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DOT-COMments eNewsletter Archives
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Title: A Unique ICT Development Project in Cambodia: Provincial Business e-Learning
Issue: December 2005, Issue 14
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: Cambodia is a country undergoing rapid changes, including a keen demand for access to higher education among rural youth. The major centers for post-secondary school education are mainly located in the capital city, Phnom Penh. Although recently there has been a proliferation of private universities these programs are lecture-based and require students to attend regular scheduled classes. Distance education and/or independent study options are hard to find in government or private universities. To jump-start on-line learning in rural areas, The Asia Foundation (TAF) (www.asiafoundation.org) proposed using as an access point for virtual learning five Community Information Centers (CICs) created by USAID in all Cambodian provinces.
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Title: Academic Computing at the University of Bamako, Mali
Issue: Winter 2002, Issue 2
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: The Educational Exchange with the University of Bamako Project will enhance the university's capacity to administer its IT network, and to help faculty and students use this network for academic purposes. Nineteen Internet-connected computer labs for teachers and students will open in November at the University of Bamako.
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Title: Africas e-Learning Program in ICT Policy and Regulation
Issue: December 2005, Issue 14
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: The Network for Capacity Building and Knowledge Exchange (NetTel@Africa) has created a truly unique on-line learning program that is changing the way policymakers think about ICT policy reform. NetTel is an African Network created for capacity building and knowledge exchange in ICT (information and telecommunications technology) policy, regulation and applications. NetTel is a successful example of an USAID Global Development Alliance program, where partners from Africa and the U.S. work toward establishing sustainable processes that allow the Network to grow beyond U.S. partnerships and funding.
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Title: All Three "dots" Work in Rwanda
Issue: Fall 2002, Issue 1
DOT: DOT-COM
Summary: All three DOT-COM Alliance members are working in Rwanda to help strengthen the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in government, education, and broad development through three different projects.
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Title: An Innovative Approach to ICT and Telecom Regulation and Policy in Africa
Issue: Fall 2003, Issue 5
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: Academics, regulators, policymakers and operators from 17 nations met during the last week of May and the first week of June, 2003 in Gaborone, Botswana, to mark the inauguration of NetTel Safari, a two week conference hosted by the NetTel@Africa (Network for Capacity Building and Knowledge Exchange in the Telecommunications Sector) Project.
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Title: Applying the Bangladesh Village Phone Program to Uganda in support of Women Entrepreneurs
Issue: Fall 2003, Issue 5
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: The Academy for Educational Development/dot-ORG, Mobile Telephone Network (MTN) Uganda, a network of microfinance institutions, and the Grameen Technology Center along with its other investors, are partnering to launch Village Phone Uganda (VPU).
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Title: Broadband Connectivity in Macedonian Schools by September 2005
Issue: July 2005, Issue 12
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: At the beginning of the upcoming school year, all elementary and secondary schools in Macedonia will have broadband internet access. This will be achieved through the efforts of the Macedonia Connects Project, managed by dot-ORG. The project was designed initially to complement the E- Schools project managed by dot-EDU. E-Schools would bring the computer labs to the schools and Macedonia Connects would bring internet connectivity to these computer labs in at least 496 primary and secondary schools as well as University sites throughout Macedonia. Yet there is more to the project than school connectivity. dot-ORG designed this project to broaden its impact to the entire country of Macedonia, not just schools, and to ensure sustainability.
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Title: Building Capacity in Afghanistan's Ministry of Communications
Issue: Winter 2002, Issue 2
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: Through pilot project funds from the core dot-GOV grant, Internews is providing support to the Ministry of Communications, Afghanistan through external training of staff tasked with telecommunications (in collaboration with the USAID/State Department Telecom Leadership Program and USTTI), and advising the Minister of Communications on telecom policy.
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Title: Building Municipal Government Capacity in Central America
Issue: Winter 2003, Issue 6
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: The dot-ORG project of the Academy for Educational Development (AED) recently initiated the Promoting CONnEctivity among Local Governments in CenTral America (CONNECTA) program, in collaboration with Federación de Municipios del Istmo Centroamericano (FEMICA), and NetAssessment.
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Title: Building of Bilingual Virtual Learning Community Underway in Quiché Region, Guatemala
Issue: Winter 2002, Issue 2
DOT: DOT-COM
Summary: Expansion plans are off to a great start for former LearnLink project, Enlace Quiché in Guatemala. Under its new cooperative agreement, Proyecto Enlace Quiché is using ICTs to strengthen the training of intercultural, bilingual educators. New plans include the opening of seven additional technology centers, training of new technology center staff, and the creation of a web portal which will serve as a virtual bilingual learning community for Mayan language teachers, community members, and partners affiliated with the project.
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Title: Building Romanian Regulatory Capacity
Issue: Winter 2002, Issue 2
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: Internews' implementation of the Romania Information Technology Initiative - Policy component continues apace, having completed two initial capacity-building workshops and one US study tour for Romania's newly created National Regulatory Authority for Communications (ANRC).
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Title: Building the Multi-sector Regulatory Agency (ARM) in Rwanda
Issue: Summer 2003, Issue 4
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: dot-GOV is in the final phase of the Telecommunications and Information Technology sector - Legal and Regulatory Reform project, funded by USAID/Rwanda. Under this project, dot-GOV and the Government of Rwanda (GOR) have worked together to establish the Rwandan Multi-sector Regulatory Agency (ARM), with jurisdiction over several market sectors including telecommunications and energy.
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Title: Call Center Breathes New Life into Jiu Valley, Romania
Issue: Spring/Summer 2004, Issue 7
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: dot-ORG's Romania Information Technology Initiative (RITI) Access project has collaborated with the not-for-profit Jiu Valley Association (JVA) and one of Romania's leading software developers and call center operators (Softwin) to establish a business support call center at University of Petrosani.
