INTRODUCTION
Smart Partnership dialogue
is a national and international consultative forum where governments engage
with all sectors of the society (called partners) to share information,
knowledge and expertise smartly in finding solutions to development challenges.
These sectors otherwise called ‘partners’
could be political leaders, civil servants, entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, management,
or people in general who plays different roles according to their different
clusters in a society, but all operates from the same set of principles in
dealing with challenges.
Therefore, the concept Smart
Partnership Dialogue (SPD) drives from a unique manner in which
stakeholders/partners engage in a dialogue/consultation to solve their
challenges - mostly technological – smartly, hence the name Smart Partnership Dialogue.
Smart Partnership Dialogue
(SPD) is a brainchild of Commonwealth Partnership for Technology Management
(CPTM) which is a social and scientific inters – linkages arm of the
Commonwealth, and has since undertaken in collaboration with willing national
partners to provide a forum for the discussion of topical subjects in a
conducive and inclusive open dialogue. These dialogues can be traced back to
1990s when the first dialogue was held in Malaysia in 1995 under the leadership
of the Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohammed.
The vision of SPD is to
promote creative cooperation between the government and other sectors
contributing to social economic activities. To date, twenty Smart Partnership
International Dialogues has been held in different Commonwealth member States
countries with different key themes. The last one was held in 2011 Putrajava,
Malaysia. It was at this meeting that His Excellency President Jakaya Mrisho
Kikwete made a decision to host the next SPD.
GLOBAL
2013 SMART PARTNERSHIP DIALOGUE
Tanzania will host the next Smart
Partnership Dialogue. The Host and Patron Advisor for the 2013 Smart
Partnership Dialogue, His Excellency Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, and President of
the United Republic of Tanzania officially launched preparations for the 2013
Dialogue in 29th May, 2012. He also introduced the theme of Global
2013 SPD as Leveraging Technology for
Africa’s Socio – economic Development and announced the dates for the
dialogue to be 28th June - 1st July, 2013 to be held at
Julius Nyerere Convention Center, Dar es Salaam.
The decision of His
Excellency President Jakaya Kikwete to host the Global 2013 SPD and the choice
of the theme for the dialogue were anchored on the realization and conviction
that these dialogues provide a unique forum for interaction and equal
opportunities for all participants.
WHY
TANZANIA IS HOSTING GLOBAL 2913 SPD
Tanzania as a Commonwealth
member state is one of the nineteen African countries who are also partners of
SPD and has participated in several SPD hosted by other countries. One of our
greatest challenges as a developing country striving to pull itself out of poverty
and bring development to its people is the inadequate access to appropriate
technology. This missing link seems to be otherwise inherent to our national
efforts to translate our abundant natural and human resources in to tangible
development gains. The Dialogue therefore, is about identifying various forces
to stimulate change, spearhead the process and mastermind the change and
transformation of the Tanzanian society. Specifically, Global 2013 SPD is
intended to achieve the following:
§ Establish
sustainable technology links both domestic and foreign.
§ Identify,
develop and support youth technological innovation talents
§ Share
experiences from different stakeholders and jointly work out the solutions in a
participatory manner.
§ Create
an inclusive society and promote partnership based on the principle of win –
win situation
§ Inspire
the development of a roadmap for technological development targeting sector by
sector enhancement in the country in hand with the National Vision 2025
NATIONAL
PREPARATORY STRUCTURES FOR GLOBAL 2013 SPD
The national preparatory
structures consist of three main layers. The first layer is that of the
President of the United Republic of Tanzania who is the Patron and Host of the Dialogue. Therefore, the Global 2013 SPD in
Tanzania will be hosted under the auspices of His Excellency Jakaya Mrisho
kikwete.
The second layer consists of
National Organizing Committee. The
Chief Secretary Ambassador Ombeni Sefue – President’s Office - has been
appointed by the President of United Republic of Tanzania as Co - Convener of the Dialogue and Head
of The National Organizing committee (NOC). Other members of this committee
include Permanent Secretaries from some key line ministries, Executive
Secretary from Planning Commission, and Chief Executive from Strategic
Institutions. The National Organizing Committee has the duty of providing
overall guidance of the successful execution of the Global 2013 SPD.
The third layer
consists of The Dialogue Resource
Team. This
group is called The Think Tank.
The
Dialogue Resource team is made up of the National and International dialogue
resource teams. The National Core Resource Group comprises of experts from the
following sectors: Agribusiness, Education, Youth, Social Issues, Energy,
Extractive Industries, Health, Manufacturing Industries, Science and Technology,
Research & Development, Transportation, Environment, Arts and Culture,
Labor, Central Banks and Financial Institutions.
The
National Resource Group will interact closely with the International Resource
Team on issues of Technology for Socio-economic transformation.
The
Dialogue Resource team is expected to influence the agenda and the team will give
advice based on their experiences and knowledge to the Host Patron, the Council
of Patrons and Advisers and CPTM Fellows on socio-economic transformation
programmes and how best appropriate technology can be utilized to bring about
sustainable development to the nation and other participating countries.
During the dialogue the Dialogue Resource
Team will moderate/participate in discussion on the main theme and the sub
themes agreed upon. The Dialogue Resource team through discussion will propel
on how best to promote technology in the whole process of transformation for
socio economic growth for sustainable development in the local and
international context.
This Dialogue also has links
known as the Smart Partnership Links whose participants will be categorized
according to their interest. Smart
Partnership Links have been formed to feed into the main theme Leveraging
Technology in the following areas: Business, Professional and Academia, Youth,
otherwise called Smart 29ners, Media,
Labor and Civil Service, Social Issues, Community and Tradition, Arts and
Culture.
The fourth layer is the Secretariat. It operates under the
supervision of Chief Secretary and Co – Convener of Global 2013 SPD. The
Secretariat is in charge of the daily preparations and executions of the
decisions made by NOC. It also provides the link between the CPTM hub in
London, key government sectors, private sectors drawn locally and
internationally. It also works with support structures that are considered to
be essential for successful carrying out the dialogue.
REVERSE
MEDIA DIALOGUE
One of the key features of
this year SPD is that at some point in the process of the dialogue, media
representatives will engage in a discussion/dialogue with the Joint Executive
council of Conveners. During these sessions journalists are expected to share
their views on how they position themselves in helping realize the objectives
of The Global 2013 SPD.
PARTICIPATION
IN THE DIALOGUE
Participation to the
dialogue is open to anybody interested in the theme of this year. All one needs
to do is to fill the registration form and pay the registration fee of
300,000/=. The registration forms are available at our website whose address is
www.globaldialogue2013.go.tz
CONTACT
DETAILS
For any inquiries, the
Contact Details of the Secretariat are hereunder:
Tel: +255 – 22-
2121459/2111906
Fax: +255 – 22 –
2121447/2116600
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