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From: "Digital Dividend Team" <dividends@wri.org>
To: "James Khan" <jkhan@metromgr.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 8:16 PM
Subject: [Digital Dividend Digest] Lessons from the Field: ICTs in NGO
Capacity Building
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Digital Dividend Digest vol. 23 June 4, 2003
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[Contents]
1. Lessons from the Field: ICTs in NGO Capacity Building
2. New in the Digital Dividend Clearinghouse: Intel Computer Clubhouse
Sustainability, PestNet, and Namibia's Educational Development and Support
Network
3. Resource Marketplace: 21 New Resources Added. Highlights: TEK Search
and TechSoup
4. Special Opportunities: GPK Seed Grant and Small Innovative Projects Fund,
Petersberg Prize & The Gender and ICT Awards
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1. Lessons from the Field: ICTs in NGO Capacity Building
Civil society and non-government organizations are playing a major role in
determining the way people use information and communication technologies
(ICTs) to build societies free from poverty and oppression, where knowledge
and information are used by all sectors of the population for their
economic, social, cultural, and political development. Several initiatives
are demonstrating how such organizations can utilize ICTs both to increase
efficiency and empowerment in their own work and to provide services to
local, national, and international communities.
Read more:
http://www.digitaldividend.org/knwldge_bank/knwldge_bank_05_ngos.htm
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2. New in the Digital Dividend Clearinghouse: Intel Computer Clubhouse
Sustainability, PestNet, and Namibia's Educational Development and Support
Network
Ten new projects have been added to the Clearinghouse since our last edition
of the Digest. Among the highlights are:
Intel Computer Clubhouse Sustainability and Expansion Initiative: This a
project that seeks to find ways to make the Intel Computer Clubhouse
projects in South Africa sustainable and scaleable once the initial project
funding ends. Dot-ORG/AED staff are working with the local NGOs running the
Clubhouses to develop and test different sustainability strategies and
business plans. For more information:
http://wriws1.digitaldividend.org/wri/app/navigate?_action=opencapsule&dbId=
50bd00e7:f5287cfbf5:-7ff7:3f-692c-7
PestNet: An example of a participant-organized and self-sustaining citizen
network, PestNet is an e-mail network that helps people in the Pacific and
South East Asia obtain rapid advice and information on plant protection,
including the identification and management of plant pests. An informal
network, PestNet uses e-mail to link people seeking advice on plants and
pest control in developing countries with plant protection specialists
worldwide. For more information:
http://wriws1.digitaldividend.org/wri/app/objectCapsuleIdentifier.jsp?dbId=3
5c7381b%3af4221971a6%3a-7e39%3a3f-692c-7&themeCat=null
Namibia's Educational Development and Support Network: An AED/ Learnlink
project, the Educational Development and Support Network is an
education-focused project aimed at educating Namibia's teachers through ICT
tools and providing them with an educational portal through which they can
update their skills and find educational materials.
http://wriws1.digitaldividend.org/wri/app/navigate?_action=opencapsule&dbId=
50bd00e7:f5287cfbf5:-7fe6:3f-692c-7
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3. Resource Marketplace: 21 New Resources Added. Highlights: TEK Search
and TechSoup
21 new resources have been added to the Resource Marketplace. Highlights
include:
* The Time Equals Knowledge (TEK) project has built a low-connectivity
search engine for use by people at the far side of a bad telephone
connection. http://cag.lcs.mit.edu/tek/
* TechSoup, a comprehensive source of technology information for nonprofit
organizations, provides links to freeware programs, donation application
forms, and other helpful resources. http://www.techsoup.org/
* The Open Knowledge Network has been set up to collect and share local
knowledge in local languages on vital topics like health, agriculture, and
education. http://www.openknowledge.net/
* The SME Toolkit offers software, business forms, training, and more to
help businesses in emerging markets grow.
http://www.smetoolkit.org/presentation/PresentationHome.jsp
At Digital Dividends, we receive many requests for help identifying sources
of funding, free computers and software, Web development assistance, and
other resources. The Resource Marketplace,
http://www.digitaldividend.org/marketplace/marketplace.htm, highlights some
of the most useful resources within and outside of the Clearinghouse that
help address these needs. The resources listed are intended to be useful to
very broad audiences, and have been divided into 13 categories: agriculture,
business and e-commerce support, education, hardware, health, microfinance,
project support, software, telecenters, and Web development, as well as
three newly-added categories, ICT resources, local development, and digital
libraries.
If you know of a resource that should be added, please e-mail us at
dividends@wri.org.
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4. Special Opportunities: GPK Seed Grant and Small Innovative Projects Fund,
Petersberg Prize & The Gender and ICT Awards
Seed Grant and Small Innovative Projects (SGSIP) Fund: Global Knowledge
Partnership (GKP) has announced its SGSIP Fund for 2003. Supported by the
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), GKP invites project
proposals for pilot projects or from new or ongoing small-scale initiatives,
not exceeding US$25,000, with a focus on developing countries. Submissions
are due by June 30th, 2003. For more information and application forms,
see:
http://www.globalknowledge.org/gkps_portal/newsmaster.cfm?&menuid=2&action=v
iew&retrieveid=127
Petersberg Prize Call for Nominations: Nominations are invited for the
Petersberg Prize which recognizes exemplary contributions in the field of
information and communication technologies (ICT) for development. The prize
will be awarded for significant contribution to a successful ICT for
development project that benefits a significant number of people. The prize
winner will receive an award of 100,000 euros during the Development Gateway
Forum which will take place in 2004. Nominations are due by January 1, 2004.
For more information: http://www.devforum.org/prize
Gender and ICT Awards: GKP and the Association for Progressive
Communications Women's Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP) are awarding
two $8000 grants that aim to recognize and encourage gender and ICT
initiatives globally. For more information see APC's Web site:
http://www.apc.org/english/index.shtml or e-mail:
gkps@gkpsecretariat.org.my
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Digital Dividend Digest vol. 23, June 4, 2003
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