[WSIS CS-Plenary] Interested in evaluation of communityinformatics projects

[Wallace Taylor]

Hi Tracey,
 
Thanks for your interest. I understand the busyness and I think that the
CS folk have done a really good job with many of the immediate and
operational issues within a very challenging agenda for WSIS.
 
I am happy to put some energy into the research and evaluation area as
it applies to CS appropriation of ICT and to bring a group of interested
support together on it. Could you suggest a time that interested folk
could meet. I am in Geneva from 7 December.
 
Wal Taylor (PhD)
COIN Internet Academy
Faculty of Informatics and Communication
Central Queensland University
Rockhampton, AUSTRALIA
Ph +61 7 4923 2568       Fax + 61 7 4927 0700
Mob +61 (0) 409 456 115

http://infocom.cqu.edu.au/staff/Wallace_Taylor
<http://infocom.cqu.edu.au/staff/Wallace_Taylor> 

You may wish to view the recently published books:
'Using Community Informatics to Transform Regions' Eds. Marshall, Taylor
& Yu.
  http://www.idea-group.com/books/details.asp?id=4146
<http://www.idea-group.com/books/details.asp?id=4146> 
'Closing the Digital Divide'  Eds. Marshall, Taylor & Xu.
 
http://www.greenwood.com/books/BookDetail.asp?dept_id=1&sku=Q602&imprint
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<http://www.greenwood.com/books/BookDetail.asp?dept_id=1&sku=Q602&imprin
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'Current IT Issues in Education' Ed. Tanya McGill
  http://www.idea-group.com/books/details.asp?id=4041
<http://www.idea-group.com/books/details.asp?id=4041> 



 

	-----Original Message-----
	From: Tracey Naughton [mailto:t.naughton at iafrica.com] 
	Sent: Tuesday, 25 November 2003 17:33
	To: plenary at wsis-cs.org
	Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Interested in evaluation of
communityinformatics projects
	
	
	Dear Wal
	
	I completely agree that we have not given much airtime to the
important matters of evaluation and research around impact of WSIS
outcomes. This is for obvious reasons related to the political process
and negotiations in the WSIS context which have been all consuming and
remain unresolved. There is still no agreement on a digital solidarity
fund or deployment of existing funds. 
	
	None the less we do need to address a form of measurement of
results of the WSIS process. There is the obvious period of measurement
between phases of the Summit. There is some good base line data for
Africa held in the UN Economic Commission for Africa. I imagine that it
exists for other regions but we need to develop a co-ordinated strategy.
	
	A lot of people will be extremely busy at the Summit, myself
included, but in principle I express my interest in touching base on
this idea.
	
	Regards
	
	Tracey Naughton
	
	
	
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