Role of partnerships in capacity building

1. Role of partnerships in capacity building Africa Asia Regulatory Conference. Colombo Sri Lanka 14th – 17th February 2011 JK Kandie - Kenya

2. Contents • Why Partnserhips • Influence of ICT on society • AFRICASIA Partnerships • Role of CTO • CTO PDT as a vehicle for partnership • Lessons from Athletics • Conclusion

3. WHY PARTNERSHIPS • Alone a youth runs far, with an elder slow, but together they go far. (African proverb - Kenya ) • Most communities have valued partnership from generation to generation • Many of the ideas which have had the biggest impact in the life of man kind have involved strong partnerships.

4. In such partnerships, good ideas are turned into great interventions for problems. • The Mpesa mobile money transfer, which is transforming the telecoms and financial sector in kenya, started as a partnership between Safaricom and SMEs

5. Influence of ICTs on society The society today, from rural communities to urban populations depend on ICT use for social economic Development • mobile has brought communities closer • E-mails and SMSs have replaced traditional letters;

6. online web representation is nowadays more important for businesses than printed publicity materials; • Internet-based communication and phone services are growing faster than landline communications

7. Changes in the ICT sector • Rapid technological changes. • Demand driven services, • Informed consumers, with high expectations • Quality of Services • Diversity • Very competitive environment,

8. Innovation is key to competitive advantage • The sector depend on skilled Human Resources • Partnerships in capacity building is key to success

9. WHY AFRICASIA PARTNERSHIP • Africa & Asia have similar experiences and challenges such as; • Large Rural populations with big un exploited potential • Huge un met demand for ICT services • Low purchasing power • Infrastructure related challenges, eg power, roads, water • Similar cultural values e.g strong family value system

10. Most members have Invested in capacity building at various levels. • The National training institutions will benefit from strong international partnerships • Partnership will allow members to create synergy and accelerate development of the sector;

11. Role of CTO in building partnerships • Brings all members from various regions of the globe together (Pacific, Asia, Europe, Africa and Caribbean) • Members have common interest –Growth of the ICT sector. • The ICT sector to spur growth of other sectors of the Economy and subsequently socio economic Development

12. Enable the countries exploit their potential • The investments and growth of ICT depends on the quality of human capital • CTO’s Vision is to facilitate ICT for Development and build synergy of members.

13. CTO - PDT as vehicle for building partnerships

14. CTO Program for Development and Training (PDT) • The program has 32 members from various regions of the world; • Africa • Asia • Pacific • Caribbean • Members pool resources in order to access high quality training at reasonable costs. • CTO identifies skilled facilitators and deploys to member

15. Partnership for success : Lessons from Athletics Speed is critical but partnerships makes the difference

16. Speed + Mutual partnership

17. Conclusion. • Partnership in Skills development leads to;

18. Celebrate Increased Innovation and socio Economic Development for all THANK YOU