ICT and Peacebuilding Sanjana Hattotuwa

ICT4Peace : Thinking the impossible

Mapping risk areas / communities

Anti-trafficking tracks at any given time the types of services provided for the victim as well as his or her progress in each. enables easier project tracking and monitoring for the coordinating body and funder organizations. collects and organizes disparate information generated by a number of organizations under a common framework The Mumbai Human Trafficking Victims Registry (MVR)

tracks at any given time the types of services provided for the victim as well as his or her progress in each.

enables easier project tracking and monitoring for the coordinating body and funder organizations.

collects and organizes disparate information generated by a number of organizations under a common framework

Disaster Relief Management

Conflict prevention - Peoples Forums The overarching aim of the People’s Forums is to catalyze citizens at different levels, for conflict and political transformation. The forums are vehicles through which the communities can address and coordinate their immediate and long-term rehabilitation and reconstruction needs.

Elections Monitoring "It's a good way to empower people," Jayomi Dhushiyanthan, marketing director for monitor People's Action for a Free and Fair Election (PAFFREL)." "In 2004, we had over 9,000 messages from all over the island. We can alert the election commission, the police or even the ambulance."

http://www.moju.lk/ http://www.peacelibrary.org/ http://www.echo.lk/

Devices

National, regional, international District, provincial Village Grassroots community

Hybridity Open Standards based information exchange Java Pod-casting Wi-Max / Wi-Fi WAP / SMS / MMS / 3G Voice driven menus

Some problems - ICT Pilots without wings Money without imagination Bandwidth without (vernacular) content – Where are the local voices here? Copycat vs. locally applicable / relevant Web and internet vs. local resource mapping ICT4D in cycles of conflict – violence vs. development

Pilots without wings

Money without imagination

Bandwidth without (vernacular) content – Where are the local voices here?

Copycat vs. locally applicable / relevant

Web and internet vs. local resource mapping

ICT4D in cycles of conflict – violence vs. development

Final thoughts Reach out imaginatively – New media, WiMax, Citizens Journalism, podcasts, internet radio, eTukTuk etc. Strategic complementarity instead of overlap Donors & CSOs / NGOs need to be educated on collaboration, holistic vision

Reach out imaginatively – New media, WiMax, Citizens Journalism, podcasts, internet radio, eTukTuk etc.

Strategic complementarity instead of overlap

Donors & CSOs / NGOs need to be educated on collaboration, holistic vision

Thank you !