SADC=20 Community Informatics=20 Newsletter no4, May 2004 =20

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EDITORIAL

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Dear=20 subscribers,

It has=20 been quite sometime now since you last saw this newsletter. We have had = some=20 technical glitches that meant we had to re-do it several times. We have = put in=20 place measures to prevent future mishaps.

Well,=20 that calls for an update on CINSA as a network. This editorial therefore = briefly=20 outlines the activities undertaken by CINSA and some of its plans for = the=20 future.

CINSA=20 operates on the premise of being a =93network of networks=94 to = facilitate the=20 sharing of information and resources. To this end we have established = two nodal=20 points in Zambia and Tanzania and the aim is to have these nodal points=20 replicated in each SADC country.

In July=20 2003 CINSA launched a needs assessment of community ICT initiatives in = 11 SADC=20 countries. Valuable insights were gained through the exercise - a report = can be=20 downloaded at http://www.cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=3Dcontent&= amp;task=3Dview&id=3D4=20 . CINSA also has a portal that forms the information backbone of the = project.=20 The interactive, database-driven portal (http://www.cinsa.info/) currently = averages=20 4000 hits per month and has received excellent reviews. In addition to=20 information disseminated through the CINSA portal, approximately 230 = project=20 stakeholders are subscribed and networked through a CINSA listserv, = which=20 enables them to share experiences and exchange ideas. This newsletter is = one of=20 those attempts to remind visitors to the portal of what=92s new, updates = and=20 changes to the portal.

In=20 future we will be conducting a user survey to determine network services = including what our visitors/users want to be published on the portal, = this=20 newsletter and other information resources.

CINSA=20 has facilitated the access to training on basic ICT literacy, ICT policy = and=20 sustainability skills to network=92s participating organisations and has = worked=20 with grassroots organisations such as the Lubombo Community Radio Forum = to=20 establish a multimedia project from project inception to implementation. = Facilitating access to skills training and project development work will = continue to be the project=92s focus areas in = future.

Through=20 SANGONeT, CINSA will develop strategic partnerships with like-minded=20 organisations to ensure the network becomes cost-effective in the = delivery of=20 its services to communities. Through these and other partnerships CINSA = members=20 will benefit from subsidised and discounted training programmes, = technology and=20 equipment supplies, and ICT consultancy services.

Currently,=20 the network=92s secretariat is busy fundraising for the long-term = operation.=20 Another ongoing activity that is expected to feed into the fundraising = process=20 is the independent evaluation of CINSA by a consultant from Link Centre, = University of Witwatersrand South Africa. We kindly request your = cooperation=20 once contacted in this regard.

Until=20 next time, I wish you all the best in your = endeavours.

Ngunga=20 Tepani

Project=20 Manager CINSA

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OPPORTUNITIES=20 ABOUND FOR COMMUNITY ICTS!!

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CIVICUS=20 is inviting bids to host its next three World Assemblies. These are = major=20 international meetings of civil society leaders and activists aimed at creating a space where a diversity of = civil=20 society voices can be heard exchanging experiences, challenges, = successes and=20 dreams and, most importantly, concrete ideas for a more equitable and = just=20 world. The = tentative dates=20 for the 6^th World Assembly are 25-29 March=20 2006. The 7^thand 8^th are scheduled for the = end of=20 March 2007 and 2008. = Full details concerning the bid are = available on the=20 CIVICUS website at MS Word: http://www.civicus.org/new/media/World%20Assembly%20call%2= 0for%20proposals.doc=20 and PDF: http://www.civicus.org/new/media/Call%20for%20Proposals%20to%20ho= st%20WA.pdf

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JOIN=20 CINSA

-----------------

CINSA=20 would like to invite community ICT projects to join us, free of charge = to access=20 all the benefits of being a part of the network. We have hardcopy and online = tools to=20 help community ICTs survive and prosper. =20 Additionally, we provide specialised project development and = service=20 brokerage services and would like to invite interested parties to = contact=20 us.

We=20 support community ICT initiatives through research, training, skills = exchange,=20 service brokerage, facilitating technical support and project management = assistance. To join, = email Ngunga@sangonet.org.za=20

***************

NEW=20 ADDITIONS TO THE CINSA PORTAL:

Advocacy=20

---------------

NEPAD and=20 Issues Affecting the Youth: South-North Relations and the Digital=20 Divide

The aim of=20 the conference is to provide an insight on the pros and cons of the = achievements=20 of the NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development) objectives and = also, how=20 the European Union-Africa partnership can address and meet the = challenges of the=20 importance of Information Technology (IT) in youth education, as a = development=20 priority for both the African and Western = communities.