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Title: Changing Lives and Education in Guatemala with Internet Connectivity
Issue: Fall 2003, Issue 5
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: Now as the second phase of the Enlace Quiché project has begun under dot-EDU, including the opening of an additional seven centers, connectivity prices have fallen within sustainable reach of all centers, with Satellite connections for as little as $150/month, which can be covered by each center through user fees. This vast price drop as well as the increasing interest on the part of the project partners, participating schools, and community members in using the Internet, compelled the project to make connectivity a key aspect of all their efforts.
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Title: Community Education Facilitators in DRC Build on Local Strengths
Issue: December 2005, Issue 14
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: In the Democratic Republic of Congo, dot-EDUs Improving Basic Education/Stratégies Intégrées pour une Education Equitable et de Qualité (SIEEQ) project has been working to 1) improve the quality of basic education through innovative teacher training; 2) provide teachers and students with increased access to learning materials, textbooks, and kits; 3)increase community participation in education, management and outreach activities; and 4)increase and improve girls' participation in school. A previous article brought attention to the issue of women's empowerment. This article focuses on activities supporting community involvement in childrens education and the role of community education facilitators.
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Title: Community Internet Centers Give Rwanda Access to Information
Issue: Winter 2003, Issue 6
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: Two community Internet centers (CIC) in Rwanda are providing their local communities vital access to information for both professional and personal uses. These telecenters in Nyanza and Gitarma were opened in partnership with USAID/Rwanda, dot-ORG and local entrepreneurs. They are privately operated, using a sustainable for-profit model to ensure they remain active after the startup project funding ends.
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Title: Community Resource and Learning Center (CRLC) Inauguration in DR Congo
Issue: Winter 2003, Issue 6
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: July 2003 -- "This is inauguration fever" commented one excited staff member of the newly-opened Community Resource and Learning enter (CRLC) in the Vanga Mission, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
After much anticipation, the Community Resource and Learning Center was inaugurated on July 12, 2003. This Center is located in Vanga, a rural community of approximately 3000 people on the banks of the Kwilu River in Bandundu Province.
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Title: Connectivity and Low Resource Environments
Issue: Winter 2003, Issue 6
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: On September 24th, 2003, DOT-COM and InterAction co-hosted the second session in its speaker series on ICTs and Development, on Connectivity and Low Resource Environments: DOT-COM. Over 80 participants attended the session held at AED's conference center in Washington, DC.
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Title: Cybercrime Bilateral Workshop and Official Meetings in Peru supported by dot Gov
Issue: March 2005, Issue 10
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: As field support to assist with the prevention of cyber crime in developing nations, dot-GOV helped the Department of Justice with a joint APEC/DOJ workshop on Cyber Crime Legislative Drafting Training, held at Santa Clara near Lima, Peru 9-11 December 2004. The workshop was delivered by a team of DOJ experts from the Intellectual Property and Cyber Crimes Unit and an APEC representative from Canada.
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Title: Deploying Low-Energy ICT A technical overview
Issue: February 2006, Issue 15
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: This article is a follow up to a brief article that appeared in the December DOT-COMments, "Low- energy Internet for Education - Where Electricity is a Challenge", which described an effort to set up a low-power rural technology lab in Uganda. This article responds to requests from readers for a technical overview of the project.
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Title: Digital Freedom Initiative: Public/Private Sector Roundtable of February 20, 2007
Issue: March 2007, Issue 19
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: The President's Digital Freedom Initiative (DFI) aims to harness the strengths of the U.S. public and private sectors to help the developing world utilize information and communication technologies (ICTs) to resolve development challenges. The initiative involves multiple federal agencies, the private sector, non-profit organizations, and universities.
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Title: Digital Satellite Radio Helps Overcome Rural Isolation
Issue: Spring/Summer 2004, Issue 7
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: Every day, tens of thousands of Nepalese tune into the radio drama, Khura Khasra Mitha, (Let's Talk Straight) to be entertained by the stories of life in the village of Sundapur centered on the elder woman, Thuldidi. This program, part of Equal Access' Digital Broadcast Initiative, delivers more than entertainment - the characters discuss critical issues such as HIV/AIDS and women's empowerment. These discussions continue after the broadcast in hundreds of village community groups organized under this Initiative.
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Title: DOT-COM TAG Shares Thoughts on Future of ICT and Development
Issue: Spring 2003, Issue 3
DOT: DOT-COM
Summary: As part of the First Annual Technical Advisory Group (TAG) meeting, October 22nd, 2002, the eight TAG members each shared their thoughts about the future of ICT for development over the next five years. Summaries of their statements are listed below
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Title: dot-GOV launches SADC ICT Policy and Regulatory Support Program (SIPRS)
Issue: Summer 2003, Issue 4
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: On 21 November 2002, dot-GOV was awarded the Southern African Development Community (SADC) ICT Policy and Regulatory Support Program (SIPRS) Cooperative Agreement, funded by USAID/ Regional Center for Southern Africa (RCSA) for a period of 18 months. Based in Gaborone, Botswana, the project is lead by Mr. Brian Goulden, Director, and Mr. J. Riley Allen, Senior Technical Advisor.
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Title: dot-GOV Provides Low-Income Women with Technology Skills
Issue: Winter 2003, Issue 6
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: ot-GOV recently awarded a subcontract to the Institute for International Education (IIE) to implement a collaborative project with CISCO Networking Academies that provides information technology training to low-income Asian and African women. Over 430 scholarships will be provided to women in Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Bangladesh, Nepal, Mongolia and Sri Lanka. The women will be trained at CISCO's Networking Academies located in each country. For every $1 USAID invests in the networking academies, CISCO invests $8.
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Title: dot-GOV Supports State Department Telecommunications Leadership Program (TLP)
Issue: Summer 2003, Issue 4
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: Since the fall of 2002, dot-GOV has provided support from its Leader Award to the State Department Telecommunications Leadership Program (TLP), through requests from the dot-GOV CTO, Dr. Edward Malloy. This support has ranged from travel, organizing study tours, to providing speakers for conferences. dot-GOV's assistance is considered part of the larger U.S. Government effort to promote telecommunications liberalization, bridging the digital divide, and adoption of the policies that enable e-commerce and e-government.
