2. A Century of business development
From…
• 1901: Pacific Cable Board
• Commonwealth states, governments and territories
• Focused on telecommunications
To…
• CTO
• Global partnership of governments, businesses and civil society
• Focus now on information and communication technologies (ICTs)

3. CTO structure for the new millennium
CTO Council
Executive Committee
Management

4. CTO Mission
• Highest quality Programs for Capacity Development,
Knowledge Sharing and Information services
• Partnerships between governments, businesses and
other organizations to reduce global poverty and
achieve the MDG’s for ICT
• Help bridge the digital and knowledge divide in 5 key
sectors
– - food & agriculture (e-nutrition), education (distance learning), health
(telemedicine), e-government and e-commerce
• Facilitate the successful development of ICT’s to
support social and economic development objectives
of governments and civil society

5. CTO Activities
Three core areas
• Capacity building in Policy, Regulation, Technology and Business
Development
– National and Regional ICT Development Programs
– Research and advisory services
– Advisory and consultancy services
• International/Regional conferences and seminars
– Conferences / Seminars
– Information and publication services
• Programmes of Development & Training (PDT)
– Traditional Training / Specialist workshops
– E- Learning Platform
– Customer specific training program

6. Capacity Building Development Programs
Research:
•Economic Impact of Telecoms on Rural Livelihood & poverty
•An Overview of VOIP Regulation in Africa
•Universal Access
•Spectrum Auctions
•Regulatory Capacity Study of SADC
Consultancies
•Africa E-Commission ESSAY 22 countries study
•NEPAD Regional Broadband Infrastructure Network
•LTA Tariff Rationalization
Development Projects
Tele-coop Sri Lanka
ICT4DM Workshops

7. Research and Consultancy Services
• In-house data bank of information from over 35
countries available for studies
• Core team at the Headquarters supported by
professionals from more than 50 ICT organisations
• Ability to organise teams with diverse skill sets at
short notice
• Experience in conducting research and consultancy
work for major donors and multilateral organisations
• For more information about our work in research and
consultancies please visit our site

8. Events - Conferences and Seminars
Established brand held every year
DBSF, 2005,2006,2007
CRC 2005, 2006, 2007
Technology Forum 2005, 2006, 2007

9. International Events – a Snapshot
“Sharing Knowledge – Spreading the Word”
• 10 events annually taking place across the Commonwealth
• Events are designed to act as forums for networking and platforms
for learning from middle to senior management
• Event brands include:
• CTO Forum (incorporating N-G-N‟s this year)
• Digital Broadcasting Switchover Forum
• E-Governance
• „Connecting Rural Communities‟
• Acquisition Management
• Disaster Management

10. Programmes of Development & Training (PDT)
Beyond 3G Technology
Workshop, Mauritius, Jan 07‟
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Forum, Guyana, Nov 07‟
Over 30 training courses
HR4ICT Forum
Organized per year spread
Mauritius, Feb 07‟
across CTO regions on
ML/BL basis ranging from
technology issues to regulatory
E-Gov Forum to HR to Goverence etc
Ghana, Mar 07‟

11. Programme for Development and Training
“Enabling professional capacity and expertise in
ICT‟s”
• Over 30,000 ICT professionals trained since 1985
• Needs-led professional training
• Non-profit, high-value, low-cost services
• Governments, regulators, operators and service providers

12. Keeping CTO in the public eye…

13. …through new and familiar media

14. How can you get involved?
Sign MOU and undertake to commit to :-
• Be a host, sponsor, a media partner and/or a speaker
at a CTO International Event
• Partner on our Research and Consultancy Projects
• Become a member of our Professional Development
and Training arm
• Be a contributor to CTO World magazine – we always
need articles, interviews, quotes and adverts
• For all the above, Link to our website at www.cto.int

15. Don‟t just take our word for it…
“The Johannesburg Digital Broadcasting Switchover Forum was
definitively one of the most successful events in the field of
broadcasting I can think of during my 25 years or so career in this field!“
Mr Trilock Dwarka, Chairman, ICTA, Mauritius
“With CTO you get what you expect and want in their quest to be the
light in ICT guidance”
Malolela Lusambo, Principle Engineer ICT,
Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation