Dear Colleagues, My student is working on a research proposal on the role of e-community forums in encouraging the community to use telecenters and make use of e-government services. Before you accuse me of posting this on the wrong forum let me provide some background information.
The student is interested in a particular case study of an e-government initiative by a provincial government in South Africa. The initiators of the initiative realised that most e-government information is not accessed because the citizen, especially those on the wrong side of the domestic digital divide, do not have access to information mainly because they lack access to technology. They also realised that the concept of community access (e.g. telecenters) does not usually work because, for a host of reasons, the community may not use the centers. Literature shows that one of the reasons for the community not using community access points is lack of community involvement in setting up and running the centers. To address these problems this particular initiative "came up" with the concept of e-community forums. The aim of the concept is to stimulate public interest in the community centers and get them involved in the day to day running of the centers. Thus, generating community participation. My student needs help identifying similar initiatives elsewhere. He would also appreciate literature around community involvement in setting up telecenters. ------------ This DOT-COM Discussion is funded by the dot-ORG USAID Cooperative Agreement, and hosted by GKD. http://www.dot-com-alliance.org provides more information. 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 For past messages, see: http://www.dot-com-alliance.org/archive.html