Coordinador/a de pa=EDs - Mozambique =

M=E9dicos del=20 Mundo

Su=20 misi=F3n es representar a M=E9dicos del Mundo Espa=F1a en Mozambique a = las distintas=20 instituciones y organismos nacionales e internacionales, as=ED como = coordinar los=20 proyectos que M=E9dicos del Mundo realiza, detectando nuevas necesidades = de=20 intervenci=F3n.

http://www.oneworld.net/jo= b/view/9107

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M=E9dico=20 Sanitario =96 Angola

M=E9dicos del=20 Mundo

Desarrollar=20 y dirigir las labores sanitarias en todos los componentes del proyecto, = entre=20 ellas la formaci=F3n y la campa=F1a de Educaci=F3n para la Salud. Ser=E1 = responsable de=20 la elaboraci=F3n de los informes bimensuales y semestrales (internos, = oficiales)=20 en coordinaci=F3n con la coordinadora de proyecto y de la coordinaci=F3n = y=20 supervisi=F3n del personal sanitario local del proyecto. Tendr=E1 que = coordinar y=20 colaborar en el proceso de compras de material m=E9dico y sanitario del = proyecto y=20 del resto de proyectos de MdM en el pa=EDs. Tambi=E9n deber=E1 = participar activamente=20 en la identificaci=F3n y formulaci=F3n de nuevas propuestas en el pa=EDs = y en la=20 b=FAsqueda de nuevas fuentes de financiaci=F3n en el terreno. =

http://www.oneworld.net/jo= b/view/9109

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OPPORTUNITIES

-----------------------

Prix Arts=20 Electronica: To mark its twenty-fifth anniversary in 2004,=20 Ars

Electronica=20 has expanded its international competition for cyber arts to include a = new=20 category called "Digital Communities." =20 The category encompasses the wide-ranging social consequences of = the=20 Internet as well as the latest developments in the domain of mobile=20 communications and wireless networks. =20 40,000 Euro in prize money will be awarded to six exemplary = initiatives=20 that are furthering the development of an Open Society. The deadline for submissions = is March=20 12, 2004. For more = information=20 visit http://www.aec.at/en/prix/in= dex.asp

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OTHER=20 ANNOUNCEMENTS

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The latest=20 issue of the Southern African Journal of Information and Communication = in now=20 available. It = demonstrates the=20 research benefits of our association with prominent international = academics. In=20 this issue Professor Dale Hatfield has written a stimulating paper on = Spectrum=20 Commons, and Vodacom Visiting Professor William Melody has again = published his=20 annual address on The Next Generation Internet and Its Governance. He has also worked with local = LINK=20 associates and staff to present a fascinating assessment of The = Significance of=20 the VANS Sector. =20

More=20 information http://link.wits.ac.za/

DATABASE

----------------

The=20 database of community ICTs, ICT practitioners and ICT service providers, = will=20 soon be available on the CINSA portal. If you wish to appear on this = valuable=20 publicity resource, please email sandra@sangonet.org.za=20

**************

If you=20 would like any of the items mentioned in this newsletter and have no = access to=20 the Internet, please email cinsainfo-owner@lists.sn.apc.org = including the=20 title of the item you wish to receive. =20

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To=20 subscribe, unsubscribe or change subscription details, email cinsainfo-owner@lists.sn.apc.org=20

Community Information Network = for Southern=20 Africa (CINSA)

supporting=20 community ICT projects in the SADC=20 region

Ngunga Tepani
Project = Manager=20 CINSA

SANGONeT
76 Juta Street=20 Braamfontein
PO Box 31392
Braamfontein=20 2017
South Africa

