Benin’s NICI planning process started in 1999. The NICI plan – “Plan de Developpement de l’Infrastructure d’Information et de Communication du Benin: 2000-2004” was published in 2000. The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the International Development Research Centre of Canada (IDRC) were the funding partners for the NICI plan development process. Civil society organizations, the private sector, professional organizations as well as research and training institutions participated in the NICI planning process. The NICI plan aims at the utilization of ICTs for socio economic development of the country and for taking an active part in the information society.

The Benin NICI plan of 2000 identified the following areas of focus:

• Business and trade

• Culture and Tourism

• Education and Training

• Health

• Environment

• Good Governance

A new ministry – Ministry of Communications and Promotion of New Technologies is established to coordinate the ICT activities in the country. The Ministry in August 2002 published the national information policy and strategy document “Bénin 2025: une société de l’information solidaire, épanouie et ouverte". The document envisions an open and interdependent information society in Benin by the year 2025.

The NICI strategy aims to achieve:

• Establishing a favorable environment for the development of ICTs

• Development of the ICT infrastructure

• Creation of a favorable educational environment for the development of ICT human resources

• Development of sectoral ICT applications

• Creation of a framework for collaboration on ICT issues

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