As a celebration of  the fourth anniversary of the second phase of the World Summit on Information Society, held in Tunisia in November 2005, the Tunisian Government, in collaboration mainly with UNCTAD, ITU, and in partnership with G@ID, ECA, ADB,World Bank, Arab Society for Intellectual Property and the UTICA, organises the fourth edition of  "ICT 4 All Forum-Tunis+4" in  Hammamet (Tunisia) during 24th and 25th November 2009 to deal with developing ICT activities through: ICT Innovation as a Tool for Strengthening Competitiveness and Growth.

The Forum is hailed as an important international event, consisting of an International Forum  and a Technological Exhibition,  aiming to  contribute to the implementation of the outcomes of  the World Summit on the Information Society through the promotion of  more dynamic business environment for the ICT sector in the Mediterranean area and particularly in Africa.          

For instance, the 2008 edition has been a great success, with the participation of:

    * 1500 participants coming from 67 countries, among which there are the Secretary General of ITU,  and the Vice Secretary  General of the United Nations,
    * 20 ministers in charge of ICT and 22 high level representatives of international organizations
    * A considerable number of leaders and responsibles of telecommunication operators, Internet  service  providers from African, Europeen, American and Asian countries,
    * More than 500 presidents and vice presidents of many international noteworthy enterprises such  as  Cisco,  Microsoft, Ericsson,  HP, Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia,  Siemens, Huawei Technologies, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Intel Corp, Patton  Electronics, Thomson, Altran, Nortel, ZTE, Interoute,  LG Electronics, Axia Network, Korea Telecom, Saudi Telecom, Qatar Telecom, EITL, Iburst group, Idate, Arthur D. Little…           

ICT 4 All Forum-Tunis+4

The 2009 edition of the  “ICT 4  ALL Forum-Tunis+4” will be held on the 24th - 25th November 2009. It will focus on “ICT Innovation as a Tool for Strenthening Competitiveness and Growth”,  with a view to shaping the opportunities in this field , to promote investment and partnership, stimulate growth and develop knowledge economy, with special attention to the Mediterranean area , Africa and developing countries.

         
“ ICT 4 All Forum-Tunis+4 ”  includes  a  high level International Forum  as  well  as a  Technological Exhibition to  enable enterprises to present their own innovative applications and solutions.

 Therefore, this praiseworthy event constitutes a profitable space for meetings and technological survey for world wide business especially through:

    * Exchanging best practices and experiences at the level of promoting ICT Innovation
    * Offering investment and partnership opportunities.
    * Presenting potential markets and developed business models .