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[s-asia-it] dgICT for Development: ICT4D Policy and social Inclusion paper series
Development Gateway Foundation
dgCommunities: ICT for Development
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict?intcmp=916
April 18, 2007
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1. WELCOME MESSAGE: New Cooperating Organization and a New Advisor
2. NEW HIGHLIGHT: ICT4D Policy and social Inclusion paper series
3. HIGHLIGHT RESOURCES
4. NEW dgCOMMUNITY Focuses on Arab Reform
5. TOP TEN RESOURCES
6. SHARE YOUR VIEWS: What impact did WSIS have?
7. CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: Sharing your Knowledge with Members
8. MEMBER DIRECTORY - UPDATE YOUR MEMBER PROFILE!
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Dear Member,
Welcome to your newsletter from the dgICT4D Community of the Development
Gateway.
Thomas Bekkers
dgICT4D Content Coordinator
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1. WELCOME MESSAGE: New Cooperating Organization and a New Advisor
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I would like to welcome the International Free and Open Source Software
Foundation (iFOSSF) as a new Cooperating Organization of our ICT for
Development dgCommunity, as well as Fouad Bajwa, co-Founder and Secretary of
the iFOSSF as a new Advisor. The ICT for Development dgCommunity is pleased
to include those strong advocates of the Free and Open Source Software
(FOSS) movement among its Advisors and Cooperating Organizations.
- The International Free and Open Source Software Foundation (iFOSSF)
iFOSSF is a nonprofit organization incorporated in Michigan, United States.
Its mission is to accelerate the development and usage of Information and
Communication Technologies with Free and Open Source Software worldwide for
sustained economic and social development, especially for the socially
disadvantaged. iFOSSF is centered on FOSS; its purpose is to apply thought
leadership in support of innovation and creativity in research and
development of FOSS solutions for the benefit of the global community.
URL:http://www.ifossf.org
- Fouad Bajwa
Fouad Riaz Bajwa is the Co-Founder and Secretary of the International Free
and Open Source Software Foundation iFOSSF, Michigan, USA
(http://www.ifossfoundation.org). Fouad is widely recognized for his
contributions and work on issues related to ICTs for Human Development,
FOSS, Open Information Society, Alternate forms of Intellectual Property
Rights, Internet Governance. Fouad is also a member of the BytesForAll
network and contributes to the South Asian Regional FOSS Localization
Consortium
URL:http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/um/showGeneralMemberProfile.do?
userId=422713
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2. NEW HIGHLIGHT: ICT4D Policy and social Inclusion paper series
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ICT4D Policy and social Inclusion: a Framework for evaluating policy
outcomes
This paper was written and submitted by Donna Vaughan, Vice President of
Partners in Micro-development Inc. and Volunteer Guide of our ICT4D
dgCommunity.
The goal of national ICT policy in developing countries has until recently
focused on access. There is however, a growing movement towards social
inclusion as a targeted outcome. This has implications for the way in which
ICT policy is measured and evaluated as well as the policy process and
actual policy itself.
This series of short articles, explores the link between social inclusion
and ICT both in developed and developing countries. The policy in five
countries - Sri Lanka, Bolivia, Finland, Korea, and Indigenous Australia
will be evaluated against a framework of social inclusion criteria.
In Part 1, the case for social inclusion as an ICT policy goal is examined.
For more information please read the full paper in PDF format and visit
additional links related to ICT policy and social inclusion selected by the
author.
A highlight contributed by Donna Vaughan - Picture Credit Partners in
Micro-development Inc.
Read this highlight visiting:
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/highlights/default/showMore.do?intc
mp=916
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3. HIGHLIGHT RESOURCES
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- ICT4D Policy and social Inclusion: a framework for evaluating policy
outcomes (Full Article)
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1097631?intcmp=916
- Reconceptualizing the Digital Divide
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~237332?intcmp=916
- Multi-user, Low-cost ICTs Access Points for Skills Generation and Social
Inclusion in Urban Areas
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~219384?intcmp=916
- Inclusion Through Innovation
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/elearning/rc/ItemDetail.do~1071753?intc
mp=916
- The Inclusion, ICT and Employment network
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~326710?intcmp=916
- Better Policies, Better Outcomes: promoting the mainstreaming of social
inclusion
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/glocalization/rc/ItemDetail.do~1062252?
intcmp=916
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4. NEW dgCOMMUNITY Focuses on Arab Reform
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The new portal will serve as a platform for aggregating information about
reform activities in the Arab world. Creating a virtual community, the site
will facilitate the sharing of knowledge among development practitioners. It
will also aid in capacity building and improving access to high quality
development research and analysis in Arabic throughout the developing world.
The Arab reform portal adds to the Development Gateway's extensive network
of virtual communities where members exchange information on development
issues. Currently, there are 36,000 registered users of the network.
