CHILUVANE Lourenro
The importance of E-mail within education
ABSTRACT:
Since computer based learning is achieving a permanent
acceptance within the decision maker in training
institutions and taking into account consideration that
education includes the exchange of information, the E-mail
in education will play an important role in the worldwide
educational process. The North and South are becoming new
chance to exchange information in real time for research
and general cultural purpose. Although the governments and
particularly those of developing countries are facing
financial problems to introduce computer into education,
private initiatives are emerging. This paper will give an
overview about the importance of computing in education,
especially, for developing countries, based on my project
in Mozambique. The role of E-mail will be emphasized. The
first part describes the form of usage of computer in
education. The E-mail in virtual education will be
relevant. The second part will present a pilot project for
strategical introduction of computer in education. Results
of actual explorative research will be presented. The
conclusion will draw that the hypothetical solution of many
social and economical problems of developing countries
depend on high qualified human resource and the speed of
computer based information processing and exchange.
CORENTHIN Alex
TITLE: Construction d'un reseau Recherche-Education au Senegal
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
Le
reseau informatique de la recherche-education prend
forme au Senegal, avec une vingtaine d'organismes et
d'institutions relies (universites, centres de recherche,
agence de presse etc....). Construit autour de RIO (le
Reseau Intertropic d'Ordinateurs), ce reseau connat une
forte croissance en terme de noeuds (+18 en 1994). La
gestion du reseau, jusque la fortement centralisee, va se
repartir entre plusieurs acteurs de recherche et de
l'education senegalais. Le courrier electronique et ses
services derives (annexion de fichiers, forums
electroniques) reste l'application premiere du reseau, mme
si de nouveaux services apparaissent: interrogation de
bases de donnees bibliographiques par minitel et
infoserveur. L'Internet est directement accessible depuis
le Senegal via l'encapsulation IP sur X25. Son cot est
pour l'instant assez eleve et en limite l'utilisation a des
transferts de fichiers (ftp) peu frequents. Cependant, les
divers projets en cours - augmentation du debit du reseau
X25 (passage a 48kbits), liaison specialisee entre le
Senegal et la France, IP sur RTC - ainsi que l'Internet
grandissant des utilisateurs envers les nouveaux services
du reseau, permettent d'esperer pour l'avenir un vrai
reseau Internet au Senegal.
BAKHAIT Shadia Yousif
TITLE: UNIDO-INTIB's information base
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
Information networking: A network approach to information
handling developed by INTIB is expected to unify techniques
in information processing and to create a greater awareness
in organizing information and increasing the exchange of
business and industrial information among developing
countries and to share information products and services.
INTIB's international referral system: The international
referral system is designed to redirect queries received by
INTIB (either in Vienna, or in the National Focal Points)
to a wide range of well targeted sources of industrial and
technological information. The system will provide INTIB's
customers mainly in developing countries with more
up-to-date and indeed a wider spectrum of industrial and
technological information for information exchange and
processing.
CHEPKWONY John K.
TITLE: Networking needs for science and technology systems in Kenya
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
The
networking
needs arises from information needs which is
required for development. The only way to be successful in
this era and in future is to invest in science and
technology activities. Technology is advancing very fast
and to keep up, the S&T institutions need to operate in a
network environment. The network would enhance the linkages
of S&T institutions, e.g. collaborative endeavors,
information exchange, information dissemination and access
to information. For example, researchers would have access
to work of colleagues and to databases, resulting in
quality research. Professors would supervise from distant
stations. Work groups would conduct interactive conferences
with each other, paying no need to physical location.
Information systems would serve their clientele better,
e.g. by conducting current awareness services, selective
dissemination (SDI), and online as well as offline access
to databases.
MASMOUDI Mustapha
TITLE: Experience et attente d'un institut prive africain en matiere de formation a distance
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
Analyse des actions entreprises par l'Institut Mediterraneen MASSMEDIA en formation a distance. Decomposition de la demarche et domaine d'intervention. Rle des differents medias selon les actions menees par cet institut prive. Experience avec Tele-Universite Quebec et partenaires nationaux et internationaux. Difficulte de la production audio-visuelle (par video cassette, par satellite, par disquette). Le cot excessif de transmission. Les nouvelles technologies: la videophonie a la place de la videoconference, le numerus pour une liaison peu coteuse, les nouvelles attitudes des pouvoirs publics en faveur de la formation a distance, les perspectives de partenariat et de cooperation regionale, rles des organisations internationales dans la recherche des nouvelles pedagogies et methodes d'enseignement, la formation a distance qui est une nouvelle promesse pour l'enseignement en Afrique.
ZERFU Dimd
TITLE: How telematics for development be realized in Ethiopia
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
As network providers, we have been witnessing a marked rise
in the use of modems and facsimiles for data communication.
Although this trend of increasing computer use is
encouraging, the fact remains that important economic
sectors like agriculture and trade firms, educational
institutes as the university and a number of other
Government institutes are either unaware or less informed
of the potential of computer hosted information services.
