Re: [kictanet] What Role is Civil Society, Private and Public Sector Playing in ICT4D-Day 1 of 10
This was sent to KICTANET but may not have appeared: ------ Forwarded Message From: Tim Unwin <tim.unwin@rhul.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 13:18:10 +0100 To: <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Conversation: MSPEs Subject: MSPEs Colleagues Noting the previous discussions, many people are now using the term MSPs to refer to multi-stakeholder partnerships that combine civil society, private sector, governments, donors, international agencies etc. - instead of simply PPPs. My own view is that it is very important to distinguish between civil society and the private sector – although I know that others disagree! One of the reason that so many initiatives have failed is because they have concentrated on PPPs instead of MSPs! We must involve civil society and others if we are to have any hope of delivering successful ICT4D initiatives! In case people may not be aware of the work that UNESCO and the World Economic Forum are doing in this area, do look at http://www.pfore.organd http://www.weforum.org/pdf/GEI/Partnerships.pdf Tim ______________________________________________________ Tim Unwin UNESCO Chair in ICT4D and Professor of Geography Royal Holloway, University of London Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK Tel: +44 (0)1784-443655 Fax: +44 (0)1784-472836 French mobile: +33 6 23 73 30 48 Swiss mobile: +41 794 617 527 Skype: timothyunwin http://www.ict4d.org.uk http://moodle-ict4d.rhul.ac.uk tim.unwin@rhul.ac.uk üSave paper and ink! Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. ----- Original Message ---- From: John Walubengo <jwalu@yahoo.com> To: mleonardo@yahoo.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>; kictanet-bounces+meldon=symphony.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 2:45:20 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] What Role is Civil Society, Private and Public Sector Playing in ICT4D-Day 1 of 10 Thanx Mike for your quick and precise definitions...I found that your thinking does match the understanding from good old Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/ and I quote below. Civil society: refers to the arena of un-coerced collective action around shared interests, purposes and values., Private Sector: is that part of the economy which is both run for private profit and is not controlled by the state. Public Sector:part of economic and administrative life that deals with the delivery of goods and services by and for the government, ICT4D: refers to the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) within the field of socio-economic Development. I do hope everyone agrees with these definitions so that we avoid misunderstandings as we progress in the discussions. walu. --- MEldon@symphony.co.ke wrote:
Thanks for returning to the fray, Walu.
The term Civil Society is used in different ways. At its broadest it can mean all non-state actors, from NGOs to private sector (including the media) to faith and community based organisations. But it is often used merely to refer to groups like human rights activists or peace-builders.
As far as PPPs are concerned, here we are talking about the public and private sector working together towards common goals. In the last decade or so PPPs have gathered pace, with the intensified efforts of organisations such as FKE and KAM, and with the emergence of KEPSA as the private sector umbrella body. Government too has been increasingly reaching out to the private sector, in the spirit of what can be called constructive engagement. But PPPs can also mean the institutional bodies that drive eg large scale infrastructure development, such as the undersea cable.
Over to others for more (or different!)
Mike Eldon
From: John Walubengo <jwalu@yahoo.com> To: meldon@symphony.co.ke Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: 05/19/2008 08:51 AM Subject: Re: [kictanet] What Role is Civil Society, Private and Public Sector Playing in ICT4D-Day 1 of 10
Morning,
As previously notified in the mail copied below, today is Day 1 of the above discussion. Today is simply a background day. Make sure we have the same definitions for various terminologies and stakeholders. What is our understanding of the following.
Civil Society, Public Sector, Private Sector, Public Private Partnerships? Anyone?
walu.
--- John Walubengo <jwalu@yahoo.com> wrote:
Within the background of the upcoming Regional ICT for Development (ICT4D) Workshop on Monday 19th May 2008, KICTAnet is pleased to announce a 10day Online deliberation on the following topic: 'What Role is Civil Society, Private and Public Sector Playing in ICT4D?'
The eDiscussion and the face-2-face workshop will simoultaneously kick off on Monday 19th and we hope to have an interesting cross-pollinated engagement. The Objectives and Program outline for the eDiscussion is given below and shall be co-moderated by Walu and Leonard Mware.
The Objectives of the Study include: •Understand the terminologies and define the Key Stakeholders (Civil Society, Private and Public Sector) •Investigate exsiting Policy frameworks that informs Stakeholders activities in ICT4D •Appraise Civil Society activites, motives and challenges with regard to ICT4D •Appraise Private Sector activites, motives and challenges with regard to ICT4D •Appraise and take stock of Public Sector activites, motives and challenges with regard to ICT4D •Investigate existing and possible models for PPP within the context of ICT4D
The general progam outline is given below. •Terminologies and background (ICT4D, PPP, etc) – Day 1 •Review existing Policy frameworks for ICT4D – Day 2 •Appraise Civil Society Roles (activities, motives & challenges) Day 3-4 •Appraise Private Sector Roles (activities, motives & challenges) Day 5-6 •Appraise Public Sector Roles (activities, motives & challenges) Day 7-8 •Review PPP models (motives and roles of partners, operational models & challenges), Day 9-10
Plse get ready to contribute and participate in the usual KICTAnet way.
~~~~Ends~~~~~.
walu.
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