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Title: dot-ORG & Intel Collaborate for Sustainable Computer Clubhouses
Issue: Winter 2002, Issue 2
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: The dot-ORG project is investing some of its pilot project funds to collaborate with Intel Computer Clubhouses in Brazil and South Africa to design and test strategies and business plans that may enable these Clubhouse and other types of public access centers become sustainable enterprises. To facilitate this collaborative pilot project, Intel and the Academy for Educational Development (AED) signed a memorandum of understanding in October 2002.
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Title: dot-ORG Supports USAID at WSIS and Related Events in Tunis
Issue: December 2005, Issue 14
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: dot-ORG supported both the World Summit on the Information Society and the USAID Asia Near East Regional Information Communication and Technology program in Tunis in November 2005.
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Title: E-school.Mk: Improving ICT Quality and Promoting Tolerance in Macedonia
Issue: Spring/Summer 2004, Issue 7
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: The E-school.Mk activity is a product of the current focus by the Macedonian government to alleviate ethnic tensions and to create economic opportunities for young people. Using ICT-informed education programs, this USAID/Macedonia funded project is preparing Macedonian youth for employment and improving quality and relevance of instruction at the secondary level.
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Title: eCenters Pilot Project One Year Anniversary - Innovations for Sustainability and Impact
Issue: June 2006, Issue 16
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: In 2005, the eCenters project began with a simple premise - to empower rural residents in Kyrgyzstan by connecting them to high-speed Internet and knowledge skills training. A year after the launch of the project, the eCenters are showing great promise.
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Title: Editorial: A Gender Perspective
Issue: May 2005, Issue 11
DOT: DOT-COM
Summary: The articles in this May 2005 issue of the DOT-COMments eNewsletter provide some answers to this question. The Gender and ICT study of 2001 quoted above highlighted five key ingredients that would increase womens ability to take advantage of IT opportunities. For each of these five ingredients, reference is made to specific articles in the newsletter that provide answers in terms of what the DOT-COM Alliance has done. Women continue to face many challenges and the DOT- COM Alliance will continue to strive to address these challenges through its activities around the world.
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Title: Editorial: Documenting Results and Capturing Lessons Learned
Issue: Fall 2004, Issue 8
DOT: DOT-COM
Summary: This 8th issue of the DOT-COMments eNewsletter is the first being produced since I took over the position of Information and Dissemination Coordinator for the DOT-COM Alliance. This appears to be as good an opportunity as any to introduce myself as well as some changes in the newsletter itself. Many of you have probably been in contact in the past with my predecessor, Siobhan Green. Siobhan continues to work closely with me in a consulting capacity, in particular in the redesign of our DOT-COM Alliance web site and intranet.
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Title: Editorial: Focus on Sustainability
Issue: January 2005, Issue 9
DOT: DOT-COM
Summary: This editorial introduces each of the articles of the December 2004 issue of the DOT-COMments newsletter in the context of this issue's theme of sustainability.
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Title: Editorial: Reformulating Basic Questions
Issue: March 2005, Issue 10
DOT: DOT-COM
Summary: As the field of ICT for Development evolves and matures, the questions and issues that were the focus of our attention a few years ago are becoming increasingly irrelevant. Is it time to rethink the basic questions that drive our activities?
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Title: Education over the Airways - New Directions for Interactive Radio Instruction in Haiti
Issue: Winter 2002, Issue 2
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: Continuing the progress of previous USAID programs, dot-EDU is working closely with the Haitian Foundation for Private Education (FONHEP) to strengthen and expand Interactive Radio Instruction (IRI) in Haiti. The intervention, which has proven successful in basic primary education, will be examined to see how it can be used to address other audiences and subject matters fit for radio.
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Title: Engaging the Private Sector
Issue: March 2007, Issue 19
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: Public/private partnerships can work. Understanding the exact nature of the partnership and leveraging potential is key as it helps to keep track of Return on Investment (ROI) related to such partnerships and to focus efforts on the types of partnerships that have the highest leveraging potential rather than focusing on specific types of partners.
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Title: Enhancing Democratization in Rwanda through New Voter Registration Cards
Issue: Spring/Summer 2004, Issue 7
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: USAID/Rwanda has contributed significantly to the democratization process in Rwanda through a two-year dot-ORG project to strengthen the capacity of the Rwandan National Electoral Commission (NEC) via information and communications technologies (ICTs). Implemented by the Academy for Educational Development (AED), dot-ORG is working with the NEC to create and maintain a national voter database, print fraud-resistant voter registration cards, network regional Commission offices, and pilot hand-held computers to collect and validate voter registration information.
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Title: Enlace Quiché: Metamorphosis from dot-EDU Project to Guatemalan NGO
Issue: January 2005, Issue 9
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: If USAID, the Ministry of Education, and everyone else is so happy with the Enlace Quiché project, why is it ending so soon?
That was the topic of discussion in mid-2003 among local staff and key stakeholders who had watched the project grow over three years into a respected local player in educational development, pushing the envelope of educational technology as a cross- cutting tool for improving educational quality in Guatemala. Moreover, they asked what could be done to build on and scale up the pilot experiences. The answer was to create a local NGO . This article presents an overview of the transition, highlighting critical decisions and windows of opportunity.
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Title: EVENT: Online Professional Development for Educators
Issue: Spring/Summer 2004, Issue 7
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: On May 6th, 2004, DOT-COM and InterAction co-hosted the third session in its speaker series on ICTs and Development, focusing on Online Professional Development for Educators. Over 60 participants attended the session held at AED's conference center in Washington, DC.
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Title: EVENT: Speaker Series on Cyber-Security Issues in International Development Environments
Issue: Fall 2004, Issue 8
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: On September 16, the DOT-COM Alliance and InterAction co-hosted the fourth Speaker Series on ICTs and Development. The topic was Cyber-Security Issues in International Development Environments. A panel of four cyber-security experts provided a rich learning experience and opportunities for discussions.
