The document discusses the potential of mobile phones to drive social and economic development. It notes that while mobile phones have revolutionized communication, there is no evidence they have significantly addressed development challenges. To fully realize their potential, barriers like connectivity, access to information, and usability must be overcome. A bottom-up approach is needed that empowers local communities and entrepreneurs to develop mobile services for their needs. Addressing technological and skills gaps through collaboration between different sectors can help mobile technologies better meet development goals.
ICIS Final Panel - The Rise of ICT-distributed collective intelligenceRobin Teigland
Panel at International Conference on Information Systems in Paris, France December 2008. Looks at the rise of ICT-distributed collective intelligence in relationship to Multinational Corporations
UASD: Computers and Internet: sources of social exclusion or engines of educa...Marco Fioretti
This is my talk at the first conference about Free Software and Knowledge in Santo Domingo. The conference goal was to "promote and spread the philosophy of Free software, education and knowledge in the Dominican Republic, among all who are concerned about the social, economic and scientific development of Santo Domingo". The main points of the talk were
What is software anyway?
Do computers and Internet unite or divide?
Do they help educate and empower, or do they divide and estrange?
What is the contribution of Universities to the effects of these technologies?
What could it be?
ICIS Final Panel - The Rise of ICT-distributed collective intelligenceRobin Teigland
Panel at International Conference on Information Systems in Paris, France December 2008. Looks at the rise of ICT-distributed collective intelligence in relationship to Multinational Corporations
UASD: Computers and Internet: sources of social exclusion or engines of educa...Marco Fioretti
This is my talk at the first conference about Free Software and Knowledge in Santo Domingo. The conference goal was to "promote and spread the philosophy of Free software, education and knowledge in the Dominican Republic, among all who are concerned about the social, economic and scientific development of Santo Domingo". The main points of the talk were
What is software anyway?
Do computers and Internet unite or divide?
Do they help educate and empower, or do they divide and estrange?
What is the contribution of Universities to the effects of these technologies?
What could it be?
Exploring Leadership in Third Industrial Revolution TeiglandRobin Teigland
My presentation at "Leadership in Complex Orgnizations" workshop in Oslo Nov 2013 organized by NHH Focus: http://www.nhh.no/no/forskning-og-fagmilj%C3%B8/handlingsprogrammet-nhh-2021/nhh-2021/focus.aspx
Presentation by David Wood of London Futurists at Transvision 2014, Paris, 20th Nov: Accelerating technology and increasing inequality. With Appendix slide covering Q&A at the event.
"Zero Draft" submission to the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development - Rio+20 - on the critical role of information and communications technology (ICT) in the transition to a sustainable common future, and the transformative development of ICT since the 1992 Earth Summit.
Open Knowledge Regime for an Innovation Economy. MyGOSSCON 2008. Dr. Jaijit Bhattacharya
Country Director, Government Strategy,
SUN Microsystems Malaysia
Privacy, Transparency and Trust in a Digital Worldbetterplace lab
Data privacy in the social sector – Who cares? What about?
Data has become ubiquitous. The world is rapidly digitising, and in our professional and private lives, more and more of our activities leave behind a trail of data.
For the social sector this means great opportunities – in the 2013 Trendreport we looked at the uses of "Big Data for Good". But the risks of data mining are also coming into sharper focus, not least since the Wikileaks revelations in 2013. It's clear that in the next few years, those working in the social sector all over the world will have to give a lot of thought to issues of data privacy and transparency.
What's less clear is what they think about these issues today. Does the need to protect beneficiaries' data even occur to an NGO in Brazil? How does a German foundation understand "transparency", and how does this differ from a Chinese foundation? Do Indonesian activists worry more about government surveillance or corporate data mining?
This 40-page report, produced by the betterplace lab and enabled by Mozilla, is based on research conducted during Lab Around the World in China, Brazil, India, Indonesia and Germany. There we conducted interviews with people working in the social sector about their attitudes and behaviour around matters of data privacy, transparency and trust.
Exploring Leadership in Third Industrial Revolution TeiglandRobin Teigland
My presentation at "Leadership in Complex Orgnizations" workshop in Oslo Nov 2013 organized by NHH Focus: http://www.nhh.no/no/forskning-og-fagmilj%C3%B8/handlingsprogrammet-nhh-2021/nhh-2021/focus.aspx
Presentation by David Wood of London Futurists at Transvision 2014, Paris, 20th Nov: Accelerating technology and increasing inequality. With Appendix slide covering Q&A at the event.
"Zero Draft" submission to the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development - Rio+20 - on the critical role of information and communications technology (ICT) in the transition to a sustainable common future, and the transformative development of ICT since the 1992 Earth Summit.