ngunga@sangonet.org.za

tel: =
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We would appreciate it if you would take the time to answer this short questionnaire. The questionnaire and more details on the research can be found at www.openresearch.co.za/refurbq.html The research being conducted by Open Research will be published under the open content licence and will be freely accessible to all interested parties later this year. To learn more about Open Research, please visit www.openresearch.co.za. To find out more about the CATIA programme, please visit www.catia.ws --------------- For more information contact: Alastair Otter Open Research www.openresearch.co.za alastair@openresearch.co.za, info@openresearch.co.za +27(0)83-267-7657 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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CINSA operates on the premise of being a "network of networks" to facilitate the sharing of information and resources. To this end we have established two nodal points in Zambia and Tanzania and the aim is to have these nodal points replicated in each SADC country. In July 2003 CINSA launched a needs assessment of community ICT initiatives in 11 SADC countries. Valuable insights were gained through the exercise - a report can be downloaded at http://www.cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=4 . CINSA also has a portal that forms the information backbone of the project. The interactive, database-driven portal (http://www.cinsa.info/) currently averages 4000 hits per month and has received excellent reviews. In addition to information disseminated through the CINSA portal, approximately 230 project stakeholders are subscribed and networked through a CINSA listserv, which enables them to share experiences and exchange ideas. This newsletter is one of those attempts to remind visitors to the portal of what's new, updates and changes to the portal. In future we will be conducting a user survey to determine network services including what our visitors/users want to be published on the portal, this newsletter and other information resources. CINSA has facilitated the access to training on basic ICT literacy, ICT policy and sustainability skills to network's participating organisations and has worked with grassroots organisations such as the Lubombo Community Radio Forum to establish a multimedia project from project inception to implementation. Facilitating access to skills training and project development work will continue to be the project's focus areas in future. Through SANGONeT, CINSA will develop strategic partnerships with like-minded organisations to ensure the network becomes cost-effective in the delivery of its services to communities. Through these and other partnerships CINSA members will benefit from subsidised and discounted training programmes, technology and equipment supplies, and ICT consultancy services. Currently, the network's secretariat is busy fundraising for the long-term operation. Another ongoing activity that is expected to feed into the fundraising process is the independent evaluation of CINSA by a consultant from Link Centre, University of Witwatersrand South Africa. We kindly request your cooperation once contacted in this regard. Until next time, I wish you all the best in your endeavours. Ngunga Tepani Project Manager CINSA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************* OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND FOR COMMUNITY ICTS!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CIVICUS is inviting bids to host its next three World Assemblies. These are major international meetings of civil society leaders and activists aimed at creating a space where a diversity of civil society voices can be heard exchanging experiences, challenges, successes and dreams and, most importantly, concrete ideas for a more equitable and just world. The tentative dates for the 6th World Assembly are 25-29 March 2006. The 7th and 8th are scheduled for the end of March 2007 and 2008. Full details concerning the bid are available on the CIVICUS website at MS Word: http://www.civicus.org/new/media/World%20Assembly%20call%20for%20proposals.doc and PDF: http://www.civicus.org/new/media/Call%20for%20Proposals%20to%20host%20WA.pdf ************** JOIN CINSA ----------------- CINSA would like to invite community ICT projects to join us, free of charge to access all the benefits of being a part of the network. We have hardcopy and online tools to help community ICTs survive and prosper. Additionally, we provide specialised project development and service brokerage services and would like to invite interested parties to contact us. We support community ICT initiatives through research, training, skills exchange, service brokerage, facilitating technical support and project management assistance. To join, email Ngunga@sangonet.org.za *************** NEW ADDITIONS TO THE CINSA PORTAL: Advocacy Research pieces ------------------- ITU Publish Africa Telecommunication Indicators 2004 Written by ITU "Mobile technology is the Information Society in Africa", says Michael Minges, Head of ITU's Market, Economics and Finance Unit and lead author of the African Telecommunications Indicators 2004 report which was released on 3 May 2004 to coincide with International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Africa Forum and Exhibition held from 4 - 8 May 2004 in Cairo (Egypt). "It is a technology that has permeated more widely than any other into new areas, and we must examine how we can utilize this technology going forward, to help narrow the digital divide ----------------- Ten Lessons for ICT and Education in the Developing World "What defines a quality education in today's global information-based economy? Has education kept pace with a rapidly changing world? Are there good models for reform that we can follow?" This article addresses these questions. Hawkins distils lessons learned from World Links' efforts to incorporate the Internet into the educational system in developing countries. It is meant to guide policymakers and business and community leaders. For more new additions, please go to http://www.cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=271&Itemid=106 Projects and experiences --------------------- Women's Internet Caf? is an information and communication technologies (ICTs) project that provides women and