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ARAB INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ORGANIZATION ITU Regional Develop Forum for the Arab Region (RDF-ARB) 19th March 2019 | Beirut, Lebanon About AICTO The Arab ICT Organization AICTO is a specialized Arab governmental

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ARAB INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ORGANIZATION

ITU Regional Develop Forum for the Arab Region (RDF-ARB)

19th March 2019 | Beirut, Lebanon

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About AICTO

  • The Arab ICT Organization «AICTO» is a specialized Arab

governmental organization working under the aegis of the league of Arab States, located in Tunis, and has been

  • perational since 1st January 2008.
  • AICTO creation resulted from the will of the Arab States to

contribute to the development of ICTs and providing the necessary mechanisms to reinforce cooperation between its members while promoting and enriching common strategies and policies to ensure an equitable access to ICT to all Arab citizens.

ITU Regional Develop Forum for the Arab Region (RDF-ARB)

19th March 2019 | Beirut, Lebanon

Towards a sustainable Arab Digital Society

Arab Information and Communication Technologies Organization

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Our mission

  • Providing an open platform for ICT Multi-stakeholders

(Public sector, Private sector, Civil Society and specialized bodies) for dialogue, experience & expertise sharing and for technological knowledge transfer.

AICTO’s Vision

Towards a harmonious Arab digital society based on the creativity and innovation, boosting the Arab-Interregional complementarity and contributing efficiently to the development of the global sustainable digital economy

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Our Strategic goals

AICTO-SG 1

  • Ensuring the transition of Arab countries to the All-Digital and enabling Arab Citizens to benefit from

innovative digital services

AICTO-SG 2

  • Achieving the Arab complementarity and bridging the digital gab within the Arab region

AICTO-SG 3

  • Unifying and coordinating Arab positions serving their own strategic interest within international
  • rganizations/at the international level

AICTO-SG 4

  • Boosting the Arab countries’ contribution to the implementation of sustainable development goals 2030

while enhancing their inclusion in the global digital economy

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AICTO’s Strategic vision

AICTO Strategic Vision 4E Strategy E-transformation E-Innovation Implementation Regional Projects & programs Regional & International cooperation Joint interregional projects & actions Working groups Rosters of Experts/ Think Tanks Capacity Building (ATAC) Technical Assistance Technical Studies and researches E-Inclusion E-Trust

E-Certification CyberSecurity

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Our Members

Member States

  • The Arab ICT Organization “AICTO” creation resulted from

the will

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the Arab States, and under the decision n° 1436 of the Social and Economic Council of the League of Arab States in its sixty ninth session (69) issued on 13/2/2002.

  • AICTO

creation agreement entered into force

  • n 17/09/2005, and its membership is open to the Arab

States members of the League of Arab States.

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Our Members

Associate Members

  • Private and public companies active in the ICT sector, namely :
  • ICT regulators
  • Communication network operators
  • Communication Service Providers
  • Hardware manufacturers
  • Software developers & producers as well as ICTs studies and

expertise offices

  • ICT Associations and organizations operating within Arab countries
  • ICT Research centers and Universities
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Our Members

Associate Members

 So far we AICTO has the following companies as associate members

amongst others

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Our Strategic partners

More than one reason to be AICTO’s Strategic partner

Please refer to the membership document to learn more about benefits to be our strategic partner

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State members +17 Associate Members +20 Strategic partners +5 Projects & programs

17

Working groups

6

Forums &

Conferences

42

Training

workshops

25

Technical assistance

2

Technical Strudies

6

MoUs

+20

AICTO

in Numbers

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AICTO endeavors towards achieving the

SDGs 2030

  • Since its role revolves around the exchange and share of

knowledge in the ICT field between its members from the Arab region and with the potential stakeholders worldwide while keeping up with the digital transformation and innovation, and in

  • rder

to strengthen the interregional connections and joint work, AICTO has been always the commitment to joint the regional and international efforts towards the implementation of the WSIS and SDGs

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AICTO endeavors towards achieving the

SDGs 2030

Member States

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AICTO’s endeavors towards achieving the

SDGs 2030

Strategic Goal (4) : Boosting the Arab countries’ contribution to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 while enhancing their inclusion in the global digital economy

Main components:

  • Supporting efforts aiming to integrate Arab countries into the global

digital economy

  • Promoting and strengthening the contribution of Arab countries to

the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals 2030

  • Appraising all Arab ICT initiatives and contributions designed for that

end

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AICTO’s endeavors towards achieving the

SDGs 2030

  • [SDG 1] NO POVERTY

AICTO actions :

  • Project “Promotion of e-accessibility within the Arab region”
  • Awareness activities
  • [SDG 2] ZERO HUNGER

AICTO actions :

  • Project : “ICTs for a Sustainable Agricultural Development in the Arab Region”
  • Initiative : « Interregional Smart Agriculture Forum » (ISAF)
  • IoT4Sag Award
  • Studies & Awareness activities
  • [SDG 4] QUALITY EDUCATION
  • AICTO actions :
  • Project “Connecting schools in the Arab Least Developed Countries”
  • Launching Huwei Seeds for the Future Program throughout the Arab region
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AICTO’s endeavors towards achieving the

SDGs 2030

  • [SDG 5] GENDER EQUALITY

AICTO actions :

  • Project : “Arab Women empowerment through ICT”
  • Project : E-souq for Arab handcrafts women
  • [SDG 8] DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

AICTO actions :

  • Project : “Arab Youth Empowerment through ICT”
  • WG + Studies + awareness activities
  • [SDG 9] INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

AICTO actions :

  • Project : “Arab-African e-Certification Authorities Network - AAECANet”
  • Project : China-Arab States BDS/GNSS Excellence center in AICTO
  • Project : “Promoting Cloud Computing in the Arab Region”
  • WGs + Studies + Awareness activities
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AICTO’s endeavors towards achieving the

SDGs 2030

  • [SDG 11] PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS

AICTO actions :

  • Project : “Arab Digital Investment and Business Map”
  • Capacity building activities, studies, forums
  • Cooperation agreements
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AICTO’s endeavors towards achieving the

SDGs 2030

Last achievements

1st First Interregional Standardization Forum for PKI and eTrust

11/12 December 2017, Muscat – Sultanate of Oman

Official Opening of the Center of Excellence “China-Arab BDS/GNSS Center-AICTO”

10 April 2018, Tunis –Republic of Tunisia

1st inter-regional smart agriculture forum - ISAF

24-26 September 2018, Khartoum, Republic of Sudan

2nd ICT & Investment forum

3-4 December 2018, Baghdad, republic of Iraq

New Strategic partnership between AICTO, the Tunisian MCTDE and Huawei

3rd of January 2019, Tunis –Republic of Tunisia

Awards Ceremony for the Best Arab Digital Banks 08 mars 2019 - Tunis – Tunisia

08 March 2019, Tunis, Republic of Tunisia

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AICTO’s endeavors towards achieving the

SDGs 2030

Upcoming events

  • The Second China-Arab States BDS Cooperation Forum

Cooperation· Applications · Services 1 & 2 April 2019 | Tunis – Republic of Tunisia

  • 2nd edition « Interregional Standardization Forum for PKI & e-Trust »

“Boosting interregional collaboration for better trustworthy digital economies” 4 & 5 April 2019 | Tunis – Republic of Tunisia

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The way forward

  • AICTO strongly believes on the benefits of international cooperation

and partnerships and it embraces the following quote to become the slogan of its “International Cooperation” plan : “Alone we go fast, together we go far”

  • We believe that with the good will and strong cooperation

frameworks we can go beyond our expectations, we can go far and fast towards providing adequate mechanisms to share best practices and keep up with the rising technological trends for the mutual progress and prosperity.

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Achieaving WSIS & SDGs

Setting up of regional networks and platforms Harmonizing legal and relulatory Frameworks Empowering women to reduce the gender gap and to enhance their contribution in the economic development Sharing responsabilities for Sustainable Development in the Arab Region Empowering youth in order to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship Ensuring Trust in Digital economy

The way forward

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ARAB INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ORGANIZATION Eng, Mohamed Ben Amor Secretary General

______________________________________________ Arab ICT Organization [AICTO]

Address : 12 Rue d’Angleterre, 1002 Tunis, Tunisia

  • Tel. +21671320713 | Fax: +216320719

Website : www.aicto.org