[Mmwg] Next Steps

[Ken Lohento]

Hi all

> The first step is to identify the priority issues. Here the
> dateline is March, 31, 2006. Jackie and I have asked several
> times for your "Top Three" but the response was rather low so
> far. I have on my list at the moment the following six "prirority issues"


> * IG & Development
Since I'm new on the list, I don't know if details have been given about the
content of that priority. But the phrasing seems to me a bit vague, as
discussions on the IGC list on the right to development have proved. So I
suggest, if it's was not done in the intial proposal, that specific priority
sub-issues are identifies or that this priority is more detailled.

Another clear priority for LDCs is capacity building in relation to IG. We
have a lack of sufficient knowledgeable human resources. This reduces the
ability of those countries to have meaningfull participation in
decision-making processes and to promote progress.

I think there is also a priority in relation to the WSIS C2 Action Line
(Infrastructure and Communication infrastrucutures), for LDCs.
Interconnection costs and IG could be for example a priority.

Rgds

Ken Lohento
CIPACO/Panos Institute West Africa
www.cipaco.org/