This Conference has the following objectives:
- Review of actions taken by Arab countries to reduce the digital divide in light of the outcome of the Geneva phase of WSIS;
- Adoption of a Regional Plan of Action, based on the Arab Strategy for Communications and Information, adopted by the Arab Summit in Amman (March 2001) and the global PoA adopted in the Geneva Summit;
- Active promotion of partnerships among the various stakeholders of the information society, including Government, private sector, non-governmental and international/regional organizations, in order to implement the Regional Plan of Action;
- Launching key regional projects that have the necessary funding and partnership to insure a high rate of success