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"CARIBBEAN SEMINAR/WORKSHOP ON THE INFORMATION..."
  • CARIBBEAN SEMINAR/WORKSHOP ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY – PREPARING FOR CHOGM 2005 AND THE WSIS


  • July 04-06, 2005
  • Frigate Bay
  • St. Kitts/Nevis


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"DIGITAL SOLIDARITY FUND"

  • DIGITAL SOLIDARITY FUND
  • AND
  • FUNDING ICT4D PROJECTS


  • A CIVIL SOCIETY PERSPECTIVE


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Daniel Pimienta
pimienta@funredes.org



NETWORKS & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

FUNREDES
http://funredes.org

Member of http://redistic.org
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DIGITAL SOLIDARITY FUND :
HISTORY
  • Prepcom3 September 2003
  • SC LAC Caucus receives Africa


  • T.S.F. (ALC)  & D.S.F. (Africa)
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 How to invest in ICT4D projects?
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INFRASTRUCTURE?
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INFOSTRUCTURE AND/OR
“COMMUSTRUCTURE”?
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INFOCULTURE AND/OR
NETWORK CULTURE?
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MANAGEMENT/ORGANIZATION?
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Pimienta’s law (1)
  • ICT4D projects whose
  • “HARDWARE”  budget
  • cross 60% will end with
  • serious problems,


  • If above 80% will  be  a disaster


  • If reach close to 100% ... I rather say nothing
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Pimienta’s law (2)

  •   For each US$ spent in infrastructure it is wise to spend:


  • 1 US$ in infostructure
  • 1 US$ in infoculture
  • 1 US$ in management
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National Strategies for Information Society


  • Multistakeholder Participation
  • Key Matter


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D.S.F. VS. T.S.F. ?
  • RATHER COMPLEMENTARY


  • D.S.f. à  NEW COOPERATION PARADIGM


  • T.S.F. à GOOD STRATEGY FOR LA&C



  • T.S.F. “NEW PARADIGM”


  • TELECOM UNIVERSAL ACCESS  à KNOWLEDGE UNIVERSAL ACCESS
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TELECOM SOCIAL FUNDS

  • REQUIRE MULTISTAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT


  • TO BE APPLIED TO “IS”, NOT ONLY TO “T”


  • SUPPORTING ACTIONS ARE KEY AND DESERVE SPECIAL ATTENTION AND FUNDS


  • REAL & EFECTIVE PARTICIPATION ALONG THE WHOLE PROCESS IS THE KEY FACTOR SINCE IT IS BOTH THE END AND THE RESOURCE.
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THE 3 MAIN CHALLENGE FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY

  • ARE NOT: Telecom, hardware y software


  • BUT: Ethics, Education & Participation


  • ETHICS of process,  of information, of networks
  • EDUCATION on society impacts & ethics
  • multistakeholder PARTICIPATION in ICT4D processes