The users are mostly concentrated around UN Agencies and
certain Non-governmental organizations. This has been
revealed from the limited survey that ETA has made in order
to establish a Packet Switched Public Data (X.25) Network
(PSPDN). Likely the forefront task of agencies like PADIS
should be to promote computer hosted services as
appropriate to the above mentioned institutes.
Collaborative efforts between computer use promoters as
PADIS and network providers as ETA shall pave the way for
telematics.
TEDROS Aklilu Lemma
TITLE: Regulatory and economic aspects of the worldspace DAB System
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
Worldspace is a corporation involved in providing a digital
audio broadcasting (DAB) service to the developing world.
AfriSpace, a subsidiary of WorldSpace, holds a license from
the United States FCC for satellite audio broadcasting to
the African/Arabian region. beginning in 1997/98, Afrispace
plans to broadcast its programming in the frequencies
1452-1492 MHz in the L-band, the frequencies set aside for
satellite DAB at the World Administr. Radio Conference
(WARC) held in Madrid, Spain in 1992. Some broadcasters
that have already reserved satellite channels with
AfriSpace include: VOA, Radio Nederland, Kenya Radio & TV
and Voice of Zimbabwe. The World Health Organization (WHO)
has also expressed its interest in providing health
information to rural areas using the AfriSpace satellite
system. In addition to allowing audio broadcasting, the
AfriSpace system will allow data transmission such as
faxcasting, e-mail (via a 232 serial port), paging and
video transmission.
WERNER Marcel
TITLE: Users needs and telecom operators offers in Africa: a way forward to meet demand
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
The presentation takes stock of telematics services
developed in the industrialized world with relevance to
African countries. Market experiences in the industrialized
world will be highlighted, with particular emphasis on
accompanying telecommunications regulations. The
availability of telematics facilities and services in
Africa will be analyzed. This availability is a function
of: network quality, available expertise with telecom
operator and with users, services portfolio of local
telecom operators, tariff structures and policies,
licensing of equipment, management structure and practices
local telecom operators, national telecommunications
regulation, national infrastructure development strategies.
The presentation will be based on TFA's research programme
which includes: detailed national users surveys African
countries, detailed regulatory development worldwide. A
special effort will be made to offer concrete examples of
circumstances in which telematics develop or flounder in
various countries.
SSEMWOGERERE Joseph M.
TITLE: Training of informatics users - A challenge to educational institutes
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
Of
recent, Africa has been gripped by a wave of new
technologies in Telematics. Telematics products and
services are currently widely used in many different
institutions in Africa. A lot of telematics products have
appeared on the continent and as a result different
institutions use different telematics products. Many of
these institutions send members of their staff to
educational institutions to train in the use of their
products. Alternatively these institutions recruit
employees from colleges who will use and maintain their
products. Educational institutions have therefore to
provide suitable training for the numerous but different
telematics users. Trainers also need to explore areas of
cooperation and communication between different
institutions in African countries in order to share
learning and teaching experiences in telematics. Trainers
are therefore challenged to explore ways of standardizing
the type of training suitable to the many but different
telematics users.
LAZZARONI Adriana
TITLE: Status and objectives of the RINAF project
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
The RINAF (Regional Informatics Network for Africa) project
main objective is to bring basic data communication
services to a number of african countries in the Internet
environment. RINAF will privilege the Internet services
which are suitable for the African telecommunication
infrastructures and may reach the more isolated PC users.
Several actions have been taken so far to activate the five
main regional nodes of the project: CERIST-Algeria,
CNDST-Senegal, NCST and Moi University-Kenya, University of
Zambia-Zambia and NACETEM-Nigeria. Plans to implement the
project in the five regional nodes have been submitted by
each RINAF country coordinator and have been executed. The
equipment requested has been sent to the final destinations
and most of the main regional nodes have now active network
connections. Some training activities, on-site training and
on-site technical assistance have already been carried out
within the project and others are foreseen in the future in
order to create a group of skilled african technicians able
to manage the African network services. The second phase of
the project is about to start and other african countries
(10 are planned) will soon join the RINAF project.
NTHUNYA Emma
TITLE: Telematics: an added opportunity to information service or a threat
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
The
paper gives the definition of telematics. It discusses
the advantages and poses some examples of case studies and
success stories relating to communication methods. It goes
further to discuss the impact of telematics on the
development of information services and how people receive
this idea. The paper also examines whether telematics is a
good idea, where? and to whom? What are its effects
especially to the developing countries where problems of
good telecommunication systems are still encountered, where
financial self-sufficiency is still not obvious, also lack
of expertise is a problem. The paper concludes with the
recommendations as to the suggestions of the effective use
of telematics in the field of information service.
OSMAN Izzedin
TITLE: Data transmission in the Sudan: problems and prospects
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
The paper gives a brief overview of the current status of
data communication in the Sudan. It explains the concepts
of packet-switching radio transmission which is currently
used. It then gives and overview of the ten years plan and
the projects which are currently in progress.
