The African Civil Society on the Information Society (ACSIS)
From Accra to Tunis: Report, Roadmap and Way Forward

BACKGROUND

The representatives and delegates of the African civil society organisations, participating in the WSIS process since the beginning, have felt the need to better organize themselves, in a light, smooth-running and efficient coordinating mechanism. This became a pre-requisite at this critical phase of the process, dedicated to action. After months of online discussion, the representatives and Delegates that met during the First Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society, in Geneva, Switzerland, in December 2003, held an election to constitute ACSIS, a Non Governmental Organisation with a non-profit aim; the action domain being the use of Information and Communication Technology for African Development. The ACSIS official lunching took place in Tunis in April 2004, thanks the kind invitation of Tunisian civil society, the help of ECA and the facilitation of the Tunisian Government. This came as the realisation of a long-time dream of African civil society entities as was shared in the general civil society online forum of the African Information Society Initiative. To better pursue its development goal, and in accordance with the objectives of the Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action, the African Civil society, based on discussions carried on in its virtual plenary before, during and after the first phase of the WSIS, has moved ahead to an enabling phase in the continent’s Information Society Initiative. [1]

Motto

Information and Communication Technology for African Development: ICT4AD

Mandate:

ACSIS intends to act as an umbrella structure through which African CS can influence policy and ensure that strategies and programmes enable the promotion of development: Poverty alleviation, use of appropriate ICT for balanced development, participation of communities/civil society in policy and strategy development & implementation of initiatives. It will:

PROMOTE the views and interests of African CS to ensure that new and traditional ICT can be utilised for promotion of sustainable development and the formation of an Information Society based on social justice and human development;

ADVOCATE & LOBBY for the development of comprehensive and inclusive ICT strategies to address the digital divide;

INFORM CS generally on national, regional, continental and international deliberations regarding ICT for development policies, strategies and initiatives for the promotion of balanced development;

ADVISE national, regional, continental and international institutions on the needs and interests of African CS;

BUILD CAPACITY: develop capacities and promote action-oriented dialogue on our key aims;

NETWORK and PARTNER with grassroots organisations, national, regional, continental and international institutions to develop and add value to existing policies and initiatives aimed at promoting ICT

Tasks:

The chief tasks of ACSIS include, among others:

ADVISORY

· Develop and add value to existing ICT policies, strategies and initiatives;

· Advise on ICT policies and strategies that advance the social, economic and political development of Africa and African communities;

· Co-ordinate and support African CS input/participation into a range of national, regional, continental and international ICT policies and programmes;

· Ensure African CS representation (as appropriate) on a range of ICT related commissions or bodies

INFORMATION

· Draft text, conduct research and collate information including drafting an African CS position document;

· Provide information in an accessible format (including research/analyses) on ICT policies, strategies, initiatives and best practice;

· Promote and disseminate information on the use of a range of ICT for the promotion of human development, to a range of stakeholders;

ADVOCACY & LOBBYING

· Participate, as appropriate, in conferences, seminars and other activities related to ICT in order to advocate on behalf of and inform African CS and other partner stakeholders;

· Policy formulation and development

CAPACITY BUILDING

· Develop human capacities and promote action-oriented dialogue in partnership with grassroots organisations, national, regional, continental and international institutions

PARTNERSHIPS & NETWORKING

· Establish contact and partnerships with a range of stakeholders to enable the African CS to have input into policy formulation and implementation;

· Facilitate networking to enable the sharing of information, expertise and best practices.

ORGANIGRAM

For effective grassroots and inclusive development of a viable Information Society, ACSIS is organized, with Regional Coordination, a Secretariat, sub-regional and National Coordinations.

Setting the Scene for the African Regional Preparatory Conference

For effective input into the Tunis Phase of the WSIS, the African Civil Society has contributed to the resources of the Working Group on Internet Governance as well as the Task Force on Finance Mechanisms.

A three-week online consultation on the major WSIS issues was conducted for input and the formulation of Civil Society positions. The major focus of the consultation was:

· Priorities

· Internet Governance

· Finance Mechanisms [2]

The Second Africa Regional Preparatory Conference on the World Summit on the Information Society

The African Regional PrepCom took place in Accra, Republic of Ghana, from February 2^nd to 4^th, 2005. The PrepCom was preceded by five days of Pre-Conferences.

