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PRESENTATION OF THE AFRICAN CIVIL SOCIETY ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY - ACSIS Cissé Kane, PhD President ACSIS 20 april 2016

ACSIS PRESENTATION : HISTORY  Inception 2003 Geneva WSIS  Headquarters Senegal 2008  Militant et voluntarist for inclusion  Awareness national ICT policies  Network of human resources from all African countries and African Diaspora  Lobbying, wording, ‘’awareness’’ caucus  Networking, Training, etc.  National, Regional, Global IGF  Tunis 2004, Sharm El Scheikh 2009 20/05/2016 GIPO Webinar Series: The challenges of multilingualism in the observatory tool 2

ACSIS PRESENTATION :STRENGHTS  The Panafrican Network on ICT4D  The biggest CSO in Africa: More than 500 organizations including platform organizations  Strategic partners  Regional coordinators in all African regions  17 national coordination's so far  Presence in more than 40 countries Africa  Member of international coalitions ACSIS 2016 – GIPO Webinar Series: The challenges of multilingualism in the observatory tool 20/05/2016 3

ACSIS PRESENTATION : SKILLS  High Level Expertise for advocacy, training, research, sensitization, projects implementation on ICT4D opportunities advantages and threats in Africa: IG, cybersecurity, Gender, human rights, technical aspects, Security, e-waste, climate change, Business orientation, digital Africa  A link between connected and unconnected  Reach grassroots populations at a local level  Local languages  Geographical presence in all regions and countries: eg. For global projects implementation 20/05/2016 GIPO Webinar Series: The challenges of multilingualism in the observatory tool 4

ACSIS ORGANISATION CHALLENGES  Maintain a multilingual platform (Arabic, Portuguese, Swahili, Fulani, etc.  Lack of resources (office, computers, secretariat, communication costs)  Communication between members  Training and capacity building of ACSIS staff in core issues IG, Cybersecurity,  Strengthening ACSIS Network 20/05/2016 GIPO Webinar Series: The challenges of multilingualism in the observatory tool 5

MULTILINGUALISM: challenges  2 levels : continental vs level  Barrier for access to knowledge society  Barrier to literacy  Lack of of processes ownership  Less inclusiveness and openness (list in english, wsis forum, etc.) 20/05/2016 GIPO Webinar Series: The challenges of multilingualism in the observatory tool 6

MULTILINGUALISM: goals  Learn from EU example (political body)  Benefit from GIPO experience and support  Developp comprehensive information systems in at least englesh, french, arabic, portuguese, Spanish (Including website, social medias, et.)  Move on further to prominent african languages  Develop systems for illiterate people using voice, touch, etc.  Reviving IGF dynamic coalition on linguistic diversity 20/05/2016 GIPO Webinar Series: The challenges of multilingualism in the observatory tool 7

ACSIS PROJECTS 2016 AND BEYOND  ACSIS WEB PLATFORM : nominated WSIS PROJECT PRIZE 2016 (IG, Observatory, ACSIS members)  Information and database system (ACSIS National coordination's, National ICT profile, affordability watch in Africa, IGF)  Training of web designers for SME  Digital participatory Africa (MAAYA)  Training of staff members on critical issues  Technical capacity building for youth and community leaders (coders, IPV6, Applications, cybersecurity,) 20/05/2016 GIPO Webinar Series: The challenges of multilingualism in the observatory tool 8

Thank You ! 20/05/2016 ACSIS 2016 – First Nordic ICT Fair 9