UNDP ICT for Development

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UNDP ICT for Development in Asia-Pacific Programme
Officers/Focal Points Workshop 9-13 December
2002, Kuala Lumpur
Maxine Olson Resident Representative UNDP Malaysia
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Information and Communication Technology for
Developmentas a UNDP Country Office Programme
Area
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Where you do sit?With whom do you work?

• Is ICT in your SRF/ROAR?

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Goal Poverty EradicationSubgoal Asset base
of the poor expandedSAS Access to, and
utilization of, ICT
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Asia-Pacific Countries Reporting in 2001

• China
• Lao PDR
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Nepal
• DPR Korea

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Areas of Focus of ICT Work

• ICT strategies (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Maldives,
  Malaysia, Nepal, PNG)
• Expanding connectivity (China, Malaysia,
  Mongolia, Nepal, Sri Lanka)
• Applications of ICT4D (China,
• Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan,
• PNG)

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SCOPE OF UNDPs WORK

• OUTCOME
• Open access to information and ICT services by
  all citizens, in order to provide maximum benefit
  from ICT development for poverty reduction
• OUTPUTS
• Policy Output
• Human Capacity Output
• Infrastructure Output
• Application Development Output

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SCOPE OF UNDPs WORK

• Policy Output
• Policy frameworks in place which support open
  access to information and ICT services by all
  citizens, with particular reference to the
  support for such access by the poor and
  vulnerable groups

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SCOPE OF UNDPs WORK

• Regulatory Framework for ICT Enterprise
  Development Output
• Financial capital and business regulatory
  environment conducive to ICT infrastructure and
  enterprise growth

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SCOPE OF UNDPs WORK

• Human Capacity Output
• Critical mass of workers available with ICT
  expertise, as well as related business and
  entrepreneurial skills

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SCOPE OF UNDPs WORK

• Infrastructure Output
• Resources leveraged among UNDPs partners for
  network infrastructure development, to support
  use of ICT for poverty reduction

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SCOPE OF UNDPs WORK

• Application Development Output
• Efficiency and effectiveness of development
  interventions increased in UNDPs practice areas,
  through development of appropriate ICT
  applications

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OPERATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF UNDPs WORK

• Partnerships for
• Policy Formulation
• Resource Mobilization
• Increasing Co-ordination
• Extending Markets
• Sharing Innovation

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UNDP Country Offices ICT4D Programme

• Given corporate policies and regional support,
  flexibility to interpret the country-specific
  situation, the UNDP CO are flexible to craft the
  optimal ICT for Development programme

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UNDP Country Offices ICT4D Programme

• Assessments
• Focus on Overall ICT assessment
• Focus on Local Needs
• Focus on Participatory Assessment Methods

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UNDP Country Offices ICT4D Programme

• Project Sustainability
• Choose Appropriate Technologies
• Design Realistic Timeframes
• Bridge Upstream Framework with Downstream
  Initiatives

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UNDP Country Offices ICT4D Programme

• Role in Coordination (Holistic Approaches)
• Reduce Redundancies
• Synergies and Stakeholder Dialogue
• Reduce Competition and Increase Coordinated Joint
  Efforts
• Develop Tools and Facilitate Coordination

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Information and Communication Technology for
Development as a COMPONENT of UNDP Country Office
Programme Areas
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ICT4D AS A PROGRAMME COMPONENT

• Raise Awareness Within UNDP CO
• Focus on Development, not the technologies
• Briefings and workshop for other POs
• Disseminate information

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ICT4D AS A PROGRAMME COMPONENT

• Advisory Services
• Provide strategies for using ICT to enhance other
  programme areas
• Provide advice on how to leverage ICT in doing
  programmatic work

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Addressing Some Issues
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Addressing Issues

• UNDPs Competitiveness in ICT4D
• Personnel Turn over (Continuity Issues)
• Where does ICT4D fit in the UNDP CO programmatic
  scheme?
• NEX Projects

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Thank You