[kictanet] Day 1 of 5 - Challenges Posed by Post-ElectionViolence on ICT Organisations

[brian]

Good point Bill. But I have a slightly different view.

FYI - KICTANET is part of a small group of ICT stakeholders that are putting together a campaign to use ICTs to contribute towards the healing and peace process while at the same time improving the country's image by providing a window into the good things that are happenning instead of focusing on the negative.

One of the major challenges that this campaign has considered is the availability of fresh content and especially authentic content that comes directly from people/organisations living/dealing with the realities of life in the midst of this crisis.

The small group I mentioned previously has been working on a concept paper, basic online portal, linkages with similar minded organisations in advance of a meeting/workshop where a large and broad group of stakeholders will refine the campaign strategy and "sign up" to ensure a high impact undertaking.

I hope that this can be sometime either this week or early next week....

I will send out the draft campaign concept paper as part of the "interventions" discussion on day 3.

So the main point I want to make is that this kind of discussion would generate invaluable content that can be captured and displayed to help the healing process and make some steps towards redeeming the country's image.

Regards,

Brian


On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:30:30 +0300, Bill Kagai <mediacorp.research at mediacorp.co.ke> wrote:
> John,
> With all due respect I don't think this is the time to do a postmortem for
> we are still in the mess. This could be the opportunity for kictanet to
> move
> from policy oriented discussion to actual engagement on the ground.
> 
> A key role Kictanet could possibly play is ensuring that the facts on the
> ground are being reported accurately in our ICT media and maybe to
> strengthen those who are using ICTs to help solve this problem.
> www.ushahidi.com is one good example.
> 
> On Jan 28, 2008 8:33 AM, John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> Greetings all,
>>
>> As mentioned last friday, we need to engage positively
>> around the current crisis stalking our country.  One
>> suggested method was that we share experiences, impacts and
>> how we are coping with the challenges occassioned.  The
>> overal aim is to enable members to learn from each other
>> while emphasising the impact the crises continues to have
>> on ICT organisations.
>>
>> Today is Day 1 and from the program below. We have 2days to
>> share the challenges posed by the Post Election Violence on
>> ICT organisations.
>>
>> I know quite abit is already shared in the press but no
>> harm done if a brief re-run on our list for the benefit of
>> those who may have missed out. So feel free to speak as
>> (Telco) Operators, Consumers,ICT Service
>> Providers(BPO,ISPs,etc) Media, Academia or all of the above
>> ;-)
>>
>> walu.
>> ~~~~~~~~Full Program~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~Objectives~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> •       Share the Challenges posed by the Post-election Violence
>> on ICT organisations
>> •       Share current interventions employed to overcome these
>> Challenges
>> •       Quantify the Impact of Post-election violence on ICT
>> organisations
>> •       Way forward and conclusions
>>
>> Deliverables.
>> eWorkshop Report containing the deliberations, consensus
>> and action points arising from the online discussions.
>>
>>
>