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Sharing Knowledge & Building Partnerships Globally in ICT4D

Sharing Knowledge & Building Partnerships Globally in ICT4D. Rinalia Abdul Rahim Executive Director, Global Knowledge Partnership rinalia@gkps.org.my. 14.12.05. Structure of this Presentation. Objective of this meeting GKP - Who are we? Who are our members?

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Sharing Knowledge & Building Partnerships Globally in ICT4D

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  1. Sharing Knowledge & Building Partnerships Globally in ICT4D Rinalia Abdul Rahim Executive Director, Global Knowledge Partnership rinalia@gkps.org.my 14.12.05

  2. Structure of this Presentation Objective of this meeting GKP - Who are we? Who are our members? Examples of our Projects/Programmes Our guiding principles. Our Strategy to 2010 Opportunities for Collaboration Where shall we go from here?

  3. Objective of This Meeting Share Information About the Global Knowledge Partnership Explore Opportunities For Enhanced Engagement & Collaboration

  4. About the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) • GKP is a global network of organizations committed to ICT4D • GKP was established in 1997 • GKP champions Knowledge for Development (K4D) • GKP facilitates Knowledge Sharing in ICT4D • GKP advocates joint-action by and through mutual learning • GKP builds multi-stakeholder partnerships

  5. Clusters GOVERNMENT AGENCIES PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS Regional Thematic Executive Committee Membership Committee GKP Secretariat GKP Network Structure First Global Multi-Stakeholder Partnership (MSP) in ICT4D GKP promotes and builds MSPs to meet development challenges

  6. Diverse Representation GKP is able to cultivate South-South and North-South collaborations across sectors regionally and internationally

  7. Overview of GKP Members 2005

  8. Roles of Members Collaborate in knowledge-sharing and learning activities to spread good practice and innovation Contribute to joint resource mobilisation efforts Propose concrete programmes and form partnerships for implementation Build strategic alliances to strengthen programme innovation and implementation

  9. Member Profile : Digital Divide Data (DDD)

  10. Learning By Doing Exchange of multi-stakeholder perspectives, experiences, and knowledge • Partnerships • Research • Advocacy • Pilot • Scale-up • Innovation Regional, Thematic & Global Activities Building Partnerships Sharing Knowledge Peer-to-Peer & Cross-Sector learning and analysis Multi-Stakeholder Action/Resource Mobilization Capacity Building GKP Learning Cycle

  11. GKP Knowledge Products Knowledge for Development (K4D) Publication Series • Media & the Information Society • Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships • ICT for Development Success Stories • ICT for Poverty Reduction in Asia • “Internet Governance – Issues, Actors & Divides” • “Up-scaling Pro-poor ICT Policies & Practices” • “ICT for Development: A Sourcebook for Parliamentarians” • “Issues of Bridging the Digital Divide” - GKP Recommendations • “Facing the Screen: ICT in Latin America and the Caribbean - A Visual Journey” • “PARTNERS” bi-monthly newsletter • “Beyond Tunis” - GKP@WSIS Knowledge Product (mid-2006)

  12. GKIII2007 ICT4D Platform December 2003 GK97 June 1997 GKII March 2000 GKP@WSIS November 2005 GKP Global Platforms

  13. GKP @ WSIS - Convening Global ICT4D Stakeholders GKP Evening Celebrating MSPs • Highlights from Tunis 2005 • 2005 Collaborative Awards: Gender & ICT; Global Media; Youth; & Media for African Journalists • Launch of Telecentres.org $21m initiative to support telecentres • Launch of GKP publication “Access, Empowerment & Governance: Creating a World of Equal Opportunities with ICT”. ‘Hands-on’ ICT4D experts advocate harmonization, leapfrogging, and tangible measurement of the impact of ICT4D. • Mission 2007 – India, potentially the largest scaling-up programme in the history of ICT-enabled development. • Special Session on ‘Financing Knowledge in Africa’ with the President, African Development Bank; the Exec Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Africa; and several African Ministers. GKP@WSIS Plenary GKP Forum BBC World TV Debate “Digital Dividends” GKP@WEMF II GKP Pavilion

  14. GKP @ WSIS - Convening Global ICT4D Stakeholders GKP Evening Celebrating MSPs GKP Pavilion showcased 100 member institutions - innovators in ICT4D from every sector and every region. GKP@WSIS Plenary GKP Forum BBC World TV Debate “Digital Dividends” GKP@WEMF II GKP Pavilion

