[WSIS CS-Plenary] APC publication: Multi-stakeholder partnerships in ICTs for development

[karen banks]

Dear all

Please find below information about a new 
publication from APC on multi-stakeholder 
partnerships, based largely on our experience of 
the CATIA initiative (catalying access to ICTs in africa), funded by UK DfiD.

Together with ISOC, PANOS, infoDev and the UK 
Gov, APC will be hosting a best practice forum in Rio at the 2nd IGF.

The publication will be made available in french 
and english on-site and we welcome all who are 
attending the IGF to join us on Nov 13th at 
1800-1930 fcor the workshop "Moving Beyond the Talk: Partnerships in Practice"
http://www.intgovforum.org/BPP2.php?went=38

thanks
karen
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[Version française suit]

New Publication from APC: “Frequently Asked 
Questions about Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships in 
ICTs for Development ­ A Guide for National ICT Policy Animators”

Recent years have seen significant interest in 
the development of multi-stakeholder partnerships 
and multi-stakeholder processes that aim to 
address various developmental challenges. Despite 
this growth in interest, partnerships between the 
public sector, the private sector and 
particularly civil society in promoting 
information and communication technology (ICT) 
policy are still relatively new and not always fully understood.


In response to the growing demand for information 
on multi-stakeholder processes in ICT policy, 
this guide seeks to contribute to the existing 
body of knowledge and experience on the subject. 
Drawing on the practical experiences encountered 
during the three-year CATIA (Catalyzing Access to 
ICTs in Africa) programme on ICT policy advocacy, 
it presents guidelines that may assist national 
ICT policy facilitators in coming to grips with 
the complexities of multi-stake- holder 
relationships and the attainment of common goals 
and objectives. It also considers practical 
issues for the establishment of a 
multi-stakeholder process for ICT policy and 
looks at how multi-stakeholder partnerships work, 
what has been successful and what has not, and 
offers some practical suggestions on how to make them more effective.

Download full versions in English or French.

http://rights.apc.org/documents/catia_ms_guide_EN.pdf
http://rights.apc.org/documents/catia_ms_guide_FR.pdf

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Nouvelle Publication d’APC : “Foire aux questions 
sur les partenariats multipartites en matière de 
TIC pour le développement ­ Guide a l’intention 
pour des animateurs d’ateliers sur les politiques nationales de TIC”

Depuis quelques années, la création de 
partenariats et de processus multipartites visant 
à relever différents défis en matière de 
développement suscite un intérêt marqué. Malgré 
cet intérêt croissant, les partenariats entre le 
secteur public, le secteur privé et en 
particulier la société civile pour la promotion 
de politiques de technologies de l’information et 
de la communication (TIC), sont encore 
relativement nouveaux et pas toujours bien compris.

Ce guide tente d’apporter de nouvelles 
connaissances et expériences sur les processus et 
les partenariats multipartites à partir des 
expériences concrètes acquises pendant les trois 
ans qu’a duré le programme CATIA (Dynamiser 
l’accès aux TIC en Afrique) sur le plaidoyer pour 
les politiques de TIC. Il contient des lignes 
directrices susceptibles d’aider les 
facilitateurs des politiques nationales de TIC à 
mieux comprendre la complexité des liens entre 
les parties prenantes et de l’atteinte des buts 
et des objectifs communs. On y examine les 
aspects pratiques de la création d’un processus 
multipartite pour les politiques de TIC, le 
fonctionnement des partenariats multipartites et 
leurs résultats positifs et négatifs obtenus; des 
moyens de les rendre plus efficaces sont également suggérés.

Téléchargez le manuel en anglais ou en français :

http://rights.apc.org/documents/catia_ms_guide_EN.pdf
http://rights.apc.org/documents/catia_ms_guide_FR.pdf


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