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Support for HarmonizationSupport for Harmonizationof the ICT Policies of the ICT Policies
in Sub-Sahara Africain Sub-Sahara Africa(HIPSSA)(HIPSSA)
Ms. Ida JallowHIPSSA Senior Project Coordinator
International Telecommunication Union
4th SADC Forum on Digital Broadcasting Migration27-30 August 2012
Maputo, Mozambique
Outline
1.Introduction
2.Project methodology
3.Implementation
4.Discussion
5.Completed Activities
6.On-Going Activities
ITU-EC Project for Harmonization of ICT Policies in ACP
ITU and the European Commission launched a global project to provide “Support for the establishment of harmonized policies for the ICT market in the ACP states” in December 2008
It is a component of the “ACP-Information and Communication Technologies” programme (@CP-ICT) within the framework of the 9th European Development Fund
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ITU-EC Project for Harmonization of ICT Policies in ACP
This global project entails three regional sub-projects addressing specific needs of each region HIPCAREnhancing competitiveness in the Caribbean through the harmonization of ICT Policies, Legislation and Regulatory Procedures
HIPSSA Support for harmonization of the ICT Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa
ICB4PISCapacity Building and ICT Policy, Regulatory and Legislative Frameworks Support for Pacific Island States
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Objectives and Principles
Global objective
• Support towards creating harmonised policies for ICT and an efficient regulatory environment, conductive to massive investments required by ICT infrastructures and applications in the ACP countries
Detailed objectives:
• Supporting regional integration organizations to develop and promote the use of harmonized ICT policies and regulations in their region
• Assisting individual beneficiary countries to adopt and implement ICT policies and regulatory guidelines
• Building human and institutional capacity in the field of ICT through a range of targeted training and knowledge sharing measures at regional and national level
ITU-EC Project for Harmonization of ICT Policies in ACP countries
• Builds on experience gained from previous project in West Africa
• Uses a demand-driven bottom-up approach
• Pays specific attention to link substance of policy/regulation to capacity building
• Incorporates all past and current projects of international and regional organizations
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Co-chairmanship
Pan-African organizations (AU body and UN agency)
Regional Economic Organizations (REC)
Regional Integration Organizations (RIO)
Regional Regulators’ Associations (RRA)
HIPSSA Governance and Steering Committee
West Africa Central Africa East Africa Southern Africa
ECOWAS ECCAS IGAD COMESA EAC SADC
West Africa Central Africa East Africa
UEMOA CEMAC IOC
ATU UNECA
AUC ITU
West Africa Central Africa East Africa Southern Africa
WATRA ARTAC ARICEA EACO CRASA
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Regulatory Harmonization Cycle
2. National Implementation Advocacy
Technical assistance Validation and adoption
National training
3. Monitoring and evaluation Implementation status
Regulatory benchmarking Impact analysis of
regulation on ICT markets
1. Regional Harmonization Policy objectives Legal framework
Regulatory guidelines Regional training
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Harmonized Content
N° Subjects
1 Licensing: Technology neutral licensing
2 Universal service: Best practices for selection and funding of universal access or service providers
3 Spectrum management: Harmonized Calculation Method for Africa, HCM4A: cross-border frequency coordination
4 Numbering: Regional numbering plans and planning guidelines
5 Interconnection: Access to submarine cables, cost modeling and roaming
6 Cybersecurity: cybercriminality and computer emergency response teams
7 Analog to Digital Broadcasting Migration: Regional strategies and national roadmaps
8 Statistics: Monitoring and evaluation
Common list of priorities articulated around eight (8) main subjects.
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Global, Regional and National Activities
West Africa Central Africa East Africa Southern Africa Pilot project
WATRA guidelines on submarine cables
ECCAS Model Laws
ECCAS and CEMAC Cybersecurity Acts
ARTAC Cost Model
CERT training workshop for EAC
Cost Modeling for COMESA
IGAD Spectrum
SADC Policy Framework Review
CRASA Universal Service Guideline
Modular implementation of priorities based on four (4) AU geographical sub regions (WA, CA, EA & SA) to reflect the heterogeneity between them.
