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ICTs Innovations: Case Studies

EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MESA UNIVERSITY PROGRAMME. ICTs Innovations: Case Studies. 6 May 2006, UNEP, Nairobi By Serge Bounda Chief, Sergio Vieira de Mello United Nations Library. BACKGROUND. THE UNITED NATIONS LIBRARY AT NAIROBI. UNEP Library created in 1973

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ICTs Innovations: Case Studies

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  1. EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTMESA UNIVERSITY PROGRAMME ICTs Innovations: Case Studies 6 May 2006, UNEP, Nairobi By Serge Bounda Chief, Sergio Vieira de Mello United Nations Library

  2. BACKGROUND THE UNITED NATIONS LIBRARY AT NAIROBI • UNEP Library created in 1973 • The Library inherited the documentation of the Stockholm Conference • Library computerized 1986 • Significant stocks of scientific journals

  3. SERVICES AVAILABLE • Reference and loan services • SDI • Online services (including an online catalogue) • Training • Guided tours • UNEP line of products

  4. Cyberspace Reading room/ meeting room Periodicals room Conference room TV studio Radio studio Videoconference Facilities FACILITIES AVAILABLE

  5. CASE STUDIES ON ICTs INNOVATIONS • Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE) • Environmental Information Centre in Iraq • Cyberspace for the local community • Training on ICTs – e.g. Uganda, Zimbabwe, Kenya

  6. 1. WHAT IS OARE? • Global public- private partnership to expand access to environmental research in the developing world • Environment is a global concern • Lack of access to environmental information, especially online resources • Success of HINARI and AGORA

  7. PARTNERS IN OARE • Yale University A leader in the management of online journals and international library initiatives Played a key role in developing HINARI Involved in a number of the state-of-the-art digital library projects • Cornell University Key role in developing the AGORA journal collection, outreach and training

  8. WHO Led the development of HINARI that provides access to research in the medical sciences • FAO Liased with Cornell University and WHO to develop AGORA which is focused upon the needs of agriculture/food security community

  9. UNEP Environmental conscience of the United Nations and its environmental advocate to the world Leading agency to implement OARE Mission : “to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations”.

  10. SEVERAL LEAD PUBLISHERS • Elsevier • Blackwell • CABI • Kluwer

  11. WHY OARE? • Build environmental content • Help over 900 environmental institutions in developing countries get free access to online journals • Build institutional partnerships among environmental institutions in developed and developing countries • Develop independent national organizations capable of gathering and disseminating environmental information • Reinforce publisher partnership for development • Narrow the digital divide • Contribute to the Millennium Development Goals (esp. Goal no. 7)

  12. Pre-testing phase - On-going Partners meeting - July 2006 Launch of OARE - October 2006 On-going as from November 2006: Institutional registration and enrolment Training and capacity building Promotion and publicity Evaluation WAY FORWARD

  13. 2. ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION CENTRE, IRAQ • Working closely with PCoB Geneva • Set up an Environmental Information Centre in the Ministry of Environment, Baghdad

  14. UNEP donate publications (USD 90,000), furniture (15,000) • Training in Nairobi for 4 staff members – October 2005 • 2nd Training to be held end May 2006

  15. 3. CYBERSPACE • Over 25 computers with rapid access to the Internet • Access to Online reference sources – dictionaries, encyclopaedias etc

  16. Subscription to online databases – Lexis Nexis, Science Direct, Economist Intelligence Unit etc • Selective Dissemination of Information

  17. 4. TRAINING OF ICTs • Uganda – Mountains of the Moon University Librarian • Zimbabwe – ILO/ARLAC Information Officer • Kenya – Local librarians, Interns

  18. Contact us:Sergio Vieira de Mello UN LibraryUnited Office in NairobiGigiri ComplexTel: (254 20) 7623105Fax: (254 20) 7623404E-mail: serge.bounda@unep.org

  19. THANK YOU

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