FULLAN Riff Dan
TITLE: Online Ddatabase Development
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
NirvCentre has developed online full-text databases using
software from Open Text Corporation, a Canadian-based
company that has created an extremely efficient search
engine. We have assembled online databases from both APC
electronic conferences and organization-sponsored resources
(e.g., the International Institute for Sustainable
Development Sourcebase, the Federal Environmental
Assessment Review Office database) that allow users to
quickly search through large bodies of data for the
information they want and either download it or send it to
any email address accessible to the Internet. NirvCentre
would like to explore the possibility of utilizing this
technology to make text-based resources originating in
specific African countries available to others in the
region. One way this could be facilitated would be by
making the resources available internationally through the
Internet and charging fees for accessing them. The
financial gains resulting could then be applied to
improving linkages within Africa and creating
self-sustaining resource bases for individual institutions.
RENAUD Pascal
TITLE: L'Internet en Afrique: une approche pragmatique
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
En 1986, l'Orstom deploie un nouveau plan d'equipement base
sur des stations de travail Unix (Sun Microsystems) et des
reseaux locaux (Ethernet TCP/IP). Des 1989, une priorite
est accordee aux equipes d'Afrique. Un premier "site RIO"
est cree a Dakar, puis l'annee suivante d'autres a
Ouagadougou, Bmako, Lome. Chaque site est equipe avec les
mmes ordinateurs et les mmes logiciels et relie au
reseau. Base sur les technologies standard du systeme UNIX:
Ethernet, TCP/IP, UUCP, le reseau va s'inserer des le debut
dans l'ensemble des reseaux internationaux de la recherche
qui donnera naissance a l'Internet. C'est a qu'il est conu
comme un moyen de developper les echanges entre la
communaute scientifique des pays en developpement et celle
du Nord.La messagerie
electronique est tres vite adoptee par les chercheurs
travaillant en Afrique. Certaines equipes en font le canal
principal de leur communication. Le"email" devient peu a
peu un outil indispensable, il est propose a tous les
partenaires de l'Orstom, a commencer par l'ISRA (Institut
senegalais de recherche agronomique) et le CRO (Centre de
recherche oceanographique d'Abidjan) En 1992,
l'Orstom decide d'aller au dela et de partager son reseau
avec tous les acteurs de la recherche et du developpement.
Une charte est propose aux etablissements qui souhaitent
s'associer au reseau. En 1992 RIO s'associe aux
manifestations du Sommet de la Terre. En collaboration avec
l'IGC (APC), il offre ses services a tous les organismes -
officiels ou ONG - qui participent a la Conference des
Nations Unies sur l'Environnement et le Developpement
(CNUED). La version franaise des textes preparatoires a la
Conference est diffusees sur tous les sites RIO, et la
messagerie electronique est mise a la disposition des
organismes qui souhaitent communiquer avec leurs
delegations a Rio de Janeiro. Pour financer
l'extension du reseau, un systeme de partage des frais est
mis en place. L'utilisation des liaisons internationales
est comptabilisees et chacun contribue au fonctionnement.
L'Orstom n'est plus bailleur de fonds du RIO mais
partenaire principal d'un reseau commun pour la recherche,
l'enseignement superieur et le developpement. Apres deux
ans, la charte RIO a ete signee par 90 etablissements
repartis dans 12 pays. Pour repondre aux besoins de
communication scientifique et technique, pour permettre a
l'Afrique francophone de ne pas rester a l'ecart des
"autoroutes de l'information" le reseau doit s'etendre
encore. Et pour recueillir les moyens de ce developpement,
il associera d'autres organismes de recherche et de
cooperation scientifique et collaborera avec des
organisations multilaterales.
Actuellement, l'Orstom est l'operateur principal du reseau. Cette situation est provisoire. Nous encourageons les etablissements africains a prendre une place grandissante non seulement dans l'utilisation du reseau, mais dans sa gestion et son developpement. Des reseaux Internet "nationaux" commencent a prendre forme au Senegal, au Mali, au Burkina-Faso...Des ecoles d'ingenieurs, des etablissements de recherche, mais aussi des entreprises privees sont sur le point d'acquerir cette technologie et d'assurer le relais.
BREME Oumar Matar
TITLE: Programme du reseau developpement durable
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
Lance en 1980 par le PNUD, le Reseau de Developpement
Durable fait partie integrante de capacite 21. Le reseau
met les informations necessaires a la disposition des
responsables charges de planifier des strategies de
developpement durable. Il constitue un pont entre les
sources et les utilisateurs de l'information et ce grce a
des entretiens directes et des moyens de communication
electroniques ou autres, le reseau encourage le dialogue et
la communication dans l'espoir d'amener les interesses.
Ceux dont le developpement depend ou qui en sont le plus
tributaire a participer plus activement au processus de
developpement. Le Tchad entend elargir son reseau au niveau
national, regional et international.
MKHWANAZI Victoria Nomsa
TITLE: The current status of telematics in Swaziland: problems and prospects
ABSTRACT/TITLE:
Reviews the needs for the libraries and information
centres; the current status of telecommunication and its
implication to information centres.
