• Advise on the formulation and implementation of ICT Policy for Basic Education
  
• Advise on the establishment and running of a Coordination Unit to oversee policy implementation
• Capacity development of Ministry staff to manage the coordination and integration of ICT in education
• Advise Ministry staff on the planning, implementation and management of programmes on ICT in education
• Explore the use of ICT as a pedagogical tool through the development of ICT-enhanced, curriculum-aligned teaching and learning materials 

• Participation in e-Learning Africa, Addis Ababa, 24-26 May 2006
• Survey of global and African ICT in education initiatives and actors
• Mapping of relevant ICT in education programmes in Tanzania
• Identification and assessment of existing ICT in education resources at the MoEVT
• Development of ICT capacity development plan for MoEVT

• Publication and distribution of ICT user study and multimedia report, based on baseline ICT user survey, interviews and observations.
• Advise on the integration of ICT in BCA's new Strategic plan and Business plan, in preparation of BCA's transformation into an executive agency
• Organization of workshops with BCA management and Agency Implementation Team (AIT) to identify suitable areas and methods for ICT integration
• Identification of suitable methods and partners for the development of multimedia training courses as well as training of students and trainers in multimedia

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• Sida:  organization of high level panel discussion at WSIS Tunis Parallel Events; conceptualization and  dissemination of Sida information material at WSIS Tunis; liaison with Foreign Ministry (UD) and input to Sweden's WSIS statement
  
  
• SPIDER and Stockholm Challenge Award: advice on suitable promotional activities, dissemination strategies and collaborative partnerships at WSIS Tunis/ICT 4 All Exhibition; co-ordination of WSIS Challenge Award announcement
  
  
• Tanzania/COSTECH: advice on conceptualization and design of Tanzania’s national pavilion; identification of ICT projects to be showcased; organization of workshops; preparation and  distribution of promotional material; fund raising, and liaison with event organizers in Tunis and Switzerland
  
  
  

• Review progress, identify challenges and weaknesses, propose suitable measures and interventions for implementation
• Draw lessons learned, with an emphasis on infrastructure, training and capacity development, external assistance and expertise, cost-recovery mechanisms and sustainability
• Advise on the conceptualization and preparation of multimedia theatre performance, Once Upon a Dotcom, performed at WSIS Tunis
• Conceptualization and supervision of baseline ICT user survey

-ICT Project at BCA: Interim Progress Report for Phase 2 (2005), Bagamoyo College of Arts and Sida/Embassy of Sweden Dar es Salaam, December 2005.
-ICT Project at BCA: Progress Report for Phase 1 (2004), Bagamoyo College of Arts and Sida/Embassy of Sweden Dar es Salaam, February 2005.

• Advise on measures for mainstreaming ICT for Development at Sida, including identification of methods and areas suitable for the strategic integration of ICT; awareness raising and competence development of staff; and improved coordination and communication
• Conceptualization and organization of regional training workshop for ICT Focal Points at Swedish Embassies in Africa
• Advice and assistance in drawing lessons learned from the Secretariat’s past experiences and activities in Sida’s partner countries, especially in relation to Sida’s activities in the WSIS process

• Development of benchmark indicators for review of national ICTD strategies, including: status of implementation, links to PRSPs and MDGs, stakeholder involvement etc.

• Compilation of information on national ICTD strategies through on-line data gathering, e-questionnaire and e-mail interviews with UNDP offices
• Preparation of report with lessons learned from select number of national ICTD strategies, including characteristics of formulation process, status of implementation, sustainability and funding, institutional and capacity requirements

• Feasibility study: on-site data gathering through meetings and interviews to identify ICT needs and requirements of staff and students at Bagamoyo College of Arts (BCA)
• Development of ICT strategy for BCA: contextualization of ICT efforts; identification of: strategic areas for ICT-integration; technical and human resource requirements; training and capacity development needs; recommendations for implementation
• Planning of implementation: analysis of technical options and requirements; liaison with technical and service providers; staff consultations and workshops; liaison with Sida/Embassy of Sweden and technical consultants

Bagamoyo College of Arts (BCA) is a dynamic, creative and innovative institution for high quality training, research and professionalism in the Arts. Thanks to Sida´s support, the College received ICT facilities, Internet access and training in 2004.

• Conceptualization of content and structure of ICT for Development (ICT4D) Forum
• Organization of high level panels on access, open source, policy and capacity: identification of and liaison with speakers, conceptual advice to speakers; compilation and dissemination of thematic content
• Conceptual advice on ICT4D Platform exhibition
• Coordination and identification of synergistic linkages between ICT4D Platform activities
• Liaison with International Advisory Panel of ICT4D Platform
• Analysis of lessons learned, trends and perspectives presented at ICT4D Forum
• Reporting of content and outcome of ICT4D Forum (Chapters on Access, Policy and Capacity in ICT4D Report, see below)

The ICT4D Platform was a main WSIS event, combining an exhibition that showcased over 250 organizations and projects with a forum in which lessons and perspectives on key issues were debated by representatives from governments, the private sector and civil society.

• Development of an ICT for Development (ICT4D) strategy and guidelines on: democratic governance, human rights, culture and media, health, education and HIV/AIDS
• Conceptualization and coordination of multimedia Flash presentation of DESO ICT4D strategy
• Organization of workshop and meetings to build internal capacity on ICT for Development
• Ongoing consultations with staff members and external partners to assure broad ownership
• Study tour to Tanzania: consultations with DESO staff and partners, consultations with actors involved in the formulation of the national ICT policy
• Participation in preparatory meetings of the World Information Society Summit (WSIS)
• Launch of DESO strategy at the ICT4D Platform of the World Information Society Summit (WSIS)

Sida´s Department for Democracy and Social Development (DESO) supports the strategic use of ICT as a tool for democracy, human rights and social development. In addition to supporting relevant ICTD efforts in partner countries, DESO will pursue a needs-based integration of ICT in all relevant projects and programs.

-Digital Empowerment-A Strategy for ICT for Development (ICT4D) for DESO. Stockholm: Sida/DESO, December 2003
-Digital Empowerment-Guidelines to the DESO Strategy for ICT for Development (ICT4D). Stockholm: Sida/DESO, December 2003