Following a request from the
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a mission was undertaken by ECA in December 2004 to
discuss the development of a NICI Policy. After a series of consultation workshops, the
following priority actions have been identified:
Establishment of a NICI
Committee
Monitoring the development
of the Presidential Intranet
Finalization of the
telecommunication reform process
Support to the Regulatory
Authority for Telecommunication and Post
The NICI
consultations took place in three stages. A baseline study was undertaken
in the second half of 2005.
The priority areas identified are the national backbone and e-government.
Various consultations
were held with all stakeholders to define the role of each group in
the NICI development process. A programme of activity was prepared
and handed over to the Office of the President, which is the coordinator
and point focal of the NICI activities. Following consultations with
all stakeholders, the composition of the NICI Committee was proposed
to the focal point. Because of the size of the country, the complexity
of the administrative setup and the political diversity, the DRC NICI
process may take longer than the normal time usually allocated to
the NICI process. Twenty data enumerators were trained and the baseline
study was undertaken in Kinshasa and all the provinces. Due to political
situation, the process was stalled for several months, however with
the new Government swearing in around December 2006, it is expected
that the NICI process will restart early 2007.
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