Whither PADIS

Abstract

ECA has been working to promote this new approach which the ECA Conference of Ministers adopted in 1996 as the African Information Society Initiative: an action framework to build African's information and communication infrastructure. One of the major tasks of this Division has been to promote awareness in member States of the tremendous changes in information management and exchange that new information and communication technologies have brought about. It has encouraged member States to elaborate policies, plans, and strategies for the development of national information and communication infrastructure and has worked with them in their preparation.