ALICT Goals and Objectives

The objectives of the ALICT program are based on the original ARAPKE ALICT plan and further developed to fit and reflect Finnish Development Policy, the Africa-EU P8 and the AUC’s Action Plan:

  1. Provide direct personal experience of ICT as an enabler for human resource development, education, skills development and innovation contributing to Knowledge Society development.
  2. Raise awareness and build strategic capacities of African leaders and policy makers in the human resource development sectors on the vision of Knowledge Societies and the role of ICT in Education, Science and Technology and Innovation as well as socio-economic development (in collaboration with other partners such as AUC and UNECA).
  3. Introduce participants to leadership skills and enable them to avail of mechanisms in the continent for regional cooperation, solidarity and collaboration among African countries. (ALICT Program in East and Southern Africa –Project Document 10).
  4. Harness the leadership skills of promising ICT leaders and policymakers to ensure the benefits of new technologies are available to all.
  5. Promote policy dialogue on Knowledge Society issues on a regional and continental level.
  6. Link and facilitate knowledge sharing among Knowledge Society initiatives and regional partners and promote policy dialogue on Knowledge Societies in Africa.
  7. Build and disseminate information, knowledge and experiences on the role and use of ICT in Education, Science and Technology and Innovation for Knowledge Society development.
  8. Develop a platform to address the critical professional development needs identified in terms of management, leadership, project formulation and management, and build strategic capacities of the participants and partners in program preparation, implementation and evaluation as it relates to building the capacity of Member States on Knowledge Society issues.