[kictanet] New Book and New Report on Internet Public Policy Dialogue Available for Download

[Grace Githaiga]

Thanks Ben for sharing. Will read. 
RgdsGG

> Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 18:10:45 -0500
> From: me at benakoh.com
> Subject: [kictanet] New Book and New Report on Internet Public Policy Dialogue Available for Download
> CC: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> To: ggithaiga at hotmail.com
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I did promise a while back to circulate links to a book under 
> development. I had mentioned the important lesson learned from kictanet 
> - on online policy dialogue. I recall suggesting that "lurkers" value 
> and benefit from participation on the list. And that there are 
> interesting ways in which a framework can be used to evaluate (and 
> design) long term sustainable ICT projects in Africa, broadly and 
> perhaps, Kenya more specifically.
> 
> The links below point to a) toolkit on facilitating public policy 
> dialogue; and b) to a country report in which some of the tools in the 
> toolkit was used to analyze a specific country situation.
> 
> Thanks for opening up your network to lurkers and learners. Hope you 
> enjoy the publications.
> 
> Best,
> Ben
> 
> 
> 
> New Book: Akoh,B., Egede-Nissen, B., & Creech, H. (2012). Toolkit on 
> Internet Public Policy Dialogue: Tools for the Practitioner. IISD. 
> Available at: http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?pno=1619. 
> Download for free.
> 
> This Toolkit can be used by new or emerging public policy groups seeking 
> to understand and support public policy dialogue with stakeholders. It 
> is based on two central activities: the gathering of evidence to support 
> policy recommendations, and the securing of consent among the 
> stakeholders to be affected by policy change.
> 
> ----
> 
> New Report: Akoh, B. (2012). Supporting Multistakeholder Internet Public 
> Policy Dialogue in a Least Developed Country: The Togo Experience. 
> IISD:Canada. Available at: 
> http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?pno=1683.
> 
> This case study for Togo, a least developed country, illustrates how 
> multistakeholder dialogue can identify priorities and challenges for the 
> development and deployment of the Internet in support of the country's 
> economic, social and environmental needs. Information and communication 
> technology (ICT) growth in Africa has been steady in the past five 
> years, with impacts on the economic and social landscape. Grassroots 
> involvement and local level policy consultations should be considered an 
> intrinsic part of the process of developing national priorities and 
> objectives for ICTs and the Internet.
> 
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