Programmes
African Leadership in ICT (ALICT)
The African Leadership in ICT (ALICT) Program is a three-year partnership between GeSCI, the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. The ALICT Programme is conceptualized to model a methodology and multi-stakeholder approach for capacity building and awareness raising of African leaders on the issues of Knowledge Society, ICT, Education, S&T and Innovations in support of the European Union-African Union Strategic Partnership 8 (EU-AU P8) and the AUC Action Plan. The Programme is expected to contribute directly to the implementation of the AUC’s African Regional Action Plan for Knowledge Economy (ARAPKE). The capacity building model will be developed and tested in East and Southern Africa in close collaboration with the AUC and other partners. More information.
ASIA and LAC
GeSCI is transitioning from intensive programmatic engagements to regional operations in Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). This shift is facilitated through strategic regional partners that will provide a base for GeSCI operations.
In India GeSCI’s work is impacting on the second largest school system in the world. With approximately 1.217 million schools, the new ICT in Education Policy could provide ICT based solutions for the largest number of out-of-school children in the world. The stakeholder community is large, enthusiastic and well informed adn has relied upon GeSCI to provide them with critical guidance throughout the national policy development process. Developing a broader knowledge sharing programme in the Asian region is therefore a natural progression from the high-level policy process that GeSCI facilitated in India.
Many LAC countries have ICT4E initiatives that GeSCI could contribute to by sharing Knowledge and promoting the exchange of global ICT4E and ICT4D best practices through regional workshops and conferences. GeSCI will take the lessons learned from its engagement with Bolivia to inform its regional LAC operations which we aim to develop in tandem with a strategic partner on the ground.