Civil Society Activities during PrepCom

The African Civil Society had an 3-tier Action Line

1. Capacity building

2. Strategies

3. Structure

1. Capacity Building

The Accra Civil Society Forum of Friday, January 28, was the kick-off event for the African Regional PrepCom. The first part the day was dedicated listening to the other stakeholders. The Civil Society received challenges from the Government of Ghana, the Economic Commission for Africa, UNESCO, UNDP and from the population at the grassroots [3] . This section was chaired by Olivier Nana Nzepa, ACSIS Regional Coordinator.

The second part was an intensive training of the Civil Society on Effective engagement in national, regional and international Information Society Policy Processes.

Topics and facilitators included:

· Thierry Amoussougbo, Regional Advisor, ECA on e-strategies, NICIs, and national ICT policies;

· Bruno Salgues, Professor of Telecommunications, The National Institute of Telecommunications, France, on Global Telecommunications,

· Willie Currie, Policy Expert, The Association for Progressive Communications (APC), on Global ICT processes and policies,

· Emmanuel Njenga, Africa ICT Chief, APC, on sub-regional African policy processes,

· Chukwudozie Ezigbalike, Team Leader, Geo Information Systems (GIS) DISD, ECA, on grassroot application of Geo Information.

Showcasing Country Cases

The Civil Society Forum also gave the opportunity for African Civil Society to share effective advocacy options that have worked at different country levels. The case of Guinea, presented by Boubacar Barry was very interesting.

Open Discussion Forum

Training was followed by questions, discussions, and exchange on the major challenges facing the African Civil Society from different sides. The discussions also included issues that have been raised online. It proved to be a very fruitful learning experience for participants.

2. Strategies

The African Civil Society for the Information Society was present in one way or the other during all pre conferences of the regional PrepCom. Input was made from discussions that have been had online.

A full day multi-stakeholder partnership event was co-organized with the Global Knowledge Partnership. This forum allowed Civil Society participants to understand the important and different approaches to the issue of multi-stakeholderism.

The Accra meeting was a very fundamental one for the African Civil Society because it allowed for the adoption of a comprehensive Action Plan in three parts:

· A Road Map from Accra to Tunis

· A 2005 – 2007 Action Plan

· A 2005 – 2015 Plan [4]

Different delegation-to-personality meetings were also scheduled by the African Civil Society during this PrepCom. The discussions with personalities will help ACSIS better its structures, strategies and results.

3. Structure

It is with great pleasure that ACSIS announces the organization of the Ghana Network of the Civil Society for the Information Society. This was a great moment for the entire Civil Society of the continent.

In the same spirit of an inclusive and participative Information Society at grassroots level, National Focal Points are now in position to coordinate and empower applications at almost all country levels in Africa. Reports from Country networks are very encouraging.

The African Civil Society plenary conducted two (2) important elections;

· Ms Delphine Nana was elected to the Global Civil Society Bureau. Delphine now replaces Olivier Nana Nzepa. Her alternate remains Mustpha Masmoudi

· Ms Nnenna Nwakanma was elected to the Board of the Digital Solidarity.

Way Forward

Between Accra and Tunis, the African Civil Society has adopted the following :

· Five (5) sub-regional workshops; one each for East, North, South, West and Central Africa.

· The themes of the workshops will include:

1. Internet Governance

2. Indicators and Benchmarking

3. ICTs for Socio-economic development

4. Access and infrastructure

5. Multi-stakeholder Partnership

6. Industrialization

7. Finance

· The sub-regional workshops will also offer the opportunity for country best practices and lessons learned to be identified and exchanged [5] .

· These country cases and best practices will form the basis of the African Civil Society village which will be an important part of the ICT4ALL platform during the Tunis Phase of the WSIS [6] .

Challenges

To effectively play its role in ensuring an inclusive and participative Information Society through the deployment of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for an effective, viable and sustainable development at grassroots level, the African Civil Society calls for the support of the African Civil Society for the Information Society –ACSIS. This may be in the form of

1. Contribution to the realisation of the Road Map

2. Partnership in the implementation of the Action Plan

3. Support for Secretariat and Liaison Activities

4. Participation and attendance of Internet and ICT experts.

Gratitude

The African Civil Society for the Information Society wishes to express thanks to the following organizations for their support:

· The Economic Commission for Africa

· La Francophonie

· UNESCO

· ITU

· Heinrich Boell Stiftung

· The People and the Governments of Ghana and Tunisia.

