http://rights.apc.org/documents/catia_ms_guide_FR.pdf<br><br>
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Nouvelle Publication d’APC : “Foire aux questions sur les partenariats
multipartites en matière de TIC pour le développement Guide a
l’intention pour des animateurs d’ateliers sur les politiques nationales
de TIC”<br><br>
Depuis quelques années, la création de partenariats et de processus
multipartites visant à relever différents défis en matière de
développement suscite un intérêt marqué. Malgré cet intérêt croissant,
les partenariats entre le secteur public, le secteur privé et en
particulier la société civile pour la promotion de politiques de
technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC), sont encore
relativement nouveaux et pas toujours bien compris.<br><br>
Ce guide tente d’apporter de nouvelles connaissances et expériences sur
les processus et les partenariats multipartites à partir des expériences
concrètes acquises pendant les trois ans qu’a duré le programme CATIA
(Dynamiser l’accès aux TIC en Afrique) sur le plaidoyer pour les
politiques de TIC. Il contient des lignes directrices susceptibles
d’aider les facilitateurs des politiques nationales de TIC à mieux
comprendre la complexité des liens entre les parties prenantes et de
l’atteinte des buts et des objectifs communs. On y examine les aspects
pratiques de la création d’un processus multipartite pour les politiques
de TIC, le fonctionnement des partenariats multipartites et leurs
résultats positifs et négatifs obtenus; des moyens de les rendre plus
efficaces sont également suggérés.<br><br>
Téléchargez le manuel en anglais ou en français :<br><br>
<a href="http://rights.apc.org/documents/catia_ms_guide_EN.pdf" eudora="autourl">
http://rights.apc.org/documents/catia_ms_guide_EN.pdf<br>
</a>
<a href="http://rights.apc.org/documents/catia_ms_guide_FR.pdf" eudora="autourl">
http://rights.apc.org/documents/catia_ms_guide_FR.pdf<br><br>
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a world in which all people have easy, equal and affordable access to the
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