National Level ICT4D Stocktaking Activity
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Fouad Bajwa
Dec 7, 2009, 8:01:46 AM12/7/09
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* You are invited to participate in this stocktaking activity of all
ICT/IT related initiatives, projects and developments in Pakistan for
a national level intervention and event.
Introduction:
----------------
A consortium of ICT multistakeholder organizations, groups and
communities belonging to various Public Sector, Research and Academic
institutions, Civil Society and Private sector are collaborating to
organize a national level ICT4D (Information and Communication
Technologies for Development) intervention and parallel events on an
ongoing basis. This multistakeholder partnership for ICT4D envisions a
national motivation to help counteract social and economic
disadvantage by promoting the use of ICT for development in all walks
of our lives.
This multistakeholder partnership will take due course to catalyse
national ICT/IT developments enabling a combined thrust to help our
nation move forward positioning itself successfully into an era of
innovation and knowledge based social and economic growth while
ensuring that all citizens both rural and urban including youth and
women without any discrimination have affordable access to the
Internet, ensuring their safety and the recognition of social justice
in an Internet enabled world.
Objectives:
-------------
A. The objectives of this intervention is to break silos and bring
together all ICT/IT initiatives being carried out throughout Pakistan
for the people, the society and the economy, together in to a combined
platform. This will facilitate in assessing the state of Pakistan’s
Information Society, creating awareness, sharing and gathering
information, creating collaborative synergies and partnerships,
explore the most pressing issues being faced today and topics of
common interest. This will further help in formulating an equal access
and innovation enabled national ICT4D development agenda achievable by
the partnerships formed with this intervention.
B. Such interventions will stimulate new ideas and various programmes
catalysing people oriented decision making and policy development
activities in the future ensuring that the wealth of information
available on or because of the Internet can be guaranteed for social
and economic development today and be sustained for our generations
tomorrow. Stakeholders will be exposed to ICT4D best practices while
making fruitful matches between people and organisations for human and
social development.
C. Such a vision is only achievable if all three stakeholders
including Government/ Provincial Government/ Local Governments/ Public
Sector, Private Sector/ Technical Community/ Commercial Research,
Civil Society/ Academia/ Researchers form a multistakeholder
partnership for a combined national ICT4D intervention. In order to
achieve this goal, various partners are pooling in different types of
resources and are required to identify all projects and activities
being undertaken by stakeholders throughout the country so that an
open and inclusive ICT4D partnership can be stimulated with the
availability of a centralized information resource base on ICT4D
initiatives in Pakistan.
The ICT4D Stocktaking Activity:
----------------
For effective inclusion and participation of relevant stakeholders,
the partnerships requires to undertake an ICT4D Stocktaking Activity
at the national level to fulfil the dual purpose of providing an
inventory of activities undertaken by all stakeholders and of taking
stock of the progress made in building the Information Society in
Pakistan. The stocktaking is being launched in December 2009 and will
continue to be updated as a dynamic portal to this rich source of
information, open to all. Currently stock taking is being done through
the various IT/ICT communities online as well as certain offline
sources but will be available as a database online.
We invite you to join this stock taking activity and champion the
collection of this key information on any initiatives, projects or
developments related to ICT/IT in Pakistan by yourself, your
community, your friends, your educational institution, your
organization, your department or your company.
We currently require the following information that can be sent to
fouadbajwa [at] gmail.com or by simply replying to this message:
ICT4D STOCKTAKING FORM:
----------------
1. Name/Title of Project and/or Organization
2. Name of Project Manager, team and/or individual(s) managing the
project/initiative:
3. Date of Launch/Start/Execution and/or End/Termination/Hold:
4. Target Stakeholders: (please indicate youth, women, children, old
citizens, govt etc. )
5. Geographical Coverage: (please indicate if; community, city,
provincial, national)
6. Type of Entity: (please indicate if; individual, group, community,
government organization, public or private sector, Civil Society,
academic, research etc)
7. Project Website/Mailing List URL(s):
8. Contact Information (including email, phone, cell no, address):
9. Objectives of the Project:
10. Achievements so far:
12. Problems faced and/or requirements (if any):
11. Would you like to participate in the national ICT4D event and
network? (Yes/No) – * if yes, we will contact you for more
information.
The First ICT4D Intervention and National Event:
----------------
The first national level intervention is being planned to be held in
the second quarter of 2010 and finalized dates and program will be
announced once the National Level ICT4D Stocktaking Activity has been
completed.
This intervention will be a unique opportunity to boost the viability
of all participating ICT/IT projects, find new synergies, and create
opportunities for social investments as well as expanding existing ICT
networks. Secondly, participants will get opportunities to extend
their projects and interface with new social investors, volunteers and
talent.
