Information Technology for Development
IT Policy and Strategy Papers for Nepal

Edited by: Greta M. Rana (Senior Editor), Kesang T. Lama,
Manohar k. Bhattarai

Publisher: International Centre for Integrated Mountain
Development for the National Planning Commission Secretariat of His Majesty’s Government of Nepal Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, pages 182

ISBN: 99933-201-0-2

This book has showcased the IT Policy of Nepal and the six strategy papers covering three areas of critical importance such as universal access to information technology; education and training; and IT applications in business and government. The IT Strategy Formulation Steering Committee from National Planning Commission has prepared this document in order to make it useful to the IT stakeholders in the future and also it would aid them to reformulate the strategies and policies in the changing domestic and international context. It may also give birth to an interest to other developing countries to learn from the process that is being adopted for policy design. For the smooth implementation of policy, the committee has adopted a participatory process in which the government, private sector and civil society shared a common discussion forum during policy design. Such a process based on the accord of IT stakeholders would lead to ‘goal congruence’ among them and thus facilitate successful development of the IT sector.

Internet Governance: A Grand Collaboration
Lessons, Innovations and Perspectives of Information and Communication Technologies in Development
Edited by: Don MacLean

Publisher: The United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force, pages 393

ISBN 3-03798-065-6

The book is the fifth publication of the United Nations ICT Task Force series. The Task Force was established by Secretary General Kofi Annan to help identify ways to strap up the potential of ICT for economic and social development by promoting partnerships of public, private, non-profit and civil society stakeholders to advance the global endeavour to bridge the digital divide.

The Task Force convened a Global Forum on Internet Governance in New York on March 25-26, 2004. The Task Force Secretariat invited written contributions from the international community to help prepare the forum. Independent experts, Internet practitioners and different stakeholder groups submitted more than thirty papers in response to this request. The aim of this collection is to present a selection of these contributions in relation to some of the main themes that emerged at the global forum and to highlight their essential messages. The contributions to the global forum have been organised into six sections, which deal with Understanding the challenge; Evolution of the Internet governance debate; Frameworks and definitions; Public policy issues; Technical issues and The way ahead.

Creating an Enabling Environment
Toward the Millennium Development Goals Proceedings of the Berlin Global Forum of the United Nations ICT Task Force
Edited by: Denis Gilhooly

Publisher: The United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force, pages 292

ISBN 92-1-104533-9

The book covers key presentations and contributions from the event held on 19-20 November 2004. The papers address policy and regulatory issues, identify areas and modalities for engaging stakeholders in innovative partnerships, outline models and modalities conducive to the elimination of existing financial mechanisms to meet the challenges of ICT for Development. The book is divided into two parts. The first part comprises of the proceedings of the Global Forum of the United Nations ICT Task Force on ‘Promoting an Enabling Environment for Digital Development’ held in November 2004 and the second part is the result of ongoing work from the Working Groups of the UN ICT Task Force in the context of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs will not happen without both the actions and the collaboration of all stakeholders working in a supportive enabling environment.