KONE Tiemoman
TITLE: Experience ivoirienne en matiere de reseaux: existant et perspectives
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
Le
pauvre de demain se determinera par sa capacite a
acceder a l'information. En effet, les nouveaux themes
comme " autoroute de l'information" et multimedia
prefigurent la naissance d'une societe de l'informatique.
L'ordinateur sera au sein de cette societe l'interface
privilegiee entre chaque individu et le reste du monde. Les
pays en developpement et plus particulierement les pays
africains doivent participer htivement a la construction
de cette societe de l'informatique au risque de voir une
fois de plus marginalises. Dans ce papier, nous
presenterons une etude realisee au sujet de la mise en
place d'un reseau Internet pour les besoins de la recherche
et de l'enseignement en Cte d'Ivoire.
NGOLA Makau
TITLE: Electronic communication
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
The paper gives an overview of electronic communication
services offered by the ELCI node, the problems that it
encounters in so doing and a brief discussion of solutions
and directions for the future.
KHELLADI Yacine
TITLE: Quel mecanisme de cooperation pour quel modele de developpement de l'utilisation
efficiente de nouvelles technologies de l'information et la communication: le projet
Telesinergia
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
Presente les differentes caracteristiques de l'objet NTIC
(Nouvelles Technologies de l'Information) a savoir
l'information comme objet virtuel, le developpement des
outils et produits a tres grande vitesse, le developpement
des outils et produits non hierarchiques, repondant plutt
a un schema decentralise, type "chaos", l'utilisation qui
se diffuse a partir du secteur scientifique vers les
autres, la marche en formation, les cots des
investissements initiaux importants, et le grand cot
initial de l'apprentissage et de la formation.
Examine les objectifs et methodologies pour une diffusion de l'utilisation efficiente des NTIC a savoir la necessite de l'institutionnalisation, de la prise en compte de l'importance de l'organisation et de la formation, la necessite d'un mecanisme de transfert de technologie efficient c'est a dire qui permet un developpement de l'utilisation de technologies sous le contrle des utilisateurs et qui prenne en compte les realites sociales et culturelles ainsi que les necessite reelles des pays en developpement, la necessite d'un mecanisme de cooperation, la necessite de la double integration verticale et horizontale dans l'implantation des NTIC.
Decrit le concept de TELESINERGIA avec accent sur les differents besoins pour atteindre les objectifs. Indique que TELESINERGIA se veut un espace virtuel pour les differents NTIC cree a travers le regroupement dynamiques de partenaires aux caracteristiques differentes. Presente les actions a entreprendre par TELESINERGIA telles que la sensibilisation destinees a tous les niveaux de decisions regionaux, les services, conseil et assistance et le rle de veille technologique. Presente aussi l'etat du projet.
ODEDRA-STRAUB Mayuri
TITLE: The non-technical telematics issues
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
My paper will look at some of the non-technical issues
which influence the use, or application, of
telecommunications in Africa; issues which are hindering or
preventing individuals from taking advantage of the
telematics revolution, and with it the opportunities that
exist for applying this technology for development of their
nations. The paper will look at some problems besetting
these countries, their causes and suggest some solutions.
Issues addressed will include: political influences, lack
of policies, local culture influencing use ad foreign
culture inflicted through use, lack of skills, access to
information, telematic's overall impact on society,
influence of local economies, poor links, poor service,
management, reliance on imported equipment, etc.
NSUBUGA Shem Nnaggenda
TITLE: African initiatives and needs concerning telematics facilities and services
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
The initiatives in the eastern and southern region are
ESANet (East and Southern African Network), HealthNet,
REPTIA (Regional Program for Trainers of Information
Analysts). These are to enhance communication between
academicians in the universities in the region and learn
new modes in training using information technology. The
data shared between the academicians is low in capacity and
less than that between them and the west. There is
opportunity to ramify to form national networks that can be
used primarily for market oriented options like distance
education. The benefits are lower-cost region-oriented
education and cheaper retraining of scholars which saves on
cash outflows to obtain foreign education by
correspondence.
This venture requires a feasibility study. This will indicate the present telematics facilities and services available; suggest standardization modes for communication to other continents and within the region, the infrastructure required. An appropriate uniform tariff structure to increase the local telematics equipment manufacturing or decrease cost of hard/software input from overseas. Training manpower to implement and train users of the telematics network is very important and lastly the sources of financing to be used should be discussed.
KATAMA Agnes Komukyeya
TITLE: Market oriented author targeting readership/usership defining
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
The
need to network in Africa is crucial from an economic
and market-oriented point of view. More efficient messages
with greater impact need to reach more people at the least
cost. The ability to sustain information structures in this
sort will require donor support in the initial stages.
However, donor dependency is an ill that the continent must
not introduce into its upcoming information capability.
ENVIRONET proposes a philosophy of cost-sharing resource
management, audience-targeting and South-North marketing
which many ministries, universities, research centre etc.
on the continent should use as a basis for negotiation. In
an unpublished report on the ITU and its potential role in
the education of African Youth (1996), Spain, it remained
clear that the potential to bridge the gap between authors
and readers within the continent will only be realized once
a true evaluation of authorship is defined. An appealing
relation between author-known prestige, information
dissemination capability and end-user infrastructure should
be studied so as to encourage the critical mass of existing
potential authors. The possibility of reaching the only
constituency where information is not only a need but is
crucial to development at all levels in the true sense of
the word.
