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Vikas Nath Founding President: DigitalGovernance.org Initiative DevNetJobs.org Initiative. Building Accountable and Democratic Governance Institutions: How is ICT changing information flows in Developing Countries ?.
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Founding President:
DigitalGovernance.org Initiative
DevNetJobs.org Initiative
Building Accountable and Democratic Governance Institutions:
How is ICT changing information flows in
Developing Countries ?
THE ROLE OF NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN DEVELOPMENT: BECOMING AN INFORMATION SOCIETY
18 October 2005, Wilton Park Conference, UK
Information ACCESS
The different sources available to individuals to seek information.
Eg: from other individuals, from institutions, from libraries, public domains and databases.
Information FLOWS
The supply of information within a society.
Eg: Information flows may be ‘restricted’ in some societies and ‘open’ in others.
V= Value of Service being derived by the user U
V1B
A
B
V1A
U1
V2C
C
U2
U4
V4D
U3
V3D
D
V5D
U5
USERS (5)
SERVICES (A, B, C, D)
Total Public Value of Services derived = U1V1 + U2V2 + U3V3 + U4V4 + U5V5
G
U6
U8
A
B
U1
U7
C
E
U2
U4
U3
F
D
U5
RURAL USERS (5)
SERVICES (A, B, C, D)
New Public Value = U1V1 + U2V2 + U3V3 + U4V4 + U5V5 +….. + UiVj
ICTs enhances Information Access and Flows…
almost automatically in project designs
But if ICT has to create Politically Relevant and Inclusive Community Networks, then there is a need to RESHAPE the “Geometry of Information Flows” within the Society.
E-Governance Models for building Accountable and Democratic Governance Institutions
Information:
Public Domain Wider Public Domain
Wider Domain
Public Domain
Information
Brazil: Official Government Website
www.brazil.gov.br
South Africa: Idasa’s Political Information and Monitoring Service (PIMS)
www.pims.org.za/monitor
India: Directory of Government Ministries
www.goidirectory.nic.in
Armenia: Online forum for Democratic Participation
www.forum.am
Critical Information:
Private Domain Wider Public Domain
Wider Domain
Private Domain
Information
Bangladesh: Human Rights Portal www.banglarights.net
Mexico: Declarenet www.declaranet.gob.mx
El Salvador: Probidad www.probidad.org
India: Central Vigilance Committee www.cvc.nic.in
Bloggers
Information:
Private / Public Domain + Public / Private Domain Wider Public Domain
Public/Private
Domain
Wider Domain
Public Domain
Information
Public/Private
Domain
Argentina: Cristal (Budget comparisons and use of public funds)
www.cristal.gov.ar
Sri Lanka: Kothmale Project (Comparison of Education Indicators)
India: Green Ratings of Chief Ministers
www.cseindia.org
India: Comparative Learning from Disasters
www.nic.in
Mobilisation and Lobbying Model
Building Allies / Networking Networks for
Concerted Action
Virtual Community
Communities
Individuals
Real Community
Common
Goal
Networks
Interest
Groups
USER SERVICE PROVIDER
E-Government
E- debates
E-ballots
E-procurement of services
E-administration: taxes, parking tickets, licenses
Brazil: Citizen Services Centre
Mongolia: Citizens Information Centre
Nepal: Municipal Services Online
www.bharatpurmun.org.np
India: Bhoomi Project (Karnataka)
www.revdept-01.kar.nic.in
Namibia: Parliamentary website for bill discussions
www.parliament.gov.na
Vikas Nath
Founding President
DigitalGovernance.org
KnowNet.org Initiative
DevNetJobs.org
Geneva, Switzerland
A network of over 2800 e-governance professionals from developing countries
Vikas.nath@gmail.com or
v.nath-alumni@lse.ac.uk
