COMMITTEE ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY. Report of the AFRICITIES SUMMIT meeting

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1 COMMITTEE ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY (Digital Local Agenda) Report of the AFRICITIES SUMMIT meeting 20 September 2006, Nairobi, Kenya September 2006

2 1. MEETING AGENDA Date: 20th September 2006 Venue: Room 7, Kenyatta International Conference Centre Time: 9:00-12:30 Meeting Objective: The main objective of this working meeting is to present and discuss the Working Programme approved in Cali (Colombia) during the first meeting of the CIS-DLA, and to exchange significant best practices of African Local Authorities. Meeting Agenda: 1. Welcome from the Secretariat of the CIS-DLA (5 min.) 2. Presentation of CIS-DLA members (5 min.) 3. Presentation of the CIS-DLA Work Programme approved in Cali and management report (from Bilbao Summit up to September 2006) by the CIS-DLA Secretariat. (20 min.) 4. Discussion on different topics of the Work Programme (5-15 min.) 5. Presentation of different best practices by representatives of African Local Authorities (15 min./each). - Africa Local Government Action Forum (ALGAF), presented by Joyce Nyambura, on behalf of ALGAK (Association of Local Government Authorities of Kenya) - ICT application in managing local government finance, presented by John M. Lubuva, President and Director General of Ilala Municipal Council, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. - Towards an E-town hall: steps and means of the City of Tunis, presented by Hager Cherif, Director of the information Systems, City of Tunis. - LAIFOMS (Local Authority Information Management System), presented by Richard Gikuhi, Town Clerk of Nyeri Municipal Council, Kenya. 6. Next steps: calendar of events 7. Suggestions and questions by CIS-DLA members 8. Closing by the UCLG Secretariat CSI-ADL: Report of the AFRICITIES SUMMIT meeting - 1 -

3 List of Participants: Emilia Saiz and Sara Hoeflich, CGLU Secretariat Ramón Peñagaricano, director of CIFAL Bilbao, CSI-ADL Secretariat Javier del Pozo, CSI-ADL Secretariat Joyce Nyambura, on behalf of ALGAK (Association of Local Government Authorities of Kenya) John M. Lubuva, President and Director General of Ilala Municipal Council, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Hager Cherif, Director of the information Systems, City of Tunis Richard Gikuhi, Town Clerk of Nyeri Municipal Council, Kenya CSI-ADL: Report of the AFRICITIES SUMMIT meeting - 2 -

4 2. MINUTES OF THE MEETING This session was coordinated by CIFAL Bilbao, as secretariat of the Digital Local Agenda, and UCLG inside the Committee on Information Society. The city of Bilbao and UCLG team has been supporting the facilitation, namely by Emilia Saiz (starting) and Sara Hoeflich de Duque (concluding). This session started with the presentation of the Digital Local Agenda Work Programme by the director of CIFAL Bilbao. This Work Programme was approved in Cali (Colombia) and that will be presented in Marrakech. After this, experiences from Tunis, Kenya and Tanzania were presented. They showed National and Local Best Practices as well as network of Local Government Association (LGA). The scope of experiences was wide: a digital and very technical approach of the city of Tunis to introduce e- governance administration and raise their revenues, attracting the taxpayers by effective and innovative payment systems; lessons learnt of high- tech video conferences on local governance presented by ALGAK (Kenyan Association of Local Authorities) in the east African region. Those ended up in radio shows, which, with similar content, are now assisted by a much wider audience and new governance vocabulary reaches now the most remote places. The application of the ICT for Managing Local Government Finance (The Integrated Financial Management System), was presented by the Ilala Municipal Council (Tanzania) And finally another experience related with the use of ICT in managing the Finance of the council, carried out at national level, was presented by the Municipal Council of Nyeri (Kenya) In conclusion, the committee is capable to construct interesting content and dialogues, and is trying to involve new partners. CSI-ADL: Report of the AFRICITIES SUMMIT meeting - 3 -

5 3. LIST OF ATTENDANCE Nombre / Name / Nom Organización/ Organization /Organisation Elizabeth Vosloo CIFAL Bilbao / UNDP Geneva ehvosloo@mweb.co.za Fructeux BAKO Ministry of interior / Côte d Ivore fructeuxbako@hotmail.com Prosper Siriwa Ilala Municipal Council Tanzania Psiriwa@yahoo.com John M. Lubuva Ilala Municipal Council Tanzania jmlubuva@raha.com Edel Quin Kinuthia Daystar University kenedelquin@yahoo.com Raphael S. Ndunguru Morogoro Municipal Council Tanzania Sumo@morogoro.net / raphandunguru@hotmail.com Chebil Sejir Journaliste Free Lance csejir@yahoo.fr Ndangi Katoma City of Windhoek kaf@windhoek.org Andrew R. Kwaya Central Government Tanzania Andrew.kwayu@kilimo.go.tz Richard Gikuhi Nyeri Municipal Council Kenya rgikuhi@yahoo.co.uk Joyce Nyambura Association of Local Govt. Authorities of Kenya (ALGAK) algak@kenyaweb.com Paul Kasule Mukaso Ministry of Local Govt, Uganda pkasulem@molg.go.ug Peta Qubeka City of Johannesburg petaq@joburg.org.za Talbi rachid Parlement Marocain / Commune urbaine de MEKNES r.talbi@menara.ma Hager Cherif Municipalité de Tunnis doi@municipalite-tunis.gov.tn Maharufa Hossain UN-Habitat (Monitoring Research Division) Maharufa.hossain@unhabitat.org Joseph M. Mukundi Ministry of Local Government Kenya Joemukundi@yahoo.com Susan S. Adongo University of Nairobi - Kenya Susanadongo83@yahoo.com Felix Mango University of Nairobi mangolycs@hotmail.com Beuve Lenouque Uenouque.beuve@equipment.gouv.fr Claire Gathero Mation Media Group Kenya cgathero@nation.co.ke Dominges Angles Ministry of foreign Affairs - -Angola dmingles@hotmail.com CSI-ADL: Report of the AFRICITIES SUMMIT meeting - 4 -

6 Nombre / Name / Nom Organización/ Organization /Organisation Joseph Kkaranja County Council of Mandera Jkk_karanja@yahoo.com Dr. G. R. Mugambi Nairobi City Council Gkmuyambi38@yahoo.com Mohamed Alass DIARRAH Association des Muicipalites du Mali amm@amm-mali.org Charles-Henri Malecot Ville de Lyon France Charles-henri.malecot@mairie-lyon.fr Luc Boerboom Mayor Kyamyaga ITC, International Institute for Geo Information & Earth Observation Myer Municipal Council boerboom@itc.nl / Mthembeni Mkhize Cities Hub Africa - President mmkhize@tciholdings.co.za CSI-ADL: Report of the AFRICITIES SUMMIT meeting - 5 -