ICT for Development Community ICTD Visioning Workshop

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ICT for Development CommunityICTD
Visioning Workshop
Translating Knowledge into Action
December 6-7, 2007
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Membership
The ICT for Development Community has 1244
members as of November 15, 2007
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(No Transcript)
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Membership Growth of ICTD Community
Average sign-ups 18/week
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Members by Organization Type
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Queries Posted on the ICTD Community

• Queries have been posted on the ICTD Community
  till date.

Spreading the ICT Revolution in Rural India
ICT and Livelihoods
Role of ICT in Local Content Creation
ICT Tools for Visually Impaired Persons
Public Private Partnership in Community Media
Setting Up and Running Community Radio Stations
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Cross Posts with other Solution Exchange
Communities
Food and Nutrition Community Curricula for
Agricultural Information Technology ICTs for
Traceability in Small Scale Agriculture

Water Community Drinking Water
Case Studies Using ICT Tools
Disaster Management Communication Strategies for
Disaster Preparedness and Warning
Decentralization Community Wikipedia on
Decentralization in India Mobile Technology for
e-Governance

AIDS Community Morality and Behaviour Change
Communication
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Consolidated Replies

• We have posted 27 Consolidated Replies till Date
  on a wide range of ICTD
• Issues
• Involving Local Governance Structures in the
  Common Service Center Scheme
• Computer Literacy Programmes in India
• ICT and Livelihood
• Application of Remote Sensing in Agriculture
• Training Mentoring Programs for ICT Enabled
  Rural Entrepreneurship
• Setting Up and Running a Community Radio Station
• Role of ICT in Local Content Creation
• Public Private Partnership in Community Media
• Wikipedia on Decentralization in India
• ICT Tools for Visually Impaired Persons
• Education and Video
• Synergizing CSCs and Rural Post Offices
• Communication Strategies for Disaster
  Preparedness and Warning

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Continued.

• ICTs for Traceability in Small Scale Agriculture
  
• Use of ICT for NREGP Implementation
• Creating an enabling Legal Framework for
  e-Governance
• Preparing a Directory of Mailing-lists -
  Referrals.
• Spreading the ICT Revolution in Rural India
• Challenges in CopyLeft / Open publishing
• ICT-based Distance Learning forYouth
• Morality and Behaviour Change Communication
• Draft Technical Manual for Community Radio
  Operators by UNESCO
• Digital Literacy Initiatives in India
• Curricula for Agricultural Information Technology
• Mobile Technology for e-Governance
• Models for Community Multimedia Centres
• Free and Open Source Software in Schools

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Impact

• Improved capacities of individuals and
  organizations
• Query Synergizing CSCs and Rural Post Offices

Based on the recommendations of the CR, ILFS
(the query poser) is now implementing 22 pilot
projects in Jharkhand, one in each district, that
synergize CSCs and post offices
Enriching exchange of Knowledge for Creation of
Information Databases for individuals and
Organizations Query Preparing a Directory of
Mailing-lists-Referrals Based on the responses
from members, the query poser has developed and
hosted an exhaustive Directory of Mailing Lists
in India on http//wikiwikiweb.de/MailingListsInIn
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Facilitated review of UNESCOs Users Manual for
Community Radio Operators Query Draft Technical
Manual for Community Radio Operators by
UNESCO Based on responses from members, the
manual has been appropriately tailored to suit
requirements of potential community radio
operators. UNESCO has published a draft Technical
Manual
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