Building Digital Opportunities: ICT Case Studies As part of the Building Digital Opportunities (BDO) programme, OneWorld has conducted case studies to help give decisionmakers a clear understanding of how civil society is actually using information and communications technologies, and what the impact is. They were not selected for being success stories; rather they are likely to help identify the positive and negative impact ICTs can have.
Around 20 organisations in South Asia, Southern Africa and Central America are profiled. Their activities vary from offering wireless communication equipment to tribal nomads and teaching slum children how to use a computer, to training NGOs how to build a website and online broadcasting of radio programmes. A synthesis report of all case studies is available as well which tries to structurally draw conclusions on the impact (defined in terms of opportunity, empowerment and security) and sustainability of ICT for development activities and also gives a brief comparison between the different regions studied. Interested? Subscribe to <http://www.dgroups.org/groups/OneWorldImpactICT> to view or download the full reports in pdf. Kind regards, Maartje Op de Coul New media evaluation manager Oneworld International ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
