THE 5 TH MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP 3 ON ICTs SERVICE TRANSACTIONS AND E-APPLICATIONS, HELD FROM 7 TH - 11 TH SEPTEMBER 2015, ARUSHA TANZANIA

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1 1 REPORT OF THE 5 TH MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP 3 ON ICTs SERVICE TRANSACTIONS AND E-APPLICATIONS, HELD FROM 7 TH - 11 TH SEPTEMBER 2015, ARUSHA TANZANIA

2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. AGENDA OF THE MEETING OPENING OF THE MEETING INTRODUCTION OF MEMBERS ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA RECAP OF THE LAST MEETING KEY PRIORITY AREAS AND TIMELINES REVIEW OF EAC E-BILL STAKEHOLDERS MEETING WAY FORWARD CLOSURE OF THE MEETING... 6 ANNEX I: ATTENDANCE LIST... 7 ANNEX II: AGENDA 2nd CIRCLE - 1st WG 03 Meeting ARUSHA: 7th 11th September a) AGENDA OF THE WG b) AGENDA OF STAKEHOLDERS MEETING ANNEX III: LIAISON STATEMENT TO WG ANNEX IV: KEY PRIORITY AREAS AND TIMELINES ANNEX V: REVIEW OF EAC E-TRANSACTIONS BILL ANNEX VI: STAKEHOLDERS INPUTS TO THE EAC E-TRANSACTIONS BILL... 16

3 3 1. AGENDA OF THE MEETING The Agenda for the meeting was adopted as follows; 1. Opening of the meeting 2. Introduction of members 3. Adoption of the Agenda 4. Communications from the Chairperson & EACO Liaison Manager 5. Report From the Chair person of WG 03 on the Presentation made to the 21 st EACO Congress and Assemblies 6. Reviewing the ToRs, mode of Working and the action plan of the WG 03: - Working Parties Meetings: - Thematic areas /14 action plan 7. Sharing and Discussing comments and Inputs for the EALA s E-Bill and preparations for the EACO contributions 8. WG 03: Constituting the Report Draft1. 9. Presentation of report of the meeting and adoption 10. Agreeing on the agenda for the Consultative Meeting 10 th & 11 th September Proposal on Date and Venue for the Next Meeting of WG Any other Business 13. Closure of the meeting

4 4 2. OPENING OF THE MEETING On the behalf of the chairperson, the vice Chairperson of the Working Group 3 Ms. Irene Kaggwa Sewankambo opened the meeting by welcoming Members and thanking them for having taken time to attend the meeting 3. INTRODUCTION OF MEMBERS Members introduced themselves as per the attendance list in Annex I. In total five(5) Members attended the meeting of which four (4) were from National Regulatory Authorities within the Region, and one (1) representative of the EACO Secretariat. 4. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA The proposed agenda for the working group and the stakeholders meeting were adopted as presented in Annex II. 5. RECAP OF THE LAST MEETING The chairman of the WG3 Mr. Vincent Ngundi gave a recap of the presentation made during the 21st EACO Congress and assemblies noting that the report was adopted by the EACO congress. The meeting agreed to send a liaison statement to EACO WG8: ICT Service pricing and industry analysis; on the issue of Charging Over-The-Top (OTT) Service Providers for Utilization of Telecommunication Networks, an issue that has been raised by the Operators assembly. The liaison statement is contained in Annex III. 6. KEY PRIORITY AREAS AND TIMELINES Members reviewed the progress made by the working group under the Terms of Reference and identified the key priorities to be included in the action plan of the working group for the next two working cycles. These priorities and timelines are contained in Annex IV. 7. REVIEW OF EAC E-BILL Members reviewed the EAC E-Transactions Bill, aligned it with the proposed EACO model E-Transactions Policy Framework and incorporated further inputs to the Bill. The inputs of the working group were mainly in the following areas: 1. General terms and definitions 2. Management of Critical Internet Resources 3. Data Protection 4. Interoperability

