http://www.iicd.org daily 1 2007-04-19T08:27:09Z http://www.iicd.org/articles/collaboration-with-pso-deepened PSO, the Dutch association for capacity development of Dutch NGOs working in developing countries, has allocated extra resources to IICD. No publisher annemiek 2008-09-18T11:46:26Z News Item http://www.iicd.org/articles/user-driven-solutions-innovation-in-iicds-work ICTs have proven to help to solve development challenges. IICD's focus has not been on introducing technological innovation in development sectors purely because they were ‘innovative’ or new on the market. Instead IICD has rather employed participatory, multi-stakeholder approaches to identify and solve structural problems in key sectors such as education, health and agriculture. No publisher annemiek 2008-06-30T07:28:45Z News Item http://www.iicd.org/articles/annual-report-2007-now-online We are pleased to present IICD’s first online annual report. With only a few clicks you will be able to read all about our work, results and impact in 2007. No publisher annemiek 2008-06-30T11:47:19Z News Item http://www.iicd.org/articles/implementing-new-technologies-in-the-south-a-conversation-with-caroline-figueres The Spanda Foundation published an interview with Ms Figuères, IICD's Managing Director. She explains IICD's methodology and how people in developing countries use ICT build a better future. No publisher annemiek 2008-06-10T13:47:16Z News Item http://www.iicd.org/articles/pso-and-iicd-building-capacities-in-innovative-projects IICD has a longstanding relationship with PSO, which evolved from funding of projects to a true partnership based on added values of both organisations. No publisher annemiek 2008-06-23T09:20:40Z News Item http://www.iicd.org/articles/enterprising-ict-for-development-in-ecuador Last April 3, 2008, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Network Infodesarrollo and IICD rewarded five initiatives of applying Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) in Ecuador. No publisher annemiek 2008-04-17T15:01:00Z News Item http://www.iicd.org/articles/logon4d/two-spanish-connectivity-reports-from-ecuador Available online from www.infodesarrollo.ec – Ecuador's national ICT4D knowledge sharing network. No publisher annemiek 2007-12-17T21:27:04Z News Item http://www.iicd.org/articles/logon4d/connectivity-high-on-the-government-agenda-in-ecuador A recent survey of the cost and quality of the Internet in Ecuador revealed that only 0.2% of the population has access to broadband as opposed to 1.6% in the whole of Latin America. To gain a better understanding of Ecuador’s connectivity problems, a national forum was held in September 2007. As a result of these initiatives, the government has now placed ‘connectivity’ high on its agenda. No publisher annemiek 2008-01-22T14:16:42Z News Item http://www.iicd.org/articles/logon4d/25-years-of-democracy-in-ecuador-digitized Widespread social unrest resulting in anti-government protests and a succession of toppled governments. This is Ecuador’s political and social legacy of the last 25 years. In a country where politicians and the general media are often not trusted, Radio La Luna provides a safety valve; its ‘open mike’ policy allows citizens to publicly criticize their government. In 2006, the radio station branched out with a project to digitize documents that describe key moments from Ecuador’s social struggle during this turbulent period. No publisher annemiek 2008-01-22T14:16:04Z News Item http://www.iicd.org/articles/gaining-credit-with-ict-in-rural-ecuador In the Chimboraza and Tungurahua provinces of Ecuador, over 33 local financing bodies - or Estructuras Financieras Locales (EFLs) as they are known locally - currently serve around 30,000 small and medium-sized enterprises. To help these EFLs improve their services and become more efficient, IICD worked with three local organisations - the Fundación SEDAL, the cooperative Acción Rural and the Red Financiera Rural – to set up the SERVIR Regional Credit Evaluation Service. The goal is to boost the region’s economy by increasing the efficiency of the EFLs on the one hand while reducing the amount of debt incurred by individual smallholders on the other. No publisher AnnaGerrard 2007-06-28T15:42:30Z News Item http://www.iicd.org/articles/connectivitymodel A new connectivity model based on shared connectivity developed by IICD received positive feedback from various Latin American and Carribean public, private and grass-root organisations at the conference ‘Connecting the Future: Strategies to Reduce Telecommunications Access Gaps’ co-organised by the Worldbank in Lima, Peru November 2006. No publisher admin IConnect Knowledge Sharing 2007-03-26T11:04:12Z News Item http://www.iicd.org/articles/learning_ICT4D_2006 Six to eight weeks after a Round Table workshop, IICD's training partners in Africa or Latin America take participants through the 'Life-Long Learning' intensive short course. The training helps make sense of some of these questions and assists participants to further formulate their ideas into viable plans. No publisher admin IConnect Knowledge Sharing 2007-01-23T14:20:11Z News Item http://www.iicd.org/articles/iicdnews.2006-10-06.2474771924 Informe del Taller Sur-Sur en Ecuador 2006. No publisher admin Past activities IConnect Knowledge Sharing Local Networking 2006-10-06T17:51:41Z News Item http://www.iicd.org/articles/iicdnews.2006-08-29.8899713092 Quechua translations of Windows and Office. No publisher admin IConnect 2006-08-29T17:30:30Z News Item http://www.iicd.org/articles/iicdnews.2006-07-31.1132331495 Learning reports of the Tanzania and Ecuador country programmes reflect on the evaluation analysis, which was discussed with partner organisations in feed-back sessions. No publisher admin IConnect 2006-07-31T12:07:48Z News Item