dfid - local websites and international development
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Talk to UK DfID department for international development on the web in local communtiies and the potential in the devleoping world. BSD retreat 25 novemberTRANSCRIPT
William Perrin TAL
DfID BSD Retreat25 November 2009
William Perrin - [email protected] About Local (West Midlands) Ltdhttp://talkaboutlocal.org
Abandoned cars and weekly arsonBingfield Park, Rufford Street 2002Gas cylinders often in cars for extra ooomph Pics – Mark Bailey
Stolen moped Grand Prixs c2002Bingfield ParkKings CrossMost Saturdays when Arsenal at homeEnd with traditional moped bonfire Pics – Mark Bailey
The ‘Crackavan’Rufford Street c2002 Pics – Mark Bailey
Caledonian Ward Safer Neighbourhood Panel
North King Cross Environmental Taskforce
West Area Committee
West Area Planning Committee
CYP Management committee
Kings Cross Development Forum
Gifford, Rufford and Randells Residents Association
Team Cally
Sparkplug Management Committee
Planning Applications (dozens)
....but found huge information burden mostly from council and local public services
Set up simple website to manage all the information on my terms
Got stuck in to these local exercises over several years........
‘Strategic plans’ - many
www.kingscrossenvironment.comover 700 articlesFour volunteer writers – aged 40-65Small number of authorsCampaigns, information, wildlife, events etc
Stoke-on-Trent www.pitsnpots.co.ukCampaigning, challenging styleReflects local frustration at political scene3 writers, 28,000 comments on local politicsWordpress site£20 a month
www.harringayonline.comNearly 2,000 membersGreen LanesChatty informal feelWide range of local issues£15 month
Very small town ningChatty informal feelWide range of local issuesOver 50 membersFree
Team of 5 people400 pv a dayThousands of articlesVillage population 500Wordpress.comC£10/month
Maneno – Africa-specific publishing platformLow or variable bandwidthCommunity translates articles into common languages
White AfricanExcellent round up of Africa techErik Hersman (Kenya, Sudan, USA)Also Afrigadget
Loose meet ups of people interested in modern web tech in AfricaExcellent networking, London based
Bamako, MALI
3.5 million members’14 million actions’17 languages
National Health Service – how it could work
“….absence of any means for sharing good practice and learning between development project agencies and countries.” Lord Crisp Global Health Partnerships
•We invite other governments and NGOs to embed NHS information into their own emerging healthcare web sites
•New technology allows this to happen at low to zero cost to the UK and the recipient – so called “data mashing”
•Resonance with BBC World Service news - public service ethos, neutrality, hard truths
World
NHS Choices already doing deal with Kenya
mzalendoTheyworkforyou in Kenya - 2007But without a Parliament website to scrape....
Kenya budget trackingTxt interfaceSuperior to any UK product
William Perrin TAL
Happy to talk
[email protected] About Local (West Midlands) Ltdhttp://talkaboutlocal.org