Publications on Bolivia http://www.iicd.org daily 1 2008-08-24T21:20:02Z Summary Learning Report 2009 - Bolivia Country Programme (Spanish) http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/summary-learning-report-2009-bolivia-country-programme-spanish From the IICD Learning Report series. A Summary Learning report from the Bolivia Country Programme about the impact of the country programme in Bolivia (2009). Available in Spanish and English. Ante la pregunta: ¿Es posible contribuir a disminuir los índices de pobreza en Bolivia a través del uso adecuado y equitativo de las TICs? La respuesta es positiva, pues las nuevas tecnologías representan una oportunidad importante para el desarrollo del país, tal como lo han demostrado las experiencias del programa nacional TiCBolivia que ha venido siendo apoyado por el IICD.

El programa nacional TiCBolivia promueve el uso de las TIC para que los/as campesinos/as, maestros/as estudiantes, indígenas y agricultores/as, tengan acceso a la comunicación e información y puedan estar mejor informados/as, logrando de esta manera mejorar su calidad de vida. IICD apoya la implementación de las TIC en tres sectores: gobernabilidad, agricultura y educación. Hasta la fecha el apoyo ha llegado a más de 700,000 beneficiarios en los 9 departamentos del país. Siendo el total de usuarios directos alrededor de 200,000 que interactúan directamente con las tecnologías y servicios de información y capacitaciones en los 3 sectores del programa.

]]> No publisher Annemiek van Schie 2010-08-20T12:25:00Z Publication Summary Learning Report 2009 - Bolivia Country Programme (English) http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/summary-learning-report-2009-bolivia-country-programme-english From the IICD Learning Report series. A Summary Learning report from the Bolivia Country Programme about the impact of the country programme in Bolivia (2009). Available in English and Spanish. Would it be it possible to help to reduce poverty levels in Bolivia through appropriate and equitable use of ICT? The answer is yes. New technologies represent an important opportunity for the country's development, as demonstrated by the experiences of TiCBolivia National program, which has been supported mostly by IICD.

The Bolivia Country Programme, TiCBolivia, promotes the use of ICT for maily peasants, teachers, students, indigenous farmers. With the use of this programme, they have access to communication and information, they can be better informed, and meanwhile obtain an improvement of their quality of life. IICD supports the implementation of ICT in the sectors governance, agriculture and education. To date, the support has reached over 700,000 beneficiaries in nine departments. A total of about 200,000 direct users interact directly with the technologies and information and training services in the three program areas.

]]> No publisher Annemiek van Schie 2010-08-20T12:25:00Z Publication Improving farmer livelihoods by access to information http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/improving-farmer-livelihoods-by-access-to-information This publication focuses on how information and communication technologies (ICTs) support the agriculture sector in Bolivia, including project descriptions, impact and lessons learned. Information and communication technology projects in
the IICD Bolivia Country Programme, TICBolivia, seek to
close the information gaps that hold back the sector and that
handicap rural communities dependent on small-scale
agriculture. Access to information makes it possible to
enhance economic opportunities through increased market
access, improved negotiating powers and better production
methods.

]]> No publisher Allison Van Vlerken 2010-05-01T00:43:47Z Publication Seven Lessons on How to Achieve Effective National ICT4D Policy Processes http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/seven-lessons-on-how-to-achieve-effective-national-ict4d-policy-processes This summary provides perspectives and insights gained from ICT4D policy processes in Bangladesh, Bolivia and Uganda through the collaborative work of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD). The publication aims to add to the growing body of practical knowledge on how ICT policy processes unfold in the planning and development phases, who has been or should have been involved, and what has worked well (or not so well).

