[WSIS CS-Plenary] INVITATION TO THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR ICT SCHOOL in Ghana

[Leopold Leslie Lanquaye Armah]

Dear All,
   
INVITATION TO THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR ICT SCHOOL
The African Youth Initiative - Ghana under the
auspices of the Ministry of Communication and
Technology wish to invite you to the first ever
National Youth Information Society Campaign tagged 
“New Academic Year ICT School”, scheduled for October
24th & 25th 2003 at Busy Internet, Accra, under the
theme  “Realizing The Potential Of The Youth To Create
Digital Opportunity”. 

The Campaign will attract about one hundred and twenty
(120) young participants from every corner of the
country with the Minister of Communication and
Technology, Hon. Kan Dapaah as the Guest of Honour and
Madam Eva Lokko (Director General, Ghana Broadcasting
Cooperation) as the Chairperson.

To participate in the event please call 
020 - 8165057, 024 - 276684 or send a mail to
info at ayinitiative.net.

Activities lined up include Launching of African Youth
Initiative web site for young people, presentation of
awards to National Youth ICT Essay Competition
winners, discussion on the National ICT policy
framework, report on Monthly Sensitisation program in
some selected first and second cycle schools, Media
encounter, excursion to ICT establishments among
others.


The Campaign is being implemented by African Youth
Initiative (AYI) and facilitated by the WSIS (World
Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) youth Caucus
and the Canadian government (who provided the seed
funding through TakingITGlobal International) in about
ten (10) selected countries globally including Ghana
as a prelude to the main summit in December 2003.
Activities lined up include Monthly Sensitisation
program in some selected first and second cycle
schools, ICT essay competition (which was launched on
the 13th of September 2003 during the P.O.W.E.R Summit
2003 at Tema), two-day youth forum, Media encounter,
excursion to ICT establishments among others.

We believe the Campaign will mark the genesis of a
movement, which embraces the idea that young people
have the potential and spirit to be useful agents of
transformation through the emerging Information
Society in Ghana. 

AYI has been involved in the whole WSIS process
through the participation in the preparatory sessions,
Africa Information Society Initiatives conferences,
online discussions including the drafting of Ghana’s
input into the Information Society and also recognised
by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
as one of the emerging youth networks on the
continent.

African Youth Initiative is an African youth-led
Information and Communication Technologies for
Accelerated Development (ICT4AD) initiative to help
bridge the digital divide in Africa, and to provide a
sustainable livelihood for the people of the
continent. AYI is a network of youth NGO’s and
individuals and has representation in about ten (10)
African countries with Ghana as the headquarters.
Among other involvements, AYI has already started
pilot Information and Communication Technology for
Accelerated Development (ICT4AD) clubs known as
CatchITYoung under the Ministry of Education in the
Central Region of Ghana to demonstrate its commitment
to youth development.

Best Regards,

Leopold L.L. Armah,
(Project Coordinator)
African Youth Initiative.


 
 








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