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HIPSSA Activity WA-5.2.1 - Development of guidelines on access to submarine cables in West Africa

The objective of this study is to develop a regulatory Guideline on Open Access to Submarine Cables and associated Licensing and Interconnection Framework in West Africa to guide ECOWAS and WATRA Member States to harness the benefits for consumers of broader access to international bandwidth at affordable prices.

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

Reference documents

 

HIPSSA Activity WA-1 - National Transposition of ECOWAS Supplementary Acts

WA-1/CI - National Transposition of ECOWAS and UEMOA Community Acts in Cote D'Ivoire

This workshop is a first assessment mission to meet  the national authorities of Côte d'Ivoire, particularly the members of CNTT composed, among others the representatives of the Ministry responsible for telecommunications and ICT,  national regulation of telecommunications and ICT, telecommunications operators and providers of electronic communications services, judiciary and parliamentary assemblies along with the national legal expert.

WA-1/LR - Technical Assistance to Liberia for ECOWAS Supplementary Acts Transposition

The purpose of this assistance is to complete the transposition by adopting all measures necessary for its effective incorporation into the national legal system, by integrating all legal provisions of the Community act into national law as well as repealing and amending all provisions where appropriate to ensure optimal coherence between transposed provisions and existing domestic law.

The objective of this Assistance is to provide Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) and the Government guidance on the development in legal and technical provisions in regulation and implementation of rules and procedures for frequency management and monitoring which will primarily focus on the creation/updating of a legal framework, ensuring the transposition of the ECOWAS Supplementary Acts A/SA.5/01/07 on management of radio-frequency spectrum into the national legislation.
 

 
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Ms. Ida Jallow
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: Ida Jallow

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

International Telecommunication Union (ITU),
Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
Place des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland

 

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