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Title: Expanding the Market for ICT Services Through Competitive Tendering and Subsidies
Issue: March 2007, Issue 19
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: A good project design must include plans for long-term sustainability. For ICT projects, in particular where the private sector is involved, sustainability usually requires the right mix of competitive tendering and subsidies to ensure that 1) the incentives exist for the private sector to extend ICT services where it would otherwise not provide services; and 2) end-users are encourated to test those services and acquire the skills needed to use those services effectively.
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Title: Exploring the DOT-COM Digital Library
Issue: July 2005, Issue 12
DOT: DOT-COM
Summary: A short article about the DOT-COM library highlighting the search options and some recently added documents.
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Title: From Voter Registration to Health Monitoring - Handheld Computers for Development - dot-ORG
Issue: October 2005, Issue 13
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: In developing country contexts, handheld computer applications are starting to show their benefits across development sectors. Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and other types of handheld computers offer considerable advantages over desktops or even laptops. Read more to learn about specific projects dot-ORG has been involved in...
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Title: Gender Strategies in dot-ORG Projects
Issue: May 2005, Issue 11
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: What do dot-ORG projects in Mali, Brazil, Macedonia and Uganda have in common beyond the fact that they all involve the provision of some form of information technology? They have all designed strategies that take gender into account, strategies that ensure that women have the same opportunities as men to access and utilize information technology.
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Title: Going the Extra Mile in Namibia: The Importance of Supports
Issue: June 2006, Issue 16
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: In Namibia, USAID has been supporting the integration of information technology in education since 2001, with a succession of projects that have provided teachers and Primary Teachers' College instructors with the ongoing human, technical and curricular support necessary to help teachers effectively use and integrate ICTs into instruction. This article provides an overview of the types of human, educational and technical support that has been provided in recent years through the earlier LearnLink project and more recent dot-EDU projects.
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Title: Groundbreaking Collaboration Between Middle Eastern Regulators and ICT Companies
Issue: Spring/Summer 2004, Issue 7
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: Unprecedented exchange and collaboration among high-powered Middle Eastern telecommunications officials and public/private sector representatives occurred this past March 2004. During a series of USAID-funded meetings and workshops in Jordan, telecommunications leaders from five Arabic countries expressed a willingness to cooperate on promoting growth and development of the most important technology issues of the 21st century.
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Title: Halls of Knowledge Open to Communities in Three Malian Cities
Issue: Spring/Summer 2004, Issue 7
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: May 5th - 7th, 2004 saw the official inaugurations of three new Community Learning and Information Centers (CLICs) in Bougouni, Kadiolo and Segou, Mali. These three centers are part of a USAID/Mali funded initiative to open 13 public access telecenters across Mali.
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Title: Harmonization of E-Commerce Legal Framework for Southern Africa
Issue: Spring/Summer 2004, Issue 7
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the USAID-funded dot-GOV Southern African ICT and Policy Reform Support ("SIPRS") Project are collaborating to harmonize the legal framework for Electronic Commerce. Working closely with the Southern African Transport Communications Commission Technical Unit, SIPRS is helping the Southern African countries address core e-commerce issues, such as cyber crime, intellectual property rights, and privacy concerns.
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Title: Helping Small Thai Businesses Make the Most of the Internet for e-Commerce
Issue: Fall 2004, Issue 8
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: A seminar on "e-Commerce solutions for Thai SMEs was convened in Bangkok, Thailand in June 2004. The objective of the seminar was to impart practical skills and to share lessons learned from successful companies that faced challenges similar to those faced by Thai SMEs.
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Title: ICT for Teacher Professional Development in Uganda Findings from an Impact and Scalability Assessment
Issue: September 2006, Issue 17
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: At the request of the Ministry of Education and Sports of Uganda, USAID funded an impact and scalability assessment of ICT for teacher professional development under the dot-EDU Leader Award managed by the Education Development Center (EDC). This article synthesizes the findings.
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Title: ICT Forum in Namibia
Issue: Fall 2003, Issue 5
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: The USAID/Namibia Mission, assisted by the USAID/RCSA funded Southern African Development Community Information Policy Regulation Support Project (SIPRS) policy & regulatory team of Brian Goulden and Riley Allen (Internews Network), supported the new Namibian Communications Commission with a three-day workshop on current and future trends in ICT. The workshop took place 10-13 February 2003.
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Title: ICT Policy and Sustainability: Experience from the dot-GOV Program
Issue: January 2005, Issue 9
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: This article highlights two perspectives on ICT policy and sustainability. First, it outlines key elements of a sustainable approach to ICT policy reforms, with examples based on dot-GOVs experience in making ICT policy reform sustainable. Second, the article looks at the impact of ICT policy and policy reforms on the support of efforts to bridge the digital divide and to make effective use of ICT to help tackle development challenges.
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Title: ICTs for Participatory Health and Livelihood Skills Training for Mon Migrants - dot-EDU
Issue: March 2005, Issue 10
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: ICTs for Participatory Health and Livelihood Skills Training is a pilot project designed to harness new digital camera technologies to help cross-border migrants learn basic health and livelihood skills that can improve their well-being even under the harsh realities stateless migrant experience.
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Title: ICTs Supporting Democracy in Rwanda through Capacity Building at the National Electoral Commission
Issue: Fall 2003, Issue 5
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: The USAID-funded dot-ORG project in Rwanda is actively engaged in improving the speed, accuracy and transparency of the country's election management system. This work forms a vital part of strengthening Rwanda's electoral process and overall democratization and good governance efforts.
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Title: ICTs to Strengthen Intercultural, Bilingual Educators in Quiché, Guatemala
Issue: Fall 2002, Issue 1
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: USAID/Guatemala-Central American Programs (G-CAP) has signed an Associate Award with dot-EDU to expand the success of an existing activity in the Quiché region that is using ICTs to strengthen the training of intercultural, bilingual educators.
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Title: ICTs without the Internet
Issue: September 2006, Issue 17
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: It is often assumed that all ICT initiatives must have Internet components. However, in resource challenged environments such as the D.R. Congo (DRC) and Macedonia, experience has shown that much can be done with interactive technologies to support education without access to the Internet.