To send us any information about ICT/IT initiatives, projects,
developments, ideas or for any further information regarding
participation and/or enquiries, please contact:
The ICT4D Multistakeholder Partnership Programme
Mr. Fouad Bajwa
Programme Coordinator
National Level ICT4D Stocktaking Activity
Pakistan ICT Policy Monitor
BytesForAll Pakistan
Email: fouadbajwa [at] gmail.com
Skype: fouadbajwa
Mailing List: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pakistanictpolicy
My Blog: http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com
ICT/IT related initiatives, projects and developments in Pakistan for
a national level intervention and event.
Introduction:
----------------
A consortium of ICT multistakeholder organizations, groups and
communities belonging to various Public Sector, Research and Academic
institutions, Civil Society and Private sector are collaborating to
organize a national level ICT4D (Information and Communication
Technologies for Development) intervention and parallel events on an
ongoing basis. This multistakeholder partnership for ICT4D envisions a
national motivation to help counteract social and economic
disadvantage by promoting the use of ICT for development in all walks
of our lives.
This multistakeholder partnership will take due course to catalyse
national ICT/IT developments enabling a combined thrust to help our
nation move forward positioning itself successfully into an era of
innovation and knowledge based social and economic growth while
ensuring that all citizens both rural and urban including youth and
women without any discrimination have affordable access to the
Internet, ensuring their safety and the recognition of social justice
in an Internet enabled world.
Objectives:
-------------
A. The objectives of this intervention is to break silos and bring
together all ICT/IT initiatives being carried out throughout Pakistan
for the people, the society and the economy, together in to a combined
platform. This will facilitate in assessing the state of Pakistan’s
Information Society, creating awareness, sharing and gathering
information, creating collaborative synergies and partnerships,
explore the most pressing issues being faced today and topics of
common interest. This will further help in formulating an equal access
and innovation enabled national ICT4D development agenda achievable by
the partnerships formed with this intervention.
B. Such interventions will stimulate new ideas and various programmes
catalysing people oriented decision making and policy development
activities in the future ensuring that the wealth of information
available on or because of the Internet can be guaranteed for social
and economic development today and be sustained for our generations
tomorrow. Stakeholders will be exposed to ICT4D best practices while
making fruitful matches between people and organisations for human and
social development.
C. Such a vision is only achievable if all three stakeholders
including Government/ Provincial Government/ Local Governments/ Public
Sector, Private Sector/ Technical Community/ Commercial Research,
Civil Society/ Academia/ Researchers form a multistakeholder
partnership for a combined national ICT4D intervention. In order to
achieve this goal, various partners are pooling in different types of
resources and are required to identify all projects and activities
being undertaken by stakeholders throughout the country so that an
open and inclusive ICT4D partnership can be stimulated with the
availability of a centralized information resource base on ICT4D
initiatives in Pakistan.
The ICT4D Stocktaking Activity:
----------------
For effective inclusion and participation of relevant stakeholders,
the partnerships requires to undertake an ICT4D Stocktaking Activity
at the national level to fulfil the dual purpose of providing an
inventory of activities undertaken by all stakeholders and of taking
stock of the progress made in building the Information Society in
Pakistan. The stocktaking is being launched in December 2009 and will
continue to be updated as a dynamic portal to this rich source of
information, open to all. Currently stock taking is being done through
the various IT/ICT communities online as well as certain offline
sources but will be available as a database online.
We invite you to join this stock taking activity and champion the
collection of this key information on any initiatives, projects or
developments related to ICT/IT in Pakistan by yourself, your
community, your friends, your educational institution, your
organization, your department or your company.
We currently require the following information that can be sent to
fouadbajwa [at] gmail.com or by simply replying to this message:
ICT4D STOCKTAKING FORM:
----------------
1. Name/Title of Project and/or Organization
2. Name of Project Manager, team and/or individual(s) managing the
project/initiative:
3. Date of Launch/Start/Execution and/or End/Termination/Hold:
4. Target Stakeholders: (please indicate youth, women, children, old
citizens, govt etc. )
5. Geographical Coverage: (please indicate if; community, city,
provincial, national)
6. Type of Entity: (please indicate if; individual, group, community,
government organization, public or private sector, Civil Society,
academic, research etc)
7. Project Website/Mailing List URL(s):
8. Contact Information (including email, phone, cell no, address):
9. Objectives of the Project:
10. Achievements so far:
12. Problems faced and/or requirements (if any):
11. Would you like to participate in the national ICT4D event and
network? (Yes/No) – * if yes, we will contact you for more
information.