Glo
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Reg
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Natio
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Comparison of regional initiatives for regulatory harmonization Cross-border frequency coordination (HCMC4A) Monitoring and evaluation / Regulatory benchmarking Analog to Digital Broadcasting Migration
West Africa Central Africa East Africa Southern Africa Transposition of ECOWAS & UEOMA Community Acts
Transposition of ECCAS Model Laws & CEMAC Directives
Implementation in IGAD & IOC Member States
Implementation of updated SADC framework
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Methodology for activity implementation
Pairing of national or regional expert with international expert for bilateral knowledge transfer and human capacity building
1. Assessment
2. National best practices
3. Regional best practices
4. International best practices
5. Implementation
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Study of regional initiatives for regulatory harmonization
Context
• Diversity of regional organizations as to their means and harmonization methods
• Similarity of telecoms/ICT regulatory harmonization challenges
• Regional harmonization “volume effect" vs. national implementation efficiency
Some main findings
• Three levels of governance make the process intricate and complex
• Regional organizations are not progressing at the same rhythm (same for MS)
• Most initiatives do not have a binding nature and enforcement mechanisms
• Collaboration between regional regulators' associations and their respective regional organizations is heterogeneous
Some recommendations
• Set common streamlined processes for all regional organizations
• Reduce the level of regulatory discretion at national and regional level
• Create a pan-African independent regulatory agency
• Adopt pan-African common principles such as: objectivity, transparency, proportionality, non-discrimination, technological neutrality, etc.
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Discussion 1
Further to its primary objective of policy implementation,…
…the report has been designed to offer other possibilities as a training material…
• Few specialized publications on ICT regulation in Africa
• First comprehensive study on regulatory harmonization
• Collection of regional acts in electronic version
…but could also stimulate research in a potential new priority area
• It could serve as a base survey for untapped research questions
• Academic research would complement one of the project’s objectives: institutional and human capacity building
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Discussion 2
HIPSSA, an example of governance in development cooperation
• Multilateralism: EC mandates ITU, a UN specialized agency
• EU-AU Partnership: AUC is co-chairing with ITU the HIPSSA Steering Committee
• Regional integration: REC are project’s beneficiaries and members of Steering Committee
This EU-funded global project is a platform for additional bilateral assistance actions
• This EC project has a global geographic scope and an inclusive approach
• EU Member States support some modules in this global scheme
West Africa Central Africa East Africa Southern Africa
CERT training workshop
WATRA guidelines on submarine cables
ECCAS Model Laws
ECCAS and CEMAC Cybersecurity Acts
ARTAC Cost Model
CERT training workshop for EAC
Cost Modeling for COMESA
SADC Policy Framework Review
CRASA Universal Service Guideline
Regio
nal
Natio
nal
West Africa Central Africa East Africa Southern Africa
Transposition of ECOWAS & UEOMA Community Acts
Transposition of ECCAS Model Laws & CEMAC Directives
Support to implementation in IGAD & IOC Member States
Implementation of updated SADC framework
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Completed activities
Comparative analysis for regional integration
HIPSSA Model laws in the regions
Supplementary acts in Ecowas
Cemac and Eccas directives on telecommunications and Cyber security in central Africa
Telecommunications and Cyber security in the SADC region.
Developed Guidelines under Hipssa
Crasa Guidelines on Universal service and Access and toolkit
• (sub-Saharan workshop in Kigali 7-8 May 2012.)
• Ecowas Guidelines on access to Submarine cables
• (sub-Saharan workshop in Libreville Gabon 22-23 2012.
Statistical reporting using a selected number of Indicators
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Ongoing activities
HCM4A
Regulatory accounting and cost modelling
Analogue to digital transition
Monitoring and Evaluation in the Ecowas region
Publication of all assessment studies and reports under the project
In-Country transposition and technical assistance
Liberia, Guinea Conakry, (completed )
Niger, The Gambia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Kingdom of Swaziland, Namibia, Lesotho (on-going)
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Contacts
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/projects/ITU_EC_ACP/index.html
Ida Jallow
HIPSSA Senior Project CoordinatorIda.jallow@itu.int
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Thank you for your attention
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