The report focuses on the Building e-Community Centres for Rural Development Workshop co-organized by UNESCAP and ADBI, aimed at examining the various issues related to CeCs in the Asia and the Pacific region and share good practices that can be used as models for successful development and operation of these centres.

Preface

 

Overview

 

Contents

 

Explanatory Notes

 

 

 

 
PART ONE – SUMMARY OF THE WORKSHOP

 

I. ORGANIZATION OF THE WORKSHOP

A. Organization

 

B. Objectives of the Workshop

 

C. Opening of the Workshop

 

D. Attendance

 

E. Election of officers

 

F. Recommendations of the Workshop

 

 

 

 

II. PROCEEDINGS OF THE WORKSHOP

A. Overview of community e-centres in
     Asia and the Pacific

 

B. Bridging the digital divide – the satellite solution

 

C. Connecting people in rural communities through
     ICT: the Grameen telecom experience

 

D. Social capital and the network effect: implications
     of China’s e-learning and rural ICT initiatives 

 

E. Digital inclusion: public and private partnerships

 

F. E-learning project planning for community e-centres

 

G. South-east Asian needs assessment for a global open
     agriculture and food university

 

H. Developing a business plan for community e-centres:
     operations and management 

 

I. The Rice Knowledge Bank: what is it and can
    e-communities benefit? 

 

J. Stakeholder partnerships for ICT in rural
   communities

 

K. A survey of rural kiosks in India

 

L. From a small beginning to a mass movement –
    National Alliance for Mission 2007: Every village
    is a knowledge centre

 

M. Models of community e-centres for the poor

 

N. Economic analysis of community e-centres
     for rural development

 

O. Local knowledge management through
     community e-centres

 

P. Harmonizing ICT with integrated community
    development: the Sarvodaya experience in Sri Lanka

 

Q. Conducive environments for promoting
     community e-centres

 

R. E-health in rural communities through
     community e-centres

 

S. Evaluation and monitoring of the performance of
    community e-centres

 

T. Technological options for community e-centres

 

U. Marketing and types of services provided
     through community e-centres
 

 

 

 

 

 

PART TWO – SUMMARY OF COUNTRY REPORTS

A. Bangladesh

 

B. Bhutan

 

C. Cambodia

 

D. China

 

E. Fiji

 

F. India

 

G. Indonesia

 

H. Mongolia

 

I. Nepal

 

J. Philippines

 

K. Sri Lanka

 

L. Thailand

 

M. Uzbekistan

 

N. Viet Nam

 

 

 

ANNEXES

 

Annex I. Workshop agenda

 

Annex II. List of participants

 

Annex III. Project proposals
 

 

 

 

LIST OF TABLES

1. Parameters of financial options,
    real options and CeCs

 

2. Global-local knowledge matrix

 

 

 

 
LIST OF FIGURES

1. The digital divide

 

2. Percentage breakdown of total satellite
    units by region, 2002-2007

 

3. Percentage breakdown of total satellite
    revenues by region, 2002-2007

 

4. Broadband interactive bidirectional data

 

5. The gap between IT resources and the
    available network technologies

 

6. E-government interactions

 

7. E-learning project planning for a
    community e-centre

 

8. Connectivity and content in a
    community e-centre

 

9. The hub and spoke model

 

10. Common steps in the partnering process

 

11. Proud kiosk operators in Tiruvallur,
      Jategao and Ding Mandi

 

12. Kiosk hardware: n-Logue wireless access tower
      solar-charged lamp and UPS, VSAT satellite
      dish for connectivity

 

13. Structure of community information centres

 

14. An example of a real growth option

 

15. Process of establishing CeC as stage
      investment

 

16. Computer literacy in Sri Lanka by province

 

17. Partners in learning

 

18. Videoconferencing diagnosis

 

19. The remote medical diagnostic kit

 

20. The n-Logue network

 

21. A remote teaching class

 

22. What does the farmer need?