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ICT-Internet Connectivity Research
March 27, 2007 - 08:14 PM
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One of the project's main 4 components is an Internet and general ICT connectivity field research. Now, although it is an important component, we do not have much budget. We first thought of putting up some questionnaires to distribute around national networks and during project events but then, i was told to be careful not to reinvent the wheel. And that is so totally true, many similar researches have already been done all over. This being said, I think we need to find ourselves a partner organization or project that is already strong, working and specialize in this field and join their efforts. So, in simple words, offer our services and outreach to already existing structures. I tried to make contact with a good dozen of organizations but still nothing. Ideas? Contacts?
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Re: ICT-Internet Connectivity Research
April 8, 2007 - 10:27 AM
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So, yep people, pretty sad, i am responding to my own post. This is one of the very important posts we all need to discuss and collaborate upon. Here is the same post in other words, maybe other words will stimulate more reactions:
One of our 4 main project components is a series of research-advocacy activities in youth connectivity to the Internet and general ICTs. After getting many inputs from project partners and our network on this matter, we have come to the conclusion that, not to reinvent the wheel, we need to join our efforts to an already existing and performing structure and not run activities independently as it was planned. No specific activities have been developed and so, we are open to suggestions. It is an important component but it is only that… a component. To try to make this short, we do have a budget to run connectivity research and advocacy activities but it is not our project or organization’s key specialty. To make the most out of this, we want to offer any other project or organization the opportunity to collaborate with us on making the most out of our budget, staff, network and activities.
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Re: ICT-Internet Connectivity Research
April 8, 2007 - 10:40 AM
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And here are a few guiding lines i thought we could concentrate on for the activities:
- similarities/differences in the use of ICTs in between new and old users.
- geographical access to ICTs, nationally, regionally.
- ways/types of use of ICTs (emails, info sharing, online communities etc.)
- the types of users (profiles, situations...)
- ICT oriented youth initiatives
- ICT oriented youth entrepreneurship initiatives
And what else? what are your thoughts?
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Re: ICT-Internet Connectivity Research
April 8, 2007 - 12:10 PM
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Here is a clipping from an article i read about ICT connectivity in Africa:
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The lack of reliable and current information/ statistics about the youth and their needs, - not just generated from third party countries but by and for each country themselves. Isn’t it surprising that most countries are relying on 20th Century information/ statistics to solve 21st Century challenges?
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Couldn't that be a good guideline for our research/advocacy activity??
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Re: ICT-Internet Connectivity Research
April 9, 2007 - 07:12 AM
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Our action should be based on leveraging on the 21st century knowledge to activate the youth of the 21st century to leadership in ICTs. I think you are right here, our research should take note of your suggestion.
I am very much of the opinion that ICTs in themselves are not keys but the people. Like my friend, Michael said that people would be incharge of technology for people to develop in it.
I know that the activities in Nigeria (Niger Delta) in particular is disturbing and unless these young people do what interests them, they aren't ok.
Lets leverage on existing initiatives and best practices to improve and come out the best!
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Inputs from Balancing Act towards this component
April 15, 2007 - 05:38 PM
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1. You've got all these people doing workshops. What do they then do
with their skills? Most people even with skills have difficulty getting
jobs. Why not put put together an accompanying job placement scheme with
the private sector and NGOs so that they might at least have some chance
of making the connections to get employed. You might also set up a
mentoring programme alongside this to help them with the process of
getting a job or setting up their own enterprise. Or you might even get
companies to agree to incubate a limited number of start-up ideas.
2. On another tack, you could set up a youth ICT advocacy project. This
would identify ways in which current provision falls short/fails to
connect with youth and advocate ways of making interventions more
effective. It would be generically about ICT policy and regulation but
would focus on things like: the high cost of international fibre;
consumer responses to service; low cost voice for uncovered areas, etc.
As a concrete thing, it might seek to persuade regulators that they need
to hear a youth perspective by having someone on their board.
3. The third approach takes the ICT youth advocacy idea but focuses it
down on an area of activity. For the sake of example, let's say you have
a lively HIV/AIDS campaign network. You would work with the network to
identify the blockages and barriers it's experiencing in the ICT field.
Then a youth ICT advocacy project would set out to remove those
barriers. This might be anything from the lack of adequate country-wide
reporting of the illness to creating effective phone and web-based
advice services.
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Re: ICT-Internet Connectivity Research
May 14, 2007 - 08:36 AM
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I think your proposals are feasible. I will offer to do a critique on them after studying them. We could get more things rolling.
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Re: ICT-Internet Connectivity Research
May 20, 2007 - 03:31 PM
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DeMan wrote:
I think your proposals are feasible. I will offer to do a critique on them after studying them. We could get more things rolling.
