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	Geneva, 11th October 1996

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THE AFRICAN GREEN PAPER:
TELECOMMUNICATION POLICIES FOR AFRICA
1996

The African Green Paper: Telecommunication Policies for Africa - 1996 is the second of a series of ITU regional policy papers. The paper is the result of collaboration among African experts since the first ITU Africa Regional Telecommunication Development Conference (Harare, Zimbabwe, 1990). After three regional African meetings, the African Green Paper was formally approved at the second Africa Regional Telecommunication Development Conference held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, May 1996.

The African Green Paper explores specific themes related to the overall restructuring of telecommunication sector. It comprises eight chapters which seek to: i) initiate a dialogue among all the actors involved in designing and creating a legal and regulatory framework; ii) improve the operational efficiency and productivity of Public Telecommunication Organisations (PTOs); iii) promote the gradual introduction of competition; iv) work towards common procurement arrangements and common technical standards for African PTOs, and towards building up manufacturing capacity for telecommunication equipment; v) create momentum towards establishing a regional market for telecommunication equipment and services and vi) foster the implementation of an African telecommunications network to facilitate the creation of the African Economic Community.

The African Green Paper emphasizes the importance of a well-conceived telecommunications policy and a sound regulatory framework, mindful of the peculiarities of each country and attentive to the advancement of technology. Each country will avail itself of the African Green Paper as it thinks fit, in accordance with its own national public policy and its juridical, administrative and social framework. It is an evolutionary document which will continue to be updated to conform with the present status of the restructuring process.

The African Green Paper is the product of a joint effort by the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), African Telecommunications administrations, the Pan-African Telecommunications Union (PATU), the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), etc.

OVERVIEW

I.	Introduction
II.	Existing situation
III.	Legal considerations
IV.	The regulatory framework
V.	Operational restructuring
VI.	Economic, financial and tariff issues
VII.	Telecommunication network development
VIII.	Regional and international cooperation

ANNEXES

1.	List of reference documents;
2. 	African Telecommunication Development Conference (Harare, 1990), Resolution 
ATDC/90-No. 1;
3.	African Economic Community: Draft OAU Protocol on transport and communications (Article 10 -Telecommunications);
4.	Model organizational structure and staffing of a National Regulatory Authority (NRA);
5.	Outline of a law determining a regulatory framework for the telecommunication sector;
6.	Open Network Provision (ONP) - the European concept;
7.	Model checklist for a detailed diagnosis of agency management;
8.	Methods of granting licences - Renewal (Excerpt from the March 1996  draft of The Blue Book -Telecommunication policies for the Americas);
9.	Financial sources, instruments and strategies;
10.	The Buenos Aires Action Plan;
11.	Terms of reference of the ITU-D Study Groups;
12.	Master plans carried out in Africa with ITU assistance;
13.	Basic indicators;
14.	Glossary;
Also available in the ITU Regional Policy Papers:
	Telecommunications Policies for Americas: The Blue Book (1996, English/Spanish)
Forthcoming ITU Regional Policy Papers:
	Telecommunications Policies for the Arab States: The Arab Book (January, 1997, English/French/Arabic)

Date of publication	:	October 1996	
Size	:	A4 (21 x 29.7 cm)	
Number of pages	:	159	
Languages	:	English and French	
Price	:		Swiss francs

Catalogue price	60.-
Administrations (ITU Members and “members”)	51.-
Least developed countries	36.-	
ISBN		:	English	92-61-06321-7
French	92-61-06322-5	

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