[huridocs-tech] WSIS II: APC paper on 'e-strategies'

Discussion papers on the sticky issues at WSIS (continued)

The issues that were most contentious during the first stage of the World
Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) included plans for using ICTs in
national development, so-called 'e-strategies'. Another new paper
commissioned by APC critiques the 'e-strategies' approach recommended by
WSIS. - APCNews


The Centrality of E-strategies in the World Summit on the Information
Society (WSIS) Plan of Action
By Willie Currie, May 2004

The term 'e-strategies' has gained widespread use over the last few years
in the debates on the role of information and communications technologies
(ICTs) for development, following the United Nations Millennium Declaration
in 2000. E-strategies have been defined as "plans based on the selection of
scenarios and options for applying ICTs to national development" . A
similar definition sees "an e-strategy as a shorthand for policies and
strategies intended to exploit ICTs to promote national development. Other
terms used to capture the phenomenon include ICT policy and IT policy". APC
gratefully acknowledges the funding support of CIDA.

Download in pdf in English
http://rights.apc.org/documents/estrategies.pdf

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