Title: Strategic Priorities of Digital Bangladesh: Operationalizing the ICT policy 2009
Pages: 160 pp.
Publisher: Prime Minister’s Office
Date (published): June 2010
Date (accessed): 24/07/2010
Type of information: draft
Language: English
On-line access: yes (HTML and pdf)
Abstract:
The prime objective of this document is to integrate the goals of Digital Bangladesh with those of key development sectors to harmonize top-level priority setting through a participatory and inclusive approach.
The primary goals of this document are to: (i) analyze the current overall situation with specific references to relevant initiatives taken so far; (ii) identify some of the key success factors behind the progress; (iii) specify the key challenges and untapped opportunities; and (iv) identify the strategic priorities by building on successful approaches and initiatives and mobilizing relevant resources and partnerships.

Title: Towards Information Society - National e-Strategies in the Arab World
Author: David Morgan
Source: www.yacout.info
Date (published): 07/06/2010
Date (accessed): 17/06/2010
Type of information: article
Language: English
On-line access: yes (HTML)
Abstract:
The report, National e-Strategies for Development Global Status and Perspectives 2010, highlights the varying stages of development in the adoption of ICT across the Arab World.

The report is published within the framework of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the WSIS’s Tunis phase and the adoption of the Tunis Agenda for Information Society.

Focusing on progress towards the achievement of an inclusive digital society, the report points out that while some Arab countries have already taken measures to facilitate the transformation of their societies others are just taking the initial steps or are still facing basic challenges posed by insufficient ICT infrastructure.

Nevertheless, almost all Arab countries or territories are fulfilling the WSIS recommendations concerning the formulation of ICT strategies, having either developed such a strategy or being ready to adopt existing drafts.

Title: National e-Strategies for Development: Global Status and Perspectives, 2010
Pages: 68 pp.
Publisher: International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Date (published): 29/04/2010
Date (accessed): 17/05/2010
Type of information: research report
Language: English
On-line access: yes (pdf, 4,2 MB)
Abstract:
In its Paragraph 85, the Tunis Agenda for the Information Society denotes the leading role that governments, in partnership with other stakeholders implementing the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), have in the elaboration of “comprehensive, forward-looking and sustainable national e-strategies, including ICT strategies and sectoral e-strategies [...], as an integral part of national development plans and poverty reduction strategies, [...] before 2010”.1
The report “National e-Strategies for Development: Global Status and Perspectives, 2010” provides a high-level update and an overview of the progress countries have made in their effort to develop national e-strategies, ICT strategies and sectoral e-strategies, analyzing as well the extent into which ICT have been incorporated into poverty reduction strategies and other national development plans.
In order to provide a broad analysis of ICT strategies, this report describes strategic approaches of national e-strategies and provides three examples of national ICT strategies, detailing their evolution over time.
The report identifies at least 161 economies (84 percent) that have already met the WSIS target of having a national ICT strategy in place by 2010. It also indicates areas where existing national e-strategies could be improved, such as their strategic orientation and their integration into national development plans and poverty reduction strategies. Based on the analysis of sectoral e-strategies, the report also emphasises the need for more comprehensive sectoral e-strategies that take full advantage of the potential ICT have for the economy and society. Finally, the appendix provides the reader a comprehensive list of national ICT strategies developed by ITU Member States.
The information presented in this report comes largely from the WSIS stocktaking,2 an extensive online research initiative conducted by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which brings together national ICT and sectoral e-strategies of ITU’s Member States, as well as publications by the five UN Regional Commissions.