Title: National Information Society Policy: A Template
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Pages: 143 pp.
Publisher: UNESCO, Information for All Programme
Date (published): 21/11/2009
Date (accessed): 29/11/2009
Type of information: strategy guide
Language: English
On-line access: yes (pdf, 1,8 mb)
Abstract:
It is an established objective of UNESCO to assist in the formulation of national information policy frameworks, in particular within the framework of the Information for All Programme (IFAP). The Tunis Agenda for the Information Society contains a direct appeal for the development of such frameworks:
Taking into consideration the leading role of governments in partnership with other stakeholders in implementing the WSIS outcomes (including the Geneva Plan of Action) at the national level, we encourage those governments that have not yet done so to elaborate, as appropriate, comprehensive, forward-looking and sustainable national e-strategies, including ICT strategies and sectoral e-strategies as appropriate , as an integral part of national development plans and poverty reduction strategies, as soon as possible and before 2010. The present Template is designed to assist in the development of such policies and
strategies.