girls' space to use information technology for lobbying, communication, advocacy, networking and strategising on gender and development issues. The project also provides ICTs for women to contribute to knowledge sharing, networking and electronic commerce activities. http://www.cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=270&Itemid=105 For more new additions, please go to http://cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=articles&Itemid=64&topid=3 ---------- OTHER QUALITY INFORMATION CINSA collects specific community ICT news from a number of sources and places it on the portal for your convenience. We have also added a new section that you may wish to contribute to: Projects and experiences. Here YOU can share your successes and mistakes for the benefit of others. ********************* Free Banner Advertising ------------------------------ CINSA continues to offer banner and click-through advertising on the portal and this e-newsletter, respectively. We welcome applications from businesses with social responsibility programmes and other interested parties. We provide you with a chance to showcase your work a growing SADC-wide community ICT audience, as well as, academicians and ICT practitioners. The ads are carried free of charge for the first three months should you be interested. Please contact ngunga@sangonet.org.za if you are interested. **************** Upcoming ICT events: --------------- NEPAD and Issues Affecting the Youth: South-North Relations and the Digital Divide The aim of the conference is to provide an insight on the pros and cons of the achievements of the NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development) objectives and also, how the European Union-Africa partnership can address and meet the challenges of the importance of Information Technology (IT) in youth education, as a development priority for both the African and Western communities. Date: 18-19 June 2004 Venue: Europa-Universit?t Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany For more information visit http://www.ayf.de/Int-Conf-04.pdf Registrations are still going on for online participation. Interested participants could send an email to the secretariat, to the attention of Ms. Cynthia Gill at: info@ayf.de ------------ ICT Stakeholders Forum The idea is to move from the so-called "perpetual pilot project syndrome" to projects that can make a difference on the ground and to challenge delegates to provide real world, deployable ICT solutions for development and to encourage practitioners and high-level participants to brainstorm real world ICT driven solutions, which will meet development challenges head-on. Date: 7, 8 & 9 July 2004 Venue: Point aux Piments, Mauritius For more information visit http://www.ayf.de/Int-Conf-04.pdf ------------------------ YOUR EVENT HERE Send us your events to appear in the next issue of SADC Community Informatics newsletter. ************** FEEDBACK ---------------- SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES OF ANY ICT EVENT WHICH YOU HAVE ATTENDED RECENTLY, EMAIL sandra@sangonet.org.za ************** JOBS ------- Coordinador/a de pa?s - Mozambique M?dicos del Mundo Su misi?n es representar a M?dicos del Mundo Espa?a en Mozambique a las distintas instituciones y organismos nacionales e internacionales, as? como coordinar los proyectos que M?dicos del Mundo realiza, detectando nuevas necesidades de intervenci?n. http://www.oneworld.net/job/view/9107 ------ M?dico Sanitario - Angola M?dicos del Mundo Desarrollar y dirigir las labores sanitarias en todos los componentes del proyecto, entre ellas la formaci?n y la campa?a de Educaci?n para la Salud. Ser? responsable de la elaboraci?n de los informes bimensuales y semestrales (internos, oficiales) en coordinaci?n con la coordinadora de proyecto y de la coordinaci?n y supervisi?n del personal sanitario local del proyecto. Tendr? que coordinar y colaborar en el proceso de compras de material m?dico y sanitario del proyecto y del resto de proyectos de MdM en el pa?s. Tambi?n deber? participar activamente en la identificaci?n y formulaci?n de nuevas propuestas en el pa?s y en la b?squeda de nuevas fuentes de financiaci?n en el terreno. http://www.oneworld.net/job/view/9109 *********** OPPORTUNITIES ----------------------- Prix Arts Electronica: To mark its twenty-fifth anniversary in 2004, Ars Electronica has expanded its international competition for cyber arts to include a new category called "Digital Communities." The category encompasses the wide-ranging social consequences of the Internet as well as the latest developments in the domain of mobile communications and wireless networks. 40,000 Euro in prize money will be awarded to six exemplary initiatives that are furthering the development of an Open Society. The deadline for submissions is March 12, 2004. For more information visit http://www.aec.at/en/prix/index.asp --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **************** OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS ---------- The latest issue of the Southern African Journal of Information and Communication in now available. It demonstrates the research benefits of our association with prominent international academics. In this issue Professor Dale Hatfield has written a stimulating paper on Spectrum Commons, and Vodacom Visiting Professor William Melody has again published his annual address on The Next Generation Internet and Its Governance. He has also worked with local LINK associates and staff to present a fascinating assessment of The Significance of the VANS Sector. More information http://link.wits.ac.za/ DATABASE ---------------- The database of community ICTs, ICT practitioners and ICT service providers, will soon be available on the CINSA portal. If you wish to appear on this valuable publicity resource, please email sandra@sangonet.org.za ************** If you would like any of the items mentioned in this newsletter and have no access to the Internet, please email cinsainfo-owner@lists.sn.apc.org including the title of the item you wish to receive. **************** To subscribe, unsubscribe or change subscription details, email cinsainfo-owner@lists.sn.apc.org Community Information Network for Southern Africa (CINSA) supporting community ICT projects in the SADC region Ngunga Tepani Project Manager CINSA SANGONeT 76 Juta Street Braamfontein PO Box 31392 Braamfontein 2017 South Africa ngunga@sangonet.org.za tel: fax: mobile: +27 11 403 4935 +27 11 403 9685 +27 83 493 6613 Signature powered by Plaxo Want a signature like this? Add me to your address book... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you are an NGO, small business, or school in Africa we are looking for your input. We would appreciate it if you would take the time to answer this short questionnaire. The questionnaire and more details on the research can be found at www.openresearch.co.za/refurbq.html The research being conducted by Open Research will be published under the open content licence and will be freely accessible to all interested parties later this year. To learn more about Open Research, please visit www.openresearch.co.za. To find out more about the CATIA programme, please visit www.catia.ws --------------- For more information contact: Alastair Otter Open Research www.openresearch.co.za alastair@openresearch.co.za, info@openresearch.co.za +27(0)83-267-7657 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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CINSA operates on the premise of being a "network of networks" to facilitate the sharing of information and resources. To this end we have established two nodal points in Zambia and Tanzania and the aim is to have these nodal points replicated in each SADC country. In July 2003 CINSA launched a needs assessment of community ICT initiatives in 11 SADC countries. Valuable insights were gained through the exercise - a report can be downloaded at http://www.cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=4 . CINSA also has a portal that forms the information backbone of the project. The interactive, database-driven portal (http://www.cinsa.info/) currently averages 4000 hits per month and has received excellent reviews. In addition to information disseminated through the CINSA portal, approximately 230 project stakeholders are subscribed and networked through a CINSA listserv, which enables them to share experiences and exchange ideas. This newsletter is one of those attempts to remind visitors to the portal of what's new, updates and changes to the portal. In future we will be conducting a user survey to determine network services including what our visitors/users want to be published on the portal, this newsletter and other information resources. CINSA has facilitated the access to training on basic ICT literacy, ICT policy and sustainability skills to network's participating organisations and has worked with grassroots organisations such as the Lubombo Community Radio Forum to establish a multimedia project from project inception to implementation. Facilitating access to skills training and project development work will continue to be the project's focus areas in future. Through SANGONeT, CINSA will develop strategic partnerships with like-minded organisations to ensure the network becomes cost-effective in the delivery of its services to communities. Through these and other partnerships CINSA members will benefit from subsidised and discounted training programmes, technology and equipment supplies, and ICT consultancy services. Currently, the network's secretariat is busy fundraising for the long-term operation. Another ongoing activity that is expected to feed into the fundraising process is the independent evaluation of CINSA by a consultant from Link Centre, University of Witwatersrand South Africa. We kindly request your cooperation once contacted in this regard. Until next time, I wish you all the best in your endeavours. Ngunga Tepani Project Manager CINSA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************* OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND FOR COMMUNITY ICTS!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CIVICUS is inviting bids to host its next three World Assemblies. These are major international meetings of civil society leaders and activists aimed at creating a space where a diversity of civil society voices can be heard exchanging experiences, challenges, successes and dreams and, most importantly, concrete ideas for a more equitable and just world. The tentative dates for the 6th World Assembly are 25-29 March 2006. The 7th and 8th are scheduled for the end of March 2007 and 2008. Full details concerning the bid are available on the CIVICUS website at MS Word: http://www.civicus.org/new/media/World%20Assembly%20call%20for%20proposals.doc and PDF: http://www.civicus.org/new/media/Call%20for%20Proposals%20to%20host%20WA.pdf ************** JOIN CINSA ----------------- CINSA would like to invite community ICT projects to join us, free of charge to access all the benefits of being a part of the network. We have hardcopy and online tools to help community ICTs survive and prosper. Additionally, we provide specialised project development and service brokerage services and would like to invite interested parties to contact us. We support community ICT initiatives through research, training, skills exchange, service brokerage, facilitating technical support and project management assistance. To join, email Ngunga@sangonet.org.za *************** NEW ADDITIONS TO THE CINSA PORTAL: Advocacy Research pieces ------------------- ITU Publish Africa Telecommunication Indicators 2004 Written by ITU "Mobile technology is the Information Society in Africa", says Michael Minges, Head of ITU's Market, Economics and Finance Unit and lead author of the African Telecommunications Indicators 2004 report which was released on 3 May 2004 to coincide with International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Africa Forum and Exhibition held from 4 - 8 May 2004 in Cairo (Egypt). "It is a technology that has permeated more widely than any other into new areas, and we must examine how we can utilize this technology going forward, to help narrow the digital divide ----------------- Ten Lessons for ICT and Education in the Developing World "What defines a quality education in today's global information-based economy? Has education kept pace with a rapidly changing world? Are there good models for reform that we can follow?" This article addresses these questions. Hawkins distils lessons learned from World Links' efforts to incorporate the Internet into the educational system in developing countries. It is meant to guide policymakers and business and community leaders. For more new additions, please go to