Liste des Participants : Accra

Name	Org	Country	Email
1. ‘Tope Soremi	PIN	Nigeria	Babtope@gmail.com
2. A kapimi Atafori	Grassroots Africa	Ghana	kapimi@grassrootsafrica.org.gh
3. Abdullai Kamara	Center for Media Studies fro peace Building	Liberia	Abdullai824@yahoo.com
4. Abu Bakar Imero	Ghana Community Radio Network	Ghana	Ggbs@ghana.com
5. Adé Bada	Réseau des Jeunes Béninois pour le Dévt des TICs	Bénin	Ade@levillage-afrique.com
6. Adegunsoye Opeyemi	Knowledge House Africa	Nigeria	Yodegunsoye@yahoo.com
7. Adeolu Ashaye	Paradigm Initiative Nigeria	Nigeria	Deoluashaye@yahoo.com
8. Aelaf T Dafla	Private	Ghana	aelaf04@yahoo.com
9. Agbeko Azuma	Ghanian Times	Ghana	Zopye@yahoo.com
10. Ahmed Hamou	ONG JEDD	Niger	Ahmed.hamou@gmail.com
11. Ahounou Yacob	NEPAD Sect, Cotonou	Benin	Nepad@palanepad.org
12. Aikins Achuli	Accra Polytechnic	Ghana	Aikinsby@yahoo.com
13. Akakpo A	DGDF	Togo	Akakpoyovo@yahoo.fr
14. Akorfa Anyi Doho	Teha Yon Foundation	Ghana	Tahayon@yahoo.com
15. Aliyu Abdul Heid	Ghana Orhanage	Ghana	Ghanaorphangae@yahoo.com
16. Anastacia F Honwana	NSO	Mozambique	Anastacia.honwana@ieu.gov
17. Andrews TetteyWayo	University of Ghana	Ghana	Chritsocrazy2002@yahoo.com
18. Anriette Esterhuysen	APC	South Africa	Anriette@apc.org
19. Archibald Adams	Ghana Broadcasting Corporation	Ghana	splashadams@yahoo.com
20. Ayin Samuel	Kaseda Foundation	Ghana	Sakansky635@yahoo.com
21. Bakary Faye	Conseil Rural de Malicounda	Senegal	Fbakary@ucod.sn
22. Basuglo Kingsley	Afroculture	Ghana	Afrocultureorg2000@yahoo.co.uk
23. Ben Marzouk Med Elyes	ACSIS/Jeunes Medecins Sans Frontières	Tunisia	Medbenmarzouk@rns.tn
24. Bernice Ahuja	University of Ghana	Ghana	Nashb5@yahoo.com
25. Bia Philomène	Femme et Environnement/ACSIS	Centrafrique	Bata_gbako@hyahoo.fr
26. Bishy Mmusi	Botswana Telecom Authority	Botswana	Mmusi@bta.org.bw
27. Boland Stanbridge	Stokholm University	Sweden	stanbridger@yahoo.sw
28. Boubacar Barry	ENTIS/ACSIS	Guinée	B55barry@yahoo.fr
29. Bruno Salgues	Institut National des Telecommunications	France	Bruno.salgues@int.evry.fr
30. Buraimoh Olawumi	Junior Chamber of Commerce	Nigeria	Olawumi_buraimoh@yahoo.com
31. Bussola Felicien	Youth Africa Union	Centrafrique	Fboussola@yahoo.fr
32. Carol Sena Appraku	National Focus	Ghana	Coralcajomo@yahoo.com
33. Caroline Nyamai-Kisia	AFRIAFYA	Kenya	Cnyamai@afriafya.org
34. Catherine Nyamato	KEWENET	Kenya	Indexco@swift.kenya.com
35. Charles M Gavi	Homes Fountain	Ghana	Homesfounstain@hotmail.com
36. Charles marcus Garvey	Homes Fountain	Ghana	Homesfountain@hotmail.com
37. Christie Charles Iyoha	POLDEC	Nigeria	Kuyoyou@yahoo.com
38. Constantine Obuya	African Center for Women and ICT	Kenya	Cobuya@acwict.or.ke
39. Daniel Domlevo	Minsitry of Finance and Economy	Ghana	Dandomelovo@hotmail.com
40. Dhaouadi Chékib	ATUDE	Tunisia	Chekib_dhaouadi@yahoo.fr
41. Doris Gordon	POLDEC	Nigeria	Poldecng@hotmail.com
42. Dorothy Nduku	African Rural Agric Credit Association	Kenya	ndukuk@afraca.or.ke
