ESCWA has created the Information Society Portal for the ESCWA Region (ISPER), which aims to track the progress of the World Summit on the Information Society implementation in ESCWA member countries. ISPER is a bilingual (English/Arabic), database-driven, open-source application that showcases ESCWA publications, such as the Regional and National Profiles of the Information Society.
This project was developed during 3 phases to deliver the following:
- Development of ISPER content management system (CMS).
- National Profile of ESCWA countries.
- ESCWA Regional Profile.
- ESCWA ICT indicators management.
- ESCWA countries data management and reporting.
- ESCWA ICT Policies & Strategies.
- ICT Indicators custom reporting whether table or graphics (multi charts).
- ICT Indicators custom reporting including powerful exporting tool.
- Custom access credentials to help management, focal points, and ESCWA countries responsible for whether access reports or managing their data.
- In addition, too many other modules such as News, Forums, etc.
