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* Gender & ICT Policy Advocacy ICT Policy in Uganda Community-driven ICT networks for local development in rural areas | Community-driven ICT networks for local development in rural areas |
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ICT is emerging as an important medium for communication and exchange as well as a tool for development, including at the local and community levels. However, this potential is yet to be effectively leveraged. In part this is the result of an ICTD 'affordable infrastructure and related service delivery and capacity deficit' that many rural and peri-urban areas continue to experience and in part because of the 'development-policy and experience divide' that hinders the effective mainstreaming of ICT in development interventions.
Through a combination of research, policy support, advocacy partnerships, networking and capacity building, this programme component of UNDP's making ICT work for the poor service line aims to contribute to enlarging the policy options for enhancing pro-poor access to communication tools, development information and services and exploring the potential for strengthening community and local development through the use of ICT. Uganda is one of the four countries (including Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda) selected for the UNDP research. For the Uganda country study, a participatory gender-sensitive approach was used to assess the case for and the potential of community-driven local ICT networks and services. Questionnaires were developed and a features workshop conducted. These targeted people playing community leadership roles that focused on social and development issues as well as people who were either access centre staff or technical stakeholders and were focused on technical and business model issues. The study selected three study areas in the districts of Nakaseke, Apac and Mbale. A report on the Uganda country study provides more information about the genesis of the project, an overview of the Uganda study and a report on the seminar to disseminate and discuss the study findings. |
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