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Scan-ICT Phase II: indicators of information and communications technologies: executive summary
(2009-03)
The Scan-ICT programme was launched in November 2000 as a collaborative project between the Acacia programme of the International Development Research Centre and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), ...
Legal and regulatory framworks for the knowledge economy : concept paper
(2009-03)
In this context, this concept paper will analyze the development of e-commerce legal and regulatory frameworks which is an essential element in creation of an enabling environment for the knowledge economy. The paper focuses ...
Scientific development, innovation and the knowledge economy: premise for development in Africa?
(2009-04)
This model assumes that industrialization will be the main driver of growth. Consequently , development is measured essentially by levels of production and consumption, using indicators such as gross domestic product (GDP) ...
Report on ECA activities in the area of science and technology since the fifth session of the Committee on Development Information
(2009-03)
This report covers the activities undertaken since the Science and Technology Section was moved to the Information and Communication Technology, Science and Technology Division after the repositioning of the United Nations ...
Guidelines for chairpersons, speakers, panelists, rapporteurs, drafters, delegates and observers
(2009-01)
CODI is a technical policy body composed mainly of national policy makers in the various aspects of development information including statistics, libraries, knowledge systems, intellectual
property, specialized information ...
The Committee on Development Information, Science and Technology (CODIST): Terms of Reference (TOR)
(2009-04)
This paper is a Terms of Reference (TOR), of the First Session of the Committee on Development Information, Science and Technology (CODIST-I), which took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 28 April – 01 May 2009.
Report on ECA activities in the area of geoinformation since the fifth session of the Committee on Development Information (CODI-V)
(2009-01)
The Secretariat of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is pleased to submit its report on activities carried out by ECA in the area of Geoinformation since the fifth meeting of the Committee on Development Information ...
Draft report of the first meeting of the Committee on Development Information Science and Technology (CODIST-I) : (summary, resolutions and recommendations)
(2009-05)
The overall theme of CODIST-1 was “Scientific development, innovation and the knowledge economy”, with the sub-themes on Innovation and Economic Growth and the Enabling Environment for Innovation Systems which were mainly ...
Draft resolutions : report of the first meeting of the Committee on Development Information Science and Technology (CODIST), v.01
(2009-05)
The First Meeting of the Committee on Development Information, Science and Technology (CODIST) on the theme “Scientific Development, Innovation and the Knowledge Economy”, was held in the United Nations Conference Centre ...
Third meeting of the Fifth African Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC) on the African Information Society Initiative (AISI) : meeting report
(2009-04)
This document is a meeting report on The Third meeting of the Fifth African Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC) on the African Information Society Initiative (AISI), taken place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 28 April – ...