Open Knowledge Regime for an Innovation Economy. MyGOSSCON 2008. Dr. Jaijit Bhattacharya
Country Director, Government Strategy,
SUN Microsystems Malaysia
Privacy, Transparency and Trust in a Digital Worldbetterplace lab
Data privacy in the social sector – Who cares? What about?
Data has become ubiquitous. The world is rapidly digitising, and in our professional and private lives, more and more of our activities leave behind a trail of data.
For the social sector this means great opportunities – in the 2013 Trendreport we looked at the uses of "Big Data for Good". But the risks of data mining are also coming into sharper focus, not least since the Wikileaks revelations in 2013. It's clear that in the next few years, those working in the social sector all over the world will have to give a lot of thought to issues of data privacy and transparency.
What's less clear is what they think about these issues today. Does the need to protect beneficiaries' data even occur to an NGO in Brazil? How does a German foundation understand "transparency", and how does this differ from a Chinese foundation? Do Indonesian activists worry more about government surveillance or corporate data mining?
This 40-page report, produced by the betterplace lab and enabled by Mozilla, is based on research conducted during Lab Around the World in China, Brazil, India, Indonesia and Germany. There we conducted interviews with people working in the social sector about their attitudes and behaviour around matters of data privacy, transparency and trust.
Anti–Islam acts by Zionist & responsibilities of MuslimsHusaini Youths
This PPT mainly concentrates on the history of sacrileges west has done towards Islam, with the most recent media war in the form of :"Innocence of Muslims" and how Muslims has to deal with it with our demands.
This PPT is made by www.husainiyouths.org team
A look at what are the impacts of different growth scenarios in greenhouse gas emissions. Also a tour of CNT's website showing household transportation emissions.
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Citizens living in a country that lags behind the rest of the world in ICT capacity are lacking various things which are very important in life. Technology plays an instrumental role in improving the quality of life, and hence the citizens who live in the countries which have lagged in terms of ICT experience various challenges. This paper delves to explain some of the most common problems which are experienced by citizens living in countries which have lagged in terms of information communication technology.
The first challenge experienced in the countries which have lagged in terms of ICT is the poor quality of life. It should be noted that ICT plays an instrumental role in improving the quality of human life. This is because it can be utilized as education and learning, the mass communication media in promotion as well as campaigning practical and also critical issues comprising of social and health area. Information communication technology is also essential since it helps in the provision of broader knowledge and also helps in gaining as well as accessing information (Korunka & Hoonakker, 2014)
The second challenge faced by countries that have lagged in terms of technology is sustainability; information communication technologies play two significant roles in energy consumption. First, they are helping supporting energy-saving measures in buildings and could also have a critical impact on the rational utilization of heating energy. Secondly, information communication technologies also have a significant impact on sustainability because they are capable of influencing the demand side through the encouragement of sustainable consumption patterns; therefore, it is evident the countries which have lagged in terms of ICT are less sustainable)(Hilty & Aebischer,2015).
Lastly, ICT has a significant influence on affluence and safety. Hence, countries that have lagged in terms of ICT are less secure as compared to the countries which have adopted new technologies. ICT enables the identification of various disasters, thus making countries more secure by giving room for the establis ...
As in the real world, the digital economy has also thrown up its share of shifting buzzwords. From ‘e-Commerce’ and ‘dot.com’ at the turn of the century, the last couple of years have thrown up ‘ICT’ as the all encompassing technology and for business the newest buzz is undoubtedly ‘outsourcing’. Rarely has a single trend impacted global business and industry these last few years as much as outsourcing or ‘off-shoring’ as it is referred to in the US. Coming along with the compulsions of globalisation mandated by the WTO agreements it has helped develop new markets, improved bottom lines, expanded the range of goods and services and pulled the planet together into a tighter-knit community. This opportunity of outsourcing from the perspective of developing economies is ICT services export.
Information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) r.pdfannaelctronics
Information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) refers to the applying of
knowledge and communication technologies (ICTs) toward the social, economic, and political
development, with a specific stress on serving to poor and marginalized individuals and
communities. It aims to assist in international development by bridging the digital divide and
providing evenhanded access to technologies. ICT4D is grounded within the notions of
\"development\", \"growth\", \"progress\" and \"globalization\" and is commonly taken because
the use of technology to deliver a larger smart.[1] Another similar term utilized in the literature is
\"digital development\".[2] ICT4D attracts on theories and frameworks from several disciplines,
together with social science, economics, development studies, library and knowledge science,
and communication studies.[3]
ICT4D grew out of the tries to use rising computing technologies to boost conditions within the
developing countries. It formalized through a series of reports, conferences, and funding
initiatives that acted as key political avenues:[4] the 1998 World Development Report from the
planet Bank, lightness the role of information and ICTs in development; a report from the G8
Digital Opportunities Task Force, closing that ICTs play a key role in fashionable human
development, the planet Summits on the data Society command in Geneva in 2003 and port in
2005.
