Corporate Capability Statement

Opening ICT and Digital Economy Opportunities Worldwide

Hellerstein & Associates is a research firm specializing in opening up ICT and Digital Economy opportunities worldwide. We provide clients with solutions that help them to meet their goals. We do this by providing innovative, creative out of the box thinking of situations to help solve their problems.

Our clients include policy makers, regulators, government agencies, telecom operators, consulting firms, non-profits, and international organizations. H&A targets the intersection between policy, regulatory, technology and Internet related areas.

Core Expertise

Hellerstein & Associates' consultants have extensive experience in:

  • Drafting Digital Economy, e-commerce and e-trade Policies, Regulations, and Legislation
  • Drafting Digital Government Policies, Strategies, Regulations, and Legislation
  • Digital Transformation policies and strategies
  • Development and Drafting of Digital Economy, Digital Government, and e-commerce and e-trade Legislation both primary and secondary
  • Digital infrastructure, digital transformation policies, platforms, and digital applications/services and adaptive requirements of the enabling environment
  • National Multi Sector Gap Assessments and Legal and Regulatory Analyses with a focus on the ICT Sector, Cyber, Data Protection, Consumer Protection, E-Commerce, E-Transactions and other services areas
  • Providing Training and Capacity Building for Regulators, Ministries, and Operators
  • Economic and Financial Analysis
  • Independent Evaluation

Service Areas

Digital Economy Enabling Environment

Our focus is on creating the enabling environment for a digital economy to flourish and grow and this often involves a gap analysis of various legislation that is required for a digital economy, innovation, trade, and e-commerce.

Internet Access for All

We have designed Universal Access and Service Policies, strategies, and legislation as well as developed and written Broadband plans that help to solve connectivity issues. We work to create connectivity solutions to bring Internet Access to all regions including remote and rural regions working to help create innovative partnerships to solve intractable problems. We are committed to promoting universal access to the internet by designing universal access and service programs, conducting infrastructure audits and gap analysis as well as providing affordable access to all.

Digital Government

H&A supports digital government and digital transformation initiatives by working closely with clients both to develop and draft digital government policies, strategies, regulations, and legislation along with various cyber related issues. We have worked closely with the ITU and their team of experts on Digital transformation. For countries that have older policies, laws, and regulations we work closely with them to analyze demand-side issues, such as data protection, privacy, digital trade, digital signature, cybersecurity, cybercrime, consumer protection, and digital ID, and to help define a strategic direction and a clear path for the regulation and management of these demand-side issues in an effort to promote and heighten the efficiency of the digital economy in their country. We work closely and advising clients on other trade related issues, global treaties and conventions and other international fora they should engage in to help improve their policies, regulations and laws.

Mainstreaming Digital Innovation

We provide hands-on policy, regulatory, e-trade, and training and broadband, enabling stakeholders to identify cost drivers, competitive bottlenecks, and innovative business models to stay ahead in an ever-evolving digital landscape. Our Gap analysis of legislation enables us to let clients know which laws/regulations need updating to ensure the country can become a hub and trading partner using the latest technology tools, including smart contracts.

Team Expertise

H&A consultants have extensive experience working collaboratively with multiple cross functional teams in crafting policy and finding solutions to DNS, regulatory, policy, connectivity, and digital transformation problems and challenges. Our consultants are highly skilled in coalition-building, driving agendas through consensus-based, multi-stakeholder processes, and working with a variety of people and different Stakeholders as well as across multiple time zones.

Geographic Experience & Clients

The geographic experience of H&A is extensive, covering Europe, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, Western CIS, the Caucuses, Asia, and the Pacific.

Clients have included DFAT, USTDA, the World Bank, the IFC, InfoDev, Annenberg School of Communications, the US Commercial Law Development Program (US Department of Commerce), the Internet Society and other institutions and organizations.

Hellerstein & Associates has the proven experience and the ability to translate technical, complex and multifaceted issues into lay terms to help its clients achieve their goals. We have a particular expertise in uncovering hard to find information and in translating complicated issues into lay terms.

Contact

Hellerstein & Associates
3001 Veazey Terrace, NW, Suite 1308
Washington, DC 20008
Phone: (202) 362-5139
Email: Judith@jhellerstein.com
Website: www.jhellerstein.com