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Report of the Third Meeting of the Committee on Development Information (CODI III) : Development Information Services Division (DISD)
(2003-08)
The Third Meeting of the Committee on Development Information (CODI) on the theme "Information and Governance" was held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa, from 12 to 15 May 2003, ...
Preliminary reflection to launch an African action plan on e-governance
(2003-05)
E-governance or the utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to facilitate public administration at the national, regional and local levels is considered as an important element of the information ...
Sommet mondial sur la société de l'information : conférence régionale africaine préparatoire
(2005-04)
La deuxième Conférence régionale africaine préparatoire à la seconde phase du Sommet mondial sur la société de l’information (SMSI) s’est tenue à Accra du 2 au 4 février 2005, à l’invitation du Gouvernement ghanéen et en ...
Briefing note on ADF '99 and follow-up of the recommendations of CODI 1999
(2001-08)
Convinced of the importance of a forum where major stakeholders could gather in order to discuss most crucial developmental issues, to consult with their peers, plan their own strategy and design corresponding action plans, ...
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 of the fourth meeting of the committee on development information (CODI) : Information as an economic resources
(2005-04)
The Fourth Meeting of the Committee on Development Information (CODI) on the theme “Information as an Economic Resource” was held in the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) at the Headquarters of the Economic Commission ...
Reference materials for the workshop on the development of an African profile of ISO 19115 standards for metadata = Information géographique : recommandation relative à la mise oeuvre de la norme en ISO 19115 sur les métadonnées
(2007-04)
The objective of the workshop is to establish the initial draft African Metadata Profile of the standard ISO 19115:2003, Geographic information - Metadata. This profile is made up of a core set of metadata elements and an ...