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Title: ICTs, Decentralization and Local Governance: Exploring the Potential (dot-ORG)
Issue: March 2005, Issue 10
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: In a context of decentralization, local authorities face increased responsibilities, limited resources, and at times, limited human resource capacity. In such environments, strategic investments in ICTs can really pay off.
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Title: Impact Assessment Baseline Study in Peru Yields Interesting Findings
Issue: February 2006, Issue 15
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: This article highlights the findings of the baseline research assessment undertaken in Jauja, Peru, the site of the Last Mile Initiative in Peru.
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Title: Improving Project Design (I) -- Tipping Points and Thresholds
Issue: January 2007, Issue 18
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: Tipping points and thresholds are the triggers that signal critical changes. Identifying tipping points and critical thresholds that can serve as short and medium term targets within a longer-term project can help to ensure rapid results and long-term success.
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Title: Improving Project Design (II) - Keeping Scale in Mind
Issue: January 2007, Issue 18
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: Scaling up is more than just about increasing the geographic range of a project, increasing the number of beneficiaries or sites. It is about doing things on a larger scale but that implies doing thing differently. In other words, scaling up is not the same as replicating on a larger scale.
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Title: Improving Project Design (III) -- Designing Projects for Rapid Results
Issue: January 2007, Issue 18
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: The short-term nature of most projects requires that projects achieve measurable results within short timeframes. Projects need to plan for rapid results that become essential stepping-stones towards longer-term development impacts.
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Title: Improving Public Management and the ICT Industry in Macedonia through e-Government Applications
Issue: July 2005, Issue 12
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: Implemented by the dot-GOV/Internews, the e-Gov Impact Project has the mandate to develop and implement e-Government applications in the Republic of Macedonia for public institutions. e-gov Impact is designed to strategically solicit the Macedonian private sector in development of dynamic software applications for public institutions. This article
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Title: Improving the Quality of Vietnamese Software Development
Issue: Spring/Summer 2004, Issue 7
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: As part of the dot-GOV USAID/ANE-funded efforts in the ASEAN region to create an enabling environment for ICT policy reform, Internews, collaborating with the Vietnam Competitiveness Initiative (VNCI), held two workshops for software companies in Vietnam on software engineering and management.
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Title: Information for All: The Sudan Independent Radio Service (SIRS)
Issue: Fall 2003, Issue 5
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: With support from USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI), the Sudan Independent Radio Service (SIRS) was developed by the Education Development Center (EDC) through the dot-EDU initiative. The SIRS will provide Sudanese living in the country and in the East African region with information containing no bias toward race, nationality, religious or political affiliation, opinion or gender. Strict political neutrality and independence in program development and partner selection are its credos.
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Title: Initiative for Namibian Educational Technology (iNET) Kicks Off
Issue: Summer 2003, Issue 4
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: The Initiative for Namibian Educational Technology (iNET) USAID cooperative agreement, was recently signed and kicked off by dot-EDU Deputy Director, Steve Dorsey, and E-Learning Specialist, Kelly Morphy, in Windhoek in early March. iNET is part of Namibia's National Institute for Educational Development's Educational Development and Support Network. Designed to speed the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICTs) within the Namibian education system, iNET will work both at the school and Ministerial level to foster the development of technology champions and improve ICT policies throughout Namibia
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Title: Innovative Combinations of Energy and ICT
Issue: September 2006, Issue 17
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: Winrock International is implementing three pilot projects that take an integrated approach to expanding ICT and energy access under its subagreement with the dot-ORG program.
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Title: International E-commerce and Information Infrastructure Policies Conference
Issue: Summer 2003, Issue 4
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: Internews Network awarded a $60,000 pilot project sub-grant to the Hawkins Kenan Institute for Private Enterprise to convene a workshop on International E-commerce and Information Infrastructure Policies 12-14 November, Hanoi, Vietnam. The workshop encouraged Vietnamese enterprises to engage in global e-commerce and prepare for international e-commerce policy decision related to trade negotiations.
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Title: IT College Scholarships for Disadvantaged Brazilian Youth
Issue: Spring/Summer 2004, Issue 7
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: Programa Para o Futuro, the IT training for employability program for disadvantaged Brazilian youth, established a partnership with IBRATEC, the best 2-year private technical college in the North East of Brazil. Under this partnership, IBRATEC offered all 50 of the program's youth free scholarships to their IT degree program. Since eight youth are still in high school, only 42 youth were able to accept these scholarships to attend IBRATEC.
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Title: IT Employability Training Begins for Disadvantaged Brazilian Youth
Issue: Fall 2003, Issue 5
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: On May 5, 2003, the USAID/Brazil funded Programa para o Futuro, (Program for the Future) officially started training activities in Recife, Brazil. The initiative will prepare the participating youth for employment opportunities as ICT technical support staff in small and medium enterprises, NGOs, and the public sector.
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Title: IT Training for Disadvantaged Brazilian Youth
Issue: Winter 2002, Issue 2
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: In partnership with USAID/Brazil, dot-ORG has stated a new 18-month project to develop and carryout an innovative IT training and employability program for disadvantaged Brazilian youth in Recife, Brazil. To implement this challenging project, dot-ORG is partnering with four Brazilian NGOs via sub-agreements. Also, with help from USAID/Brazil and EGAT/EIT/IT, the project team, comprised of staff from dot-ORG and the four collaborating NGOs, is establishing public-private partnerships with local, national and multinational companies to help with this initiative.
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Title: Knowledge Product Highlights: The Energy Solutions Toolkit for ICT Projects
Issue: July 2005, Issue 12
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: Developed in collaboration with Winrock International, the Energy Solutions Toolkit for ICT Projects is a web-based interactive toolkit that helps users select the most cost-effective mix of ICT and energy systems for projects across sectors.
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Title: Last Mile Initiative in Paraguay - Connecting Underserved Areas
Issue: March 2007, Issue 19
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: The LMI Paraguay project currently brings connectivity to nineteen schools and other local institutions in two underserved communities of Paraguay. With local partnerships in place, the project is poised to expand its reach to up to 100 connections by the end of April 2007.
