ECA's activities in the area of ICTs in 2005-2007 and work programme for the biennium 2008-2009, including highlights on the implementation of the fourth meeting of the committee(CODI IV)recommendations

Abstract

The fourth meeting of the Committee on Development Information (CODI) was held at the headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 23 - 28 April 2005, on the theme of "Information as an Economic Resource." The Committee was preceded by workshops from 23 - 24 April. CODI IV recommended strategies to ECA and member States for harnessing information for economic growth. Over 400 participants attended, drawn from national statistics offices, national libraries, archives and documentation centers, information and communications technology agencies, national mapping agencies and other geo-information management organizations.