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IDRC’s ICT4D
MissionMission Public corporation created by the Parliament of Canada Public corporation created by the Parliament of Canada
in 1975 to help researchers and communities in the in 1975 to help researchers and communities in the developing world find solutions to their social, economic developing world find solutions to their social, economic & environmental problems& environmental problems
Program InitiativesProgram Initiatives
Information Communication Technologies for Development Information Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D)(ICT4D)
- Pan Asia Networking (PAN)- Pan Asia Networking (PAN)
Social & Economic EquitySocial & Economic Equity
Natural Resource Management Natural Resource Management
PAN Strategic Objectives
To pilot demonstration, proof-of-concept, experimental and applied research ICT projects in disadvantaged communities within target countries in Asia
To strengthen research and development capacity to apply ICTs in education, health, and employment at the community level
To encourage governments in their ICT policy formulation and related research to give priority to enabling the spread of ICTs to remote communities
PAN Strategic Objectives
Of Note to APNG ….
To encourage the advanced-technology countries in Asia to engage in capacity-building and in the coaching of slower adopting countries, through the promotion of research collaboration and networking
To network digital pioneers in the region and foster broad research partnerships for sharing and learning from each other and for articulating regional concerns at international fora
Strategic Approaches
Create/seize opportunities for concerted, collaborative ICT work
that:
(1) interests other donor ICT investors in the region to collaborate
(2) facilitates regional ICT groups to be involved in ICT work in developing countries
Strategic Partners
Partnerships in ICT programmes/projects
International Foundation for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP)
Asia-Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC)
Rockefeller Foundation
ASEAN Foundation
Asian Development Bank
Strategic Modalities
ICT RnD Small Grants Competition –Asia Pacific
The Digital Review of Asia Pacific
The Asia ICT4D Collaboratory - REST
PanAsiaNetworking All-Partners Consortium Conference, Vientiane, 24 Feb – 01 Mar 2003
Internet governance
Local Fonts, Unicode; Open Source Software
Partnerships with APNG
APNG Group’s partnership with PAN:
iDNS – MINC Consortium supported by PAN
ICT RnD Grants Programme - focusing researchers on ICT innovation
- APDIP joins IDRC’s PAN in funding the Jan 2002 competition
- APNIC joins IDRC’s PAN in funding the Sept 2002 competition - Regional Committee Members: Li Xing (China); Salman Ansari (Pakistan); Esther Williams (Fiji)
Involving APNG
The Digital Review of Asia Pacific reports on state-of-practice of ICTs and innovations for socio-econ development in the region.
Panel of Authors (Initial List):
Bangladesh Samudra E.Haque Nepal Basantha Shrestha Brunei Mahmud Mohd Daud New Zealand David AnthonyBhutan Gopi Pradhan Pakistan Altamash Kamal China Li Xing Cambodia Norbert Klein Papua New Guinea Peter MamfuHongKong Pindar Wong Philippines Boying LallanaIndia Madanmohan Rao Singapore Goh Seow HiongIndonesia Onno Purbo South Korea S.H. Kyong Iran Masoud Chitsaz South Pacific Robert Guild Japan Izumi Aizu Sri Lanka Nakala GuwardeneLaos Phonpasit Phissamay Taiwan Ching-Yi Liu Maldives Midhath Hilmy Thailand Hugh Thaweesak Koanantakool Malaysia Zaharom Nain Tibet Yang YongMongolia Baljin Narantsetseg Vietnam Nguyen Trung Quynh
How can PAN add value to APNG ?
PAN works with least developing country partners in Asia by supporting their ICT field applications projects
- telecenters, development oriented ISP activities, distance education technologies, e-commerce, innovative web applications, telemedicine, GIS, fonts, OSS issues … women in ICTs ……
PAN wants its least developing country partners to network with APNG
An Invitation to APNG
to contribute to the PAN All Partners Conference @ Vientiane, 2003 by:
Integrating a plenary and/or training programme on Internet governance issues
thinking about the prospect of a future PAN-All
Partners Conference combined with APNG Conference that could equate to a regular Asian ICT Conference, with majority Asian participation, an Asia agenda that is also meaningful to Asia’s least developing countries, and attended by them as well