http://www.cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=271&Itemid=106 Projects and experiences --------------------- Women's Internet Caf? is an information and communication technologies (ICTs) project that provides women and girls' space to use information technology for lobbying, communication, advocacy, networking and strategising on gender and development issues. The project also provides ICTs for women to contribute to knowledge sharing, networking and electronic commerce activities. http://www.cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=270&Itemid=105 For more new additions, please go to http://cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=articles&Itemid=64&topid=3 ---------- OTHER QUALITY INFORMATION CINSA collects specific community ICT news from a number of sources and places it on the portal for your convenience. We have also added a new section that you may wish to contribute to: Projects and experiences. Here YOU can share your successes and mistakes for the benefit of others. ********************* Free Banner Advertising ------------------------------ CINSA continues to offer banner and click-through advertising on the portal and this e-newsletter, respectively. We welcome applications from businesses with social responsibility programmes and other interested parties. We provide you with a chance to showcase your work a growing SADC-wide community ICT audience, as well as, academicians and ICT practitioners. The ads are carried free of charge for the first three months should you be interested. Please contact ngunga@sangonet.org.za if you are interested. **************** Upcoming ICT events: --------------- NEPAD and Issues Affecting the Youth: South-North Relations and the Digital Divide The aim of the conference is to provide an insight on the pros and cons of the achievements of the NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development) objectives and also, how the European Union-Africa partnership can address and meet the challenges of the importance of Information Technology (IT) in youth education, as a development priority for both the African and Western communities. Date: 18-19 June 2004 Venue: Europa-Universit?t Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany For more information visit http://www.ayf.de/Int-Conf-04.pdf Registrations are still going on for online participation. Interested participants could send an email to the secretariat, to the attention of Ms. Cynthia Gill at: info@ayf.de ------------ ICT Stakeholders Forum The idea is to move from the so-called "perpetual pilot project syndrome" to projects that can make a difference on the ground and to challenge delegates to provide real world, deployable ICT solutions for development and to encourage practitioners and high-level participants to brainstorm real world ICT driven solutions, which will meet development challenges head-on. Date: 7, 8 & 9 July 2004 Venue: Point aux Piments, Mauritius For more information visit http://www.ayf.de/Int-Conf-04.pdf ------------------------ YOUR EVENT HERE Send us your events to appear in the next issue of SADC Community Informatics newsletter. ************** FEEDBACK ---------------- SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES OF ANY ICT EVENT WHICH YOU HAVE ATTENDED RECENTLY, EMAIL sandra@sangonet.org.za ************** JOBS ------- Coordinador/a de pa?s - Mozambique M?dicos del Mundo Su misi?n es representar a M?dicos del Mundo Espa?a en Mozambique a las distintas instituciones y organismos nacionales e internacionales, as? como coordinar los proyectos que M?dicos del Mundo realiza, detectando nuevas necesidades de intervenci?n. http://www.oneworld.net/job/view/9107 ------ M?dico Sanitario - Angola M?dicos del Mundo Desarrollar y dirigir las labores sanitarias en todos los componentes del proyecto, entre ellas la formaci?n y la campa?a de Educaci?n para la Salud. Ser? responsable de la elaboraci?n de los informes bimensuales y semestrales (internos, oficiales) en coordinaci?n con la coordinadora de proyecto y de la coordinaci?n y supervisi?n del personal sanitario local del proyecto. Tendr? que coordinar y colaborar en el proceso de compras de material m?dico y sanitario del proyecto y del resto de proyectos de MdM en el pa?s. Tambi?n deber? participar activamente en la identificaci?n y formulaci?n de nuevas propuestas en el pa?s y en la b?squeda de nuevas fuentes de financiaci?n en el terreno. http://www.oneworld.net/job/view/9109 *********** OPPORTUNITIES ----------------------- Prix Arts Electronica: To mark its twenty-fifth anniversary in 2004, Ars Electronica has expanded its international competition for cyber arts to include a new category called "Digital Communities." The category encompasses the wide-ranging social consequences of the Internet as well as the latest developments in the domain of mobile communications and wireless networks. 40,000 Euro in prize money will be awarded to six exemplary initiatives that are furthering the development of an Open Society. The deadline for submissions is March 12, 2004. For more information visit http://www.aec.at/en/prix/index.asp --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **************** OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS ---------- The latest issue of the Southern African Journal of Information and Communication in now available. It demonstrates the research benefits of our association with prominent international academics. In this issue Professor Dale Hatfield has written a stimulating paper on Spectrum Commons, and Vodacom Visiting Professor William Melody has again published his annual address on The Next Generation Internet and Its Governance. He has also worked with local LINK associates and staff to present a fascinating assessment of The Significance of the VANS Sector. More information http://link.wits.ac.za/ DATABASE ---------------- The database of community ICTs, ICT practitioners and ICT service providers, will soon be available on the CINSA portal. If you wish to appear on this valuable publicity resource, please email sandra@sangonet.org.za ************** If you would like any of the items mentioned in this newsletter and have no access to the Internet, please email cinsainfo-owner@lists.sn.apc.org including the title of the item you wish to receive. **************** To subscribe, unsubscribe or change subscription details, email cinsainfo-owner@lists.sn.apc.org Community Information Network for Southern Africa (CINSA) supporting community ICT projects in the SADC region Ngunga Tepani Project Manager CINSA SANGONeT 76 Juta Street Braamfontein PO Box 31392 Braamfontein 2017 South Africa ngunga@sangonet.org.za tel: fax: mobile: +27 11 403 4935 +27 11 403 9685 +27 83 493 6613 Signature powered by Plaxo Want a signature like this? Add me to your address book... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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CINSA operates on the premise of being a "network of networks" to facilitate the sharing of information and resources. To this end we have established two nodal points in Zambia and Tanzania and the aim is to have these nodal points replicated in each SADC country. In July 2003 CINSA launched a needs assessment of community ICT initiatives in 11 SADC countries. Valuable insights were gained through the exercise - a report can be downloaded at http://www.cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=4 . CINSA also has a portal that forms the information backbone of the project. The interactive, database-driven portal (http://www.cinsa.info/) currently averages 4000 hits per month and has received excellent reviews. In addition to information disseminated through the CINSA portal, approximately 230 project stakeholders are subscribed and networked through a CINSA listserv, which enables them to share experiences and exchange ideas. This newsletter is one of those attempts to remind visitors to the portal of what's new, updates and changes to the portal. In future we will be conducting a user survey to determine network services including what our visitors/users want to be published on the portal, this newsletter and other information resources. CINSA has facilitated the access to training on basic ICT literacy, ICT policy and sustainability skills to network's participating organisations and has worked with grassroots organisations such as the Lubombo Community Radio Forum to establish a multimedia project from project inception to implementation. Facilitating access to skills training and project development work will continue to be the project's focus areas in future. Through SANGONeT, CINSA will develop strategic partnerships with like-minded organisations to ensure the network becomes cost-effective in the delivery of its services to communities. Through these and other partnerships CINSA members will benefit from subsidised and discounted training programmes, technology and equipment supplies, and ICT consultancy services. Currently, the network's secretariat is busy fundraising for the long-term operation. Another ongoing activity that is expected to feed into the fundraising process is the independent evaluation of CINSA by a consultant from Link Centre, University of Witwatersrand South Africa. We kindly request your cooperation once contacted in this regard. Until next time, I wish you all the best in your endeavours. Ngunga Tepani Project Manager CINSA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************* OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND FOR COMMUNITY ICTS!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CIVICUS is inviting bids to host its next three World Assemblies. These are major international meetings of civil society leaders and activists aimed at creating a space where a diversity of civil society voices can be heard exchanging experiences, challenges, successes and dreams and, most importantly, concrete ideas for a more equitable and just world. The tentative dates for the 6th World Assembly are 25-29 March 2006. The 7th and 8th are scheduled for the end of March 2007 and 2008. Full details concerning the bid are available on the CIVICUS website at MS Word: http://www.civicus.org/new/media/World%20Assembly%20call%20for%20proposals.doc and PDF: http://www.civicus.org/new/media/Call%20for%20Proposals%20to%20host%20WA.pdf ************** JOIN CINSA ----------------- CINSA would like to invite community ICT projects to join us, free of charge to access all the benefits of being a part of the network. We have hardcopy and online tools to help community ICTs survive and prosper. Additionally, we provide specialised project development and service brokerage services and would like to invite interested parties to contact us. We support community ICT initiatives through research, training, skills exchange, service brokerage, facilitating technical support and project management assistance. To join, email Ngunga@sangonet.org.za *************** NEW ADDITIONS TO THE CINSA PORTAL: Advocacy Research pieces ------------------- ITU Publish Africa Telecommunication Indicators 2004 Written by ITU "Mobile technology is the Information Society in Africa", says Michael Minges, Head of ITU's Market, Economics and Finance Unit and lead author of the African Telecommunications Indicators 2004 report which was released on 3 May 2004 to coincide with International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Africa Forum and Exhibition held from 4 - 8 May 2004 in Cairo (Egypt). "It is a technology that has permeated more widely than any other into new areas, and we must examine how we can utilize this technology going forward, to help narrow the digital divide ----------------- Ten Lessons for ICT and Education in the Developing World "What defines a quality education in today's global information-based economy? Has education kept pace with a rapidly changing world? Are there good models for reform that we can follow?" This article addresses these questions. Hawkins distils lessons learned from World Links' efforts to incorporate the Internet into the educational system in developing countries. It is meant to guide policymakers and business and community leaders. For more new additions, please go to http://www.cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=271&Itemid=106 Projects and experiences --------------------- Women's Internet Caf? is an information and communication technologies (ICTs) project that provides women and girls' space to use information technology for lobbying, communication, advocacy, networking and strategising on gender and development issues. The project also provides ICTs for women to contribute to knowledge sharing, networking and electronic commerce activities. http://www.cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=270&Itemid=105 