Civil Society Roles (activities, motives & challenges) Day 3 of 10
Morning, Today and tomorrow, we want to rapidly scan the activities initiated by Civil Societyon on ICT4D landscape. Members are expected to cite the organisation and what they are doing and if possible the objectives and challenges. I wish to start with One group that comes to mind -The Computer for Schools initiative which I think is involved in importing,refurbishing and deploying used computers to various primary and secondary schools. And I speak as an external observer when I say that probably their motive or objective is to ensure that all schools have PCs that students can access. Possible challenges could be whether those schools have the pre-requisite requirements to exploit or use these PCs i.e. do they have IT Teachers, Electrical Power Supply, ICT Training Content, or even time allocation to teach IT within our otherwise over-loaded Primary and Secondary Curricula? Feel free to share your experiences, observations or comments using any Civil Society Initiative. Yes, even KICTAnet is on the table if you wish ;-) though one can argue that is more of an MSP than CS (thanks to Tim Unwin's terminology). Anyway, let this be an opportunity for self-examination rather than finger-pointing, character assassination and/or temper raising opportunity. The floor is open for today (wed 21st) and tomorrow (thrs 22nd) on this theme. walu.
An interesting initiative I have seen is DrumNet (see http://www.drumnet.org/projects.htm) They use ICTs to extend Markets, Finance and Informational services to small scale farmers. Another initiative that comes to mind is the Digital Opportunity Trust (see http://dotrust.org/) whose work I have seen in Kenya, though they work in the Middle East and in the USA as well. They assist communities to learn to leverage ICTs in making their life better. This initiative is possible wherever there are people and technology, infact they are as bold as calling their 'interns' ICT4D. Maruti Morning,
Today and tomorrow, we want to rapidly scan the activities initiated by Civil Societyon on ICT4D landscape. Members are expected to cite the organisation and what they are doing and if possible the objectives and challenges.
I wish to start with One group that comes to mind -The Computer for Schools initiative which I think is involved in importing,refurbishing and deploying used computers to various primary and secondary schools.
And I speak as an external observer when I say that probably their motive or objective is to ensure that all schools have PCs that students can access. Possible challenges could be whether those schools have the pre-requisite requirements to exploit or use these PCs i.e. do they have IT Teachers, Electrical Power Supply, ICT Training Content, or even time allocation to teach IT within our otherwise over-loaded Primary and Secondary Curricula?
Feel free to share your experiences, observations or comments using any Civil Society Initiative. Yes, even KICTAnet is on the table if you wish ;-) though one can argue that is more of an MSP than CS (thanks to Tim Unwin's terminology). Anyway, let this be an opportunity for self-examination rather than finger-pointing, character assassination and/or temper raising opportunity.
The floor is open for today (wed 21st) and tomorrow (thrs 22nd) on this theme.
walu.
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Thanx Maruti on your leads, is there someone on the list from these or other organisations wishing to share their experiences and challenges? Can we also hear from the Workshop group at Lenana House? Harry Hare? I know we have two days on this theme but we need to talk before they are over and we have to move onto the Private Sector Initiatives. walu. --- Joseph Maruti <maruti@worldcorps.org> wrote:
An interesting initiative I have seen is DrumNet (see http://www.drumnet.org/projects.htm)
They use ICTs to extend Markets, Finance and Informational services to small scale farmers.
Another initiative that comes to mind is the Digital Opportunity Trust (see http://dotrust.org/) whose work I have seen in Kenya, though they work in the Middle East and in the USA as well.
They assist communities to learn to leverage ICTs in making their life better. This initiative is possible wherever there are people and technology, infact they are as bold as calling their 'interns' ICT4D.
Maruti
Morning,
Today and tomorrow, we want to rapidly scan the
activities
initiated by Civil Societyon on ICT4D landscape. Members are expected to cite the organisation and what they are doing and if possible the objectives and challenges.
I wish to start with One group that comes to mind -The Computer for Schools initiative which I think is involved in importing,refurbishing and deploying used computers to various primary and secondary schools.
And I speak as an external observer when I say that probably their motive or objective is to ensure that all schools have PCs that students can access. Possible challenges could be whether those schools have the pre-requisite requirements to exploit or use these PCs i.e. do they have IT Teachers, Electrical Power Supply, ICT Training Content, or even time allocation to teach IT within our otherwise over-loaded Primary and Secondary Curricula?
Feel free to share your experiences, observations or comments using any Civil Society Initiative. Yes, even KICTAnet is on the table if you wish ;-) though one can argue that is more of an MSP than CS (thanks to Tim Unwin's terminology). Anyway, let this be an opportunity for self-examination rather than finger-pointing, character assassination and/or temper raising opportunity.
The floor is open for today (wed 21st) and tomorrow (thrs 22nd) on this theme.
walu.
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Hi Walu, I found this resources on the Development Gateway, a portal for sustainable development and poverty reduction, and thought this might be of interest to you http://ict.developmentgateway.org/Content-item-view.10976+M5ad9ba180e1.0.html?&L= http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/index.php?onderdeelID=2&paginaID=6 Kind Regards, Samuel Njuguna. -------------------- Visit the Development Gateway at http://www.developmentgateway.org where individuals, communities and organizations are working together to reduce poverty On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 2:55 PM, John Walubengo <jwalu@yahoo.com> wrote:
Thanx Maruti on your leads, is there someone on the list from these or other organisations wishing to share their experiences and challenges? Can we also hear from the Workshop group at Lenana House? Harry Hare?
I know we have two days on this theme but we need to talk before they are over and we have to move onto the Private Sector Initiatives.
walu.
--- Joseph Maruti <maruti@worldcorps.org> wrote:
An interesting initiative I have seen is DrumNet (see http://www.drumnet.org/projects.htm)
They use ICTs to extend Markets, Finance and Informational services to small scale farmers.
Another initiative that comes to mind is the Digital Opportunity Trust (see http://dotrust.org/) whose work I have seen in Kenya, though they work in the Middle East and in the USA as well.
They assist communities to learn to leverage ICTs in making their life better. This initiative is possible wherever there are people and technology, infact they are as bold as calling their 'interns' ICT4D.
Maruti
Morning,
Today and tomorrow, we want to rapidly scan the
activities
initiated by Civil Societyon on ICT4D landscape. Members are expected to cite the organisation and what they are doing and if possible the objectives and challenges.
I wish to start with One group that comes to mind -The Computer for Schools initiative which I think is involved in importing,refurbishing and deploying used computers to various primary and secondary schools.
And I speak as an external observer when I say that probably their motive or objective is to ensure that all schools have PCs that students can access. Possible challenges could be whether those schools have the pre-requisite requirements to exploit or use these PCs i.e. do they have IT Teachers, Electrical Power Supply, ICT Training Content, or even time allocation to teach IT within our otherwise over-loaded Primary and Secondary Curricula?
Feel free to share your experiences, observations or comments using any Civil Society Initiative. Yes, even KICTAnet is on the table if you wish ;-) though one can argue that is more of an MSP than CS (thanks to Tim Unwin's terminology). Anyway, let this be an opportunity for self-examination rather than finger-pointing, character assassination and/or temper raising opportunity.
The floor is open for today (wed 21st) and tomorrow (thrs 22nd) on this theme.
walu.
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