The first-ever iPRIS peer-to-peer capacity building session for a French-speaking cohort was held in Luxembourg from September 8th to September 25th, 2024.
The two-and-a-half-week peer-to-peer learning session included participation from:
- African telecom experts from national regulatory authorities representing the Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo Brazzaville, Mauritania, Senegal, and Togo.
- Regional regulatory experts representing ARTAC and
- European experts from ILR, BNETZA (Germany) and ARCEP (France).
The African telecom regulators focused on launching their change initiative that will help address connectivity gaps or barriers to digital inclusion in their respective counties. The peer-to-peer training session covered various topics, including legal frameworks, market competition, consumer protection, and spectrum management.
Along the sidelines of the sessions, the participants explored various sites in the country, such as the Lëtzebuerg City Museum, the National Mining Museum, and the European Union Court of Justice.
After completing the capacity building training session, the African telecom experts received participation certificates, concluding their peer-to-peer comprehensive training experience.The participants will reconvene in Dakar, Senegal, in February 2025 to review their progress in the change initiative.
Selected photo highlights from the peer to peer training session in Luxembourg
The iPRIS project implementation team at the European Court of Justice with Judge Ulf Öberg
The participants during a field visit in the afternoon after a rigorous morning of peer-to-peer learning in their second week in Luxembourg
Ms. Malena Liedholm-Ndounou (SPIDER) facilitates a presentation on Universal Coverage
The Mauritanian team, Cheikha Mohamed Vall (left) and El Vaiza Badda (middle), together with Tantley Jeans (ILR).