KWANKAM Yunkap S.
TITLE: Information technology in Africa: a proactive approach and the prospects of leapfrogging
decades in the development process
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
This paper examines perspectives for the growth of
information technology (IT) in Africa. The central thesis
is that, as in other development sectors, technological
solutions are more readily available than the political
will to implement them. Policy aspects of IT therefore need
to be addressed, in terms of formulation, dissemination and
implementation. In the absence of clear and enforceable
policy, the industry is likely to evolve in a haphazard
manner in reaction to uncoordinated external motives, thus
allowing improper practices which would impair the growth
of enthusiasm for IT. One strategy proposed is to build IT
into priority development sectors as identified by
governments themselves; areas such as education, health and
the environment, which open up strategy is to pursue IT at
regional level, and with strong inter-agency collaboration,
given the interdisciplinary nature of the technology. This
would have two positive outcomes. It would contribute to
bringing down the barriers which currently circumscribe
countries as fairly closed information entities. Secondly
it would exploit the band-wagon effect, which has worked
successfully in the health sector, to commit African
governments to programs in the development of IT. This
development should take a long-term view, reaching for the
cutting edge of the technology, for which some
institutional capacity already exists. The continent could
thus leapfrog decades in the development of IT and provide
an empowering environment for development in other sectors.
SAWO Sankung
TITLE: Developing data communications service in Te Gambia: problems and stategies
ABSTRACT/TITLE:
In 1992, Gambia Telecom Company Ltd, Gamtel, introduced two
new Value Added Network services (VANS): an X.25 based
Packed Switch Network and Cellular (or mobile) telephony.
The X.25 network is built on US based Tymnet technology and
it was configured to be subnetwork of that Company's Global
Network Service (GNS) X.25 Network. Telematics was new
concept even in the ranks of Gamtel itself, the Company
having been preoccupied with developing a nationwide wired
telephone network embodied in its third phase project. This
project in effect was to extend the already well
established first class telephone service in the Capital
Banjul, and surrounding urban area, thus forming the very
basis of a VAN data network. With no online services in the
Gambia, Gamtel had to deal with the daunting problem of
selling its X.25 service - a bare network. One of the
strategies adapted was to subscribe to BT Messaging service
in UK as a corporate customer and then sell the Service to
Gambian Customers. Other strategies being considered by
Gamtel include: 1) provide access to world wide Internet
network, 2) provide access to other major commercial on
line services such as CompuServe, MCI Mail, Genie, etc. 3)
introduce e-mail service with gateways to Internet etc. 4)
upgrade network links to 64kbps. Another problem is
computer literacy . Gamtel has embarked on computer
training at its training centre, one of the best in the
country.
OCHUODHO Shem J.
TITLE: Trends in telematics and prospects for Africa
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
Timely processing and transportation of health information
is crucial for the provision and management of the health
service, and is reminiscent of a good health system.
Today's health care requirements in the developed world ,
for example, cannot be met any other way except "through
health networks", which have become a common feature.
Communication systems in Africa tend to be too unreliable
and costly to adequately support information exchange. In
this presentation, trends in telematics are identified, and
their prospects for enhanced delivery of health service in
Africa highlighted. The benefits of a hypothetical (yet
feasible) continent wide network, its potential uses,
benefits and of course likely drawbacks are discussed. The
current status of networking in the region is summarized
against a background of experiences elsewhere. A possible
action plan is suggested.
OUMTANAGA Souleymane
TITLE: Constitution d'un reseau de recherche a Yamoussoukro. Application: Diffusion d'outils
didactiques via ce reseau
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
Dans le cadre des travaux de recherche, les chercheurs
ivoiriens rencontrent d'enormes difficultes pour
l'etablissement des contacts scientifiques avec leurs
homologues etrangers. Il est aussi difficile de mener
correctement une recherche bibliographique sur des themes
etudies entranant ineluctablement une perte de temps non
negligeable. Les systemes de communication actuellement
disponibles (Telephone, fax, telex) restent tres onereux
pour les instituts de recherche. Les differentes
collaborations, indispensables a l'emergence d'un potentiel
de recherche induisent un besoin croissant de
communication. Le recours au reseau informatique est une
reponse pertinente a ces besoins. Il permet un dialogue
frequent, non protocolaire, non contraignant pour les
interlocuteurs (contrairement au telephone) et met les
equipes en contact sur un plan d'egalite technologique.
Il devient possible a un groupe de recherche entre plusieurs villes de la Cte d'Ivoire de mener un projet en commun, le reseau permettant de se conseiller mutuellement dans le montage d'une experience, de collaborer dans la redaction d'un article ou d'un rapport, de transmettre des fiches bibliographiques, enfin d'executer ailleurs des traitements informatiques lourds.
