DOCUMENTS
Harnessing Information for Development (DISD)
 
2003

 
2002

 
2001
  • Documents for the "Statistical Development in Africa" Discussion List (stat-dev-africa):
    - An Evaluation of Statistical Development in Africa in the Context of the Addis Ababa Plan of Action For Statistical Development in Africa in the 1990s (English, French) (PDF Format)
  • Tenth Meeting of the Coordinating Committee on African Statistical Development (CASD) - Final Report (PDF)
2000
  • Reports of the Ad-hoc Expert Group Meeting on "Study on the future Geoinformation activities in Africa" held at the   Headquarters of ECA from 6 -10 Nov. 2000
    - Report of the meeting (PDF, MS Word)
    - Report of the working groups (PDF, MS Word)
    - Background document (PDF, MS Word)
  • Claiming the 21st Century: Africa's Agenda (Speech)
    by Dr. K. Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa at the National Summit on Africa, (Washington D. C., 17 February 2000)     

 
1999
  • Cartography and Remote Sensing Bulletin Issue No.7, December 1999 (Download, if you have fast connection click here to view the PDF file)
  • Read: Joint Statement of the Chief Executives of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and African Development Bank (ADB), issued in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 5 February 1999 at the end of their Ninth Consultative meeting.

* Report of the Committee (PDF, MS Word, HTML)
* Annex III : Sub-committee on Statistics
* Annex IV : Sub-committee on Geo-information
* Annex V : Sub-Committee on Information and Communication Technologies
* Annex VI : Terms of Reference (TOR) of the the Committee on Development Information (CODI)

 
1998
  • Read:Partnership for knowledge sharing and connectivity: special challenges of Africa, June 1998
  • Global Connectivity for Africa - Issues and Options: A conference hosted by: UNECA, WB, infoDEV, ITU and ADB and the Government of the Netherlands held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia June 2-4, 1998

Discussion Papers

  • Read: SEMINAR ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY POLICY FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA
    Opening Statement by His Excellency Major General Paul Kagame, Vice President and Minister of Defence Republic of Rwanda
  • Read:Partnership for knowledge sharing and connectivity: special challenges of Africa
  • Read:SOIXANTE-HUITIEME SESSION ORDINAIRE DU CONSEIL DES MINISTRES DE L'ORGANISATION DE L'UNITE AFRICAINE ALLOCUTION DE
  • Read: The United Nations System-Wide Special Initiative on Africa [Harnessing Information Technology for Development].
  • Read TOKYO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AFRICA (TICAD II) (Speech)

 
Pre-1998
  • DISD Annual Report of Activities, 1 July 1996 - 30 June 1997 Read
  • Pre-1998 Documents have been classified in to three categories:
    (You can can either go to one one of the categories or scroll through the whole list)

 

GIIC 1997 Annual Meeting, Cologne, Germany (October 1997) Read

Subregional Seminar on Internet for East African Countries (October 1997) Read (Speech)

"A Coalition for Good: The UN System-wide Special Initiative on Africa" before the United Nations Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, November 1996. Read (Speech)

Coordination Meeting on African Information Society Initiative (October 1996) Read (Speech)

Information Society Luncheon Forum: Information and Communications for Development (May 1996) Read

Information Society Luncheon Forum: Information and Communications for Development, May 1996 (Draft), May 1996 Read

Africa's Information Society Initiative: an action framework to build Africa's information and communication infrastructure (May 1996): Read

Africa's Information Society Initiative: an action framework to build Africa's information and communication infrastructure (Draft) (May 1996): Read

Empowering Communities in the Information Society (May 1996): Read

Partnership with ECA (May 1996) Read

9th Session of the Joint Conference of African Planners, Statisticians, Population and Information Specialists. March, 1996 Link to Conference Site
- Building Africa's Information Highway
- Mise en Place de L'autoroute de L'information en Afrique
- Prospects for Information Technology in Africa
- Standards for Exchange of Development Information in Africa
- Final Report of the Conference [English]
- Final Report of the Conference [French]

Read: AFRICA-DEVELOPMENT: More Than Just Internet Connections Required (IPS).

Standardization of Information and Documentation Systems in Africa (Conference Report, 1995)

* African Telematics Symposium, Addis Ababa, 3-7 April 1995
- Papers & Proceedings
- List of Documents

* Documents from the Pan African Development Information System (PADIS) (1993 - 1996)

Read Decisions and resolutions of the United Nations since 1987 on the Pan African Development Information System and information systems development in Africa.

Read Resolution 600 (XXII) of the Twenty-second Session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa/ Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of Ministers Responsible for Economic Planning and Development (Information Systems Development in Africa)

Read Lecture Module on the New Information Technologies and Internet [3/96, IDEP Dakar, Faye]

Pan African Development Information System - Newsletters (1993 - 1996)

1996

1995

1994

1993

Read: The Cartography and Remote Sensing Bulletin
Read: Inventory of Education and Training facilities in Africa in the area of spatially referenced Information.
Read: Strengthening Geo-information Systems for Sustainable Development.
Read: UNECA Natural Resources and Energy Subprogramme

9th Session of the Joint Conference of African Planners, Statisticians, Population and Information Specialists. March, 1996 Link to Conference Site