HIPSSA Project - Launching Meeting
11-12 December 2008 (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

The HIPSSA project was officially launched in presence of regional representatives of stakeholders in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) on Friday, 12 December 2008. This project is a scaled up pilot project that was funded by the EC and the ITU and successfully implemented in West Africa. It aims at developing and promoting harmonized policies and guidelines for the ICT market as well as building human and institutional capacity in the field of ICT through a range of targeted training, education and knowledge sharing measures.

• HIPSSA Project Main Page
• Registration and Fellowship Request
• Travel and Hotel
• Visas and Vaccinations
• Misc. Info about Ethiopia
• Health Requirements, Registration and Transport

• 14-16 March 2011 (Windhoek, Namibia) HIPSSA Validation workshop of SADC Guidelines on Universal Service/Access and
  Best Practices

• 2-4 March 2011 (Port Vila, Vanuatu) ICB4PAC Workshop on Cyber-legislation

• 7-9 December 2010 (Monrovia, Liberia) HIPSSA Validation Workshop of WATRA Guidelines on Access to Submarine Cables

• 4-8 October 2010 (Kingston, Jamaica) HIPCAR Training Workshop on Cost Modelling

• 4-8 October 2010 (Apia, Samoa) ICB4PAC Workshop for Universal Access and Services Policies in the Pacific

• 23-25 August 2010 (Maputo, Mozambique) HIPSSA Validation Workshop of the Review and Update of SADC ICT Policy and Legal Framework

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

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