]]> No publisher Allison Van Vlerken 2010-05-01T00:43:47Z Publication National ICT Programme for Education in Bolivia http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/national-ict-programme-for-education-in-bolivia The Bolivian Ministry of Education is implementing a national ICT for education programme benefiting over 1,000 schools throughout the country. In this process, IICD and its Bolivian partners support the programme with their experiences and knowledge. The national ICT programme for education is focused on assisting primary and secondary education in Bolivia by providing digital educational content through the education portal www.educabolivia.bo and enhancing access to ICT for teaching and learning. This is done by setting up of 1,000 education community telecentres and a portal providing educational materials for primary and secondary schools in all nine departments of Bolivia reaching more than 100,000 parents, teachers and students.

]]> No publisher Annemiek van Schie 2010-02-22T15:14:19Z Publication Summary Learning Report 2008 - Bolivia Country Programme http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/summary-learning-report-2008-bolivia-country-programme From the IICD Learning Report series. A Summary Learning report from the Bolivia Country Programme about the impact of the country programme in Bolivia (2008). Available in Spanish only. Bolivia y el impacto en el desarrollo de las tecnologias de informacion y comunicación: La experiencia del programa nacional TiC Bolivia 2008

Bolivia, país situado en el centro de Sud América y compuesto por una diversidad de seres, culturas, idiomas, rostros e incluso pisos ecológicos. En el 2007 según datos del Instituto Nacional de Estadística tiene una población de 9.837.365 millones de habitantes. Según el censo realizado en el 2001 el 63% de la población vive en el área urbana y el 38% vive en el área rural, además el 58,6% de la población son pobres con bajos niveles de ingresos, educación y grandes brechas de desigualdad social.

]]> No publisher admin 2010-05-01T00:43:46Z Publication Lecciones Aprendidas para el Proceso de Formulacion de las Políticas TIC para el Desarrollo http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/lecciones-aprendidas-para-el-proceso-de-formulacion-de-las-politicas-tic-para-el-desarrollo Perspectivas desde Bangladesh, Bolivia y Uganda ¿POR QUÉ ESTE RESUMEN?

Esta reseña pone en evidencia experiencias prácticas y lecciones aprendidas en procesos de formulación de políticas TIC en tres países – Bangladesh, Bolivia y Uganda. Procesos que fueron llevados a cabo durante los últimos años. Cada uno de estos tres países ha desarrollado políticas dirigidas específicamente a la aplicación de las TIC a nivel nacional o en sectores de desarrollo tales como la agricultura, educación, salud o gobernabilidad.

Con el objeto de apropiarse de los aprendizajes derivados de los diferentes procesos de políticas TIC, la APC y el IICD se comprometieron en la realización de una serie de estudios de evaluación, con el fin de incrementar el conocimiento referido a los procesos participativos en la formulación de políticas TIC para el desarrollo.

Estos estudios fueron concebidos para mejorar la comprensión de los procesos que requieren las políticas TIC, centradas en resolver los problemas de la pobreza y también para aprender de los procesos de colaboración y de investigación. Las lecciones aprendidas fueron discutidas a fondo y finalmente consolidadas en oportunidad de un taller que se llevó a cabo a principios de 2007. Lo que aquí se presenta es la cristalización de los puntos clave que surgieron de los diferentes estudios y de las deliberaciones llevadas a cabo por los participantes del taller. Los aprendizajes que aquí se comparten se han logrado merced al trabajo en colaboración de gobiernos y la sociedad civil en los países dos organizaciones – la Asociación para el Progreso de las Comunicaciones (APC) y el Instituto Internacional para la Comunicación y el Desarrollo (IICD). Ambos organismos han estado participando en el desarrollo de políticas durante muchos años.

La APC ha tenido un rol activo en el empoderamiento de la sociedad civil y en la ampliación del alcance y el volumen de la participación de diferentes partes interesadas, con el objeto de ejercer influencia en las políticas. El IICD, por su parte, ha tenido una participación activa en fomentar el desarrollo de redes formadas por múltiples partes interesadas, con la participación de la sociedad civil, del sector privado y de organizaciones gubernamentales activas en el área de las TIC para el Desarrollo (ICT4D).