5 5 5. Cross Certification 6. Country Code Top Level Domain Names 7. Localization of Public Information 8. Postal and courier services The detailed inputs of the working group 3 to the E-transactions Bill are contained in the Annex V. 8. STAKEHOLDERS MEETING Members held a stakeholders consultative meeting to review the EAC E-transactions Bill and EACO s proposed E-Transactions Policy Framework from 10 th -11 th September In his opening remarks the Executive Secretary of EACO Mr. Hodge Semakula thanked the chairman and the working group members for their participation and for the efforts invested to develop the ICT sector in the region. He also noted that a lot has been achieved under WG3 and appreciated the contributions of the working group towards the EAC E-Bill and for having aligned it with the EACO proposed E-Transactions Policy Framework. He further emphasized that the development of the ICT sector has brought a number of opportunities but also created challenges of privacy, security and authentication, adding that the EAC E-transactions Bill and EACO s proposed E-Transactions Policy Framework are timely and would go a long way to address some of these issues. He also noted that the bill and policy are a tool for harmonization with other E-Transactions legislations that have been developed by EAC partner states. The chairman of WG3 thanked the secretariat for appreciating the work that has been achieved by the working group and further presented the EACO proposed E-Transactions Policy Framework highlighting the areas that had been incorporated into the EAC E- Transactions Bill. The vice chair of the WG3 then took participants through the detailed inputs of the working group into the EAC E-transactions Bill as contained in Annex VI. Members noted the submission of contributions from the stakeholders and agreed to support the proposals laid out in the Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU) presented by TESPOK, with the exception of the provision on clause 50 of the EAC E-Bill provided that the word council is replaced by the Partner States. 9. WAY FORWARD The WG agreed as follows: i. To progress the activities of the working group by the covering the priority areas for cycle 2 ( ).

6 ii. The EACO to officially submit the inputs of the working group on the EAC E- Transactions Bill to the EAC and EALA iii. Members agreed that the next WG3 meeting will be held in Arusha, Tanzania, from 14 th to 18 th March, CLOSURE OF THE MEETING 6 The Chairperson thanked all members and the Rapporteurs for the work well done and encouraged all members for future participation. The chairman also thanked Mr. Mwendwa Maundu and Mr. Atupenda Mugisha who participated remotely. The Chairperson thanked the EACO secretariat for their hospitality and facilitation during the meeting in Arusha. Done on 11 th September, Vincent Ngundi Chairman. Emmanuel Ntambara Godliving Kessy 1 st Rapporteur 2 nd Rapporteur

7 7 ANNEX I: ATTENDANCE LIST No Names Position & Institution Country Phone No 1 Vincent Ngundi Chairman Kenya ngundi@cck.go.ke 2 3 Irene Kaggwa Sewankambo Emmanuel Ntambara 4 Kessy GODLIVING V/Chairperson 1 st Rapporteur Liaison Manager-EACO & 2 nd Rapporteur Uganda ikargs@ucc.co.ug Rwanda emmanuel.ntambara@rura.rw EACO gkessy@eaco.int 5 Jean Marie Niyompano IT/ARCT Burundi jeanmarie.n@arct.gov.bi ABSENT WITH APOLOGY 1 Mwendwa MAUNDU Principal Officer-Competition and Public Policy- Safaricom Kenya mmaundu@safaricom.co.ke 2 Jotham Shumbusho IT Services-RBA Rwanda jshumbusho@rba.co.rw 3 Clement KICHAO 5 Victoria Philemon Rutakara Principal Finance Analyst-TCRA Tanzania ckichao@tcra.go.tz Principal Telecommunication Engineer- TCRA Tanzania victoria.rutakara@tcra.go.tz 6 Thadayo Ringo PCAO-TCRA Tanzania tringo@tcra.go.tz

8 8 STAKEHOLDERS MEETING 1 Hodge Semakula Executive Secretary EACO - hsemakula@eaco.int 2 Egide Ndayizeye Head IT/ARCT Burundi egide@arct.gov.bi 3 Fiona Asonga TESPOC Kenya tespoc@tespoc.co.ke

9 9 ANNEX II: AGENDA 2nd CIRCLE - 1st WG 03 Meeting ARUSHA: 7th 11th September 2015 A) AGENDA OF THE WG3 No Activity Timing Responsible D A Y O N E 1 Opening of the meeting Chairperson 2 Introduction of members Adoption of the Agenda 4 Communications from the Liaison Manager/Counsellor LUNCH BREAK Report From the Chair person WP 03: of WG 03 on the Presentation made to the 21st EACO Congress and Assemblies 6 Reviewing the ToRs, mode of WP 03: Working and the action plan of the WG 03: - Working Parties Meetings - Thematic areas /14 action plan

10 10 1 Sharing and Discussing comments and Inputs for the EALA s E-Bill and preparations for the EACO contributions D A Y T W O WP 03: Thematic Areas I - III Sharing and Discussing comments and Inputs for the EALA s E-Bill and preparations for the EACO contributions WP 03: Thematic Areas I III. LUNCH BREAK Sharing and Discussing WP 03: Thematic comments and Inputs for the Areas I III. EALA s E-Bill and preparations for the EACO contributions 4 WG 03: Constituting the main Report Do D A Y T H R E E Presentation of the Draft Report of the meeting and Adoption D1 LUNCH BREAK Agreeing on the agenda for the Consultative Meeting 10 th & 11 th September Sharing of Comments and Discussions on Collected comments on the EAC E-Bill & Preparations for WG03 Inputs

