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Yehia
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Who should be an ICT recipient?
June 2, 2003 - 04:29 AM
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Hello all,
In response to Kantibit's thread "Online opinion poll on who should be ICT intermediary", I thought it would be interesting to ask the question:
Who should be an ICT recipient?
Let me explain: One big problem in International Development, and particularly in ICT Development, is that too often organizations do not research the needs of the community thoroughly enough to correctly conclude that this specific community needs the implementation of an ICT project. For example, imagine a village more in need of Health rather than IT assistance. It is clear that the construction of a telecenter in that village might not be appropriate given the current situation of the community. So what I really want to know is:
Who would benefit the *most* from an IT project? Is it possible to list criteria in order to choose a country|region|community to be the recipient of an IT initiative? If so, what are these criteria?
Tell me what you think,
Yehia
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Re: Who should be an ICT recipient?
June 4, 2003 - 09:52 AM
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ICT should simply be seen as a tool not as a final aim... following your example: how can ICT be a tool linked to health issues and how can the impact of ICT be positive in a local community based on the "needs" of that community.
You need to analyse ICT from a multi perspective: as information, knowledge, infrastructures, communication, diverse instruments, networks, a tool for development, access (=rigths) etc...
The criteria depends on the specifc situation, area of intervention, region, community, all these elements need to be taken into account as initiatives are implemented and policy is set.
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Re: Who should be an ICT recipient?
June 9, 2003 - 12:26 PM
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Some interesting story on bridging divides through ICTs within societies with different needs...
Rural parts of Middle East in information poverty
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org/content/news/index.cfm?key=883
A leading Middle East telecom firm has called upon public and private
sectors to curtail the information divide in the region. Highlighting
the urban bias in ICT adoption, it has stressed on the urgent need for a
better telecom infrastructure in rural areas.
Russia ventures on e-governance project
http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=18492
The Russian government is turning to the Internet in an attempt to make
its bureaucracy more efficient and less corrupt.
Brazil moves to new Internet governance with civil society help
http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=12139
The civil society is getting together to change the way the Internet is
governed in Brazil. As a result of discussions with the civil society,
the Lula government has decided to support the transition to a new
Internet governance structure.
Websites to promote transparent local governance in Colombia
http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=12177">
Two Colombian NGOs, Colnodo and Transparencia por Colombia
(Transparency for Colombia), are working with municipal governments of four cities
to produce Websites that will help fight corruption and increase the
public's access to government information.
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