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Share any “ICT for Development” project that YOU have been either involved in or heard/read about. (Please feel free to select any of the projects we have discussed or mentioned during the series if you need some inspiration).

What are the contours of the project? What are its aims and objectives, and how is it working to achieve them? Are you impressed by the project and do you believe in its approach? If so, why? If not, why? Could you place this project in the context of the approaches this Series has highlighted? What are the complementary projects, if any, that the success of your chosen project relies on? What are the legal, political and cultural hurdles that have been overcome and still need to be overcome for the success of the project?
Has this series made you reassess the goals and approach of this project? If so, how? Do you have any constructive suggestions to make to those running this project?

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I was part of a small team that developed a strategic plan to position the Philippines as the e-services hub of Asia.  The focus of the strategic plan was to More...

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What are the contours of the project?
ARISE, African Research for Information Society Emergence, is a multi-lingual African collaboration initiave to use ICT for development in Africahttp://www.arise.org.za

What are More...

From the description above, and from browsing at http://www.arise.org.za , I find ARISE a very stimulating example, because of point 2) in particular.
As to the language issue, it may More...

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After end of this course on Internet & development of Information Communications Technologies, which I would say that was very informative and useful to those who want to have an More...

My first response to this contribution was to check Google for WIPO  - a useful link. Thank you.

There is often news of exciting initiatives coming out of India. The More...

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The United Nations will host the World Summit on the Information  Society in Geneva, Switzerland in December 2003. The Summit aims
to explore the major advances in information and communications More...

"But youth is the Lord of Life. Youth has a kingdom waiting for it." In this instance I hope Mr. Wilde is correct. It is very encouraging to see a More...

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Maja,

Thank you for this: I'll communicate the URL's for the caucus to the http://www.comunica-ch.net, the Swiss (civil society ) platform for information society. For those who want to read More...

It's worth noting as well that ISOC-AU see http://www.isoc-au.org.au  as a result of our last AGM is planning to undertake a specific youth focus in the next year or so More...

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This project was started by ISSEG (teachers' training institute) in Maneah (Guinée) and ISPFP (Swiss Institute for vocational training) in Lugano, Switzerland in '98: see http://www.projetalphab-guinea.ch/ (in French). I know More...

With regard to your concerns about the use of trainers as intermediaries between the users and the learners, as opposed to simply connecting users with the technology or with the More...

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Turk World Com, is the new tool that offers a proven, scalable solution that reduces globalization costs, speeds time-to-market and enhances the integrity of global businessmen network.

The Turk World More...

It really sounds like this Berkman program was the 'perfect fit' for the goals that you have lined up ahead of you with your projects, specifically in Turkey. I wish More...

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With the Observatory of the information Society in Central Africa, I am building a local knowledge network which consists of creating a formal structure the aim of which is to More...

This is an intriguing project, is there a website where we might view it?

What criteria are used to judge whether knowledge is local? What criteria are used to judge More...

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The last few years have seen great examples on the utilization
of the Internet to bring communities of varied interests together.
Pantoto is a project that attempts to learn from More...

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"ICT For Development" Project:
Researching each of the 4-major ICT concepts (Infrastructure, Entrepreneurship, Education, and Policy) has been my life for nearly two years as I seek to establish a More...

Please, I look forward to learning more about your new venture.
It sounds very interesting and also may be useful in areas where we have covered in the Series just More...

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In order to be diplomatic, I am going to, in the words of the ancient US TV series 'Dragnet,' change the names of the individuals and groups involved to protect More...

I appreciate your concerns and observations about the mistakes of the multi-million dollar venture.  Unfortunatly, many businesses, organizations and projects spend money before they learn valuable lessons.  

I think the More...

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It seems to me that this example sounds very similar to failed attempts to adopt new technology by large corporations during the 90’s. The lesson of these corporate sagas is More...

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***Project contours
The project is Oke-Ogun Community Development Agenda 2000 Plus (OOCD 2000+) which I (Pam) support from home in the UK. I am the only person in the project More...

Pam, You appear to support a very remarkable project, with the potential to take on Pan-African roots.

What seems to be working:
- You have the support of the local More...

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Your project is an educational endeavor. Congratulations both to the people and you personally.
We are learning from your narrative. It has been a revision exercise since you have gone More...

I want to thank you  for the time that you've taken to so carefully describe your project and the barriers it faces.

With regard to your comment vis a vis More...

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Greetings,

I have just joined this forum. I am excited to see all the activity and look forward to a lot of good reading.
Due to the deadline I have More...

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I dont know of another case that has been setup so ideally to stimulate locally a network of Internet centers to cooperatively discover and learn from each other, while using More...


I dont know of another case that has been setup so ideally to stimulate locally a network of Internet centers to cooperatively discover and learn from each other, while using More...

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I have been working on two ICT concepts for a long time.  One - the psychology network is in its infancy stages of development (see: wwww.psyking.net).  The other, Information Research More...

I guess it depends how well such project are reagarded in home country or local communities. I must admit my experience is "bleak" in this matter.

Operation Rice Bowl- 2003.  
By Mrs. I. F. Swai.
An Exchange Visitor UMass.


1.        Background Information.

Since 1975, there has been a program in the United States, involving people here More...

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In order to reduce the bureaucracy and corruption in my country (Romania), the Ministry of Communications dediced to set up an online purchase portal for public administration. The project (www.e-licitatii.ro) More...

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The international digital divide and the details of ongoing efforts were fairly unfamiliar to me when I started participating in the H2O forum. I have enjoyed the course a great More...

Thank you for your kind comments.

This debate about ICT and development has been fruitful in terms of approaches and contextual frameworks that evolve along the standing of development issues, and mostly the social characteristics liased More...

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