Evgeny got to them. ;) More seriously, does anyone have digital divide info - cultural and financial - on Ukraine? Tech is not the solution for all cultures.
Beer is the correct solution for some. A thousand cups of tea for others. Maybe State knows something we don't? Like: --- INTERNET Ukraine suffers digital divide - study Tuesday 22 March 2011 | 15:40 CET | News There is still a significant difference in household internet access across Ukraine, according to a study by GfK Ukraine. Internet penetration was just 12 percent in rural areas in Q4 2010, reports BizLigaNet. The figure rises to 25 percent in towns with a population below 50,000 and 38 percent of households in cities with more than 500,000 residents. http://www.telecompaper.com/news/ukraine-suffers-digital-divide-study--793094 yrs, ---- Shava Nerad shav...@gmail.com On Mar 21, 2013 3:04 PM, "Yosem Companys" <compa...@stanford.edu> wrote: > Fostering Civic Engagement in Ukraine (approximately $500,000 > available): DRL’s objective is to support the role of civil society in > policy formation and enhancing accountability and responsiveness of > government officials in Ukraine. The program will support civil > society to foster an inclusive and participatory democratic system of > government and hold politicians and public officials more accountable > to constituents. In order to foster more unity among civil society > efforts, the program should support post-election advocacy on areas of > policy formation and implementation such as ongoing efforts related to > elections and election law reform; freedom of assembly legislation; > and/or reversing legislation restricting the rights of vulnerable or > marginalized populations. The program should also examine how well > existing laws are implemented and help civil society ensure that > citizens can use official institutions and mechanisms to exercise > their rights. Program activities could include, but are not limited > to: support for activities to encourage debate and advocacy by > citizens and civil society organizations, small grants to civil > society for monitoring and/or advocacy activities, creating regional > civil society partnerships to increase civil society unity on advocacy > efforts, or connecting Ukrainian civil society with their counterparts > in one or more countries in the region through NGO-to-NGO exchanges > and mentoring in order to take advantage of shared post-communist and > transition experiences. Successful proposals will demonstrate a strong > knowledge of civil society in Ukraine and an established ability to > work with regional civil society groups. > > DRL strongly discourages health, technology, or science- related > projects unless they have an explicit component related to the > requested program objectives listed above. > > http://www.state.gov/j/drl/p/206488.htm > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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