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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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Internal and External Projects |
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With the the AUGEIP Research and Information System Online
Collaboration Suite (AUGEIP-RISOCS), you can better manage
your projects and project teams -- both internal and external.
AUGEIP-RISOCS will significantly increase your group's
effectiveness and help deliver projects on time.
If you're a consultant, you'll love the flexibility and
security of connecting with the home office, while
coordinating your client's project needs.
AUGEIP-RISOCS is the best platform for communicating and
collaborating with clients. The customizable, secure extranet
capability enables you to share critical information with your
clients, so you can manage your engagements better than ever
before.
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- Project Conference
Use Discussion Forums to conduct project update meetings,
design reviews, and brainstorming and problem-solving
sessions online with geographically dispersed teams.
- Project Documentation
Publish current and historic data and specifications by
project team members in the Document Manager.
- Meetings, Agendas, Minutes and
Action Items
Use the Calendar and Task Manager to schedule meetings,
maintain a list of the minutes from each meeting and track
key action items.
- Progress Reports
Provide a central location for team resource assignments,
project schedules, action items, task lists and progress
reports.
- Best Practices Database
Use the Database application to create a library of customer
best practices.
- Idea Brainstorming
Use the Discussions Forums to brainstorm a key issue
internally or with a client.
- Manage Project Calendars and
Deadlines
Post and share key deadlines and milestones on the group
calendar.
- Key Contact Information
Maintain important contact information such as phone
numbers, email addresses, pager information, etc. in the
online directories.
- Expense Reports
Use the Expense application to post your expense reports
while you're managing a project on the road.
- Synchronize Your Key Project
Information
Synchronize calendar, contacts and even action items on your
intranet with your Palm or Outlook.
Take advantage of the exceptional
technical, control and managerial capabilities of the
AUGEIP-RISOCS today! Just
sign
up to participate in the AUGEIP
Consultative Process and find out for yourself how our
AUGEIP-RISOCS solutions can serve you and your organisation.
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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
- The
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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