[kictanet] What Role is Civil Society, Private and Public Sector Playing in ICT4D-Day 1 of 10

[John Walubengo]

Thanx Mike for your quick and precise definitions...I found
that your thinking does match the understanding from good
old Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/ and I quote below.

Civil society: refers to the arena of un-coerced collective
action around shared interests, purposes and values.,

Private Sector: is that part of the economy which is both
run for private profit and is not controlled by the state.

Public Sector:part of economic and administrative life that
deals with the delivery of goods and services by and for
the government,

ICT4D: refers to the application of Information and
Communication Technologies (ICTs) within the field of
socio-economic Development. 

I do hope everyone agrees with these definitions so that we
avoid misunderstandings as we progress in the discussions.

walu.
 
--- MEldon at symphony.co.ke wrote:

> Thanks for returning to the fray, Walu.
> 
> The term Civil Society is used in different ways. At its
> broadest it can
> mean all non-state actors, from NGOs to private sector
> (including the
> media) to faith and community based organisations. But it
> is often used
> merely to refer to groups like human rights activists or
> peace-builders.
> 
> As far as PPPs are concerned, here we are talking about
> the public and
> private sector working together towards common goals. In
> the last decade or
> so PPPs have gathered pace, with the intensified efforts
> of organisations
> such as FKE and KAM, and with the emergence of KEPSA as
> the private sector
> umbrella body. Government too has been increasingly
> reaching out to the
> private sector, in the spirit of what can be called
> constructive
> engagement. But PPPs can also mean the institutional
> bodies that drive eg
> large scale infrastructure development, such as the
> undersea cable.
> 
> Over to others for more (or different!)
> 
> Mike Eldon
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>   From:       John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com>           
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>   Date:       05/19/2008 08:51 AM                        
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>   Subject:    Re: [kictanet] What Role is Civil Society, 
>     Private and Public Sector Playing in ICT4D-Day 1 of
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> Morning,
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> As previously notified in the mail copied below, today is
> Day 1 of the above discussion.  Today is simply a
> background day.  Make sure we have the same definitions
> for
> various terminologies and stakeholders.  What is our
> understanding of the following.
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> Civil Society, Public Sector, Private Sector, Public
> Private Partnerships?  Anyone?
> 
> walu.
> 
> --- John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > Within the background of the upcoming Regional ICT for
> > Development (ICT4D) Workshop on Monday 19th May 2008,
> > KICTAnet is pleased to announce a 10day Online
> > deliberation
> > on the following topic: 'What Role is Civil Society,
> > Private and Public Sector Playing in ICT4D?'
> >
> > The eDiscussion and the face-2-face workshop will
> > simoultaneously kick off on Monday 19th and we hope to
> > have
> > an interesting cross-pollinated engagement.  The
> > Objectives
> > and Program outline for the eDiscussion is given below
> > and
> > shall be co-moderated by Walu and Leonard Mware.
> >
> > The Objectives of the Study include:
> > •Understand the terminologies and define the Key
> > Stakeholders (Civil Society, Private and Public Sector)
> > •Investigate exsiting Policy frameworks that informs
> > Stakeholders activities in ICT4D
> > •Appraise Civil Society activites, motives and
> challenges
> > with regard to ICT4D
> > •Appraise Private Sector activites, motives and
> > challenges
> > with regard to ICT4D
> > •Appraise and take stock of Public Sector activites,
> > motives and challenges with regard to ICT4D
> > •Investigate existing and possible models for PPP
> within
> > the context of ICT4D
> >
> > The general progam outline is given below.
> > •Terminologies and background (ICT4D, PPP, etc) –
> Day 1
> > •Review existing Policy frameworks for ICT4D – Day
> 2
> > •Appraise Civil Society Roles (activities, motives &
> > challenges) Day 3-4
> > •Appraise Private Sector Roles (activities, motives &
> > challenges) Day 5-6
> > •Appraise Public Sector Roles (activities, motives &
> > challenges) Day 7-8
> > •Review PPP models (motives and roles of partners,
> > operational models & challenges), Day 9-10
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> > Plse get ready to contribute and participate in the
> usual
> > KICTAnet way.
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> > ~~~~Ends~~~~~.
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> > walu.
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