Visit the new dgCommunity at
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/arab?intcmp=916
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3. TOP TEN RESOURCES
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Dear member please find bellow a list of top ten resources accessed
recently:
- 1. A list of funders for ICT based projects
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1091540&int
cmp=916&intcmp=916
- 2. The Top 10 Who are Changing the World of Internet and Politics
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1092036&int
cmp=916&intcmp=916
- 3. Great success for e-learning modules on information management
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1094060&int
cmp=916
- 4. Guidebook on Developing Community e-Centres in Rural Areas: Based on
the Malaysian Experience
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1094029&int
cmp=916
- 5. An Economic Development Model for IT in Developing Countries
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1091847&int
cmp=916&intcmp=916
- 6. World Telecommunication / ICT Development Report 2006: Measuring ICT
for Social and Economic Development
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1093783&int
cmp=916
- 7. DGroups
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1056389?intcmp=916
- 8. Exploiting Information Technology for Economic Development
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1091650&int
cmp=916&intcmp=916
- 9. Framework For The Assessment OF ICT Pilot Projects
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1094697?intcmp=916
- 10. Youth, ICT and Development
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1094774?intcmp=916
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6. SHARE YOUR VIEWS: What impact did WSIS have?
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We kindly invite you to contribute to the ongoing discussion board of the
ICT4D dgCommunity: "What impact did WSIS have?". This topic is about to be
closed but we are rapidly going to launch a new discussion.
You will need to log in to post to the discussion at the follow address:
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/discussion/default/showDiscussion.d
o~id=52?intcmp=916
Oladele Olawole from Norway recently wrote "Some developing countries are
still backward and there is little or nothing WSIS can do about that. Reason
being that, so often we use the same gauge to judge developmental issues
around the world. How can developing nations benefit what they do not have
necessary infrastructures on the ground? Developed nations are not powered
by generators, that is exactly what most developing nations are powered
with. To create necessary impact, other agencies within the UN should help
put in place or advise on basic amenities for the development of Information
and Communication Technologies."
Share your views: What impact did WSIS have?
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/discussion/default/showDiscussion.d
o~id=52?intcmp=916
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7. CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: Sharing your Knowledge with Members
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New members are joining our online dgCommunity everyday which proves a
growing interest for our ICT4D topic. Also the Development Gateway
Foundation would be pleased to share your knowledge with the rest of the
community.
I would like to kindly invite you to send contributions or to propose
highlight subjects by contacting me directly:tbekkers@dgfoundation.org.
If you are willing to share some recent publications, papers, events,
studies or any relevant content with the dgCommunity, please feel free to
contact me. As you surely know you can also submit resources with your "My
Gateway" account.
Thomas Bekkers
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8. MEMBER DIRECTORY - UPDATE YOUR MEMBER PROFILE!
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With over 30,000 registered dgCommunities members, the Member Directory
provides a one-stop shop for key contacts and collaboration worldwide. We
invite you to take advantage of this unprecedented collaborative tool and
add your profile today!
Our new Member Directory enables you to more easily contact fellow
professionals in the international development community for expert advice,
information, and collaboration. You will be able to find development
practitioners from over 200 countries, with interests and expertise in
dozens of areas, including your own! We invite you to update your member
profile to let your colleagues in development know more about your interests
and expertise. You'll find the profiles very useful when using the Member
Directory to communicate and collaborate with fellow members on your next
program or project. Log onto the dgCommunity platform by clicking
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/um/user/showUserAccount.do?intcmp=916
Then, under "Manage Your Account" in the upper right, click "Edit Member
Profile".
Quick Start - 4 Easy Steps:
-ESTABLISH YOUR PROFILE
Let your colleagues in development know more about your interests and
expertise through your dgCommunities profile. Simply log in and go to My
Gateway
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/um/user/showUserAccount.do?intcmp=916
On upper right under "Manage Your Account", scroll down to "Edit Member
Profile", and click "Edit this information".
-SEARCH FOR MEMBERS
Log in to the Development Gateway and go to "My Gateway". On upper right,
scroll down to "Manage Your Contacts" and click "Search directory" to add
new contacts. You can search by: name, country, interest, expertise,
organization, organization type, or by keywords in member bios. Search
Results will show you a list of members with a link to their profiles. You
can also reach the Member Directory on My Gateway on the left column under
"Member Services" when you scroll down and click "Directory"
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/um/user/showMemberDirectory.do?intcmp=9
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-COMMUNICATE WITH MEMBERS
When viewing a member's profile, click "Contact this user". This will open a
message box in which you can type and send a message through our message
forwarding system.
-CREATE OWN CONTACT LIST OF MEMBERS
You can build a list of key contacts and form your own network of members.
Searching for members will produce a results list; you can then select
members to be added to your "My Contacts" list by clicking on the plus sign
under "Status" for each desired contact. Or, when viewing a particular
member's profile, click "Add this member to My Contacts". Your full contact
list can be viewed when you log in, go to My Gateway, scroll down to "Manage
Your Contacts" and click "View your dgCommunity contacts list".
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DID YOU KNOW??
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Did you know that as a member of the ICT for Development dgCommunity you can
share your knowledge resources (e.g., websites, papers, reports,
presentations, images, news, events, etc) in just about any format including
streaming audio and video.
Each resource will be described on a unique interactive page that will
acknowledge you as the contributor and link to your profile. To view full
text of knowledge resources, users will follow links to host websites, which
will benefit from increased traffic from the Development Gateway community!
Simply click on the "Add content here" hyperlink at:
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/Contribute.do~flag=url~from=Samp
leLayout?intcmp=916
Thank you!
Thomas Bekkers
dgICT4D Content Coordinator
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict?intcmp=916
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