Publications related to the Governance Sector http://www.iicd.org daily 1 2007-06-22T12:38:49Z Summary Learning Report 2009 - Uganda Country Programme http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/summary-learning-report-2009-uganda-country-programme From the IICD Learning Report series. A Summary Learning report from the Uganda Country Programme about the impact of the country programme in Uganda (2009). This report is a summary of the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) report on the Uganda Country Programme in 2009. Evaluation reports are meant for learning, hence they focus on the outcomes and impact of the projects as well as their successes and challenges, rather than checking on project progress or money spent, which is done via progress reports.

Evaluations are based on questionnaires for different stakeholders. Depending on the country, the evaluation includes project teams reflecting on IICD's support), participants of trainings (reflecting on capacity development) and end users (reflecting on the projects they take part in).

The evaluation report below gives an overview of both the data collected and the discussions that followed in the Focus Groups. Though sensitive information from specific partners has been removed to maintain a trust relationship with and between partners, M&E reports are an honest representation of the processes and lessons concerning the Country Programme. In 2009, activities of the Country Programme were in three sectors namely: Livelihoods, Health and Governance.

 

]]> No publisher Annemiek van Schie 2010-08-23T11:10:00Z Publication Summary Learning Report 2009 - Ecuador Country Programme (Spanish) http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/summary-learning-report-2009-ecuador-country-programme-spanish From the IICD Learning Report series. A Summary Learning report from the Ecuador Country Programme about the impact of the country programme in Ecuador (2009). Available in Spanish and English. Este documento es una sumaria del informe de Monitoreo y Evaluación
(MyE) del programa nacional del Ecuador 2009. Las evaluaciones se basan
en cuestionarios distribuidos por los proyectos entre sus usuarios finales,
los análisis hechos de los datos que salen de los cuestionarios, como
también los Grupos Focales en lo cual los encargados de los proyectos
discutan los resultados del análisis.

]]> No publisher Annemiek van Schie 2010-08-20T12:40:00Z Publication Summary Learning Report 2009 - Ecuador Country Programme (English) http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/summary-learning-report-2009-ecuador-country-programme-english From the IICD Learning Report series. A Summary Learning report from the Ecuador Country Programme about the impact of the country programme in Ecuador (2009). Available in English and Spanish. This is a summary of the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of Ecuador’s Country Programme 2009. The evaluations are based on a series of questionnaires which have been distributed among the end users of the projects, the analysis of the data obtained by the questionnaires and the focal Countries, where project managers discuss the results of the analysis.

]]> No publisher Annemiek van Schie 2010-08-20T12:40:00Z Publication 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 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 Summary Learning Report 2008 - Ecuador Good Governance http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/summary-learning-report-2008-ecuador-good-governance From the IICD Learning Report series. A Summary Learning report from the Ecuador Country Programme about the impact of the governance programme in Ecuador (2008). Available in Spanish only. Summaria Informe Ecuador 2008 Impacto del programa de Gobernabilidad

Este documento es una sumaria del informe de Monitoreo y Evaluación (MyE) del programa nacional del Ecuador 2008. Las evaluaciones se basan en cuestionarios distribuidos por los proyectos entre sus usuarios finales, los análisis hechos de los datos que salen de los cuestionarios, como también los Grupos Focales en lo cual los encargados de los proyectos discutan los resultados del análisis.

La evaluación abajo es el trabajo original y sin modificaciones de Martha Nuñez, la encargada de Monitoreo y Evaluación en Ecuador. En 2008, había 13 proyectos en implementación en Ecuador. Recolectaron 519 cuestionarios en el país en 2008.

]]> No publisher admin 2010-05-01T00:43:46Z Publication Summary Learning report 2008 - Tanzania Good Governance http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/summary-learning-report-2008-tanzania-good-governance From the IICD Learning Report series. A Summary Learning report from the Tanzania Country Programme about the impact of the governance programme in Tanzania (2008). Available in English only. This report is a summary of the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) report on the Kinondoni project of the Tanzania Country Programme in 2008 (data was collected in 2007). Summaries are published on the IICD website to show the work of our local project partners and the results that these partners and IICD have achieved. Important to point out is that evaluation reports are meant for learning, hence they focus on the outcomes and impact of the projects as well as their successes and challenges, rather than checking on project progress or money spent, which is done via progress reports.

]]> No publisher admin 2009-11-22T22:16:31Z Publication Using ICT in the Governance Sector http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/using-ict-in-the-governance-sector Brochure about IICD's work in the governance sector IICD has been supporting ICT projects within the governance sector for over a decade. Working with local governmental and non-governmental partners, our support has been aimed at improving the ability of national and local government to deliver services to the community as well as working with civil society and grassroots organisations to help strengthen local and regional participation in the public sphere. Through a combination of different ICT tools, we are currently supporting 18 Governance projects, reaching around 19,000 civil servants and community organisations and a further 450,000 citizens from across society.

]]> No publisher admin 2009-11-22T22:16:31Z Publication Computerisation Kinondoni: a five-year learning process http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/kompyuta-wilaya-ya-kinondoni-report-in-swahili This brief describes the lessons learned from the District Computerisation Kinondoni programme, which aims to improve governance in the Kinondoni district, one of the municipal authorities in Dar es Salaam, through the use of ICT. It is intended for practitioners in the field who would like to learn from the experience of this project as well as organisations that would like to implement similar systems. Read about the context, target group, objectives, impact, lessons learned, challenges, next steps and future plans.

Available in English and Swahili.

 

 

]]> No publisher adm 2009-11-22T22:16:31Z 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 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 The TICBolivia Country Programme: The impact of IICD support for poverty reduction and development using ICTs, 2000-2004 http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/the-ticbolivia-country-programme-the-impact-of-iicd-support-for-poverty-reduction-and-development-using-icts-2000-2004 A new book by IICD examines the achievements and development impact of its programme of support in Bolivia from 2000-2004. The findings reported in this booklet are based on a desk study carried out by two external consultants and interviews with IICD staff and Bolivian partners. Some of the most significant achievements in the use of ICTs in Latin America are highlighted here, in the hope that this experience will be useful to other countries and that successful approaches will be replicated and scaled up. To facilitate this, the booklet highlights the activities, outputs and impact of the Bolivia Country Programme, and provides lessons learned and recommendations that are particularly relevant for policymakers, donor agencies and implementing organisations. The 72-page booklet is available online in PDF format. Printed copies are available upon request.

]]> No publisher adm 2009-11-22T22:16:31Z Publication eGovernance and developing countries: Introduction and examples http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/egovernance-and-developing-countries-introduction-and-examples This report explains what is meant by e-governance. It starts with a definition of e-governance, then presents a general e-governance model and several case studies and examples. Technology aspects are discussed, followed by a SWOT analysis on e-governance in developing countries. Finally, a description is given of what steps have to be taken to set up a policy on e-governance and how implementation projects can be selected.

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