The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) in collaboration with the Ministry of ICT is currently organising the Second Annual African E-Gov Forum 2008, which will be held at the Serena Hotel, Kampala, Uganda from 4 - 6 March 2008. Following on from the successful inaugural event in Accra, Ghana last March, which was attended by 150 key ICT decision makers from both the Private and Public Sector, the CTO is building support for this vital conference.

WOUGNET is a supporting partner and together with CTO is organising the entire afternoon of the second day of the Forum (Wednesday 5th March 2008) dedicated to "Overcoming the challenge of engaging women with e-Governance through harnessing ICT". This session will be comprised of two presentations which will be followed by an extensive panel discussion on this essential topic area for the future of African governance.

The overall Forum topic of "Utilising ICT for more efficient, effective and inclusive governance" has been selected by the CTO for these key reasons:

- Good governance is critical in any nation, principality, or community.

- The CTO firmly believes that connectivity and harnessing the potential of ICT is the enabler to make rapid improvement in this.

- To achieve this improvement it is vital that the Public and Private Sectors develop understanding and partnerships so that real benefits can be felt by both administrations and the citizens they serve.

 For more information about the Annual Forum and/or to register, please visit: http://www.events.cto.int/egov08

For information about the session on Women and eGovernance, please send email to: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it