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Implementing e-strategy and the WSIS action: role of MPs Johnson Nkuuhe, MP Box 7178 Kampala, Fax (256-41) 231 296 E-mail: jnkuuhe@parliament.go.ug or jnkuuhe@ Session B: the role of parlliamentarians in the Information Society African Regional Prepcon for the WSIS Accra, Ghana 30 January 2005 Issues for the breakout session Setting the scene – MPs in policy-making John Mahama, Ghana Implementing e-strategy and the WSIS Action Plan Johnson Nkuuhe, Uganda ICTs empowering MPs: Experience from Niger Hon Boureima Gado, Niger Tanzania ICT4D MPs Network Henry Robert Mgombelo, Tanzania MPs mobilsing funds – experience the Gambia Ebrima Jobe, the Gambia NEPAD strengthening MPs Alpha Barry, NEPAD Benin Capacity building for MPs Petros Olango, Ethiopia Contrasting images of Africa Partnership? North-South exchange? Appropriate technology? Food security?  Diet Coke, please! The Crisis – we cannot afford to fail Child mortality – under 5 mortality over 120 per 1000 live births in many countries Maternal mortality over 500 per 100,000 live births in most of SSA Slums: More than 40% of urban dwellers live in slums in SSA and S.Asia Challenges of a modern MP/policy maker Global pressures donors, multinationals, civil society Other non-state players Local pressures Need to decentralise Need for national, regional and pan-African networks Appropriate response to the challenges Form national and regional networks African Parliamentarian Network for ICT4D (APNID) Share knowledge, experience using APNID Resut – weakness Manuel Castells ideas Global Informational Capitalism Most productive system ever Most exclusionary Space of places Normal geography – what matters it what is close by Space of flows Flows of information, global linkages Those who participate in Space of flows will tend to benefit from Information Society, others are excluded or exploited. Digital Divide/Opportunity related to the other divides in society … worse if no ICT4D Economic Reduced imports Expor