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Title: Last Mile Initiative Innovations - Research Findings from the Georgia Institute of Technology
Issue: September 2006, Issue 17
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: In the fall of 2005, thirteen students from the Georgia Institute of Technology came together as USAID Last Mile Initiative (LMI) Innovation Fellows. The results of the students'activities are contained in a volume titled "Last Mile Initiative Innovations: Research Findngs from the Georgia Institute of Technology".
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Title: Last Mile initiative Mongolia Connecting Rural Communities
Issue: February 2006, Issue 15
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: In December 2005, USAID dispatched a Last Mile Initiative (LMI) team to test a Voice over Wireless Fidelity (VoWiFi) phone network in rural Mongolia. The pilot project focuses activities at the small village level with average populations around 2,000 persons. This article discusses initial plans for deploying innovative technologies and leveraging existing and upcoming private sector investments.
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Title: Last Mile Initiative Team Assesses Central Asian Republics & Starts eCenters Project
Issue: July 2005, Issue 12
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: In April 2005, Last Mile Coordinators Michael Tetelman and Steve Rynecki of AEDs dot-ORG team conducted assessments in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The focus of this regional assessment was to examine the condition of telecom access in rural areas and small towns, the usage of e-services (such as e-procurement and e-tax systems by small businesses) and to determine the potential for new LMI projects in the region.
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Title: Launch of dot-ORG/Intel Computer Clubhouses in South Africa
Issue: Summer 2003, Issue 4
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: dot-ORG/Intel Collaborative Project To Develop Strategies for Sustaining and Expanding Computer Clubhouses in Brazil and South Africa was officially launched in South Africa on February 14th by Eric Rusten (Deputy Director, dot-ORG), Phil Christensen (Country Director, AED South Africa), Parthy Chetty, (Education Manager, Intel South Africa), and representatives from the two NGOs that are establishing three Clubhouses in the Johannesburg area.
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Title: Launching into Action - Interactive Radio Instruction in India
Issue: Fall 2004, Issue 8
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: The dot-EDU T4 India project and the State government of Karnataka added to Indias Independence Day celebrations with the launch of the Interactive Radio Instruction (IRI) series Chukke Chinna (choo-kee chin-na), on August 16, 2004 in Bangalore.
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Title: Launching the Enlace Quiché Bilingual Web Portal
Issue: Summer 2003, Issue 4
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: March 26th, 2003 will see the launch of http://www.ebiguatemala.org, the bilingual, intercultural web portal, created by Director of Materials development, Mario Torres and the local Enlace Staff. A ceremony and presentation will take place on the official launch date at the Camino Real hotel, in Guatemala City, attended by project partners, students, teachers, as well as representatives from both USAID and dot-EDU.
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Title: Learning New Approaches to Teaching in Southern Sudan: One Veteran Teacher's Experience
Issue: January 2007, Issue 18
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: Part of USAIDs effort to improve education in Southern Sudan, Learning Village uses the radio to reach learners, broadcasting daily lessons in local language literacy, English literacy, and mathematics. The program, called SSIRI (Southern Sudan Interactive Radio Instruction), is part of the USAID funded dot-EDU initiative led by EDC. dot-EDU focuses on the innovative use of technology to support teaching and learning.
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Title: Legal and Regulatory Reform in Rwanda's Telecommunications and Information Technology Sector
Issue: Winter 2002, Issue 2
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: Great progress has been made since the last consultancy ended in July 2002, which outlined the organization and job descriptions of the new regulatory agency. The Rwandan Government (GOR) has named a Managing Director, Mr. François Mutembere, who was formerly the Governor of the Rwandan National Bank. Seven individuals (including two women) have also been named to the Board of Directors. This action by the GOR means the administrative and operational development of the regulator can continue.
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Title: Lessons Learned: Knowing How Much it Really Costs - Total Cost of Ownership
Issue: September 2006, Issue 17
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: All projects with an ICT component should consider the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) to ensure that appropriate measures are taken to 1) budget necesssary resources; and 2) maximize the benefits of technology use. While TCO is not a new concept, it has not yet been integrated fully into project design and implementation.
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Title: LMI Mongolia: Building a Sustainable Business Model for Rural Telcos
Issue: September 2006, Issue 17
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: USAIDs Last Mile Initiative (LMI) in Mongolia supports the efforts of private telcom operators to bridge the gap in local access to communications in primarily rural, underserved areas of the country. Ultimately, the goal of the Last Mile Initiative is to achieve a sustainable approach both technically and commercially to providing rural communications in Mongolia and elsewhere.
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Title: Local eGovernment Applications - An Example from Romania - dot-ORG
Issue: October 2005, Issue 13
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: Under the RITI-Access project, dot-ORG has been implementing a number of eGovernment initiatives in local governments across Romania. This article focuses on one such initiative undertaken with the Giurgiu Local Council.
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Title: Local Entrepreneurial Skills & Sustainability in Rwandas Community Internet Centers
Issue: January 2005, Issue 9
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: This article describes entrepreneurship training that was provided to the managers of Community Internet Centers (CICs) in Rwanda. The purpose of the training was to ensure that the CIC managers had the skills to run the CICs as profit-making enterprises.
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Title: Low-energy Internet for Education Where Electricity is a Challenge
Issue: December 2005, Issue 14
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: On December 8, 2005, dot-EDU set up a low-cost, low-energy using lab in rural Uganda that may be just the solution for places where electrical problems (surges, brief cuts, and brownouts) tend to damage ICT equipment.
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Title: Macedonia Takes Initiative With New e-Government Strategy
Issue: Fall 2004, Issue 8
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: A workshop to refine the e-government strategy of the Government of Macedonia was convened in March 2004. The workshop, sponsored by the USAID/Macedonia in cooperation with the Macedonian Commission for Information Technology (CIT) and the Ministry of Innovation and Technology of the Government of Italy (I-MIT), took place on 15-16 March 2004 in Skopje, Macedonia.
