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

[Raoul Weiler]

Hi,

Many thanks for the reference.

Cordially,

Raoul
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jean-Pierre Pinet" <jeanpierre.pinet at atd-quartmonde.org>
To: <plenary at wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 10:39 AM
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Interested in evaluation of
communityinformatics projects


> There is a Unesco user's handbook developed to innovate and research ICT
> applications for poverty eradication.
>
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/ev.php?URL_ID=13276&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=
> 201&reload=1067614976
> and links to some projects.
> JP Pinet
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org]De la
> part de Laurent Straskraba
> Envoyé : mardi 25 novembre 2003 10:12
> À : plenary at wsis-cs.org
> Objet : RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Interested in evaluation of
> communityinformatics projects
>
>
> 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/s
> taff/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
> >
> >Phone/fax:    +27 (011) 880 5030
> >cell:               +27 (0) 82 821 1771
> >Email:              t.naughton at iafrica.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> ---
> Mag. Laurent Straskraba
> Information Society Researcher
> Ontlstr. 3
> A - 4040 Linz
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>
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