En plus de l'aspect messagerie, nous envisageons developper la formation a distance via ce reseau. Les nouvelles technologies de communication permettent d'envisager un enseignement a distance multimedia et interactif, plus adapte a la fois aux apprenant et aux enseignants, plus souple geographiquement (decentralisation de la formation) et temporellement (acces en cas de necessite. Cette strategie pedagogique permettrait l'acces des formations qui jusque la etaient inaccessible.
BENHAMADI Moussa
TITLE: Les reseaux de recherche et l'informatique scientifique et technique en Algerie
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
Les reseaux informatiques jouent un rle fondamental pour
le developpement des services d'echange d'information dans
tous les secteurs d'activite. Les reseaux informatiques et
la communication, a travers ces reseaux de l'information et
plus particulierement de l'information specialisee qu'est
l'information scientifique et technique constituent les
principaux themes developpes.
L'information est la composante commune a toutes les actions de recherche et de developpement technologique. Cette information doit tre facilement accessible et rapidement transferable, d'o la necessite des reseaux de communication. Les nouvelles technologies introduisent des outils technologiques qui permettent le developpement des systemes de traitement de l'information et sa mise a disposition a travers des reseaux de communication.
Les enjeux de l'information et sa communication a travers les reseaux specialises sont perus dans tous les domaines d'activites et plus particulierement dans les domaines de la formation et de la cooperation scientifique et technique qui constituent une plate-forme d'actions communes a promouvoir et a developper pour rapprocher les secteurs de la recherche et de l'enseignement et ceux de l'industrie et des entreprises de production.
En integrant les technologies des telecommunications et celles de l'information, il est possible d'envisager la naissance de nouvelles applications en particulier dans le secteur de l'enseignement superieur et de la recherche scientifique. Ces actions doivent favoriser l'eclosion de projets novateurs faisant appel a l'informatique, a la telematique, aux reseaux de communication dans le but de constituer des reseaux d'echange d'information et de cooperation tels les reseaux academiques et de recherche.
Le reseau national de recherche ARN (Academic Research Network) a pour objectif majeur la cooperation entre les secteurs scientifiques dans les milieux academiques et industriels. La strategie a adopter doit se baser sur une infrastructure de communication a mettre en place et sur laquelle sont developpes des services de communication et d'echange d'informations. Un tel reseau peut assurer la consultation et la constitution de bases de donnees specialisees et constitue un support pour la messagerie personnalisees et l'echange de donnees et de documents.
EL-MAOUHAB Aouaouche
TITLE: Les standards d'interconnectivite au profit des reseaux
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
Le partage des ressources informationnelles dans le domaine
documentaire est un critere primordial sur lequel doit se
baser toute organisation de gestion de l'information
documentaire. Ce critere nous a oriente vers la definition
d'un projet pour le developpement d'un reseau documentaire
construit sur une architecture decentralisee et qui permet
a chaque partenaire de collaborer et de beneficier des
services mis en place. Les services documentaires a
developper doivent tre construits sur la base de plusieurs
criteres: repartition des systemes telles que adaptation
aux protocoles de communication, heterogeneite des systemes
telles que utilisation des normes internationales pour
l'interconnexion de systemes ouverts, diversification des
services a savoir empilement des services par couche, du
service le plus elementaires au service complexe,
cooperation des services communicant tels que le
developpement de service ouvert oriente "interface" et
"protocole" conforme a l'architecture en couches d'ISO des
systemes ouverts.
Notre choix a porte sur l'integration d'un ensemble de sous-systemes repondant chacun a une fonctionnalite specifique du systeme global et qui fait l'objet d'une normalisation internationale (standard ISO). Le prototype presente, integre trois elements de base qui s'articulent entre eux et qui sont: le systeme de messagerie (MHS: Message Handling System), le systeme annuaire (Directory Service) et un troisieme element non normalise: le systeme documentaire.
WALUGEMBE Edward
TITLE: Needs assessment for telematics development in Uganda
ABSTRACT:
Telematics is new technology which is not widely used in
Uganda. In fact it is not used in the Ministry of Education
and Sports. Its enormous advantages can be beneficial to
the development process of Uganda. The symposium is a rare
opportunity for Uganda to plan, develop and operate
telematics and therefore reap its benefits. The needs for
the development of telematics in Uganda will be identified.
BARAK Ron
TITLE: Internet and the art of the possible
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
The current situation in Africa is that most countries do
not have an Internet node within their boundaries, and most
African cannot connect, economically, to Internet nodes
outside their country's borders. The result is that most
Africans are cut from the vast resources of information
available on the international electronic networks.
However, in the last years, more and more African countries
gained access to electronic mail (e-mail), and - because
most of these e-mail networks have gateways to the
Internet, it means those people with e-mail access can tap
at least some of the vast resources on the Internet,
albeit, not as fast or as convenient as direct links
(on-line) access to the Internet.
The proposed paper will try to present some of the procedures available to e-mail users to gain access to the information on the Internet, using what's available to them, namely e-mail.
The procedures in the paper will present ways for accessing free information (at least, it is free as of this writing) on the Internet, meaning, charges are not made for retrieving the information from the Internet.