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Title: Mali CLIC Regional Training to Build on Sustainability Efforts
Issue: Fall 2004, Issue 8
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: In order to strengthen the network of Community Learning and Information Centers (CLICs), regional training has taken place to ensure that the CLIC managers and staff have the necessary tools to collect and analyze data that will enhance sustainability.
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Title: Mali: Selected Snapshots of the 12,000 CLIC Clients (dot-ORG)
Issue: March 2005, Issue 10
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: After 10 months of operation, most of the Community Learning and Information Centers that were established under the dot-ORG pilot funded by USAID/Mali are taking off. Early challenges in building a client base and establishing reliable Internet connections have been overcome, yet other challenges remain ahead.
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Title: Malian Telecommunications Officials Discuss Pivotal Issues with US Counterparts
Issue: Summer 2003, Issue 4
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: At the request of the Leland Initiative, dot-GOV worked with the Department of State International Visitor Program to assist in the visit of key Malian telecommunications officials in Washington, DC. In January 2003, dot-GOV organized several meetings for Mr. Mobido Camara, Committee for Regulation of Telecommunications (CRT), Mr. Baly Sissoko, National Television, and Mr. Hassane Diombele, National Committee for Access to State Media. Among other venues, the three visited the Federal Communications Commission, a private mobile operator, the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA), a local radio station, and other US telecom-related private sector and non-governmental organizations.
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Title: Marching for Gender Equity in Peru
Issue: May 2005, Issue 11
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: High in the Peruvian Andes a grassroots movement supporting gender equity has taken hold. Led by a group of primary school students and their teachers, the community of Cerro de Pasco is taking a closer look at the implications of equal treatment and rights for men and women in the public and private spheres.
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Title: Media Production Studio Opens in India
Issue: Spring/Summer 2004, Issue 7
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: On December 22, 2003, dot-EDU and the Government of Karnataka, India, inaugurated a new media production studio in Bangalore. The state-of-the-art studio, located in the Bangalore office of the Education Development Center (EDC), will provide digital editing suites for local producers to create educational materials for primary schools across the Indian state of Karnataka. The digital studios are located at the Directorate of State Educational Research and Training (DSERT) office in Bangalore.
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Title: Moving Beyond the Computer Lab: E-Schools.mk, Macedonia
Issue: July 2005, Issue 12
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: E-School.mk is a project funded by the United States Agency for International Developments (USAID) dot-EDU initiative, which is using the computers donated by the Government of the People's Republic of China, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science (MoES) of the Republic of Macedonia, to introduce a new concept of information and communication technology (ICT) use in education. The goals of E-School.mk are to install computers in every primary school and high school in Macedonia and to train teachers to use technology to support innovative student- centered and project-based pedagogy.
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Title: Multiple Learning Channels to Attain Education For All in India
Issue: Winter 2003, Issue 6
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: USAID/India, the Education Development Center and resource partners have developed a three year project to improve the reach and quality of primary school education in Chhattisgharh, Karnataka and eventually Jharkhand State. The Technology Tools for Teaching and Training (T4) in India project will provide teachers with in-service training to improve content and methods, and multichannel instruction in English, Math and Science using media ranging from interactive radio to a mobile video unit.
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Title: NetTel@Africa - Network for Capacity Building and Knowledge Exchange in the Telecommunications Secto
Issue: Winter 2002, Issue 2
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: NetTel@Africa is establishing an African-led network for capacity building and knowledge exchange in the African telecommunications sector. The project has four primary activities: training, a knowledge exchange network, a community to community component, and research.
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Title: NetTel@Africa Key Accomplishments
Issue: Summer 2003, Issue 4
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: NetTel@Africa has achieved several key steps in building the network of African telecommunications regulators. In order to improve sector policy formulation, harmonization, implementation, and help develop regulator training programs within African universities, NetTel@africa has developed ten learning modules for regulators, field visits between US and African counterparts, knowledge exchanges and learning partnerships, and Africa.Dot.Edu case studies
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Title: NetTel@Africa Offers Online ICT Policy and Regulation Courses
Issue: Spring/Summer 2004, Issue 7
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: NetTel@Africa has launched its first offering of eLearning courses for a postgraduate diploma and Masters programme in ICT Policy and Regulation in March 2004.
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Title: NetTel@Africa Publishes AfricaDotEdu: IT Opportunities and Higher Education in Africa
Issue: Winter 2003, Issue 6
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: As part of its mission to share research on ICTs, the NetTel@Africa project recently published a book, AfricaDotEdu: IT Opportunities and Higher Education in Africa (India: Tata-McGraw Hill, 2003). The edited volume highlights the impact ICTs have on educational institutions, systems, content and processes in Africa, with case studies illustrating the role higher education has on developing local capacities in pedagogy, research, publishing, healthcare, e-commerce, and cyber law.
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Title: NetTel@Africa: African-led Network of Telecommunications Regulator Associations
Issue: Fall 2002, Issue 1
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: NetTel@Africa, a five year program funded through the USAID dot-GOV project, led by Internews Network, and managed by Washington State University's Center to Bridge the Digital Divide (CBDD), is establishing an African-led network for capacity building and knowledge exchange among telecommunication regulator associations. This network will improve sector policy formulation, harmonization, implementation, and help develop regulator training programs within African universities.
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Title: Official launch of the Romania Information Technology Initiative
Issue: Fall 2002, Issue 1
DOT: DOT-COM
Summary: On July 29, 2002 in Bucharest, the Romanian Information Technology Initiative (RITI) was launched by representatives of the Romanian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), USAID, and the DOT-COM Alliance. MCIT Minister Dan Nica and Dr. Kent Hill, USAID Europe and Eurasia Bureau's Assistant Administrator, officiated at the ceremony.
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Title: Online Professional Development Changing Education Perceptions and Practices in Namibia
Issue: Spring/Summer 2004, Issue 7
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: Through the USAID/Namibia-funded Initiative for Namibian Education Technology (iNET), dot-EDU is providing professional development to Namibian teachers using online education. Via access to the web-based Teaching to Standards with New Technologies (TSNT) course and asynchronous communication with instructors and peers, Namibian teachers in the National Institute for Educational Development (NIED) are learning how to use technology to improve their education abilities.
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Title: Overview of Last Mile Initiative Activities Managed by dot-ORG
Issue: December 2005, Issue 14
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: Over the past year, dot-ORG has become increasingly involved in USAIDs Last Mile Initiative. Last Mile Initiative keys to success are innovative technology solutions that extend connectivity from the edge of existing networks to the underserved, innovative business models that make the extensions of connectivity profitable and the development of innovative content and applications for users to turn their connectivity to strong advantage. dot-ORG is now implementing LMI projects in four countries (Macedonia, Paraguay, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia) and undertaking an impact assessment activity with an initial assessment in Peru.
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Title: Piloting PDAs to Improve Data Collection and Monitoring of Health Projects in Nepal
Issue: Spring/Summer 2004, Issue 7
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: USAID/Nepal and USAID/Asia and Near East Bureau (ANE) are funding the dot-ORG Nepal Health Monitoring Pilot Project to explore the use of ICTs for health monitoring. With SATELLIFE and other dot-ORG partners, the project is testing hand-held computers or personal digital assistants (PDAs) and global positioning systems (GPS) to be used by community health workers to quickly and accurately collect important survey data on vitamin A distribution.
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Title: Powering ICTs and the Internet in Hard-to-Reach Places
Issue: Winter 2003, Issue 6
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: On Wednesday, October 1st, over 40 professionals met at the USAID Ronald Reagan Building for a panel of informative presentations and discussions on this topic. The session was organized by USAID's Office of Energy and Information Technology in collaboration with Winrock International and Academy for Educational Development (AED), part of the DOT-COM Alliance/dot-ORG.
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Title: Pre-School Education Prevails in Honduras
Issue: Fall 2004, Issue 8
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: Preschool age children have the chance to learn in their communities through Interactive Radio Instruction (IRI)
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Title: Primary Teacher-Training gets Connect-ED in Uganda
Issue: Spring/Summer 2004, Issue 7
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: Through the Connectivity for Educator Development (Connect-ED) project, USAID/Uganda is supporting the reform and expansion of the primary teacher-training program by providing computer access and training at eight core primary teacher colleges throughout Uganda.
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Title: Producing Learning Gains in India with the Group Teaching and Learning (GTL) Multimedia Hybrid in One-Computer Classroom
Issue: June 2006, Issue 16
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: In many countries around the world where computers are being introduced in the classroom or in computer labs, the ratio of students to computer remains very high. In such contexts, teachers often have to devise solutions that are less than optimal since most educational software is designed for a user-to-machine ratio of one-to-one or two-to-one. In response to this challenge, dot-EDU's Technology Tools for Teaching and Training (T4) project in India has created a method of using educational software that adresses many of the conditions typical of developing country classrooms. The result is called the Group Teaching and Learning (GLT) Multimedia Hybrid.
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Title: Project Results and Lessons - ICT and Employability Training for Poor Brazilian Youth
Issue: Fall 2004, Issue 8
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: Programa para o Futuro's innovative curriculum, integrating information and communication technology (ICT) and employability training has taught 50 disadvantaged Brazilian youths the workplace readiness and computer skills they needed to succeed in the technologically driven workplace of the 21st century.
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Title: Promoting Innovation at Community Internet Centers
Issue: Winter 2002, Issue 2
DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: The Community Internet Centers Project, known as CIC, will pilot new and innovative uses of ICTs via community Internet centers and other public Internet access points worldwide. CIC will also provide rapid technical assistance to USAID Missions by project and resource partner staff. At then end of the two year project, a report will be written which documents these new models and the lessons learned from CIC.
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Title: Protecting the Rights of African Telecommunications Consumers
Issue: Spring/Summer 2004, Issue 7
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: Through the support of dot-GOV, under the USAID/Regional Center for Southern Africa (RCSA) funded Southern African Development Community (SADC) ICT Policy and Regulatory Support Program (SIPRS) project, TRASA is developing an African Consumer's Bill of Rights to help protect African consumers.
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Title: Pushing the Envelope on eGovernment - dot-GOV
Issue: October 2005, Issue 13
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: eGovernment is changing the very nature of government interaction with citizens. Read more and learn how USAID is involved in eGovernment through the dot-GOV mechanism and where there are significant new opportunities.
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Title: Radically Improving Macedonia's Job Application System for Civil Servants: Introducing e-Gov applications to serve all
Issue: February 2006, Issue 15
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: The introduction and deployment of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the Macedonian Government Services is radically changing the way society and government benefit from each other. The Macedonian Government successfully launched the Apply Online System for Employments in State Employment in Administration in late December 2005. Only two weeks after the system went live, the number of applications doubled. Furthermore, approximately seventy four (74) percent of the job applications were received via the Apply Online system.
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Title: Radio Instruction in India - dot-EDU
Issue: October 2005, Issue 13
DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: The Indian state government of Chhattisgarh has expanded an EDC-developed interactive radio instruction initiative (IRI) to reach approximately one million children. The program is part of a two-state radio initiative that involves 7 million children in more than 80,000 schools.<
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Title: Reducing Cyber Crime within the APEC Region through Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building
Issue: Fall 2004, Issue 8
DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: Since 2002, dot-GOV, with funding from USAID, has provided field support to a number of events to promote cyber security. The latest of a series of seminars and conferences on cyber security supported by dot-GOV was the Second Conference of Experts and Training Seminar, organized by the APEC e-Security Task Force and US Department of Justice.
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Title: Reflections Emerging from the 2006 Technical Advisory Group Meeting
Issue: June 2006, Issue 16
DOT: DOT-COM
Summary: The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the DOT-COM Alliance advises Alliance partners on programmatic and technical issues concerning ICT for development. On March 13, 2006, the DOT-COM Secretariat convened the annual TAG meeting in Washington, D.C. This article highlights key reflections that emerged from the meeting.
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Title: Risk and Innovation for Improved Education in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC):
Issue: Summer 2003, Issue 4
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