11 11 8 Proposed Date and Venue for the Next WG 03 Meeting Any other Business 10 Closure of the meeting URAKOZE CYANE! AHSANTENI SANA! THANK YOU ALL! MWEBALE NYO! B) AGENDA OF STAKEHOLDERS MEETING Activity Timing Responsible D A Y O N E 1 Registration All 2 Introduction MC 3 Remarks from WG 03 Chairperson WG 03 4 Opening of the meeting ES Adoption of the Agenda Chairperson WG 03 5 Recap on EAC ICT Policy & Regulatory Harmonization LM/RA Presentation: E-Transaction Policy WG 03 ( ) Discussions & Comments Chairperson WG 03 ALL 7 L U N C H EAC E - Bill V/Chairperson WG03 9 Discussions & Comments ALL 10 TESPOK on E-Bill Ms Fiona Asonga 11 ARCT Mr. Egide Ndayizeye 12 Closing Remarks :15 ARCT

12 12 ANNEX III: LIAISON STATEMENT TO WG8 Doc No EAST AFRICAN COMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION WORKING GROUP 3 ON ICTS SERVICE TRANSACTIONS AND E-APPLICATIONS 11 th September 2015 Source: WORKING GROUP 3 : ICTs SERVICE TRANSACTIONS AND E-APPLICATIONS Title: Charging OTT Operators LIAISON STATEMENT For action to: WORKING GROUP 8 Required Action: A Draft Model EAC Charging to OTT Operators to Network Service Providers Deadline: N/A

13 13 Contact: Vincent Ngundi Kessy Godliving The EACO WG 3 on ICTs Service Transactions and e-applications met in Arusha, Tanzania, from 7 th to 11 th September 2015 to discuss and present her 1 st Circle deliverables and coordinate EACO s consultation on the e- Transaction Policy as well as the e-bill currently being discussed at EALA level: During these discussion the issue on OTT came up in the area of e-transactions and prompting for service users in the Region been acquainted with pricing of such services to the Network Service providers. Your group being an expert office on this need, WG03 therefore is requesting WG08 to take up this study in view to assist the regional operators with professional approach in tariffing the OTT services utilizing their network resources an issue that is among new innovations in the sector with its embedded complexities of interpretation.

14 14 ANNEX IV: KEY PRIORITY AREAS AND TIMELINES ACTION PLAN 2 (2015/ /21) S/N TERMS OF REFERENCE CYCLE 1 (DONE) 1 To develop a harmonized regional policy and regulatory framework for e-transactions (2012/3 2014/5) Developed E- transactions recommendations Policy EALA has prepared an Transaction Bill Electronic - The object of this Bill is to make provision for the use, security, facilitation and regulation of electronic communications and transactions; to encourage the use or e-government service and to provide for related matters CYCLE 2 (2015/6 2017/8) Domestication of the policy and the bill by member states through development of regulatory frameworks Guidelines for implementation of the regional policy and bill Institutional Frameworks (collaboration with the financial sector, among others) Standards: - National Public Key Infrastructure (NPKI) CYCLE 3 (2018/9 2020/1) back-up, recovery disposal of data

15 15 2 To devise strategies for development and provision of ICT enabled services including e-government, e-learning, e- commerce, e-agriculture, e- health and others. Strategies recommendations developed and were - Performance indictors to monitor member states progress Taxation on e- transactions 3 To develop strategies for promoting Research and Development and provision of innovative ICT services and applications Strategies were Word did not find any entries for your table of contents.for Research and Innovation Promotion There is need for a framework for collaboration of innovation hubs and clusters 4 To devise strategies for stimulation of demand and uptake of ICT enabled services and applications 5 To coordinate and follow up the work of the relevant ITU Study Group(s) and facilitate the development of regional recommendations or contributions relating to the work of the ITU Study Group(s) or other relevant international and regional organizations - Performance indictors to monitor member states progress Guidelines for open access to government data Standards (integration, security, privacy and e-services)

16 16 ANNEX V: REVIEW OF EAC E-TRANSACTIONS BILL ANNEX VI: STAKEHOLDERS INPUTS TO THE EAC E-TRANSACTIONS BILL