The First ICT4D Intervention and National Event:
----------------
The first national level intervention is being planned to be held in
the second quarter of 2010 and finalized dates and program will be
announced once the National Level ICT4D Stocktaking Activity has been
completed.
This intervention will be a unique opportunity to boost the viability
of all participating ICT/IT projects, find new synergies, and create
opportunities for social investments as well as expanding existing ICT
networks. Secondly, participants will get opportunities to extend
their projects and interface with new social investors, volunteers and
talent.
To send us any information about ICT/IT initiatives, projects,
developments, ideas or for any further information regarding
participation and/or enquiries, please contact:
The ICT4D Multistakeholder Partnership Programme
Mr. Fouad Bajwa
Programme Coordinator
National Level ICT4D Stocktaking Activity
Pakistan ICT Policy Monitor
BytesForAll Pakistan
Email: fouadbajwa [at] gmail.com
Skype: fouadbajwa
Mailing List: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pakistanictpolicy
My Blog: http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com
Fouad Bajwa
Dec 13, 2009, 5:37:32 AM12/13/09
to TGP Group
Dear Telecom Grid Community:
If you have been passionate about technology and/or are undertaking an
Information Communication Technology (ICT) or Information Technology
(IT) Project(s) as an individual, group, community, civil society,
public sector, private sector, academic or research organization that
can help Pakistan's social and/or economic development, we would like
to hear about it. Together, we want to stimulate synergies, build
partnerships and create mutual opportunities for human development
through a national ICT thrust. We would also like to bring you to the
table for experience sharing so that national ICT decision making
processes can be more people inclusive, development oriented and
strengthened with multistakeholder engagement.
What do you need to do is to let us learn about you and your project
by filling up the following form and returning it back to fouadbajwa
[at] gmail.com
ICT4D STOCKTAKING FORM:
----------------
1. Name/Title of Project and/or Organization
2. Name of Project Manager, team and/or individual(s) managing the
project/initiative:
3. Date of Launch/Start/Execution and/or End/Termination/Hold:
4. Target Stakeholders: (please indicate youth, women, children, old
citizens, govt etc. )
5. Geographical Coverage: (please indicate if; community, city,
provincial, national)
6. Type of Entity: (please indicate if; individual, group, community,
government organization, public or private sector, Civil Society,
academic, research etc)
7. Project Website/Mailing List URL(s):
8. Contact Information (including email, phone, cell no, address):
9. Objectives of the Project:
10. Achievements so far:
12. Problems faced and/or requirements (if any):
11. Would you like to participate in the national ICT4D event and
network? (Yes/No) – * if yes, we will contact you for more
information.
--
Regards.
--------------------------
Fouad Bajwa
Advisor & Researcher
ICT4D & Internet Governance
My Blog: Internet's Governance
http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/
Follow my Tweets:
http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa
MAG Interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATVDW1tDZzA
If you have been passionate about technology and/or are undertaking an
Information Communication Technology (ICT) or Information Technology
(IT) Project(s) as an individual, group, community, civil society,
public sector, private sector, academic or research organization that
can help Pakistan's social and/or economic development, we would like
to hear about it. Together, we want to stimulate synergies, build
partnerships and create mutual opportunities for human development
through a national ICT thrust. We would also like to bring you to the
table for experience sharing so that national ICT decision making
processes can be more people inclusive, development oriented and
strengthened with multistakeholder engagement.
What do you need to do is to let us learn about you and your project
by filling up the following form and returning it back to fouadbajwa
[at] gmail.com
ICT4D STOCKTAKING FORM:
----------------
1. Name/Title of Project and/or Organization
2. Name of Project Manager, team and/or individual(s) managing the
project/initiative:
3. Date of Launch/Start/Execution and/or End/Termination/Hold:
4. Target Stakeholders: (please indicate youth, women, children, old
citizens, govt etc. )
5. Geographical Coverage: (please indicate if; community, city,
provincial, national)
6. Type of Entity: (please indicate if; individual, group, community,
government organization, public or private sector, Civil Society,
academic, research etc)
7. Project Website/Mailing List URL(s):
8. Contact Information (including email, phone, cell no, address):
9. Objectives of the Project:
10. Achievements so far:
12. Problems faced and/or requirements (if any):
11. Would you like to participate in the national ICT4D event and
network? (Yes/No) – * if yes, we will contact you for more
information.
Regards.
--------------------------
Fouad Bajwa
Advisor & Researcher
ICT4D & Internet Governance
My Blog: Internet's Governance
http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/
Follow my Tweets:
http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa
MAG Interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATVDW1tDZzA
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