20-22 May 2009

16h00–19h00

Delegate registration

DAY 1 – May 20

08.00– 09.00

Delegate registration

09.00 – 09.45

Opening Ceremony

§        Mr Victor Mbumwae Chairman of the Opening Ceremony, Director – Communications, Ministry Of Communications & Transport

§        Mr. Alec Malichi, Board Chairman Communications Authority of Zambia

§        Mrs. Judith M C Tembo, Acting Controller/CEO, Communications Authority of  Zambia

§        Mr. Daniel G. Seck, Director General, ARTP, Senegal outgoing Chairman ATRN

§        Mr. Akossi Akossi, Secretary General, African Telecommunications Union (ATU)

§        Mr. Sami Al Basheer Al Morshid, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau (TDB), ITU

• His Honour Mr. George Kunda, The Vice President of the Republic of Zambia

09.45 – 10.00

Coffee Break

10.00 – 10.15

Appointment of the Bureau and adoption of the agenda

Session 1:  General Overview of Universal Service Development Fund (USDF)

10.15 – 11.30

Presentation of the background report: Makhtar Fall, UIT / BDT

§        Concepts / general trends

§        Creation / management / Objectives of Universal Service Development Fund (USDF)

General discussion

Chairman:  Judith M C Tembo, Acting Controller, CAZ, Zambia

Secretary:  Brahima Sanou, ITU/BDT

Session 2:  Mechanisms and funding opportunities of Universal Service/Access

11.00 – 12.30

Panel Members

§        Challenges of the legislature:  Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Transport and Communications, (Zambia)

§        Experience of Kenya : Ms. Susan Mochache, Assistant Director/USO,CCK

§        Experience of Zambia: Mulenga Chisanga, Acting Director – Economic Regulation, CAZ (Zambia)

General discussion

Moderator: David Imbili, Chairman of Namibia Communication Commission.

Secretary: Makhtar Fall, ITU/BDT

12.30 – 14.00

Lunch

Session 3:  USDF: Challenges for the Operators and Service providers

14.00 – 15.30

Panel Members

§        Experience of multi-countries Operator: Lynne A. Dorward, CRO Regulatory Affairs, Zain (Bahrain)

§        Experience of incumbent operator: Kambani Ndholovu, Director Commercial Services.  Zamtel (Zambia)

§        Experience of the Association GSM operators of in ZAMBIA

• Experience of Internet Service Provider:  Mr. Ndukwe Kalu, Amscotelecoms

General discussion

Moderator:  Jones Killimbe, CEO RASCOM

Secretary:  Makhtar Fall, ITU/BDT

15.30 – 16.00

Coffee Break

Session 4:  Best practices of Public private partnership in delivering Universal Service/access

16.00 – 17.20

Presentation:  ITU Initiatives within Connect Africa:  Marcelino Tayob ITU/BDT

ITU flagship initiatives to expand ICT access (ITU Project – Connecting Villages -  Wireless broadband project)

Panel Members

§        Experience of Uganda: Bob Lyazi, Head, Uganda USAF (UCC Uganda)

§        Experiences from North American countries: Walda Roseman, CEO CompassRose International 

§        Experience from Private Sector: Gertjan van Stam, Macha LinkNet

General discussion

Moderator:  Julien Bara, Permanent Secretary, Association of Telecommunication Regulators of Central Africa (ARTAC)

Secretary: Jean-François Le Bihan, ITU/BDT

Session 5:  Status and activities of  members of  ITU -D sectors

17.20 – 18.10

Presentation:  Status and activities of  members of  ITU-D sectors: Marcelino Tayob ITU/BDT

General discussion

Moderator: Jones Killimbe, CEO RASCOM

Secretary: Jean-François Le Bihan, ITU/BDT

DAY 2 – May 21

Session 6:  Regulatory Trends of USDF

9.00 – 13.00

Presentation: Regulatory Trends of USDF: Makhtar Fall, ITU/BDT

Panel Members

§        Experience of SADC: Isidoro da Silva, Executive Secretary CRASA

§        Experience of COMESA: Dr. Abu Dafalla, Telecommunication Specialist, COMESA

§        Experience of Europe/European Union : Michel Rogy, Director TERA Consulting, France

§        Universal Service and broadband deployment: Dr. Sidy Diop, Economist in charge of Universal Service, ARCEP / France)

General discussion

Moderator: Brahima Sanou, ITU/BDT

Secretary: Marcelino Tayob, ITU/BDT

10.30 – 11.00

Coffee Break

Session 7:  USDF - Regulatory Challenges

11.00 – 12.30

Panel Members:

§        Consumer needs and rights: Romain Houédou, Chairman of the African ICT Consumer Associations

§        Experience from Nigeria: Mrs. Lolia S. Emakpore, Director, Nigerian Communications Commission (Nigeria)

§        Universal Service: quality of service and monitoring indicators: Michel Rogy, Director, TERA Consulting, France

§        Universal Service within the Harmonization ICT Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa (HIPSSA) project: J. F. Le Bihan, Coordinator of HIPSSA Project

General discussion

                    Moderator: Ahmadou Lamine DIAL, Secrétaire Général , ARTP, Sénégal

                  Secretary: Marcelino Tayob, ITU/BDT

12.45 – 14.00

Lunch

Session 8:  Case Studies / Best practices

14.00 – 15.30

Presentation: Presentation of the background report:  Marcelino Tayob, ITU/BDT

Panel Members:

§        Management of the Universal Service/Access Funds, Experience of Sri Lanka: Priyantha Kariyapperuma, Director General of Telecommunications, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka

§        Experience of countries :

o       Senegal

o       UNINET

General discussion

Moderator: Mike Kuntiya ,Acting Director General MCRA, Malawi

Secretary: Makhtar Fall, ITU/BDT

15.30 – 16.00

Coffee Break

16.00 – 17.30

SESSION-8 (Cntd): Case Studies/Best practices

Panel Members:

Experience from countries:

§        Mali : Moctar Traoré, CRT Mali

§        Cameroon : Samuel Valentin Ndjawa, ART Cameroon

§        Tanzania 

§        South Africa 

General discussion

Moderator: Mike Kuntiya, Acting Director General MCRA, Malawi

Secretary: Makhtar Fall, ITU/BDT

DAY 3 – May 22

Session 9:  Establishment of African Telecommunications and ICT Regulators Assembly (Closed session for African regulators and regulatory associations)

09.00 – 10.30

Presentation: Implementation of the Dakar recommendations.  Report of the Chairperson of the Coordination Committee of the Forum on the Regulation and Partnership of Telecoms/ICT in Africa: Daniel G. Seck, Director General, ARTP, Senegal

General discussion

Moderator: Charles Njoroge, Director General, Communication Commission, Kenya

Secretary: Brahima Sanou, ITU/BDT

10.30 – 11.00

Coffee Break

11.00 – 12.00

SESSION-9 (cntd)

General discussion and conclusion

Session 10:  Wrap up and way forward

12.00 – 13.00

1.     Adoption of the Forum recommendations 

2.     Possible Themes of FTRA 2010

3.     Date and venue of  FTRA 2010

4.     Any other Business

Chairman: Richard Mwanza, Acting Controller, CAZ , Zambia

Secretary: Brahima Sanou, ITU/BDT

15.30 – 16.00

CLOSING CEREMONY