KRASSI Petrova
TITLE: Exploring E-mail for literary searches and data transfer
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
Among the projects were started at the National Institute
of Research recently, some are closely linked to
telecommunications as implemented in Information
Technology: they will be based on the electronic mail links
that connect NI with other researchers inside and outside
Botswana.
One of them is run by the Computer Unit at NI involving also the Library and Documentation Unit and the Health and Nutrition Unit. Through the HealthNet point the medical community in Botswana has access to the Medical Library at the Emory University, Atlanta. The second project related to telematics is based on a SANGONET E-mail point installed at the Library and Documentation Unit (PADIS). And finally, the proposed Data Archive, to be established at NI, will aim to compile a raw data collection and to offer access to its files to other researchers. In addition, there is a possibility of linking NI ao Apple Macintosh users. It can be observed, that the Botswana information technology community is rapidly getting involved in various networks, thus getting access to the Internet as well.
GIANGI G.E.
TITLE: The status of telematics in Namibia and the future perspective
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
Developing countries are still struggling to derive the
benefits of information technology. Before they can fully
grasp this technology, many realize that to do so there is
need to link this with telecommunications and other
associated technologies. Thus telematics, though widely
spoken, is benefitting only a few. These organizations and
individuals who venture to explore this technology to the
fullest, soon meet with discouragement when faced with the
bureaucracy of PTT companies and the slowness to which
these respond to telematics users. In addition to this, a
number of other cultural and social issues come to bear
upon the task of developing the necessary infrastructure
for telematics. This paper reviews the efforts done in
Namibia, the social barriers and challenges as well as
prospects of developing an infrastructure and resource
capacity for telematics.
TRAORE Nouhoum
TITLE: La telematique au Burkina - Situation et perspectives
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
Il est reconnu de notoriete que les telecommunications sont
a l'homme d'affaire moderne d'aujourd'hui ce qu'a ete le
transport pour son homologue d'hier. Aussi la
responsabilite des administrations africaines des
telecommunications est pleinement engagee dans le processus
du developpement de la Nation, dans la mesure ou elles
doivent d'une part, mettre a disposition des reseaux
fiables, et d'autre part faire l'effort necessaire
d'expliquer aux operateurs economiques toutes les facilites
que leur offrent les telecommunications et en particulier
le reseau telematique. C'est pourquoi le Burkina
entreprendra a court et moyen terme des actions qui
pourraient favoriser l'expansion de la telematique dans
notre pays. Etant devenu le ple du cinema africain (nous
abritons le Festival Panafricain du Cinema de Ouagadougou
FESPACO), et organisant egalement tous les deux ans le
Salon International de l'Artisanat de Ouagadougou(SIAO),
nous voulons par ses actions non seulement diversifier les
sources de communications entre le Burkina et le reste du
monde, mais rendre encore plus fluide ces communications
pour le bonheur de tous. Au nombre de ces actions, on peut
citer: 1) le developpement d'actions de sensibilisation,
d'explication et de vulgarisation de la telematique par le
financement de spots publicitaires televisuels, des
brochures, des expositions etc.. 2)L'aide a
l'identification et a l'installation de serveurs
telematiques pour inciter le plus grand nombre
d'utilisateurs de l'outil informatique a demander un
branchement au reseau de transmission de donnees. La
mondialisation de l'economie et la globalisation des
telecommunications imposent a toutes les administrations
africaines des telecommunications, une concertation et un
echange d'experiences afin que l'Afrique cesse d'tre le
maillon faible de la chane de communication, c'est
pourquoi nous estimons enfin, qu'il est necessaire de
proposer a ces differentes administrations des
telecommunications, des actions de formation qui devraient
a terme, permettre de matriser les fonctions d'ingenierie,
de gestion, d'entretien et de planification des reseaux de
transmission de donnees. En annexe presente la structure
actuelle du Reseau National de Transmission de Donnees par
paquets (FASOPAC).
WANYEMBI Gregory N.W.
TITLE: The role of telematics in the development of an agricultural sector in high potential
area: case of Trans Nzoa District, Kenya
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
Agriculture is Kenya's backbone. The majority of its
population (80) live and work in rural areas. Yet only 1/5
of its area is suitable for farming. Trans-Nzoia district
in Western Kenya is one of the high potential areas as far
as agriculture is concerned. It has rich and fertile
volcanic soils which produce a wide range of agricultural
products including maize (Kenya's staple food), livestock
and horticultural products. It is Kenya's bread basket.
However, the district has achieved little in terms of
socio-economic and agricultural development due to poor
infrastructure, insecurity and lack of a comprehensive
agricultural information system. Agricultural research is
carried out within and outside the district yet little of
its findings ever reach the farmer; and the few model (ADC)
farms offer few benefits even to the surrounding
populations. Further information on markets is incomplete
and speculative.
The radio, newspapers and telephone are the only means of communication but are unsuitable and inadequate. Other forms of communication are needed to bring about positive change.
This paper examines the role of telecommunications as means of bringing about this change. Its significance will have a bearing on Kenya as well as the rest of Africa.
