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ITU Regional Workshop on ICT Statistics for Africa, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 6-8 May, 2019

The Regional Workshop on ICT Statistics for Africa is organized by the Telecommunication Development Bureau of the ITU in collaboration with the Government of Côte d’Ivoire, with the support of the Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications/TIC de Côte d’Ivoire (ARTCI), to be held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 6-8 May 2019.

The workshop aims to strengthen the capacity of countries to produce national statistics and indicators on telecommunications and ICTs. It is intended for experts who are responsible for collecting or producing such statistics in ministries, regulatory agencies and national statistical offices.

The workshop will discuss the main groups of telecommunication/ICT indicators, their definitions and methodological issues, existing mechanisms of national coordination of ICT statistics, the dissemination and harmonization of ICT data at the international level, with a focus on the ICT Development Index (IDI) indicators. Also, the participants will have the opportunity to share the experience of their countries in the collection and harmonization of telecommunication/ICT indicators.

Agenda and Presentations

Monday 6 May 2019

09:30‐10:00 Registration of participants
10:00‐10:15 Opening remarks
  DG ARTCI Côte d’Ivoire
  Representative from International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Representative from MENUP Côte d’Ivoire
10:15‐10:30 Session 1. Introduction and rationale of the workshop
  Speaker: Anne Rita Ssemboga, Program Officer, Regional Office for Africa, ITU [Presentation]
10:30‐11:00 Group photo and coffee break
11:00‐11:30 Session 2. ITU’s work on ICT statistics
Speaker: Martin Schaaper, Senior ICT Analyst, ITU [Presentation]
11:30‐12:00 Session 3. Global ICT benchmarks and methodologies
Speaker: Martin Schaaper, Senior ICT Analyst, ITU [Presentation]
12:00‐12:30 Session 4. Country presentation Côte d’Ivoire
Speaker: Jacques Nguessan, Côte d’Ivoire [Presentation]
12:30‐14:00 Lunch break
14:00‐15:00 Session 5. The ICT Development Index (IDI) [Presentation]
  Speaker: Martin Schaaper, Senior ICT Analyst, ITU [Presentation]
15:00‐15:30 Coffee break
15:30‐17:00 Session 6. IDI supply side indicators
  Speaker: Anne Rita Ssemboga, Program Officer, Regional Office for Africa, ITU [Presentation]

Tuesday 7 May 2019

09:30‐10:30 Session 7. Other supply‐side indicators
Speaker: Anne Rita Ssemboga, Program Officer, Regional Office for Africa, ITU [Presentation]
10:30‐11:00 Coffee break
11:00‐12:30 Session 8. Country roundtable: supply side indicators [Presentation]
12:30‐14:00 Lunch break
14:00‐15:00 Session 9. ICT Price Baskets
  Speaker: Martin Schaaper, Senior ICT Analyst, ITU [Presentation]
15:00‐15:30 Coffee break
15:30‐16:00 Session 10. Country presentation Democratic Republic of the Congo
   Speaker: Henri Numbi Ilunga [Presentation]
16:00‐16:30 Session 11.Big Data for Measuring the Information Society
  Speaker: Martin Schaaper, Senior ICT Analyst, ITU [Presentation]
16:30‐17:00 Session 12. Getting ICT data through surveys: coordination and survey planning
      Speaker: Martin Schaaper, Senior ICT Analyst, ITU [Presentation]

Wednesday 8 May 2019

09:30‐10:30 Session 13. Overview of household ICT indicators, survey design, data processing and data dissemination
  Speaker: Martin Schaaper, Senior ICT Analyst, ITU [Presentation]
10:30‐11:00 Coffee break
11:00‐11:30 Session 13. Overview of household ICT indicators, survey design, data processing and data dissemination (cont.)
  Speaker: Martin Schaaper, Senior ICT Analyst, ITU
11:30‐12:30 Session 14. Country roundtable: household statistics [Presentation]
12:30‐14:00 Lunch break
14:00‐14:30 Session 15. Country presentation
Speaker: tbd
14:30‐15:00 Session 16. ITU expert groups [Presentation]
Session 17. How to report your survey data to ITU
Speaker: Anne Rita Ssemboga, Program Officer, Regional Office for Africa, ITU [Presentation]
15:00‐15:15 Session 18. Conclusions and closing ceremony

THE VENUE

 AZALAÏ HOTEL ABIDJAN Marcory
11 BP 1024 Abidjan 11,
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Tel: 00 225 21 22 25 55
Fax: 00 225 21 22 25 50

E-mail : reservationaha@azalaihotels.com
Website : www.azalaihotels.com

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Contact

For clarifications concerning the workshop venue, accommodation etc
Mrs. Régina Fleur A. Bessou, Directrice de la Coopération Internationale
Email: bessou.regina@artci.ci
Tel : +225 20 34 42 65
Fax : +225 20 34 43 75
For any other questions concerning this Workshop
Mrs. Anne Rita SsembogaProgramme Officer, ITU Area Office for Africa
E-mail: anne.rita.ssemboga@itu.int
Phone: +263 4775939/40/41