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HIPSSA Activity SA-2.2 - Review and Update of SADC Guidelines on Universal Access and Service (UA/S) and Development of SADC Toolkit of Best Practices using UA/S Funds

The purpose of this activity is to review and update the existing TRASA Guidelines on Universal Access and Service and develop a new regional Toolkit on Best Practices using Universal Access and Service Funds to guide SADC Member States when managing and funding universal access projects and universal service providers.

Validation Workshop in Windhoek, Namibia (14 -16 March 2011)

The objective of this workshop is to review and validate the SADC Guidelines on Universal and Service (UA/S) and the Toolkit of Best Practices using UA/S Funds.

The reference documents used as a starting point for this activity are the following:
 

Reference documents

CRASA Documents

SADC Meetings of Ministers in charge of Telecommunications, Postal and ICT

All the relevant information for this meeting (invitation letter, pre-registration form, venue, general information, etc.) are posted on the following page dedicated to the event.

SADC Meetings of Senior Officials and Ministers responsible for ICT, Communications and Postals in Gaborone, Botswana (14 - 16 June 2011)


Ministers were further invited to note that the development of Assessment on the Implementation of Universal/Service and Access in SADC report and review of the SADC Universal Service Guidelines was implemented with the funding from the HIPSSA (ITU/EC/GTZ) project.

The validation workshop of the two documents was kindly hosted by the Namibian Communication Commission (NCC) in Windhoek, Namibia in March 2011.

 

Documents

CRASA 14th Annual General Meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa (29 - 30 March 2011)

The 14th Annual General Meeting (AGM) was invited to note the following agenda proposed by the Executive Committee of the Communications Regulators' Association of Southern Africa (CRASA):

REVIEW OF SADC UNIVERSAL SERVICE GUIDELINES

The AGM was invited to note the reviewed draft SADC Universal Service Guidelines and the assessment of the implementation of universal service/access strategies in the region.

The AGM was also to note that the Executive Committee has approved that the reviewed draft SADC Universal Service Guidelines and the assessment of the implementation of universal service/access strategies in the region should be sent to all CRASA Members for their further inputs and comments for a period of three (3) weeks and thereafter, the Secretariat can obtain an approval from the Executive Committee to forward the document to the SADC Secretariat for inclusion into the SADC ICT Ministers meeting agenda scheduled to take place in May/June 2011 in Gaborone, Botswana.

DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLKIT FOR THE BEST PRACTICES IN UNIVERSAL SERVICE AND ACCESS

The AGM was invited to note the draft Toolkit on Best Practices on Toolkit on Best Practices on Universal Access Funding and Universal Service Fund Implementation.

The AGM was also to note that the Executive Committee has approved that the draft Toolkit on Best Practices Toolkit on Best Practices on Universal Access Funding and Universal Service Fund Implementation should be sent to all CRASA Members for their further inputs and comments for a period of three (3) weeks and thereafter, the Secretariat can obtain an approval from the Executive Committee to forward the document to the SADC Secretariat for inclusion into the SADC ICT Ministers meeting agenda scheduled to take place in May/June 2011 in Gaborone, Botswana.

Documents

Recruitment of ITU Experts

For the implementation of this HIPSSA Project activity, calls for application were published in order to recruit short term experts.

Experts' terms of reference

HIPSSA Project Activities: South Africa (SA-2.2)
 
ITU-EC Project Events
 
Contact Details

Mr. Jean-François LE BIHAN
HIPSSA Project Coordinator, ITU-EC Project-Harmonized Policies for ICT in ACP countries

Tel.: +251 11 551 4977 / 4855
Fax.: +251 11 551 7299
E-mail: Jean-Francois Lebihan

ITU Regional Office for Africa
Gambia Rd, Telecom Bldg,
3rd Floor
P.O. Box 60 005
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia

Mr. Sandro BAZZANELLA
Project Manager,
ITU-EC Project-Harmonized Policies for ICT in ACP countries

Tel.: +41 22 730 6765
Fax.: +41 22 730 5484
E-mail: Sandro Bazzanella

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