Report of the Third Meeting of the Committee on Development Information (CODI III) : Development Information Services Division (DISD)

Abstract

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, with pre-meeting events from 10 to 11 May 2003' and post-meeting events from 16 to 17 May 2003. CODI is one of ECA's seven subsidiary bodies and was established in 1997 at the 23rd meeting of the Conference of African Ministers responsible for Economic and Social Development and Planning. As a subsidiary body of the Commission, CODI provides policy and technical guidance for the sub programme "harnessing information for development". The Development Information Services Division(DISD) is responsible for implementing this sub-programme which covers the following areas: information and communication technologies; statistical development; database development and management; geo informal ion and library; documentation and information service. The CODI III agenda is presented in Annex II.