At least 3 phases may be known in ICT4D evolution:[5]
ICT4D 0.0: mid-1950s to late-1990s. the main focus of this earliest part was on the employment
of IT (not ICT) in government and personal sector organizations in developing countries. one
among the earliest computers utilized in a developing country was a HEC machine put in in 1956
to undertake numerical calculations within the Indian Institute of Statistics in Calcutta.[6]
ICT4D 1.0: late-1990s to late-2000s. the appearance of the Millennium Development Goals
combined with the increase and unfold of the net in industrial countries crystal rectifier to a fast
increase in investments in ICT infrastructure and comes in developing countries. the foremost
typical application was the telecentre, accustomed bring info on development problems like
health, education, and agricultural extension, into poor communities. Later, telecentres were
conjointly accustomed deliver government services[citation needed].
ICT4D 2.0: late-2000s forwards. there\'s no clear boundary between phases one.0 and 2.0. the
main focus within the part two.0 progressively shifts toward technologies in use, like the
transportable and SMS technologies. there\'s less concern with e-readiness and a lot of interest
within the impact of ICTs on development. to boot, there\'s a lot of specialise in the poor as
producers and innovators with ICTs (as opposition being shoppers of ICT-based information).
ICT4D 2.0 is regarding reframing the poor. wherever ICT4D one.0 marginalised them,
permitting a supply-driven focus, ICT4D 2.0 central.
Lezione tenuta il 15 giugno 2012 al Master di II livello in "Management dei sistemi informativi per l'area del Mediterraneo - SI4MED", MEDAlics (Pizzo Calabro)
En esta comunicación se intenta plasmar una linea de trabajo tecnológico conjunto que llevamos un tiempo realizando Cruz Roja Navarra y la Universidad Pública de Navarra. Simplificando, se trata de seguir una linea de tecnologías de fácil despliegue en atención a Emergencias para la monitorización y consolidación de información vital en la toma de decisiones. Se ha visto que estos sistemas por su bajo requerimiento de ancho de banda, abstracción de la comunicación y gran sencillez podrían en un futuro interesar para ser desplegados permanentemente en regiones en desarrollo donde el ancho de banda es reducido, las comunicaciones pueden cortarse y se necesitan soluciones sencillas a problemas concretos.
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La comunicación trata de dar cuenta de los resultados generados a partir de la implementación de talleres cuyo objetivo se enfocabo en capacitar a las integrantes del grupo piloto del proyecto de Innovación Pedagógica 1 a 1, liderado por el Gobierno Nacional, en el departamento Atlántico en Colombia, al momento de poder identificar, diferenciar y utilizar los programas y recursos educativos instalados en el Classemate PC de dicho proyecto. Estos talleres fueron puestos en marcha por el Mg. Eulises Domínguez de la Universidad del Norte desde el grupo de investigación en Informática Educativa, y su implementación permitió la visualización de algunos aspectos que se deberán tener en consideración al momento de la ejecución de este proyecto en todos los colegios de educación primaria a nivel nacional. Sobre todo en todo lo concerniente a la generación de mecanismos que solventen los aspectos técnicos y cognitivos relacionados con los soportes tecnológicos empleados, así como el proceso de aprehensión y acercamiento de los niños a las TIC, muchos de los cuales no cuentan con capacidad socioeconómica para la exposición de dichos avances.
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In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
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💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
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Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
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This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
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Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
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Stephane Boyera Telefonos MóViles Para El Desarrollo Humano
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Mobile Phones in ICT4D
Stéphane Boyera
http://www.w3.org/2009/01/sb_coop2.0/
2nd International Meeting on ICT for Development and Cooperation
Gijon, Spain, February 12 2009
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Introduction
Co-chair of W3C Mobile Web for Social Development
Mission: Exploring and Understanding the barriers of using Mobile Technologies in ICT4D
Home: http://www.w3.org/2008/MW4D/
Head of Web for Society Program of the Web Foundation
Mission: Working toward having all people benefiting the Web
Home: http://www.webfoundation.org/
Manager of the EU-FP7 project Digital World Forum
Mission: Using ICT and low-cost technologies to leverage economic development in Africa and Latin
America
Home: http://www.digitalworldforum.eu/
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Outline
Introduction
Mobile phones: a revolution in communication
ICT and ICTD
Mobile phones: a potential revolution in ICTD
Current State and Challenges
Next Steps
Mobile phones to save the world and solve all problems ?
Conclusion
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Mobile Phones: a Revolution
(source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators (WTI) database.)
Mobile Phones are changing people's lives in the
Developing World:
In the way they work
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In the way they communicate
In the way they live
...
But no evidence that mobile phones has significantly
impacted development challenges.
