[Kictanet] Re: What is your Vision for KICTANet?

[Eric Osiakwan]

John, this is terrific.

Thanks for your leadership.


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Kenya ICT Policy - kictanet <kictanet at kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 05:38:05 -0700 (PDT)

>thanx Brian, Bill, Harry and Eric for your contributions so
>far. Indeed the points so far have been biased towards the
>mission (what KICTANet does/will do) and less on the vision
>(what KICTANet hopes to become).
>
>Nevertheless, I have worked backwards from these
>'mission-like' points and carved out the following three
>suggested vision for KICTANet.
>
>Please feel free to edit, delete, add or mix as we try to
>fix a Vision statement that should be brief, precise and
>easy to remember.
>
>1. To become the focal point for sharing ICT Knowledge 
>
>2. To provide a forum for promoting multi-stakeholder ICT
>Initiatives
>
>3. To harness and promote multi-stakeholder ICT
>Initiatives.
>
>walu.
>nb: Tomorrow we embark on the mission issues which should
>be fairly easy given the last points have given indication
>on what the mission statemennt would likely entail.
>
>~~~~
>
>--- Eric Osiakwan <eric at afrispa.org> wrote:
>
>> Brian , i like your addition which is essentially the "TO
>> DO" element  
>> - sounds like a text from the Holy Writ...:-)
>> 
>> 
>> On 6 Aug 2006, at 17:50, Brian Longwe wrote:
>> 
>> >
>> > On Aug 5, 2006, at 11:15 AM, John Walubengo wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> KICTANet is a multi stakeholder network of members
>> from
>> >> civil society
>> >> groups, private sector, development partners and
>> media.
>> >>
>> >
>> > CHANGE TO:
>> >
>> > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANET) is a
>> broad-based  
>> > multistakeholder network of members from civil society,
>> private  
>> > sector, academia, media and various others who are
>> interested in  
>> > the development of ICTs in Kenya
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Mission: The network aims to act as a catalyst for
>> reform
>> >> in the ICT sector
>> >> in support of the government mission to enable Kenyans
>> to
>> >> gain maximum
>> >> benefit from the opportunity offered by ICTs.
>> KICTANet,
>> >> provides a platform
>> >> to enhance collaboration among organisations and
>> networks
>> >> interested in
>> >> working together to achieve the national aim of ICT
>> enabled
>> >> growth and
>> >> development.
>> >>
>> >> The goal of the network is to: Maintain a structure
>> for
>> >> networks and
>> >> organisations that share or support common goals on
>> ICTs in
>> >> Kenya and work
>> >> together to achieve those goals in support of
>> time-limited
>> >> campaigns and
>> >> ongoing ICT policy work at the national level.
>> >>
>> >>  Objectives of the Kenya ICT Action Network are:
>> >>
>> >>   a.. To improve the effectiveness of ICT policy
>> processes
>> >> by expanding base
>> >> for support of ICT initiatives, providing support for
>> >> members actions and
>> >> audience for members ideas. Pooling limited resources
>> for
>> >> the common goal
>> >>   b.. Encourage engagement in mutually supportive
>> >> activities
>> >>   c.. Facilitate effective dissemination channels
>> regarding
>> >> the ICT policy
>> >> process to keep everyone updated on what is going on
>> in the
>> >> sector
>> >>   d.. Provide access to varied and multiple
>> >> resources/skills
>> >>   e.. Form a nucleus for action and attract other
>> networks
>> >>   f.. Link organisations and networks working at the
>> >> community level to
>> >> those specialised and working in the broader political
>> >> space
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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