MOHAMED Ben Ahmed
TITLE: L'experience tunisienne dans le domaine de la Telematique
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
Cette
communication presente dans un premier volet les
projets pilotes entames au debut des annees 80. En effet, a
cette date, la Tunisie s'est lancee dans la promotion de la
transmission de donnees, de bases de donnees et de services
telematiques. Un premier projet a ete lance en 1983 visant
a doter la Tunisie d'un reseau national de transmission de
donnees et l'adaptation et l'experimentation de nouveaux
services, en particulier le service videotex et la
messagerie electronique. De ce projet ont decoule trois
actions: 1) l'installation du reseau TUNIPAC X25, 2) le
projet AFRIMAIL, adaptation et experimentation de la
messagerie X400 avec le support du Centre de Recherche pour
le Developpement International (CRDI) et, 3) le projet
DIDON utilisant l'approche videotex et en particulier les
terminaux Minitel pour la promotion des Bases de Donnees
Tunisiennes et l'acces aux Bases de Donnees
Internationales. Avec l'apparition de la norme X500
d'annuaire, la Tunisie etait parmi les premiers a
l'utiliser.
Dans une deuxieme etape, nous presenterons les grandes orientations des projets en cours ou a venir s'inscrivant dans le cadre de la strategie nationale definie par le Conseil Superieur de l'Informatique et des Telecommunications (CSIT). Parmi ces projets nous pouvons mentionner: 1) l'Echange de Donnees Informatise (EDI) qui occupe une place importante o des actions de sensibilisation, de maquettage et de prototypage ainsi que des etudes sont en cours avec le support de la Commission Europeenne et 2) le Reseau Numerique a Integration des Services (RNIS).
Actuellement, la Tunisie est dotees d'une infrastructure favorisant la telematique (reseau de telecommunications numeriques a 80, TUNIPAC), des acces a l'exterieur (noeuds INTERNET, EARN,...) et des services telematiques touchant la majorite des secteurs et utilisant l'ensemble des techniques: videotex, messagerie electronique, annuaire electronique, echange de donnees informatise.
TURYOMURWEGO Deusdedit Monday
TITLE: The role of telematics in educational administration: proposals for telematics
network in Uganda's Ministry of Education and Sports
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
Since
education
is a
vital aspect for development,
telematics is not only necessary but indispensable to the
Ministry of Education and Sports if Uganda has to move the
right way forward. In order, thus, to pave way for a
telematics highway in the Ministry, I would wish to make
the following proposals for the decision makers: 1) set up
a Data bank at the General Headquarters (Kampala). 2)
Create a departmental network of computers which feed and
can be fed from the main Data bank. 3) Ensure that all
telephone lines are in good working condition. This will
play a vital role in both internal and external
communications, which the telematics will have to rely on
as a highway. 4) Acquire modern and sufficient
communication equipment, e.g. Minitel, fax machines,
audio-visual sets, etc... 5) have trained manpower to
operate and maintain the acquired equipment.
UNEP
The Telecommunications and Electronic Services
ABSTRACT:
The Telecommunications and Electronic Services (TES) was
been created this week and tasked to establish a single
global corporate network for UNEP, interfacing with the
global Internet. This network will in large part, be
mediated by the "Mercure" satellite communications system
being donated to UNEP by member states of the European
Space Agency. The initial configuration of Mercure
comprises 8 high-capacity and 8 medium capacity Intelsat
earth stations to be installed in the 1995-97 timeframe.
Some of these earth stations will serve UNEP Regional
Offices, but a number will be earmarked for installation at
institutions within appropriate partnering host countries.
A key utilization for "UNEPnet" will be for increasing the
capacity of institutions in host countries to identify and
acquire the environmental data and information required for
decision making supporting sustainable developments, and in
general to utilize global network resources to satisfy a
range of information, coordination and liaison
requirements. TES is also establishing user access points
based on Web, gopher conference and e-mail services for
utilization by the entire network community, as far as
possible irrespective of the level of communication with a
number of potential partner organizations in this effort,
including UNDP/SDN, IDRC, CIESIN, NASA, NOAA, ESA, the US
EPA and the Russian TV-ECOINFORM groups, as well as
elements of the FidoNet community. UNEP is also to
negotiate utilization of shared services by other UN
agencies, particularly those co-located in Nairobi,
including UNCHS (Habitat), Unicef, UNESCO and the World
Food Programme. This symposium will, I believe, represent
an important opportunity not only for UNEP to share with
this group its vision of the service to be provided in the
future, and to better apprise itself of how it can best
respond to the needs of this community.
DJOSSOUVI Emmanuel
TITLE: Reseau documentaire au Benin
ABSTRACT/RESUME:
Le Centre de Documentation Technique (Ex-CENADI) du
Ministere du Plan et de la Restructuration Economique est
charge de coordonner les activites documentaires au plan
national et de proceder a la mise en place du reseau
national de developpement. Grce a la mission de la
Cooperation Franaise certains centres (membres du reseau)
sont dotes d'equipements informatiques, cinq produits
documentaires ont ete elabores: 1) sources d'information