For more new additions, please go to http://cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=articles&Itemid=64&topid=3 ---------- OTHER QUALITY INFORMATION CINSA collects specific community ICT news from a number of sources and places it on the portal for your convenience. We have also added a new section that you may wish to contribute to: Projects and experiences. Here YOU can share your successes and mistakes for the benefit of others. ********************* Free Banner Advertising ------------------------------ CINSA continues to offer banner and click-through advertising on the portal and this e-newsletter, respectively. We welcome applications from businesses with social responsibility programmes and other interested parties. We provide you with a chance to showcase your work a growing SADC-wide community ICT audience, as well as, academicians and ICT practitioners. The ads are carried free of charge for the first three months should you be interested. Please contact ngunga@sangonet.org.za if you are interested. **************** Upcoming ICT events: --------------- NEPAD and Issues Affecting the Youth: South-North Relations and the Digital Divide The aim of the conference is to provide an insight on the pros and cons of the achievements of the NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development) objectives and also, how the European Union-Africa partnership can address and meet the challenges of the importance of Information Technology (IT) in youth education, as a development priority for both the African and Western communities. Date: 18-19 June 2004 Venue: Europa-Universit?t Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany For more information visit http://www.ayf.de/Int-Conf-04.pdf Registrations are still going on for online participation. Interested participants could send an email to the secretariat, to the attention of Ms. Cynthia Gill at: info@ayf.de ------------ ICT Stakeholders Forum The idea is to move from the so-called "perpetual pilot project syndrome" to projects that can make a difference on the ground and to challenge delegates to provide real world, deployable ICT solutions for development and to encourage practitioners and high-level participants to brainstorm real world ICT driven solutions, which will meet development challenges head-on. Date: 7, 8 & 9 July 2004 Venue: Point aux Piments, Mauritius For more information visit http://www.ayf.de/Int-Conf-04.pdf ------------------------ YOUR EVENT HERE Send us your events to appear in the next issue of SADC Community Informatics newsletter. ************** FEEDBACK ---------------- SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES OF ANY ICT EVENT WHICH YOU HAVE ATTENDED RECENTLY, EMAIL sandra@sangonet.org.za ************** JOBS ------- Coordinador/a de pa?s - Mozambique M?dicos del Mundo Su misi?n es representar a M?dicos del Mundo Espa?a en Mozambique a las distintas instituciones y organismos nacionales e internacionales, as? como coordinar los proyectos que M?dicos del Mundo realiza, detectando nuevas necesidades de intervenci?n. http://www.oneworld.net/job/view/9107 ------ M?dico Sanitario - Angola M?dicos del Mundo Desarrollar y dirigir las labores sanitarias en todos los componentes del proyecto, entre ellas la formaci?n y la campa?a de Educaci?n para la Salud. Ser? responsable de la elaboraci?n de los informes bimensuales y semestrales (internos, oficiales) en coordinaci?n con la coordinadora de proyecto y de la coordinaci?n y supervisi?n del personal sanitario local del proyecto. Tendr? que coordinar y colaborar en el proceso de compras de material m?dico y sanitario del proyecto y del resto de proyectos de MdM en el pa?s. Tambi?n deber? participar activamente en la identificaci?n y formulaci?n de nuevas propuestas en el pa?s y en la b?squeda de nuevas fuentes de financiaci?n en el terreno. http://www.oneworld.net/job/view/9109 *********** OPPORTUNITIES ----------------------- Prix Arts Electronica: To mark its twenty-fifth anniversary in 2004, Ars Electronica has expanded its international competition for cyber arts to include a new category called "Digital Communities." The category encompasses the wide-ranging social consequences of the Internet as well as the latest developments in the domain of mobile communications and wireless networks. 40,000 Euro in prize money will be awarded to six exemplary initiatives that are furthering the development of an Open Society. The deadline for submissions is March 12, 2004. For more information visit http://www.aec.at/en/prix/index.asp --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **************** OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS ---------- The latest issue of the Southern African Journal of Information and Communication in now available. It demonstrates the research benefits of our association with prominent international academics. In this issue Professor Dale Hatfield has written a stimulating paper on Spectrum Commons, and Vodacom Visiting Professor William Melody has again published his annual address on The Next Generation Internet and Its Governance. He has also worked with local LINK associates and staff to present a fascinating assessment of The Significance of the VANS Sector. More information http://link.wits.ac.za/ DATABASE ---------------- The database of community ICTs, ICT practitioners and ICT service providers, will soon be available on the CINSA portal. If you wish to appear on this valuable publicity resource, please email sandra@sangonet.org.za ************** If you would like any of the items mentioned in this newsletter and have no access to the Internet, please email cinsainfo-owner@lists.sn.apc.org including the title of the item you wish to receive. **************** To subscribe, unsubscribe or change subscription details, email cinsainfo-owner@lists.sn.apc.org Community Information Network for Southern Africa (CINSA) supporting community ICT projects in the SADC region Ngunga Tepani Project Manager CINSA SANGONeT 76 Juta Street Braamfontein PO Box 31392 Braamfontein 2017 South Africa ngunga@sangonet.org.za tel: fax: mobile: +27 11 403 4935 +27 11 403 9685 +27 83 493 6613 Signature powered by Plaxo Want a signature like this? Add me to your address book... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.sn.apc.org/pipermail/cinsainfo/attachments/20040531/f6ae4f61/attachment-0002.htm