43. Eben N Y Takyi	Campus CarePlan	Ghana	campcareplan@yahoo.ca
44. Edward Popoola	PIN	Nigeria	Edwardpopoola@yahoo.com
45. Ekpon Theophilus	Young Initiators Nigeria	Nigeria	Dearestguy2002@yahoo.com
46. Emelia Nkansah	CFF	Ghana	Sophiaaidoo@yahoo.com
47. Emmanual Hagan	Disabled Christians Fellowship International	Ghana	disabledxtinvol@yahoo.co.uk
48. Emmanual Njenga	APC	Kenya	Njenga@apc.org
49. Emmanuel K Bensah	Third World Network-Africa	Ghana	Webjournalist@twnafrica.org
50. Enoch Nyayiti Raymond	Nigeria Union of Teachers	Nigeria	Nutng@yahoo.com
51. Eyouleki Palanga	Université de Lomé	Togo	Vpalanga@ub.tg
52. Gabrielle Mensah	VIBE FM	Ghana	Jillannie2004@yahoo.com
53. Gbanhoun Gilletta	AGENTIC	Benin	Gilletta@agentic.bj
54. Genevieve Nana Efua	Afram Computers	Ghana	Nanaefuaaidoo57@hotmail.com
55. George Christensen	AMARC AFRICA	Gambia	George.radio1@qanet.gm
56. Georgina Quaittoo	SPECTATOR	Ghana	Naamakus@yahoo.com
57. Herman Osabutey	Olof Palme Peace Foundation	Ghana	Hermanb2gh@yahoo.com
58. Herman Osabuty	Olof Palme Peace Foundation	Ghana	Herman61gh@yahoo.com
59. Hootesh Ramburn	NPCC	Mauritius	Vgoorah@npccmauritius.com
60. Ibrahim Bonkano	Media Chanels Organization		Donbraker@yahoo.com
61. Iddrisu Mohamed Saani	Association of W/A Citizens	Ghana	Msaaniiddrisu@yahoo.co.uk
62. Irene Egyir	University of Ghana	Ghana	Afuaegyir@yahoo.com
63. Jamel Khemakhem	ATUDE	Tunisia	Jamelatude@yahoo.fr
64. Jeorge Kingson	Celebrity News	Ghana	Jokingsghana@yahoo.com
65. Jerome Manso	University of Ghana	Ghana	anohmanso@yahoo.com
66. Jesse Authur Jr	AITI-KACE	Ghana	Jesseaj@aiti-kace.com
67. Johanna Awotwi	AQ Solutions Ghana LTD	Ghana	Jeawotwi@yahoo.com
68. Johnson Kudjo	Private Sector	Togo	kudjoy@yahoo.com
69. Joseph Ode	Journalist	Nigeria	Jossyode@yahoo.com
70. Joseph Saar	CRD	Senegal	Jsaar@refer.sn
71. Judith K Fiadou	Ministry of Communication	Ghana	splashlady75@yahoo.co.uk
72. Karim Abdelghani	MCIT	Egypt	kadelghani@mcit.gov.gh
73. Ken Lohento	CIPACO/PANOS West/A	Senegal	Klohento@panos-ao.org
74. Kenekayoro Emomotimi	The Adolescent Project, Rivers State	Nigeria	Eemomotimi@yahoo.com
75. Kinyomuyi Antoine	Internet Society of Burundi	Burundi	Kinyomuyi@yahoo.com
76. Kinyomuyi F	ISDC Bujumbura	Burundi	Kinyomuyi@yahoo.com
77. Kodzo K S Ganyo	Terre Nouvelle		Ange_kodjo@yhaoo.fr
78. Kojo Ayensi Impraim	Street Kids	Ghana	Ayensuimpraim@yahoo.com
79. Kumah Drah	Radio Ghana	Ghana	Kdrah30@yahoo.com
80. Kussey Yawo D	Terre Nouvelle		Benoniah@yahoo.fr
81. Kwabena Biritwum	AITI-KACE	Ghana	Kwabenab@aiti-kace.com
82. Kwami Babi	Teha Yon Foundation	Ghana	Tahayon@yahoo.com
83. Kweku Ako Brew		Ghana	Kweku-brew@yahoo.com
84. Lawrence Okai	Office of the President	Ghana	Lawrence.okai@castle.gov.gh
85. Lawrence Yamuah	AHRI/ALERT	Ethiopia	Yamuahlk@yahoo.co.uk
86. Leopold Rweyemamu	ACSIS/DigitAfrica	Tanzania	Leopold@digitafrica.org
87. Lucy Mathai	Slums information Development and Resource Center	Kenya	sidarec@kenyaweb.com
88. Madhora Chatrapathy	ASCENT	India	Ascent.bangalore@snl.com
89. Mamadou Gaye	CRESP/SIP/ACSIS	Senegal	Mdoga@refer.sn
90. Manuel Addy	Striking Singles	Ghana	niimanuel@yahoo.com
91. Masmoudi Mustapha	ATUCOM/ACSIS	Tunisia	atucom@planet.tn
92. Mbiandou Douglas	Objis.com	France	Dougla.mbiandou@objis.com
93. Micheal E Abotsi	Homes Fountain	Ghana	Homesfounstain@hotmail.com
94. Milton Aineruhanga	WOUGNET	Uganda	Info@wougnet.org
95. Nadia Camara	AIJF/CARDENS/ACSIS	Mali	Nadiasad@yahoo.fr
96. Nana Delphine	ACSIS, Central Africa	Cameroun	Delynana2002@yahoo.fr
97. Nazzina Juliet Musoke	UWEAL	Uganda	uweal@enterprise.co.ug
98. Ngo Samnick Lionelle	ISF	Cameroun	Emylionne@yahoo.fr
99. Nihal Soliman	MCIT	Egypt	nmohamed@mcit.gov.eg
100. Nii Kpakpo Pappoe	DCFI	Ghana	Disabled-christian-volunteer@yahoo.co.uk
101. Nii Kwate	ADTP	Ghana	Nkwate2000@yahoo.co.uk
102. Nnenna Nwakanma	Equinox/ ACSIS	Cote d’Ivoire	Nne75@yahoo.com
103. Nogo Idrissa	Govt	Burkina Faso	idrissanogo@yahoo.fr
104. Nwosu Ugochukwu	Base Network Nigeria	Nigeria	mariolordus@yahoo.com
105. Ogunsanlu A	Junior Chamber of Commerce	Nigeri	Adeolasanle@yahoo.co.uk
106. Ogunsusi Motunrayo	Civil Society	Nigeria	Togunsusi@yahoo.co.uk
107. Oguntuase O Ayo	Knowledge House Africa	Nigeria	joeayo@knowledgehouseafrica.org
108. Olivier Nana Nzépa	ACSIS G.C	Cameroun	Anais_ac@yahoo.fr
109. Ouedraogo Allassani	UNDP/DELGI	Burkina Faso	Allassani.ouedraogo@delgigov.bf
110. Oyebisi Babatunde	Network of Nigeria	Nigeria	Seyi@nnngo.org
111. Pape Diouf	Diaspora	Switzerland	Pape.diouf@iued.unige.ch
112. Prebbie Kafui	One Village Foundation		Kafui@onevillage.biz
113. Prince Goodluck Obi	United Nations of Youth	Nigeria	Unoynetnigeria@hotmail.com
114. Rabbah Aziz	Justice and Development	Morocco	azizr@manet.gov.ma
115. Razzack Saizonon	Radio Nederland	Benin	Saizrazzack@yahoo.fr
116. Rita Dadzie	VIBE FM	Ghana	Kukudadson@yahoo.com
117. Rosemond Anim-Somuah	University of Ghana	Ghana	ranimsomuah@yahoo.com
118. Sam Morlu	UN-Rcpagee	Liberia	Samorlu@yahoo.com
119. Sammy Jacobs Abbey	Association of Global Citizens	Ghana	Samabbey@africamail.com
120. Sammy Kinge	Vibe FM	Ghana	Ksm26@lycos.com
121. Samual Mailu	Central State Authority	Ethiopia	fitsumsan@yahoo.com
122. Samuel Annan	FFCWI	Ghana	Ffcwi@yahoo.com.hk
123. Sanusi Ibraheem	The Intellectual Groups	Nigeria	ibghandi2001@yahoo.com
124. Sarah Kibuuka	Priovate Sector	Uganda	Rosa_ug@yahoo.co.uk
125. Schombe Baudoin	CAFEC/ ACSIS	DR Congo	Cafec3m@yahoo.fr
126. Sean Moroney	AITEC Africa	UK	sean@aitecafrica.com
127. Sharon Robinson	Commonwealth Secretariat	UK	s.robinson@commonwealth.int
128. Sheriff Adam	Telecoms Reg. Ass.of Southern/A (TRASA)	SADC	Trasa@it.bw
129. Sidibe Amadou	National Library	Mali	Lisidibekaya@yahoo.fr
130. Simon Batchelor	GAMOS	UK	Wsis@gamos.org
131. Somda ZSDZ Theodore	Association Yampukri	Burkina Faso	Yam-pukri@yam-pukri.org
132. Stephen Fiatornu	GEO-TECH	Ghana	Stephenyaofr@yahoo.fr
133. Stephen Fiatornu Yao	Geo Tech	Ghana	stephenyaofr@yahoo.fr
134. Sulleyman L	Ghana Orphanage	Ghana	Ghanaorphanage@yahoo.com
135. Sylvie Niombo	Azur Development/ ACSIS	Congo	sniombo@yahoo.fr
136. Tchetmi Thomas	Association Presse Jeune	Cameroun	Ttchetmi@yahoo.fr
137. Theophilius Kwansah	International Young Professional Foundation	Ghana	Tkkwansah@yahoo.co.uk
138. Thiam Baba	Enda Tiers Monde	Senegal	thiambaba@hotmail.com
139. Titi Akinsanmi	WSIS Youth Caucus/ Schoolnet Africa	South Africa	t.akinsanmi@schoolnet.org
140. Tuono Raitanen	ECA	Ethiopia	Traitanen@uneca.org
141. Willie Currie	APC	South Africa	Wcurrie@apc.org
142. Yasser Hassan	Minstry of F.A	Egypt	Hyasser@hotmail.com
143. Yèro Sylla	SAFEFOD	Senegal	yero@safefod.org
144. Genevieve-Gold Ndukwe	NANNM	Nigeria	Gold2617@yahoo.co.uk
145. Francis Adjetey Sowah	Disabled Christian Fellowship International	Ghana	Disabledchristianvolunteer@yahoo.co.uk
146. Leopold Armah	Prime Resources	Ghana	Armahleo@yahoo.co.uk
147. Bodza Lumor II	GUNSA	Ghana	Lumorgunsa@yahoo.com
148. Aikins Amponsah Darkwa	GUNSA	Ghana	Aikingunsa@yahoo.com
149. Kenneth Ohen-Sidza	GUNSA	Ghana	Kenklez@hotmail.com
150. Myra Togobo	GUROSA	Ghana	Mtogobo@yahoo.co.uk
151. Kwaku Antwi-Boasiako	ABANTU	Ghana	Abantu@ghanatel.com.gh
152. Tom Eck	Shakes Int		t.eck87@hotmail.com
153. Osinowo Kolawole	WSIS African Youth Caucus		Kolaosinowo@computer.org
154. Kwami Dabi Blay	Teheyon Foundation	Ghana	Rahayon@yahoo.com
155. Tsatsu Geoffrey	Africa ICT Center	Ghana	Presypress@yahoo.com
156. Gilbert Tietaah	MFWA (Media Foundation)		Publications@mfwa.org
157. Nizar Bahloue	Journalist	Tunisia	Czar@freeszurf.fr

[1] The African Information Society Initiative is Africa’s framework to build its information and communication infrastructure. Click on www.uneca.org/aisi

[2] All information concerning the Online Consultation is available at the Africa WSIS CS plenary: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/africa

[3] Mr Kwaku Ofosu Adarkwa, Chief Director, Ministry of Communications, Ghana; Dr Aida Opoku-Mensah, Officer in Charge, Development Information Services, ECA, Hezekiel Dlahmini, Program Officer, UNESCO, M Fawundu, UNDP Resident Representative, Kwami Ahiabenu, Ghana Civil Sociey and Leopold Armah, National Youth Initiative Coordinator were among the speakers.

[4] Copies of the action plan are available with anais_ac@yahoo.fr and nne75@yahoo.com

[5] ACSIS Regional Coordinators are available for information on the workshops. Leopold Rweyemamu itvision@costech.or.tz (East), Tracey Naughton tracey@traceynaughton.com (Southern), Mustapha Masmoudi atucom@planet.tn (North), Nadia Camara nadiasad@yahoo.fr (West) and Delphine Nana delynana2002@yahoo.fr (Central)

[6] All information concerning the RoadMap from Accra to Tunis is available with anais_ac@yahoo.fr and nne75@yahoo.com