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

[Laurent Straskraba]

Same interest here. Does anyone of you by chance have some pictures on-line 
or in electronic format about community projects? I think the Remote IT 
Villages project by Jhai Foundation could be a very interesting example. 
Got some more?

Regards,

Laurent

At 08:57 25.11.2003, you wrote:
>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&imprintID=>http://www.greenwood.com/books/BookDetail.asp?dept_id=1&sku=Q602&imprintID= 
>
>'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
>
>
>
>--
>Tracey Naughton
>WSIS Partnership Manager (Southern Africa)
>Chair Civil Society Media Caucus
>201 Somerset Hall
>239 Oxford Road
>Illovo  2196
>South Africa
>
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>
>
>

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