]]> No publisher adm 2009-11-22T22:16:31Z Publication Using ICTs to enhance education in Bolivia’s schools http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/using-icts-to-enhance-education-in-bolivia2019s-schools Results so far are positive: 65 computer labs are now serving 110 primary and secondary schools in Oruro, Tarija and Santa Cruz and 35,000 teachers. Schoolchildren have been trained to use ICT in the classroom and developed interactive support materials. ‘In addition to having learned how to use these technologies together with my students, I now use the computer as an effective additional teaching tool.’, Maria Lourdes, one of the teachers involved in the AYNI project in Oruro. This is only one of several encouraging statements made by teachers and schoolchildren participating in education projects set up under the TiCBolivia programme in Bolivia ( www.ticbolivia.net ). Three organisations - Fundacion AYNI, APCOB and CEPAC – are the driving force behind the education projects. Each one is using ICT to improve access to, and enhance the quality of, education in Bolivia’s primary and secondary schools.

]]> No publisher adm 2009-11-22T22:16:31Z Publication The national ICT policy in Bolivia http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/the-national-ict-policy-in-bolivia An evaluation of the policy formulation process 2003-2006 by Elizabeth Rodas and Martin Lopez. For several years the Association for Progressive Communication ( APC ) and the International Institute for Communication and Development ( ) have supported the formulation and implementation of ICT policy in several countries, including policies that intervene at national level and at sector and thematic levels, such as gender, health, education and agriculture.

To learn about the experiences in the processes of formulation of ICT policies, the institutions have undertaken a study of the formulation process of ICT policies in Bangladesh, Uganda and Bolivia aiming at two objectives: 1) To understand the importance of the participation of diverse actors as a success factor for effective ICT policy formulation; 2) To understand the relationship of the ICT policies investigated with poverty alleviation. As part of this study, an analysis is made of the national ICT policy formulation process in Bolivia, known as the National Strategy for Information and Communication Technology (ETIC). The ETIC was developed by the Bolivian Government and representatives of the civil society, grass-root organizations, academics and the private sector between 2003 and 2006.

The ETIC has the mission to: ‘Generate opportunities for the use and exchange of information and ideas through ICT to improve the quality of life of the Bolivians’. The objective of the ETIC is to: ‘Develop and execute policies, programmes, initiatives and proposals for the use of ICT and the development of human capacities by applying a participative and inclusive process with emphasis on the low-income citizens in peri-urban and dispersed areas’.

Participation
In summary, those responsible for the ETIC made a serious effort to be inclusive and to generate participative processes. Yet in any situation these processes are complicated and time consuming. It is learned that coordinated action and persistence of actor groups is essential to effective participation. The highly pro-active and continuous efforts of the group of NGOs and grass-root organizations participating in TICBolivia, and CRIS Bolivia and the University Mayor de San Andrés in this process provide an example to follow for other actor groups.

Linking ICT policy to gender and poverty reduction
A topic that gave great satisfaction among the actors is the existence of a solid component in the ETIC relating to the use of ICT for poverty reduction. In this respect, there is wide recognition that the strong lobby by civil society ensured a focus on the linkage with Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for Bolivia. The strategy also gives clear priority to realities, needs and demands from users in rural and peri-urban areas. Through the process it became evident to many participants that digital inclusion enables the generation of information and consequently economic opportunities, opportunities of growth, opportunities to the poorer citizens that live far away from towns. 

The full evaluation (17 pages) is available below.

]]> No publisher adm 2009-11-22T22:16:31Z Publication Connectivity in the community: Experiences from Bolivia http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/connectivity-in-the-community-experiences-from-bolivia IICD thematic brief - Connectivity in the community: experiences from Bolivia. By Liang Tan and Stijn van der Krogt. IICD, May 2006. What are possible solutions for sustainable universal services in rural areas? Experiences with a shared satellite connectivity model operational in eleven communities in Bolivia.

For more information , please contact Liang Tan . On the websites of TICBolivia or you can find more information about the programme.

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