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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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| Connect with Remote
Offices, Fields Projects, Plants and
Geographically Dispersed Work Groups |
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In today's business world, you often work with and manage
employees in a variety of locations.
Whether your co-workers are travelling, working from home,
or stationed in a remote office, it can often be a struggle to
keep everyone consistently informed and connected.
The AUGEIP Research and Information System Online
Collaboration Suite (AUGEIP-RISOCS) offers a solution that
allows you to include every employee, partners, and
others in your communication and collaboration efforts
-- regardless of where they are located. AUGEIP-RISOCS's
online collaboration suite allows workers to actively
participate in group projects, stay connected to their
co-workers and receive ongoing feedback.
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online collaboration suite Built-in
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- File and Presentation Sharing
Provide for easy access and sharing of important files and
company presentations.
- Project Management
Set resource assignments, project schedules, action items,
task lists and progress reports for remote workers.
- Knowledge Bases
Build a knowledge base of frequently asked questions. The
information is immediately available to any employee, field
representative, branch office or subsidiary anywhere in the
world.
- Calendar Coordination
Track co-workers' schedules in the home office with shared
calendars.
- Online Directories
Maintain an employee directory with phone numbers, pictures,
email addresses and other contact information.
- Company Announcements
Keep remote employees up-to-date on corporate announcements
and events using the Announcements application.
- Brainstorm Ideas
Reach out to remote workers to contribute ideas, solicit
information from peers, and tune in to different
perspectives with online Discussion Forums.
- Download Key Forms and
Documents
Download and print the latest versions of corporate
collateral, HR forms, or company policies from any remote
office using the Document Manager.
- Wireless Access
Find contact information in seconds with the contacts
directory or with wireless connectivity using your cell
phone.
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
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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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