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UNIDO SME Panel during the WSIS, 9 Dec. 2003
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The UNIDO panel will take place during the ICT4D Platform on 9 December in room 17, Hall 4,
(next to the Summit events in Hall 2) from 16:00 to 18:00h |
| 2. | The title of the event is "Information solutions
for SMEs in developing countries", chaired by Mr. Abel Rwendeire, Managing Director of the
Programme Development and Technical Cooperation Division, UNIDO, Vienna |
| 3. | Presentations: |
| Mr. Hans Pruim, UNIDO, - pruim@unido.org "UNIDO's
programme to support the use of ICT and business information in developing countries" |
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| Mr. Vijit Ratnarajah, Chief Technical Advisor UNIDO, - vijit@infocom.co.ug "Business Information Solutions and Conducive Environment for Growth of SMEs" |
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| Morocco: Mr. Abdelaziz SDIGUI DOUKKALI, Enseignant-chercheur ENSIAS (Ecole
Nationale Supérieure d'Informatique et d'Analyse des Systèmes) - doukkali@ensias.ma, "Evaluation of the use of ICT by SMEs in
Africa" |
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| Senegal: Mr. Nassirou MBOW, Directeur Général, Quintsens - nmbow@quin-t-sens.com, "E-business applications for SMEs in Senegal" |
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| Uganda: Mr. Ignatius Kakembo, CEO, Uganda Business Information Network, -
kakembon@yahoo.com, "UBIN, Business Information Solutions
for SMEs" |
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| Uganda: Mr. Johnson Nkuuhe, MP and Chairman of the ICT Parlementary
Commission - jnkuuhe@hotmail.com, "ICT in Government,
Education and Industry" |
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| Mozambique: Mr. Rogério Lam, CEO Value-4u, rogerio.lam@value-4u.net, "Open Source Software and SMEs" |
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| CIS: Mr. Alexei GVISHIANI, CODATA vice-president, EDNES coordinator for IST
teleworking projects in NIS - gvi@wdcb.ru, "EU IST program on
teleworking opportunities for SMEs in Eastern European, Baltic and CIS countries" |
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| Mr. Carlos Moreira, President, WISeKey, CARLOS@WISEKEY.CH, "E-trust and e-security for SMEs in developing countries" |
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| 4. | Description of the UNIDO panel: |
| "SMEs play a vital role in virtually all countries: they drive economic growth, generate employment and thus help to achieve long-term sustainable poverty reduction. Access to information and support services and the use of ICTs are instrumental in helping SMEs to grow and become competitive. | |
| There is thus an economic and business driving force to facilitating access to information and introducing ICTs for SMEs in developing countries. This is far more likely to lead to a situation where the necessary conditions for widespread introduction of ICTs to all levels of society in a country will be possible. Providing reliable and fast access to the Internet is not enough; it also necessary to do something economically productive with it to pay for the continued connectivity and expansion of its use. Assistance in establishing sustainable information services and access to ICTs for SMEs is required, as these are under-supplied by the market." | |
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