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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. View Article |
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Kazakhstan
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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. View Article |
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Kyrgyzstan
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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. View Article |
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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. View Article |
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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. View Article |
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Macedonia
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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. View Article |
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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. View Article |
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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. View Article |
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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. View Article |
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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 View Article |
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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. View Article |
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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. View Article |
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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. View Article |
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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. View Article |
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Title: Schools are Wired, Teachers Innovate: E-School Makes an Impact Issue: February 2006, Issue 15 DOT: dot-EDU Summary: The goals of the E-School project are to install computers in every primary school and high school in Macedonia and to train teachers to use technology to support student-centered and project-based pedagogy. Two years into the project, E-School has installed more than 5000 computers and trained more than 2500 teachers. These efforts are starting to pay of in terms of impacts as this article indicates. View Article |
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Title: Transforming Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs Issue: September 2006, Issue 17 DOT: dot-ORG Summary: The dot-ORG e-BIZ Project in Macedonia uses ICT to stimulate the growth of the countrys small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in a context of high unemployment (35%+) and low GDP annual growth (just over 1%). Although the project did not aim to serve women-owned businesses exclusively, nor even differentially, it demonstrates an extremely effective approach to using ICT to improve the competitiveness of women-owned businesses. View Article |
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Title: USAID/Macedonia's e-Biz Project: An Innovative Approach to Building Competitive Industries Issue: July 2005, Issue 12 DOT: dot-ORG Summary: A year ago, industry experts pronounced the Macedonia apparel industry virtually dead in five years. The report was shocking the apparel industry is one of the largest employers in the country. Today, these same experts have credited USAIDs e-BIZ project with breathing new life into the industry and positioning apparel manufacturing SMEs to save and/or generate thousands of jobs over the next three years. The e-BIZ project is providing a similar job-development lifeline to other industries. Through strategic use of high impact ICTs, synergies with standard competitiveness activities, and creative links between universities and businesses, the e-BIZ project provides a new model for building SME competitiveness. View Article |
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Romania
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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). View Article |
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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. View Article |
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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. View Article |
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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. View Article |
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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. View Article |
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Title: RITI-Access and Peace Corps Collaborate in Romania Issue: Summer 2003, Issue 4 DOT: dot-ORG Summary: The Romanian Information Technology Initiative (RITI) - Access project, implemented by dot-ORG, has developed a close working relationship with the Peace Corps/Romania office. RITI-Access and Peace Corps are working together to further economic and social development in Romania through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Brendan Gannon, RITI-Access Chief of Party, and Bill Perry, Deputy Director, Peace Corps Romania signed the MOU marking collaboration efforts. This collaboration has taken the form of work plan development, co-organizing training and capacity building programs, and using Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) for ongoing project management and local partner development. View Article |
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Title: RITI-Policy Helps Romania Fight Cyber Crime Issue: Spring/Summer 2004, Issue 7 DOT: dot-GOV Summary: To combat the pressing problem of cyber-crime, the Government of Romania passed a series of laws in April of 2003. While the enactment of these laws is essential to fighting cyber crime, their enforcement has been very challenging, in part due to the fact that these crimes are relatively new types of criminal behavior. View Article |
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Title: RITI-Policy Working Hand-in-Hand with the Romanian Regulatory Authority Issue: Summer 2003, Issue 4 DOT: dot-GOV Summary: The Romanian National Regulatory Authority for Communications (ANRC) and Romania Information Technology Initiative (RITI)-Policy, implemented by Internews Network, continue their work to build a competitive telecommunications market in Romania. RITI-Policy, whose offices are housed in the ANRC, works closely with the Regulatory Authority, bringing experienced perspectives and options, responding to urgent situations facing the ANRC, and demonstrating the impact of ANRC decisions on the competitive market. View Article |
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Title: Strategies to Cross the Gender Digital Divide Issue: Summer 2003, Issue 4 DOT: DOT-COM Summary: Information and communication technology (ICT) offers potent tools to overcome obstacles women and girls typically face, and opens new opportunities in education, political participation, health care, and income generation. For example, ICT bridges communication barriers by allowing women to access many of these opportunities without having to leave their homes, villages, or communities. To realize this potential, ICT activities must recognize and address gender differences that affect ICT access, usage, and benefits. Recognition of these barriers starts at the policy level and continues through to final evaluation. Without such explicit consideration of gender equity, ICT activities may inadvertently exacerbate rather than bridge the gender digital divide. View Article |
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Title: Technology is Making Life a Little Easier for Low-Income Residents of Romania's Sibiu County Issue: Fall 2004, Issue 8 DOT: dot-ORG Summary: The Social Services Assistance Integrated System (SSAIS)Project, implemented within the broader context of dot-ORG's Romania Information Technology Initiative (RITI) Access project. In Sibiu County, the SSAIS project is facilitating increase efficiency and speed in the processing of financial assistance requests from citizens. View Article |
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Title: Tele-cottages to Meet Universal Service Obligations in Romania Issue: Fall 2003, Issue 5 DOT: dot-GOV Summary: RITI-Policy dot-GOV Project has developed a proposal for meeting Universal Service Obligations (USO), an European Union Accession (acquis) requirement. The Romanian draft legislation on USO provides a right for all end users to benefit from the provision of basic communications services at a specified quality level, regardless of their geographical location and, at affordable prices. View Article |
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Title: Using Telecenters to Implement Romanian Universal Service Issue: Winter 2003, Issue 6 DOT: DOT-COM Summary: On the 14th of October, the USAID-funded DOT-COM Romanian Information Technology Initiative (RITI) completed the "roll-out" of computer and telephony equipment in four Romanian Communes to bring universal telephony services to the citizens of Frecatei (Braila County), Balasesti (Galati County), Iana - Vaslui County) and Rebricea (Vaslui County). View Article |
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