Preparing the Arab Digital Agenda / The Arab Strategy for Information and Communication Technology
Document preparation is divided into 4 stages:
- Configuration Stage
- Stage of building partnerships and mobilizing resources
- Stage of writing and technical drafting
- Termination and Approval Stage
1- Configuration Stage
The Arab Council of Ministers for Communications and Information, in its 23rd meeting on December 18, 2019, authorized the Arab working group responsible for developing the Arab Strategy for Communication and Information Technology to make the necessary decisions regarding the methodology proposed by ESCWA for preparing, developing, and implementing the Arab Strategy for Information and Communication Technology (the Arab Digital Agenda). This methodology was based on observations made during the 31st meeting of the Strategy Working Group, held on September 19, 2020. The document was prepared in cooperation with experts from Arab countries and international and Arab organizations involved in developing the strategy, according to a matrix to determine the responsibilities of each party involved in the work.
2- Stage of building partnerships and mobilizing resources
In accordance with an official request from the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States to the Executive Secretariat of ESCWA, the two organizations are launching a joint project for research and technical cooperation aimed at implementing the proposed methodology (within a week of the report of the 31st meeting of the working group).
ESCWA, as a UN expert house of international and Arab character, is well-known for its expertise in designing and managing such framework projects and supervising a network of international, regional, and national experts. This includes: (1) designing and managing a joint framework project for research and technical cooperation, (2) building partnerships, managing the process of authorship, preparation, and designing workshops, in accordance with international best practices, and (3) establishing a central mechanism for research and technical cooperation focused on developing the scientific content of the agenda, strategy, and executive action plan, with the goal of implementing the intended joint cooperation.
3- Stage of writing and technical drafting
Meetings for the Preparation of the The Arab Digital Agenda/ Arab Strategy for Information and Communication Technology
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Virtual Meeting, 23-24 March 2021 |
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First meeting of the Joint Technical Committee Virtual Meeting, 27 September 2021 |
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The second meeting of the Joint Technical Committee Including a workshop dedicated to researchers and experts from countries and organizations that have joined the project within the core research and technical cooperation mechanism Hybrid Meeting, Semiramis Hotel, Cairo, 25-23 November 2021 |
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2nd Meeting: Core Research and Technical Cooperation Mechanism for the Arab Digital Agenda Hybrid Meeting, Royal Maxim Palace Kempinski Hotel, Cairo, 7-10 March 2022 |
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Hybrid Meeting, Semiramis Hotel, Cairo, 23-26 May 2022 |
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A series of events on the development of the Arab Digital Agenda (Arab ICT Strategy), in preparation for the fiftieth meeting of the Executive Bureau of the Arab Telecommunications and Information Council of Ministers. Virtual Meeting, 4-7 July 2022 |
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Comprising:
Hybrid Meeting, Dubai, 25-27 October 2022 |
4- Termination and Approval Stage
Meetings for the Preparation of the The Arab Digital Agenda/ Arab Strategy for Information and Communication Technology
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Workshop for the Joint Technical Committee and the central mechanism for research and technical cooperation, in the framework of the thirty-fifth meeting of the Arab Working Group on the Arab ICT strategy Virtual Meeting, 16-17 November 2022 |
Fiftieth Meeting of the ICT Standing Committee Egypt, 23-24 November 2022 |
Fifty-first meeting of the Executive Bureau of the Arab Telecommunications and Information Council of Ministers and the twenty-sixth meeting of the Council Egypt, 22-23 January 2023 |