[governance] Re: [igsd] Summary and Thanks - e-conference on Internet Governance and Sustainable Development

[Nnenna]

Hi people

Unless otherwise, the Africa Regional Action Plan for the Knowledge Economy - ARAPKE - actually has that particular project of subregional CS training centers.  I recall part of the objectives was to even include translations of global issues to subregional African languages and specificities.  

We were then convinced that putting such initiatives under the continental umbrella was more likely to ensure operationability and sustainablilty.  But the governmental process is a long one...

If any thing were to be happening on that project I would have known.

Because I originally wrote the proposal and it has been 3 years already...

Now, I think that time has come for the CS lead.  In certain areas, if the CS leads, governments will follow...

Nnenna

Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote: Kwasi Boakye-Akyeampong  wrote:

Are there sufficient incentives for these "governments and other
bodies" to fund such centres in the first place, and to make the
centres operate with integrity, i.e. so that they select
representative who are truly representative of the respective 
regions rather than of some influential special interests?

Greetings,
Norbert.


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