Planned Framework Agreement for Capacity Building within Electronic Communications – with focus on regulation, spectrum management, market research and cyber security

SPIDER coordinates the iPRIS initiative (ICT Policy & Regulation - Institutional Strengthening), a regulatory capacity building project co- financed by the European Commission, Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency), and Luxembourg Development Cooperation. Stockholm University acts as coordinating and implementing institution for the iPRIS project.
iPRIS supports telecommunications regulatory development in Sub-Saharan Africa and involves 43 National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) and four Regional Regulatory Organisations (RROs):
• ARTAC, Central Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly
https://regulationartac.org
• CRASA, Communications Regulators Association of Southern Africa
https://www.crasa.org
• EACO, East African Communications Organization
https://www.eaco.int
• WATRA, West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly
https://www.watra.org
The present planned procurement concerns consultancy support for iPRIS, focusing on regulatory capacity building at regional level for the above mentioned RROs.