[kictanet] Existing Policy Frameworks for ICT4D- Day 2 of 10

Tue May 20 21:41:55 EAT 2008

By the way - for those following up on civil society, I find the definition
given by the LSE Centre for Civil Society at
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/CCS/what_is_civil_society.htm to be really
useful.  I think this will help solve some of the dilemmas noted in previous
discussions
Tim

On 20/5/08 12:42, "John Walubengo" <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Sorry for getting back a bit later on this... Tim asked
> what frameworks we refer to here.  Basically, we want to
> understand if the governance structures for the various
> ICT4D initiatives - from each of the three main
> stakeholders perspectives i.e The Civil Society, the
> Private Sector and the Public Sector.
> 
> My understanding is that the Public Sector (mainly
> government) does have specific policies on how they plan to
> deliver ICTs for Development.  At least there are clauses
> in the Kenyan ICT poilicies that guide these
> initiatives...as noted by Barrack below.
> 
> On the Private Sector side my observation has been that
> most  companies have some sort of CSR, Corporate Social
> Responsibility wing that tries to channel money in these
> initiatives.
> 
> Finally, my take on the Civil society (NGOs) in particular
> source funds from the West for these initiatives and
> probably each donor partner decides how and if it is
> well-spent.
> 
> So Tim, the theme was prompting a discussion on whether the
> above is the true position and possibly if there is a need
> to  have better governance structures in the area of ICT4D.
> 
> walu.
>  
> 
> --- Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Furthermore each sector is governened by their own
>> policies that safeguard
>> "Sectarian Interests", in my opinion the issue of
>> Universal access which
>> could be under the mandate of CCK in the Kenyan context
>> should provide the
>> suitable framework for all ICT4D initiatives
>> Barrack
>> 
>> On 5/19/08, Tim Unwin <tim.unwin at rhul.ac.uk> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Walu
>>> 
>>> What exactly do you mean by policy frameworks?  Are you
>> referring to agreed
>>> guidance notes at global/national/local scales?  There
>> exist many different
>>> models of good practice, but there is little
>> international agreement on how
>>> to do it!  Furthermore, most ICT national polices do
>> address issues of
>>> partnerships in some form or another
>>> 
>>> Tim
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 20/5/08 06:57, "John Walubengo" <jwalu at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Morning all,
>>>> 
>>>> Yesterday was mainly dwelling on the basics and we
>> had good
>>>> thoughts from Louis and Mike. Today we want to pick
>> your
>>>> minds on the above theme.  Are there any policy
>> frameworks
>>>> that govern the behaviour of Civil Society, Private
>> Sector
>>>> and/or Public sector with regard to ICTs for
>> Development?
>>>> Or is it that each of the above Stakeholder define
>> their
>>>> own methodologies?
>>>> 
>>>> Plse share.
>>>> 
>>>> walu.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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