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See: http://lists.sn.apc.org/pipermail/arise-egovernment/ From: http://www.ariseafrica.org/english/disc.html ARISE Email Discussions During the months of October, November, and December, ARISE will be holding a series of email based discussions on various ICT topics. These discussions will be held with the goal of utilizing our network of African professionals to discuss the key issues in building the Information Society in Africa and to produce an African Research Agenda for the Information Society. An added benefit of the email discussions is their link with the proposed Acacia ICT Research and Development Grants Programme. Like ARISE, this programme is to be funded by the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The purpose of the Research Grants Programme will be to help African researchers to build a body of knowledge on the effects of ICTs on the social and economic development and technological innovation within their communities. The grants will provide researchers with grants of up to C$20,000 to perform original research on these topics. The ARISE email discussions will serve as an opportunity to raise issues that could warrant further exploration through these research grants. The following table outlines the seven discussion topics, their facilitators and when each discussion will occur. Week of Discussion Topic and Facilitator Oct. 28th ICTs and Governance: Alison Gillwald Nov. 4th ICT Infrastructure: Mike Jensen Nov. 11th E-Government: Lucienne Abrahams Nov. 18th ICTs and Employment: Charley Lewis Nov. 25th ICTs and Small Business: Muriuki Mureithi Dec. 2nd ICTs and Rural Services: Peter Benjamin Dec. 9th ICTs and Gender: Natasha Primo Thank you for your interest and we look forward to informative and exciting discussions. The discussion on E-Government is underway, which will be followed next week by the discussion starting on the 18th November on ICT's a Employment facilitated by Charley Lewis. For information about the discussions and how to join them please contact Sean Kane at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Past Messages, Discussion http://e-democracy.org/do *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To UNSUBSCRIBE instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. *** *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
