ICT4Dand CommunicationInformation

Technologies

for Development

©Kersti R. Wissenbach

TT are devices & applications,

I & C give the T its justification, its role, its potential for …

more than

…change

Ts are not seen as end in themselves but tools to

connect, share, voice out, map, visualize, empower, receive,

…

…by many

Ts remain tools & applicationswithout PEOPLEadopting them for their needs

…

…people

communicate, inform & receive via technologies

> ICT4D

information

seen as one of the major drivers for economic and social development

…

different politicalInfrastructuralculturalenvironments

…

…reality

…ICTs as enabler

toempower

…

receive information

facilitate educationtackle crises

fight for rights

old story

new pace & scale

triangulation of power

ICT4D track

cross mediamapping open data

June 12 & 13

cross media inclusive and demand-driven approaches convergence & ‘alternative tools’

ICT4 health, education, agriculture, human rights

info-activism case studies, inspiration do it yourself tutorial

convergence

mapping geographic information & people power impact, self-perception of communities

(awareness creation / action)

cases: citizen participation & mapping (election monitoring, community mapping, corruption tracking, etc.)

hand-on mapping session

empowerment

open data sense-making of raw data for change open data & citizen empowerment

(access > transparency > accountability)

meaning & relevance of open data for democratic processes

focus open government data & open aid data tutorial ‘working with the tools’

transparency

questions?

find me later or get in touch

Kersti R. Wissenbach @kerstiruHapee de Groot @hapeegRolf Kleef @rolfkleef