West African Common Market Project: Regulatory Capacity-Building Project for the UEMOA-ECOWAS Countries
Training Catalogue 2005
    Table of contents
    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Training objectives
        The ITU/EC project had three (3) essential objectives
        The ITU/EC project was an ambitious training programme...
        …tailored training…
        ...expert instructors…
        ...choice of English or French…
        ...dynamic, participatory approach…
        ...drafting of a final report at the end of the training…
        …bound for the UEMAO/ECOWAS countries.
        Host countries and institutions
    2 Partnership
        The ITU/EC project has become a network of partners.
        Capacity building is an ITU/EC partnership project
        ...with the active role from the subregional and the beneficiaries.
    3 Presentation of the workshops
        3.1 Universal Access Policy – 25-26 February 2005
            Context
            Workshop objectives
            Venue: Abuja (Nigeria)
            Partners: Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC); United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
            Target audience
            Pre-requisite
            Workshop contents
            Working groups
            Country contributions
            Speakers and Facilitators
        3.2 ITU Model for the calculation of telephone service costs, tariffs and interconnection charges (COSITU) – 21-25 March
            Workshop objectives
            Venue: Dakar (Senegal)
            Partner: Ecole Supérieure Multinationale des Télécommunications ‘ESMT’
            Target audience
            Pre-requisite
            Workshop contents
            Working groups
            Speakers and Facilitators
            Recommended website
        3.3 Telecommunications Networks and Services, Typology of Products and Services, Evolution of networks, Definition of strategies and policies – 18-21 April 2005
            Workshop objectives
            Venue: Dakar (Senegal)
            Partner: Ecole Supérieure Multinationale des Télécommunications ‘ESMT’
            Target audience
            Pre-requisite
            Workshop contents
            Working groups
            Speakers and Facilitators
            Recommended websites
        3.4 Regulatory practices I – 4-8 July 2005
            Workshop objectives
            Venue: Accra (Ghana)
            Target audience
            Partner: National Communications Authority ‘NCA’
            Pre-requisite
            Contents of the workshop
            Working groups
            Speakers and Facilitators
            Recommended websites
        3.5 Interconnection – 11-15 July 2005
            Workshop objectives
            Venue: Banjul (Gambia)
            Partner: Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA)
            Target audience:
            Pre-requisite
            Workshop contents
            Working groups
            Country contributions
            Speakers and Facilitators
            Recommended websites
        3.6 Scarce Resources: Frequency management – 24-28 October 2005
            Workshop objectives
            Venue: Lomé (Togo)
            Partner: Regulatory Authority for Posts and Telecommunications Sectors ‘ARTP’
            Target audience
            Pre-requisite
            Workshop contents
            Country contributions
            Working groups
            Speakers and Facilitators
            Recommended websites
        3.7 Universal Access/Service – 19-23 September 2005
            Workshop objectives
            Venue: Banjul (Gambia)
            Partner: Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA)
            Participants
            Pre-requisite
            Workshop contents
            Working groups
            Speakers and Facilitators
            Recommended websites
        3.8 Licensing – 26-30 September 2005
            Workshop objectives
            Venue: Banjul (Gambia)
            Partner: Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA)
            Workshop contents
            Working groups
            Country contribution
            Speakers and Facilitators
            Recommended websites
        3.9 Regulatory practices II – 12-16 December 2005
            Workshop objectives
            Venue: Praia (Cape Verde)
            Partner: Instituto das Communicaçoes e das Tecnologias de Informação (ICTI)
            Target audience
            Pre-requisite
            Workshop contents
            Working groups
            Country contributions
            Speakers and Facilitators
            Recommended websites
        3.10 Virtual Forum Interconnection – 18 November to 15 December 2005
            Context
            Workshop objectives
            Venue: ITU E-learning Center
            Target audience
            Pre-requisite
            Workshop contents
            Speakers and Facilitators
            Recommended websites and readings
    Annexes I-II
    Conclusion
    List of workshops ITU/EC Project