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Partnership
on Measuring ICT for Development
ITU/UNCTAD
19 May 2009, 11:00 -
12:30
ITU Headquarters, Room
A
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Background |
The
demand for information and communication
technology (ICT) statistics has risen
sharply as countries recognize the
benefits and potential of ICT as a tool
for social and economic development. To
reap the benefits of the rapidly
changing information society,
governments need to monitor and
benchmark progress in ICT indicators
with a view to designing and reviewing
national policies and strategies. They
also need to measure the impact of ICTs
in their countries.
This
event will first present a global
overview of progress made towards
measuring the information society and
highlight recent work carried out by the
Partnership on Measuring ICT for
Developmentto improve the availability
of ICT data for effective ICT for
development policy making. This will be
followed by a panel debate on measuring
the impact of ICTs on social and
economic development, introduced by the
OECD, leader of the Partnership Task
Group on Measuring Impact.
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Program |
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11:00-11:05 |
Opening
remarks by Mr. Yury Grin,
Deputy to the Director of
the ITU Telecommunication
Development Bureau
Chair:
Torbjörn Fredriksson,
Officer-in-Charge, ICT
Analysis Section, Division
on Technology and Logistics,
UNCTAD.
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11:05-11:20 |
Progress in Measuring ICT
for Development, Susan
Teltscher, Head, Market
Information and Statistics
Division, ITU.
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Welcoming DESA to the
Partnership, remarks by
Seema Hafeez, Division
for Public
Administration and
Development Management,
DESA.
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11:20-12:00 |
"Measuring the impact of ICT"
Lead
discussants
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Ana Cristina
Neves, Knowledge Society
Agency (UMIC), Ministry of
Science,Technology and
Higher Education, Portugal.
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Mario
Cimoli, Officer-in-Charge,
Innovation and ICT Unit,
Division of Production,
Productivity and Management
, UN ECLAC
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12:00-12:25 |
Open discussion |
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12:25-12:30 |
Closing remarks |
Draft Agenda
(pdf)
For more
information on this event, please visit the
official website for this event.
Otherwise, please contact
emeasurement@unctad.org.
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