TASK:
Strategies to influence ICT policy processes at national, regional and international levels in support of mobiles for development.
Ostrich Group Focus :
- We focus on national level
- some recommendations to CTA, for example
Response to Assignment
- who are we targeting?
- universal service agencies
- involved line ministries
- regulators
- operators
- consumers (as part of a campaign)
| what is the current status that we are not happy with? |
what do we want to happen to get rid of the negative impediments?
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| slow policy approval |
- eliminate some levels in the approval line. This will reduce the time around time for approval
- better human technical capacity
- when developing the policies, bring on board stakeholders, including international agencies such as CTA so as to have a stronger voice and more supporting data to advocate for its passing and implementation
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| prevention of innovation due to entrenched interest |
- increased developmental dialogue, to gather and share information about blockages
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| bureaucracy in setting up an innovation |
- separate innovation activities from bureaucracy
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| price as a barrier to entry |
- advocate for legislation making it easier for new and smaller entrants to increase competition e.g inter connect fees, license fees
- end user pricing
- regulate end user pricing
- legislation for increased competition
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All this is a result of CORRUPTION
Take - aways
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