ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/TDD/2014/1
Country: Arab region
Publication Type: Reports & studies
Publication Subject: Review of Information and Communications Technology for Development in the Arab Region
Cluster: Statistics, Information Society and Technology
Focus Area: Governance & enabling environment, Technology & innovation
Initiatives: Technology Centre, Digital Development
SDGs: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Keywords: Computers, Internet, Mobile telecommunication services, Governance, Information society, Information technology, Innovations
Review of Information and Communications Technology for Development in the Arab Region Issue No. 21
January 2014
The efforts exerted by countries worldwide to achieve knowledge societies were often associated with different technology initiatives. Given the opportunities granted by those initiatives to enhance government transparency and public participation in policymaking and to foster innovation, entrepreneurship and youth employment, the main theme of this issue was dedicated to open technology initiatives. It describes the various technological fields where the openness paradigm is used. Then, it addresses the open data and open government initiatives in the Arab countries, and presents the concept of open government and its role in achieving good governance.
This issue also includes a description of the most important outputs of the World Summit on the Information Society WSIS+10. It describes some contemporary computing concepts such as the Internet of Things, cloud computing and its application opportunities in the Arab region and a five step model for the application of mobile government. It moreover contains a summary of the 2014 Global Information Technology Report, and the Final WSIS Targets Review Report.
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The efforts exerted by countries worldwide to achieve knowledge societies were often associated with different technology initiatives. Given the opportunities granted by those initiatives to enhance government transparency and public participation in policymaking and to foster innovation, entrepreneurship and youth employment, the main theme of this issue was dedicated to open technology initiatives. It describes the various technological fields where the openness paradigm is used. Then, it addresses the open data and open government initiatives in the Arab countries, and presents the concept of open government and its role in achieving good governance.
This issue also includes a description of the most important outputs of the World Summit on the Information Society WSIS+10. It describes some contemporary computing concepts such as the Internet of Things, cloud computing and its application opportunities in the Arab region and a five step model for the application of mobile government. It moreover contains a summary of the 2014 Global Information Technology Report, and the Final WSIS Targets Review Report.
