A Century of business development

From…• 1901: Pacific Cable Board

• Commonwealth states, governments and territories

• Focused on telecommunications

To…

• CTO

• Global partnership of governments, businesses and civil society

• Focus now on information and communication technologies (ICTs)

CTO structure for the new millennium

CTO Council

Executive Committee

Management

CTO Mission

• Highest quality Programs for Capacity Development, Knowledge Sharing and Information services

• Partnerships between governments, businesses and other organizations to reduce global poverty and achieve the MDG’s for ICT

• Help bridge the digital and knowledge divide in 5 key sectors– - food & agriculture (e-nutrition), education (distance learning), health

(telemedicine), e-government and e-commerce

• Facilitate the successful development of ICT’s to support social and economic development objectives of governments and civil society

CTO Activities

Three core areas

• Capacity building in Policy, Regulation, Technology and Business Development

– National and Regional ICT Development Programs

– Research and advisory services

– Advisory and consultancy services

• International/Regional conferences and seminars– Conferences / Seminars

– Information and publication services

• Programmes of Development & Training (PDT)– Traditional Training / Specialist workshops

– E- Learning Platform

– Customer specific training program

Capacity Building Development Programs

Research:•Economic Impact of Telecoms on Rural Livelihood & poverty

•An Overview of VOIP Regulation in Africa

•Universal Access

•Spectrum Auctions

•Regulatory Capacity Study of SADC

Consultancies•Africa E-Commission ESSAY 22 countries study

•NEPAD Regional Broadband Infrastructure Network

•LTA Tariff Rationalization

Development Projects

Tele-coop Sri Lanka

ICT4DM Workshops

Research and Consultancy Services

• In-house data bank of information from over 35

countries available for studies

• Core team at the Headquarters supported by

professionals from more than 50 ICT organisations

• Ability to organise teams with diverse skill sets at

short notice

• Experience in conducting research and consultancy

work for major donors and multilateral organisations

• For more information about our work in research and

consultancies please visit our site

Events - Conferences and Seminars

DBSF, 2005,2006,2007

CRC 2005, 2006, 2007

Technology Forum 2005, 2006, 2007

Established brand held every year

“Sharing Knowledge – Spreading the Word”

• 10 events annually taking place across the Commonwealth

• Events are designed to act as forums for networking and platforms

for learning from middle to senior management

• Event brands include:

• CTO Forum (incorporating N-G-N‟s this year)

• Digital Broadcasting Switchover Forum

• E-Governance

• „Connecting Rural Communities‟

• Acquisition Management

• Disaster Management

International Events – a Snapshot

Programmes of Development & Training (PDT)

Beyond 3G Technology

Workshop, Mauritius, Jan 07‟

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Forum, Guyana, Nov 07‟

HR4ICT Forum

Mauritius, Feb 07‟

E-Gov Forum

Ghana, Mar 07‟

Over 30 training courses

Organized per year spread

across CTO regions on

ML/BL basis ranging from

technology issues to regulatory

to HR to Goverence etc

Programme for Development and Training

“Enabling professional capacity and expertise in

ICT‟s”

• Over 30,000 ICT professionals trained since 1985

• Needs-led professional training

• Non-profit, high-value, low-cost services

• Governments, regulators, operators and service providers

Keeping CTO in the public eye…

…through new and familiar media

How can you get involved?

Sign MOU and undertake to commit to :-

• Be a host, sponsor, a media partner and/or a speaker

at a CTO International Event

• Partner on our Research and Consultancy Projects

• Become a member of our Professional Development

and Training arm

• Be a contributor to CTO World magazine – we always

need articles, interviews, quotes and adverts

• For all the above, Link to our website at www.cto.int

Don‟t just take our word for it…

“The Johannesburg Digital Broadcasting Switchover Forum was

definitively one of the most successful events in the field of

broadcasting I can think of during my 25 years or so career in this field!“

Mr Trilock Dwarka, Chairman, ICTA, Mauritius

“With CTO you get what you expect and want in their quest to be the

light in ICT guidance”

Malolela Lusambo, Principle Engineer ICT,

Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation