Title: ICT for Indigenous Peoples Development
1ICT for Indigenous Peoples Development
Robert Valantin Development Gateway March 26,
2003 rvalantin_at_worldbank.org
2Development Gateway
3What is the Development Gateway ?
- An Internet portal to information, knowledge and
dialogue for poverty reduction and sustainable
development - A virtual space for interaction, networking, and
transactions within the development community. - Partnership Approach of the public and private
sectors, donor agencies, indigenous
organizations, governments, civil society and the
private sector
4Key Objectives
- Contribute to poverty reduction and sustainable
development through knowledge and ICT - Build on existing knowledge networks
- Strengthen capacity for knowledge sharing
- Support the development of local content
- Leverage indigenous knowledge
- Improve transparency (AIDA, dgmarket.com)
5Indigenous Peoples Program
6Main Activities
- Indigenous Peoples Portal- facilitate information
exchanges among indigenous organizations, donor
agencies, governments and civil society - Training Program- strengthen capacity of
indigenous organizations in using ICTs (2
regional and 2 national training workshops in
2001/02) - Country Gateway Program-support 12 locally-owned
and managed ICT projects in Latin America, which
are helping address the digital divide at the
local level - Indigenous Dialogues-facilitate in partnership
with Rigoberta Menchu Foundation, URACCAN, Fondo
Indigena a series of dialogues among indigenous
leaders on issues key to indigenous peoples
71) Indigenous Peoples Community Portal
- Objectives
- provide practical information, capacity-building
tools, and access to knowledge - Strengthen capacity of indigenous organizations
to make use of the Internet - Leveraging indigenous peoples voices to influence
global policy debates - Promoting information exchanges among indigenous
peoples
8Partners
- Fondo IndÃgena,
- Rigoberta Menchu Foundation
- Coica
- URACCAN (Nicaragua)
- Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
- ILO (Central America office)
- Cooperating Organizations
- 25 indigenous organizations, OEA Inter
American Commission on HR, Univ. de Juju, FICI,
PAHO, UNESCO etc.
92) Indigenous Peoples Training Program
- Supported 2 regional training workshop (Central
America/ South America) organized with URACCAN in
Nicaragua and Fondo Indigena in Ecuador. - Supported 2 national training workshops
(organized by the Fondo Indigena in Ecuador and
Bolivia ) - Training Program for the Andean Region-Escuela de
Gobierno (joined program with key indigenous
organizations, government agencies, Fondo
Indigena and World Bank in Venezuela, Colombia,
Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia) more info Fondo
Indigena - Produced learning material on how to make use of
the Internet (CD-rom, training manuel)
10URACCAN- Nicaragua
- Indigenous University at Atlantic Coast
- Training Program in remote areas
- Support in developing of local content
- Technical assistance (technology)
- Regional Capacity-Building Workshop
- Facilitated Funding (Gateway Ford Foundation)
-
11 3) Country Gateway Program
- Locally owned and operated initiatives for
knowledge-sharing, exploring the use of ICT for
development - Facilitate and catalyze innovative and effective
use of the Internet and other ICT tools in civil
society government and business, to reduce
poverty - Typically implemented by coalitions from civil
society, government, and the private sector - Partnerships with Indigenous Organizations (Peru,
Bolivia, Venezuela) -
12Status of LAC Country Gateways
Dom. Rep
Dom. Rep
Jamaica
Honduras
Guatemala
Grenada/OECS
Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Venezuela
Costa Rica
Guyana
Colombia
Co
lombia
Ecuador
Ecuador
Peru
Brazil
Peru
Bolivia
Bolivia
Chile
Moving into Implementation
Chile
Uruguay
Finished Planning
end FY01
Argentina
Planning
Initiation
Preparation
Priority FY02
13Country Gateways in LAC
Multi-sectoral Foundation
Civic NGO
14Country Gateways in LAC
15 4) Indigenous Dialogues
- Make technical facilities of the World Bank
available to indigenous peoples - Partnership with indigenous organizations is
central - Promote participation of indigenous leaders in
international events (WSSD, World Conference
against Racism, WSIS) - Support Distance Learning program for indigenous
leaders (Combine Indigenous Community Portal with
Distance Learning)
16Opportunities for Partnerships
- Continue Indigenous Dialogues (7 events in 2002)
- Indigenous Peoples Portal- platform available to
facilitate collaborative projects in the region - Indigenous Peoples Training Program
- Country Gateway Program- linkages with indigenous
organizations - Combine Internet with Community Radio Programs
(ERBOL in Bolivia) - gt OPEN to NEW IDEAS from YOU !!
17For more information please go to
- http// www.developmentgateway.org/
- http//www.developmentgateway.org/indigenous
- http//www.dgfoundation.org
- Contact Information
- Sören Gigler bgigler_at_worldbank.org
- Tel 1-(202)-473-1025