  15. GKP @ WSIS - Convening Global ICT4D Stakeholders GKP Evening Celebrating MSPs Ideas that arose in Tunis from Partnership Facilitation Workshop • Access to Knowledge • Among 50% of GKP members with ‘Knowledge’ as one of their core activities: • Knowledge Sharing in Geographical Information between Africa & Asia • Sharing appropriate Local Content, at both a macro and micro level • Sharing gains of ICT projects & learning from other like-minded partners • Sharing Knowledge and Building Partnerships programme in MENA GKP@WSIS Plenary • Poverty Alleviation • Proposals: • Creating an online community for rural & peri-urban women • Understanding the effectiveness of multi-stakeholder partnerships at global and grassroots Levels • Sustainability & up-scaling • Action Research:measuring ICT impact GKP Forum BBC World TV Debate “Digital Dividends” • Education • Potential partnerships among 58 members in education-related work: • On-line Education Road-Map • ICT support in schools in Pakistan • School exchange in MENA • Public education quality improvements in LAC • LAC, South Asia schools e-exchange GKP@WEMF II • Resource Mobilisation • A new area for GKP. Beyond simple fundraising, about engaging MSPs to ensure financial sustainability: • A Sustainable Partnership for Up-scaling and Replicating IT-Enabled Services Businesses • How to engage the private sector in development • Micro-credits for micro-projects using ICT4D • Tapping donor funds & mobilizing MSP resources GKP Pavilion

  16. GKP Vision & Mission Our Vision A world of equal opportunities for all people to have access to and use knowledge and information to improve their lives Our Mission GKP shares knowledge and builds partnerships to realise the transformative potential of knowledge, communication, and information technologies to improve lives, reduce poverty and empower people.

  17. CHANNELING MULTI-STAKEHOLDER KNOWLEDGE ASSETS Perspectives Concrete Experiences Learning, Good Practices Analysis Resources Vertical Linkages North-South Grass Roots-Policy Horizontal South-South Across Regions Across Themes GKP Bridges Knowledge & Plugs Resource Gaps

  18. Government Business Civil Society GKP - Promoting Cross-Sector Partnerships • Sustainable & equitable development a core responsibility of every sector • Unique and complementary sectoral contributions • More holistic perspective and approach to (using ICT for) development and for nurturing Knowledge Societies Alliance/Partnership

  19. GKP - Potential of Partnerships • Strong Partnerships • Strategic aggregation of resources and competencies • Build on principles of equality, shared risk, shared contribution and mutual benefit • Partnership Assets • pooled knowledge and resources • capacity-building (mutual learning by doing) • diversity-driven innovation • extended reach & impact • enhanced effectiveness & efficiency • enhanced accountability • enhanced ability to address complexity and scale-up of development initiatives

  20. GKP Working Principles • GKP is a membership organization driven by shared values and mutual respect-members are independent, autonomous and equal. • GKP upholds the following principles and guidelines in its work to enable the growth of trust-based relationships: • Inclusion • Innovation • Capacity-building • Gender & Social Equity • Accountability and Transparency • Multi-stakeholder Partnerships (MSPs) • Participation, Empowerment and Ownership • Advocacy for human rights (rights-based approach)

  21. Education • Poverty Reduction • Access to Knowledge • Resource Mobilisation 4 Themes 5 Core Activities Convene knowledge sharing events with products and innovative solutions Broker multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) for knowledge sharing and increasing effectiveness of ICT for development initiatives Promote innovation in the use and appropriation of ICT for development initiatives and knowledge sharing Facilitate mobilisation of investments in ICT for development at local, national, and global levels Influence policy, regulatory frameworks and public opinion GKP Strategy 2010

  22. GKP Events: January - June 2006 • GKP Youth Social Enterprise Initiative – Launch • (24 March, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) • GKP International Forum on Cross Sector Partnerships: • “Creating Prosperity Through Innovation: ICTs at Work in Development” • (8-11 May, Colombo, Sri Lanka) • Capacity Building Workshops • Resource Mobilization Training • Facilitating Successful MSPs • Innovative Knowledge Sharing Techniques • Outcome Mapping • Gender Evaluation Methodology • Nurturing ICT Social Enterprises Among Youth • GKP@Asia Media Summit 2006 • (29-31 May, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

  23. GK III - 3rd Global Knowledge Conference Working Theme: Alternative Knowledge Societies and Economies of the Future Autumn 2007

  24. Possible Opportunities for Collaboration GKP International Forum (Sri Lanka) ICT4D Practitioner / Project / Partner Match-making Consolidating database information for ICT4D

  25. Next Steps Discussion: WB engagement in the GKP as: member, knowledge contributor, program/project partner, partnership builder

  26. Thank You http://www.globalknowledge.org 14.12.05

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