National Workshop on Capacity Building in Public Policy Issues of Internet Use for Business Development

National Workshop on Capacity Building in Public Policy Issues of Internet Use for Business Development
22 - 24 November 2006
Kathmandu, Nepal

The National Workshop on Capacity Building in Public Policy Issues of Internet Use for Business Development was held from 22 to 24 October 2006 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Workshop was organized by the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in close cooperation with Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP-APDIP).

The main objective of the Workshop was to use a set of training modules on the use of Internet for business development developed by the regional workshop, that aims to serve as a policy making reference, for ICT and Internet policy makers and implementers of public policy issues of Internet governance in developing countries and countries with economies in transition in Asia and the Pacific, to build/enhance of the participants of the national workshop as well as to field test the modules for their further improvement and make them more user friendly and practicable .

Report

Title	Size (KB)
Report on the National Workshop on Capacity Building in Public Policy Issues of Internet Use for Business Development	44

Documents

Title	Size (KB)
Opening Statement by Mr Siva Thampi, Director, Information, Communication and Space Technology Division, UNESCAP	63
Inaugural Address by Honourable State Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Government of Nepal	13
List of Participants	154
Tentative Programme	32

Presentations

Title	Size (KB)
Information, Communication and Space Technology Division - a brief introduction	180
Background and expected outcome	603
ICT, SMEs and Business Development	137
Nepalese ICT Scenario	130
ICT, SME's and Business Development in the Nepalese Context	1812
Introduction to Internet Use for Business Development - Why and how to promote the use of Internet for and by SMEs	704
Introduction to e-Commerce Legislation and Policymaking	217
Cyber-crime and Security Policy Issues	921