Next Step: ICT Revolution
ICT has changed the Developed World:
in the way people work
in the way they meet
in the way they move
(source: Ken Banks Kiwanja.net)
...
Promises of ICTD: changing the Developing World, and having an impact on
development challenges by bridging historical divides:
Access to health services
Access to Education
Access to finance
Access to Government services
Access to Agriculture services
...
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ICTD Challenges
Connectivity issue
Needs bandwidth
Needs devices
Information Availability issue
Needs of relevant and useful services
Information Accessibility issue
Needs of affordable, accessible and usable services
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ICTD in the past
Focus on Connectivity: e.g. telecenter
Pilot projects organized by Development agencies
without sustainability in mind
without easy replicability (high cost solutions)
without scalability (running 300000 telecenters ?)
as a top-down approach
...
Less than satisfactory results !
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Mobile Phones: a potential ICT revolution
A potential revolution on the focus: Services vs Connectivity
Focusing on people needs
A new opportunity for a bottom-up approach
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Bottom-up Approach: Empowering People
Principle: moving from recipients only to actors and
contributors
Objectives:
Not limiting ICTD to development agencies and rich/big NGOs
Opening it to millions of people/ngo/grassroots
Rationale
Only scalable way to make an impact at the global Society
(Photo Source : The Economist )
level
Opening ICTD to entrepreneurship and creating a new sector
of activity
Capturing/using local innovation
Putting Governments out of the critical path
Putting pressure for more transparent accountable
Governance
Iqbal Qadir: The power of the mobile phone to end poverty
...
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Challenges of Empowering People
Availability of software and tools
free and open source
easy to use
Availability of expertise
Present: Capacity building in mobile ICT for ngos, entrepreneurs, IT
sector,...
Future: Curriculum and degree at universities
Awareness
(Photo Source: Der Spiegel
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Challenges of Information Accessibility
Current focus on Information Availability
SMS success stories
Lots of issues on the current approaches to benefit all people:
Accessibility of services and content by people with low reading skills
Availability of services and content in local languages
Information Illiteracy: searching, finding, using content and services
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Next Generation of technologies
Today: SMS
relative easy setup, availability of tools, free reception, available on all phones
issues: discoverability, cost of running a service, text-only approach, interoperability between operators
Next Generation:
Mobile Web
free service development and deployment, more powerful interface potentially able to bridge existing barriers,
discoveability, low required expertise, access to enormous knowledge,...
issues: availability on phones, costs of data access, still some technological gaps
Voice
natural way of communication, easy to use for people with low reading skills, available on all phones
issues: requires high expertise, expensive infrastructure, usability issue, technological gaps (i18n)
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Next Steps
Building, Coordinating and driving a diverse community
Development agencies and international organization
NGOs, grassroots, people with field experience
Academics (ICTD, Sociology,...)
Mobile industry
Understanding needs, issues, challenges in the field
exploratory field researches
pilots using new technologies
Identifying and bridging technological gaps to lower access barriers
understanding and solving illiteracy, usability, internationalization issues
identify other issues
Working towards solving the empowerment challenges: lowering development and
deployment barriers
identifying tools gap and developing them
develop mobile ict capacities for present and future, and build on existing success (e.g. EPROM)
raise awareness on existing technologies, the way to use them, their domain of applications,...
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Mobile phones to rule them all ?
Mobile phones: a way to reach the mass
Mobile phones: available in the field
But
Mobile phones: a very constrained device
Mobile networks: very expensive
Other approaches are meaningful
Low-cost laptops will be key elements for a greater exploitation of ICT potential
Low-cost wireless broadband infrastructure will be critical for first class information society citizen
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Conclusion
Mobile technologies have the potential to meet the ICTD hopes
Mobile Technologies have the potential to make significant impact on Development
challenges and MDGs
This potential has been largely demonstrated with deployed services
But for this potential to be realized
A concerted effort of all communities is required
The focus have to shift and concentrate on
bridging technological gaps to meet the needs and profile of targeted people
empowering people
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References
Contact: Stephane Boyera (boyera@w3.org)
W3C Mobile Web for Social Development
Home Page: http://www.w3.org/2008/MW4D/
wiki and online resources: http://www.w3.org/2008/MW4D/wiki/
draft roadmap: http://www.w3.org/2008/MW4D/wiki/roadmap
Next Event: W3C Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in fostering Social and Economic
Development
April 1-2 2009, Maputo Mozambique
http://www.w3.org/2008/10/MW4D_WS/
Web Foundation: http://www.webfoundation.org/
Digital World Forum: http://www.digitalworldforum.eu/
Next Event: Workshop on Low-Cost Broadband and Infrastructure
May 4-5 2009, Kampala, Uganda
http://www.digitalworldforum.eu/workshops/20-future/66-workshop-on-broadband-access-a-infrastructure-call-for-paper
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