[Telecentres] ICT Development Report

Tue Sep 28 09:38:17 BST 2004

Dear Toby, Andy and all,

I think Toby's suggestion is an excellent idea.  I would also propose
further expanding it.  Telecentres can be viewed as providing access to all
content areas and therefore would likely have the support of all of the WSIS
caucuses and working groups.

It may be useful to consider writing a paragraph which describes the need
for ICT accessibility to all of the areas represented within CS WSIS and the
integral role of telecentres in implementing the WSIS Action Plan.  The
paragraph should list all the content and theme areas.  By listing all of
the content and theme areas, we can continue to build on these areas in WSIS
II and beyond, as it is not possible to open up the Declaration and Plan of
Action of WSIS Geneva.

We should then have all of the CS representatives lobby for inclusion of
this important paragraph in the outcome document(s) of  WSIS Tunis.  Since
WSIS needs to be people centered, any document must list the important
content applications necessary to advance the global community, as opposed
to solely being  focused on Internet governance and funding.

I would be happy to draft this paragraph and work with those in this group
who will be drafting a position paper/statement.

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
Focal Point
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
Chair Media/ICT Working Group,
NGO Committee on Mental Health, New York
Tel: 1-631-754-2424
Fax: 1-631-754-5032
ecarll at optonline.net

-----Original Message-----
From: telecentres-bounces at wsis-cs.org
[mailto:telecentres-bounces at wsis-cs.org]On Behalf Of Toby Beresford
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 5:18 AM
To: telecentres at wsis-cs.org
Subject: [Telecentres] ICT Development Report

I agree with Andy's organising document, so with relation to the organising
point:
"Research, identify and propose specific telecentre-related activities that
civil society can develop to help implement the WSIS plan of action."

Further to the WSIS plan of action (which does not mention telecentres it
seems?) I found this paragraph interesting. This perhaps presents something
simple and practical we could help the WSIS with:

E) 28) a) In cooperation with each country concerned, develop and launch a
composite ICT Development (Digital
Opportunity) Index. It could be published annually, or every two years, in
an ICT Development Report. The
index could show the statistics while the report would present analytical
work on policies and their
implementation, depending on national circumstances, including gender
analysis.

Perhaps we should suggest to WSIS to include some indicator related
specifically to telecentres and use in this ICT Development Report?
For telecentre networks this would be a benefit as it would ensure that
figures on telecentre uptake and expansion is included in country WSIS
national e-strategies.
I guess the difficult part is working out what the indicator should be and
how to get the data? Any ideas?

---------FR
Je suis d'accord avec le document de l'organisation d'Andy, ainsi en ce qui
concerne le point d'organisation:  la "recherche, identifient et proposent
les activités telecentre-connexes spécifiques que la société civile peut
développer pour aider à mettre en application le plan d'action de WSIS."
Suite au plan d'action de WSIS (qui ne mentionne pas des telecentres qu'il
semble?)  J'ai trouvé cet intéresser de paragraphe.  Ceci peut-être présente
quelque chose de simple et pratique nous pourrions aider le WSIS avec:  E)
28) a) en coopération avec chaque pays concerné, développent et lancent un
index composé de développement d'cIct (occasion de Numérique).  Il pourrait
être édité annuellement, ou tous les deux ans, dans un rapport de
développement d'cIct.  L'index pourrait montrer les statistiques tandis que
le rapport présenterait le travail analytiques sur des politiques et leur
exécution, selon des circonstances nationales, y compris l'analyse de genre.
Peut-être nous devrions suggérer à WSIS au d'inclure un certain indicateur
lié spécifiquement aux aux telecentres et utilisation dans ce rapport de
développement d'cIct?  Pour des réseaux de telecentre ce serait un avantage
car il s'assurerait que des figures sur la prise et l'expansion de
telecentre est incluses dans des e-stratégies de national du pays WSIS.  Je
devine que la partie difficile établit ce qu'être l'indicateur devrait et
comment obtenir les données?  Des idées?

----------ES
Convengo con el documento de la organización de Andy, tan en relación al
punto de la organización:  la "investigación, identifica y propone las
actividades telecentre-relacionadas específicas que la sociedad civil puede
desarrollar para ayudar a poner el plan de WSIS en ejecucio'n de la acción."
Siguiendo el plan de WSIS de la acción (que no menciona telecentres que se
parece?)  Encontré este interesar del párrafo.  Esto quizás presenta algo
simple y práctico podríamos ayudar al WSIS con:  E) 28) a) en la cooperación
con cada país referido, desarrolla y lanza un índice compuesto del
desarrollo de ICT (oportunidad Digital).  Podría ser publicado anualmente, o
cada dos años, en un informe del desarrollo de ICT.  El índice podría
demostrar la estadística mientras que el informe presentaría el trabajo
analítico sobre políticas y su puesta en práctica, dependiendo de
circunstancias nacionales, incluyendo análisis del género.  ¿Quizás debemos
sugerir a WSIS para incluir algún indicador relacionado específicamente con
los telecentres y el uso en este informe del desarrollo de ICT?  Para las
redes del telecentre esto sería una ventaja pues se aseguraría de que las
figuras en uptake y la extensión del telecentre estén incluidas en
e-estrategias del nacional del país WSIS.  ¿Conjeturo que la parte difícil
está resolviendo lo que debe ser el indicador y cómo conseguir los datos?
¿Ideas?

Andy Carvin wrote:

Hi Toby,

Yes, there are several documents/websites that I think we should all visit.
Here are some relevant links.

WSIS homepage
(English,  français, español, Arabiya, Putonghua, Russkiy)
http://www.itu.int/wsis/

WSIS Declaration of Principles and the Plan of Action, PDF and MS Word
(Also in English,  français, español, Arabiya, Putonghua, Russkiy)
http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=1161|1160

WSIS Civil Society Homepage (English)
http://www.wsis-cs.org/

Civil Society Working Groups  (English)
http://www.wsis-cs.org/caucuses.html
(Our group will be added soon.)

WSIS Civil Society Portal from the Heinrich Boll Foundation (English,
German)
http://www.worldsummit2005.org

Toby Beresford wrote:

If our role is to represent telecentre interest to WSIS then I guess that
makes the key question for us to be: *In what ways will WSIS affect
telecentre projects?*   Does WSIS have any specific proposals / minutes /
process / direction papers / web information etc. that this group could then
consider and feed back on?
Si notre rôle est de représenter l'intérêt de telecentre à WSIS puis je
devinez qui fait le principal interroger pour nous pour être:  *De quelles
manières WSIS affectera-t-il des projets de telecentre?*  WSIS a-t-il
propositions/minutes spécifiques/papiers de processus/direction/information
etc. d'enchaînement sur laquelle ce groupe pourrait alors considérer et
rétroagir?

Si nuestro papel es representar interés del telecentre a WSIS entonces yo
conjeture que haga que el dominante pregunta para nosotros para ser:  ¿*De
qué maneras WSIS afectará proyectos del telecentre?*  ¿cWsis tiene
ofertas/minutos específicos/los papeles del proceso/de la dirección/la
información etc. de la tela en la cual este grupo podría después considerar
y retroactuar?

Toby

Andy Carvin wrote:

You're right that we should try to extend what we do beyond a few conference
venues, but that's a longer term issue. First we need to form around the
task at hand - an advisory group to help make sure that the interest of
telecentres are represented in the WSIS process. That's the core of this
group's mission, and all other activities we can do are icing on the cake.

ac

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