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A NEW APPROACH TO
TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
NEW €4 MILLION EU-FUNED PROGRAMME LAUNCHED
The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology
and the Delegation of the European Commission in Egypt
will launch on 28 September 2005 the second phase of the
New Approaches to Telecommunication Policy Programme,
which is funded by the European Commission at a total
budget of €4 million (EGP 28 million). The inauguration
session of this one-day event will be held at the Nile
Hilton Hotel at 9:00 a.m. and will bring together
representatives from the telecommunication authorities
of 10 MEDA countries, namely: Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia,
Algeria, Israel, Palestinian Authority, Jordan, Syria,
Lebanon and Turkey. The meeting will focus on developing
regional co-operation between the regulatory authorities
of the 10 countries, as well as with the EU.
The second phase of the New Approaches to
Telecommunication Policy Programme aims to provide
practical advice to regulatory authorities in the 10
MEDA countries in order to assist regulatory authorities
with telecommunications regulatory reform, based on the
key principles of the EU regulatory framework for
telecommunications. The Programme will further enhance
co-operation within the Mediterranean region as well as
with EU Member States telecommunications authorities.
The Programme will be implemented over a three-year
period.
To prepare for the Programme, a team of experts visited
the Mediterranean region in April 2005 to analyse the
current development of the markets and regulatory
frameworks in each one of the 10 participating
countries. This analysis has now been completed and is
the basis for the work programme of the New Approaches
to Telecommunication Policy Programme.
ENDS
Contact:
Germaine Demian
Press and Information Officer
Delegation of the European Commission in Egypt
Tel:3749 46 80 (ext: 215)
germaine.demian@cec.eu.int
Milojka Saule
Information & Communication
Project Manager
Tel:3749 46 80 (ext: 321)
milojka.saule@cec.eu.int |
