List of sub-sectors
Lot 3: Telecommunications and information technologies

A. EXPERTISE COMMON TO ALL SECTORS / LOTS

As a minimum, the expertise is required to cover the entire project cycle:

a. programme / project identification and preparation / formulation,
b. assistance implementation,
c. preparation of Terms of Reference (services, works, supplies, …) and evaluation of offers (Procurement),
d. evaluations (ex-ante, interim, ex-post etc.), monitoring as well as a number of horizontal aspects:
e. (Cross-) sectoral policies and reforms,
f. (Cross-) sectoral and macroeconomic (economic, budgetary) appraisals/studies (incl.Public expenditure review),
g. legislation, regulations and law enforcement,
h. approximation of legislation (acquis communautaire),
i. institutional building,
j. training and research,
k. awareness-raising, (incl. information and communication)
l. not applicable
m. gender issues,
n. environmental issues
o. HIV/AIDS issues (impact, prevention, mitigation).

B. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

A. Telecommunications
1. Telephony (urban and rural)
2. Radio-broadcasting, Television
3. Data Transmission
4. Multimedia Network
5. Navigation Systems, Systems of localisation and surveillance (terrestrial and maritime)

B. Earth Observation
6. Meteorology (radar and satellite)
7. Environmental information systems

C. Information Technology, applications
8. Platforms: hardware, software, networks; applications: packages, Expert information systems (EIS)/Management information systems (MIS)/data warehouses, Decision Support Systems, etc.
9. Telematic services (e-commerce, distance education, telemedicine)
10. Information System as a tool for poverty alleviation, rural telephony, community telecenters etc.
11. Information System as a tool for knowledge management