ICT - Poverty

ICT - Poverty

Onno W. PurboOnno@indo.net.id

A Common Indonesian

Disclaimer .. I am a trained Engineer, not an

economist nor a social scientist I tend to simplify things & may be

wrong Some thought may be too extreme Consider this as an on going research

work

Acknowledgment .. Thank you IDRC Thank you to my friends Basuki

Suhardiman, Donny BU, Bona etc .. Who work hard to help the community.

Lots of stories in Indonesia .. Conglomerates economy

collapse .. Leaving US$ billion debt & corrupt

gov’t Informal sector & SME based

economy ICT is one of the media to speed up

transactions ..

After 10+ Years … 4+ Million Indonesian Internet Users 2500+ WiFi outdoor installations 2000+ CyberCafes 1500+ schools on the Internet 1000+ Community Radio

Not much gov’t funding & support No World Bank, no IMF funding Mostly self-finance

Keywords for Success Education! Education! Education .. Encourage knowledge producer Knowledge Sharing

To Make Things Difficult No Money, Self-Finance .. Sustainable Process Bottom up Community based Development

Knowledge Cycle

Surfing

Publish

Packaging Disseminate

Feed Back

Stereotyping Poor Communities

The Typical ICT Technology

CommunityRadio

The Typical ICT Technology

Internet &Computer

Some Real Examples

Community Broadcasting

Source Basuki Suhardiman Basuki@itb.ac.id

Community Radio Network in Indonesia Farmer’s Voice Radio Network

(JRSP) Fishermen’s Voice Radio Net (JRSN) Worker Voice Radio Network Ina’ Community Radio Net (JRKI)

West Java Jakarta

Community Radio Policy Build their Own Radio (FM) Collect money together to

build their radio The Gov has released the

act/regulation no 32 year 2002 for broadcasting Community radio has been included Only 3 channels allocated

Farmer’s Radio Network (JSRP) Start on 1999 Mostly on West Java Region Lead by Mrs. Ida Hidayat (shown in Fig. With Mr.

Dadang owner of Radio Citra Utami FM Cianjur) 600 community radios Using FM radio with

Height of antenna max 30 meter Max power 100 watt ERP Max bandwidth 350 Khz Max 36 Km2 coverage area (6Kmx6Km)

Typical content Information Education Entertainment

Comp. Lab. For Street Children

Source: Donny BU dbu@ictwatch.com

Used Equipments

Children Happy …

We do more .. Give free talks on Internet in schools Currently 1500+ schools on Internet

24.000+ high schools in Indonesia Mostly Self-Finance

Some support Vocational School Director MoE Investment US$2000-US$4000/school 50 cents/student/month – RoI ~1 Year Movement for WiFi City WAN for School in 5 Cities.

We are looking at million Indonesian Future Generation ICT Literate Self-Finance

Community Based WiFi + VoIP Infrastructure

Cost …. 24 Hour Connected to the Internet Ref: http://sandbox.bellanet.org/~onno/

Neighborhood Net Infrastructure Investment US$80-100/house Operating US$15-30/house/month

VoIP Infrastructure US$25-35/handset vs. US$1000/handset by Telco. Operating US$15-25/month unlimited (including

unlimited long distance calls)

What you can do .. Education! Education! Education ..

Encourage knowledge producer in local lang. Facilitate Knowledge Sharing

Make Sure Stop Gov’t Repressive Actions Liberate more channels for community radios Liberate Community TV Liberate WiFi bands Liberate Community ICT Infrastructure Liberate VoIP

Note that most implementation & operations can be community based + self-finance

The catch .. Partnership with Informal (sometimes

underground) Visionary Leaders in the country / area.

WARNING: It would be difficult to find one through formal channels.