Thanks you friend. Now, a few weeks later, this project component has been quite defined and i will simply direct you to the document 'ICT connectivity research and advocacy' that i will post up in the CLCWA project documents folders, both in French and English. This is as defined as we are now as oyu will see, but i think it still needs lots of tuning, we could all really benefit from the inputs of the project team on this. Tell us what you think  ) Thanks in advance!
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Re: ICT-Internet Connectivity Research
May 25, 2007 - 08:29 AM
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Hi Kwessy,
You haven't posted the document. I think that leaves enough room to make it targeted towards certain ends working within your earlier suggestions.
For instance how can ICTS work towards providing political asylumn for Youths in areas where there is violence?
Take care
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Re: ICT-Internet Connectivity Research
June 7, 2007 - 05:07 PM
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having read all the postings in few days i would add my thoughts, but i want to say that efficeint systems need to be developed. i have been out of touch with events on the project cuase for several days we have been without internet access. now conerning the Niger Delta Youths a lot of work need to be done because we need a "paradigm shift" thinking new thougths that will breed new actions. except for a few youths mots Niger Delta youths have come under the "oil boom" delusion. i would post a thought on Niger Delta Youth Crisies the way forward next week ...check it out
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SYNERGY AND PARADIGM SHIFT IN ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT THROUGH THE USE OF ICTS: A PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION
July 9, 2007 - 02:40 PM
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SYNERGY AND PARADIGM SHIFT IN ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT THROUGH THE USE OF ICTS: A PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION
I’d like to change my tongue-tied status on this thread by giving an analytical stretch of some views and ideas previously expressed on this thread. And I will do so by giving a practical illustration.
The first view covers the possibility of synergizing by identifying ICT needs in private sector and catering for them and also a policy change advocacy project.
And the second view is that of a paradigm shift although what paradigm should shift from what to what was not stated. Anyway I am forced to interpret that the paradigms we are dealing with here are popularly implied and understood by everyone on this thread.
As far as the first view is concerned, I’d like to suggest that the synergy between ICT skilled youths and as an extension “ICT unskilled youths” and the private or public sector can be more dynamic. This synergy can for instance be as inclusive as incorporating youths with ICT skills, youths with skills outside ICT like marketing, copywriting, advocacy(as previously indicated) and film-making.
I will illustrate this devolution and paradigm shift I am suggesting by using the example of a proposed documentary project.
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SYNERGY AND PARADIGM SHIFT IN ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT THROUGH THE USE OF ICTS: A PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION (Continuation)
July 9, 2007 - 02:43 PM
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A team of youths who have developed copywriting skills can be identified for instance and employed to track-down success stories of both expert and end users of Information Communication Technologies. This can be done by commissioning a special search project in liaison with a popular search engine company for instance. An ad-hoc advocacy team can be of use at this point and equally a team of young persons with say software development or programming skills.
The copywriting team will develop a volume of case-studies with the Theme: “How the Internet changed our lives”
These case-studies will then be picked up by a review committee who will evaluate the case-studies, identify strong points contained therein as well as areas of need that can be extrapolated and equally contentious social issues such as technology transfer, cultural compatibility, accessibility, affordability and indigenous development or re-development.
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SYNERGY AND PARADIGM SHIFT IN ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT THROUGH THE USE OF ICTS: A PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION (part 3)
July 9, 2007 - 02:45 PM
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The review committee will then prepare a report that will be passed on to a video-documentary production team. The documentary production team will then translate or interpret the strong points, the areas of need as well as contentious social issues identified in the report into a two category documentary series with the following themes
(1) How ICTs Changed our Lives
(2) How ICTs Can Change our lives.
Of course the documentaries can include for example interviews with a pop-style as well as exclusive ones.
The first category of the documentary series would highlight how ICTs has ‘changed’ lives and the second category of the documentary series will show how ICTs can change lives in the area of needs as well as the contentious ones identified.
The documentaries are produced in a distributable format such as CDs and next a marketing team plus an advocacy team are summoned into action.
The advocacy team can organize fetes in conjunction with media companies, civil society groups and cultural groups where the documentaries will be show-cased and marketed if there is a profit-dimension is admitted into the scheme of things.
I will upload a schematic diagram of the above explained later.
Awaiting reactions on this. I can also be reached on (234)08072981657
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Re: ICT-Internet Connectivity Research
November 8, 2007 - 08:50 AM
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pmax83 wrote:
having read all the postings in few days i would add my thoughts, but i want to say that efficeint systems need to be developed. i have been out of touch with events on the project cuase for several days we have been without internet access. now conerning the Niger Delta Youths a lot of work need to be done because we need a "paradigm shift" thinking new thougths that will breed new actions. except for a few youths mots Niger Delta youths have come under the "oil boom" delusion. i would post a thought on Niger Delta Youth Crisies the way forward next week ...check it out
Where did you post it??? i am interested in hearing your view about this specific situation
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