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MISTICA: InfoDev launch 4 studies

From: Daniel Pimienta ([email protected])
Date: Mon Jul 28 2003 - 08:11:20 AST

>Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 16:29:32 -0400
>Subject: infoDev to launch a series of 4 new studies
>To: "infoDev Forum" <[email protected]>
>From: "Pamela Street" <[email protected]>
>
>infoDev is pleased to announce a series of studies that will examine
>current important topics in ICT for Development.
>The studies are slated to be finished and available on the infoDev website
>by the end of November, 2003.
>
>E-security Network Study
>The rapid spread of the personal computer and the Internet to developing
>countries has brought many benefits to all sectors in those countries. In
>particular, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) now have the possibility
>to compete on a global basis through their web site and their ability to
>communicate through the Internet and engage in e-commerce transactions.
>However, the Internet by itself is not necessarily a medium secure from
>malicious behavior.
>The opportunity cost of not paying adequate attention to security can be
>destruction of valuable data needed to run an enterprise or a government
>department. Among other things it can include destruction of essential
>records, identity theft, impersonation, and theft of financial resources,
>outcomes that can not only ruin a company but that can contribute to a
>reputation of unreliability for an entire industry in a country.
>This project will produce a handbook that will assist users, technical
>managers, and policy makers in avoiding such outcomes, and it will
>increase the sophistication of understanding of individuals and
>organizations in developing countries regarding how to ensure that they
>maximize the benefits of ICTs while minimizing the risks of employing this
>technology. The handbook will also be available on the web, and will have
>the possibility of being a dynamic document, updated by both new
>technological developments and user feedback.
>Expected Completion: November, 2003
>Task Manager: Mr. Michel H. Maechler, [email protected]
>
>Open-source Software Toolkit
>This toolkit will help information technology decision-makers in
>developing countries understand the dynamics associated with implementing
>open source software solutions. The toolkit intends to present information
>on the forces shaping the open source market, case studies illustrating
>the benefits and challenges of its use, and a framework of best practices
>to encourage the exchange of information and promote discussion of this
>important topic. The primary focus of this effort is to address the
>potential use of open source software in developing countries. Where
>appropriate, reference to open source software use and legislation in G8
>countries will be presented to support the discussion.
>Expected Completion: November, 2003
>Task Manager: Ms. Jacqueline Dubow, [email protected]
>
>Lessons learned from infoDev Projects
>The infoDev Program is in the process of completing its multi-year Core
>Grants Program and evaluating the impact and lessons of that program. As
>part of that evaluation, and as a contribution to the upcoming World
>Summit on the Information Society, infoDev has decided to commission a
>study of the lessons learned both from infoDev's own programs and from
>similar efforts to foster greater access to, and use of, ICTs as tools of
>poverty reduction and sustainable development.
>In particular, the study will seek to elucidate the key conditions and
>critical success factors for the effective use of ICTs for development and
>poverty reduction. Its purpose will not be to offer a detailed evaluation
>of individual infoDev grants or programs, but to draw lessons from infoDev
>experience and other ICT-for-development efforts in order to propose a set
>of general principles for effective ICT-for-development interventions. In
>short, it will seek, on the basis of detailed analysis of the experience
>of recent years, to answer the question: "What do we know about what works
>and what doesn't work in promoting ICT for development, and why".
>Expected Completion: November, 2003
>Task Manager: Ms. Jacqueline Dubow, [email protected]
>
>15 infoDev Case Studies
>This infoDev series of case studies is intended as a resource to provide
>briefings, detailed descriptions of infoDev funded projects and their
>impact on poverty reduction. The case studies will analyze projects using
>a consistent framework, detailing how key elements such as policy
>environment, role of ICT, financing, partnership, sustainability and
>scaling-up play a role in outcomes and empowered disadvantaged
>populations. The case studies will be undertaken with a constant reference
>to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), as ICT should be seen as a
>means to help meet the MDGs for poverty reduction, education, health and
>the environment and not as a separate sector or end to itself.
>Expected Completion: November, 2003
>Task Manager: Ms. Jacqueline Dubow, [email protected]

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