INTERCOM-Ecuanex, founded in 1990, is an Ecuadorian and alternative non-for profit network, integrated by 17 major NGOs of the country. It uses the Communication and Information Technologies as a tool to offer integral solutions and projects to:

* Democratization of the communication and the knowledge;
* Facilitate the exchange between organizations working in the development fields;
* Strengthen the citizen participation.

As a result of the 2000 Strategic Planning, INTERCOM more...

'The World Bank is intended to be a source of knowledge and practical advice for all those involved in development communication, a compendium of reference material for courses and workshops in this field, and an advocacy piece to promote the discipline to managers and decision makers who have an interest in learning why and when to adopt development communication. The two factors guiding the rationale for writing this sourcebook.'
Paolo Mefalopulos, The World Bank, 2008. (PDF, 266 pages.)

This interview was driven during the eLearning Africa 2007 Conference : “We need more good baseline surveys for ICT4D projects”, says Tim Unwin, founder of the ICT4D Collective, an interdisciplinary group engaged in research in the use of ICT for development. Tim talked to Beate Kleessen from the eLA newsletter about his commitment to the ICT4D network, good partnerships, and ICT for education. Please read the full interview online.

APC has recently released a new publication: "Frequently Asked Questions about Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships in ICTs for Development – A Guide for National ICT Policy Animators”. Recent years have seen significant interest in the development of multi-stakeholder partnerships and multi-stakeholder processes that aim to address various developmental challenges. Despite this growth in interest, partnerships between the public sector, the private sector and particularly civil society in promoti more...

Our approach for the M&E System data management considers
below listed issues that form part of entire M&E
Information System strategy for short, medium and long term. Please note our approach assumes that the generic M&E Information System (PACPLAN) has already been created but require customisation for each organisation and/or indicator.

1. Data/process flow analysis, to identify data source and
institutional capacity of the organisation.

2. Data structure and process design ( more...

This Toolkit published by TechSoup shares a set of articles, case studies and practical information about Public Lab Management. From the introduction: "Does your organization have computers available to the public? Do you lack the technical expertise to keep them 100-percent operational? You’re not alone. While thousands of nonprofits are serving their communities by either offering classes or making computers available for casual use, most don’t have a dedicated IT person to perform the ne more...

Job Title: Senior Program Officer/ Senior Program Specialist, Institute for Connectivity in the Americas
Location: Ottawa
Level: M/N ($79, 536- $105, 345)
Duration: 3 years
Closing Date: July 1, 2007

Education: PhD or a Masters with equivalent work experience with a record of research and publication in a discipline required by the Centre and a record of research management.

Experience: Minimum of five years of related experience including a background in research and research manage more...

Barbara Fillip from the Academy for Educational Development (AED) and Mark Surman from Telecentre.org, accepted to answer our questions in a very complete and extensive interview for the ICT4D dgCommunity. The interview comes back on major telecenters' issues, outputs of a recent publication untitled "Making the connection: Scaling Telecenters for development" and finally introduces Telecenter.org and its wiki tool for going further.

"Making the connection: Scaling Telecenters for developmen more...

This paper was written by Adam Weiner and Diego Rumiany and it was recently published in the African Technology Development Forum (ATDF) Journal. It is a continuation of "The Logic of Reducing the Global Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa" highlighted in the ICT4D dgCommunity in December 2006. Abstract: "The relationship between Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and socio-economic development strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa is commonly associated with the goal of reducing the more...

This article was published by the "ICT Hub Knowledgebase" Web site and contributed by Lasa Information Systems Team. It offers an interesting and exhaustive list of funders financing ICT based projects. According to the ICT Hub Knowledgebase "there are a number of trusts and grant funders who look favorably on applications for ICT within a project application, a limited number of funders will specifically fund ICT. Those that we know about are listed here." Please visit ICT Hub Knowledgebase Web more...