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Workshop Agenda

This year's Sub-Sahara Spectrum Management Conference was part of a week-long series of events, organised in conjunction with ITU and multiple other partners.

In addtion to the conference, workshops took place from Wednesday 9th November - Friday 11th November focussing on 'Digital Migration Follow up and Funding Mechanisms for Sub-Saharan African Countries'.

Please see below for an outline of the workshops. For more information on the workshops that took place, please contact Jean-Jacques Massima on jean-jacques.massima@itu.int

Wednesday 9th November, 2016

Morning

 09:00 - 10:30    Digital Migration Status in Africa (Road maps, ASO, implementation,)

-Digital Migration Status in Africa (Road maps, implementation of the migration, ASO)

(  JJ Massima, ITU ), (20mn)

- ITU assistance for DTT Broadcasting (Ben Ba, ITU/BR),(20mn)

-SMS4DC release 5, J.J.  Massima (20mn)

-Questions and Answers(20mn)

10:30 - 11:00     Morning Break

11:00 - 12:00     Presentation on DTT

1-Pape CIRE CISSE, ARTP  (Senegal ),(20mn)

2- Kelly O'Keefe, FCC (USA),(20 mn)

Questions &Answers.(20mn)

(Moderator: Andrew Rugege ITU, Regional Director Africa)

12:00 - 13:00     General Funding Mechanisms used for the DTT in Africa.

1-ATU  Focus: Is funding the problem of DSO, Kezias Mwale (ATU),

2-Discussions on Proposed Funding Mechanisms  by Regional Development Banks, Funding Agencies, RECs, Donors  

(Moderator: Andrew Kisaka, Tanzania) 

Afternoon

13:00 - 14:00      Lunch

14:00 - 15:30      Countries experiences and Success stories:

5 minutes Countries’ status Reporting

1- BURUNDI: Bazizane, Médiatrice

2- CONGO: Chynauldat Bangue

3- GAMBIA: Rodine Renner

4- LESOTHO: Ntsoebea Lephoi

5-MADAGASCAR :Ralison Fano

6- MAURITANIA:  Mrs Mohamed  Cheik

7- BENIN : Bonou, Houegnon 

8- TOGO: DHOSSA Yao Martial

9- SOUTH SUDAN:  Sollo Lukudu,B

10-COTE D’IVOIRE: KOFFI, Gabriel. 

11- UGANDA: Kabahuma, Sarah

12- SADC: Cecilia Mamalodi

13-MALI: Coulibaly Siaka

Success stories ( among countries having achieved their DSO in sub-Saharan Africa)  

TANZANIA (A. Kisaka); 

(Rwanda; Kenya; Malawi; Mauritius; Mozambique, Namibia and  Uganda have achieved their DSO).

15:30 - 16:00      Afternoon Break

16:00 - 17:00      Policies on Set up Boxes: towards a global market: Interactive discussion 

(Moderator: ATU,  MWALE  Kezias)

17:00 - 19:00      Side event

Thursday 10th November, 2016

Morning

09:00 - 10:30     Available Procedures for submitting External Funding requests

(ADB, ISB)

J.J.  Massima.(ITU) 

2-Updates of the dedicated   websites/Replies to  ITU questionnaire  (Ben Ba, ITU)

3- Presentation on  ITU Spectrum management Training Programme ,SMTP (J.J. Massima , ITU )(Moderator: Ben BA ITU) 

10:30 - 11:00     Morning Break 

11:00 - 12:00      Panel and Interactive discussions on Funding issues/proposals

Antony Chigaaza (CRASA/SADC);Mamadou Baal, (Consultant ABU, Senegal )

(Moderator :Bashir Gwandu, Commonwealth ITU group, Nigeria)

12:00 - 13:00     

 Validation of some harmonized   approaches in Funding Models. Outcomes of the Questionnaire filled by Countries on the challenges of Digital Migration

Participants. 

Afternoon

13:00 - 14:00     Lunch

14:00 - 15:30    

1-The Way forward:  Interactive discussion on the requirements for a faster implementation of the Migration. (Moderator :Senegal ,Mamoune Ngome, Director of Telecommunications, Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, Senegal)

2-Presentation and approval of the Recommendations of the Workshop

( Rapporteur of the Workshop: Mandialy Bodian, ARTPC Senegal)  

15:30 - 16:00     Afternoon Break

16:00 - 17:00    Closing  of the Workshop

 Mamoun Ngome, Senegal

17:00 - 19:00      Side event