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AUGEIP
Research and Information System: Discussion Forums
Africa cannot escape and hide away
from today's highly globalised world but, it has to find the
most beneficial ways of engaging in, or with it - It can't
keep on relying on methods and formulas which have failed and
left Africa permanently weaker and desperate -
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Exchange important ideas and information with Discussion
Forums. Topics and responses appear in structured,
hierarchical "threads" that make reading and
responding easy. More comprehensive than chat sessions or
e-mail, Discussion Forums can keep a permanent history of
conversations among all users. This tool is indispensable for
joint file editing, team projects, brainstorming and other
collaborative work.
Discussion Forums allow you to quickly and easily:
- Establish forums on any topic to generate feedback or
new ideas from your group
- Post a suggestion or problem solution in a message
thread
- Limit a discussion to a specified group of users or open
participation to your entire organization
- Search for a particular discussion thread by title or
key word
As part of the AUGEIP Online collaboration suite, the
Discussion Forums application is readily available from
anywhere in the world using a simple web browser.
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Expertise and Knowledge in Your Organization |
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| Easily create new topics
and responses. Attach documents and files to
individual discussions. |
With Discussion Forums, project teams and departments can
brainstorm ideas for proposals and procedures. Remote office
employees can participate in discussion threads despite
different time zones. Companies can collect employee
suggestions on an ongoing basis. Whether you are in the
office, on the road or working at home, you always have access
to the latest discussion information and can post your own
thoughts.
- Brainstorm New Product Ideas
Create a discussion to collect product ideas from your
employees. Sales and Marketing teams can prioritize customer
feedback for planning sessions.
- Encourage Employee Involvement with a Company Suggestion
Box
Create a suggestion box and urge your workers to contribute
ideas for improving company policy. Solicit ideas from
remote employees to build company loyalty across geographic
boundaries.
- Clarify Project Requirements
Establish forums for use by project teams to comment on
proposals, specifications and deliverables. Team members can
contribute at any time of day, from anywhere in the world.
- Maintain a Record of Committee Decisions
Post minutes of prior meetings and allow committee members
or employees to comment on policies and procedures.
- Maintain Ongoing Field Status Reports
Project team members can post daily updates to report the
status of open issues. Conduct discussions among the members
of the entire group, or limit access to specific users for
confidential or sensitive issues.
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Forums Features |
Easy-to-Use
Interface
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Easily create new topics and responses. Sort,
expand, and collapse topics for easy reading. |
Threaded
Hierarchy |
Display replies under the specific comment to which
they are directed. |
File
Attachments |
Attach documents and files to individual discussion
contributions to illustrate a point or to maintain a
complete record of correspondence. |
Integrated
Search |
Search for a discussion thread by title or keyword
so you can immediately access a selected forum. |
Secure
Permissions |
Decide which individuals or groups have the right to
read or contribute to a particular discussion. |
| Send Link |
Notify users when you make changes to a discussion
topic or create a new forum, or solicit immediate
feedback. |
Complete
Integration
Discussion Forums are part of the AUGEIP Online
collaboration suite, so it's available anywhere, at
any time, using a convenient web browser. |
To learn more about how Discussion Forums and the entire
AUGEIP Online collaboration suite can help you succeed:
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Thabo Mbeki, "Our
peoples throughout our continent are determined that we must
advance in decisive manner toward the realisation of the goals
of African political and economic integration and unity - we
have to do this so that we overcome the problems of poverty and
underdevelopment that afflict Africa, impose misery on millions
of Africans, and lead to the global marginalisation of our
continent and its people."
| We need
more resources and financial assistances to fully
implement the AUGEIP Programme. The Office of the
Permanent Secretary of this Proposed AU Commission on
Regional Economic Integration, Research and Information
System drew up the following expenditure plan outlining
the expected FIRST expenditure as an approximation. The
indicative tasks to be Budgeted are shown below. Sign
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| INDICATIVE
REQUEST FOR FUNDING THE FIRST LINE OF THE
IMPLEMENTATION TASKS:
FIRST
LINE OF FUNDING TO COVER:
- Production
of this Proposed AU Consultative Process programme
and Website in other four official AU
languages (French, Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic and
Swahili) in order to reach over-board African
communities.: Time frame: 03/01/2003
– 03/22/2003. Estimated Funding needed: US $
35,000.00
- Advertisements
of this Proposed AU Consultative Process programme
on national, regional and some global print media,
community radio and television: Time
frame: 03/01/2003 – 05/17/2003. Estimated Funding
needed: US $ 106.000.00
- Development
and distribution of this Proposed AU Consultative
Process programme on electronic medias such as CD
ROM, Online electronic libraries and Internet access
to all Ministries of Commerce, trade and Industry;
Ministries of Agriculture and Co-operatives;
Ministries in charge of Mines, Energies and Natural
resources of the 53 member States and to their
Provincial and Districts offices for rural
communities participations and reviews: Time
frame: 03/10/2003 – 05/17/2003. Estimated Funding
needed: US $ 106.000.00
- Implementation
of AUGEIP Internet Centers (AUIC) throughout the 53
member Sates to provide Internet connections to
areas of the AU communities lacking to be able to
participate in the AUGEIP programme, especially to
accommodate for capital consumptive expenditure
related to procurement of equipments and software to
establish local link to Internet via local ISPs
(First step); computers and accessories; cables;
furnitures acquisition and communication lines and
equipments, minimum operational personnel of 3
Contracts qualified employees in each AUIC, leasing
or renting of spaces to implement the AUIC; licenses
purchasing and operating rights for each AUIC: Time
frame: 03/17/2003 – 05/17/2003. Estimated
Funding needed: US $ 212,000.00
- Direct collections of the above stakeholders' views on
the proposed GEI policy via AUGEIP's Online Research
and Information System and databases: 03/17/2003
– 05/17/2003. Estimated Funding needed: US $
53,000.00
- Organisation
of Forums via Internet, telecasts and regional
conferences to review the collected stakeholders'
views on the Proposed AU Regional and Global
Economic Integration Programme (AUGEIP): 04/01/2003
– 05/17/2003. Estimated Funding needed: US $
53,000.00
- Submission
of the final reviewed GEI policy to the AU
Chairperson, to the Assembly and Parliament for
adoption and enlistment of the International
community for implementation of the adopted GEI
policies within the AU communities and member
States: Starts on 05/17/2003 to 05/31/2003.
Estimated Funding needed: US $ 53,000.00
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current interim management, research and technical
staff is composed of 10 people. There is a critical
shortage of at least one AUGEIP Programme
Implementation Coordinator to coordinate the
Proposed AUGEIP Consultative Process programme in
each member States and attached at the Proposed AU
Commission on Regional and Global Economic
Integration Programme. For a total of 53 AUGEIP
Coordinators to be hired on Contract basis. For
operating expenses of 10 original managerial,
research and technical staff and salaries for three
(3) months – the duration of the Proposed AUGEIP
Consultative Process Programme: Time
frame: 03/01/2003 – 05/31/2003. Estimated Funding
needed: (US $ 3000 x 63 x 3) = US $: 567,000.00
TOTAL:
time frame: 3 months.
Estimated Funding needed: US $ 1,235,000.00
The
Consultative Process starts from March 1, 2003 through
Mai 31, 2003. Please click here
to find out HOW to pay for your appreciated
contributions.
We thank you in advance for your efforts and
contributions in helping to FULLY implement this
programme.
Sincerely,
P.O. The Permanent Secretary of the Proposed Au
Commission on Regional and Global Economic Integration
(AUGEIP)
Please
direct all inquiries to: permanent-secretary@africanunion.intranets.com
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