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To
bring the
benefits of information and communication technologies to
rural communities in Asia by:- |
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Influencing governments
and aid agencies to sponsor the provision of ICTs to rural
communities. |
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Researching the new knowledge required to make ICTs
fully capable of improving rural life. |
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Providing internet access to
villages and helping them making good use of it. |
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Building educational resources to accelerate the
application of ICTs towards solving the problems of rural
life. |
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previous |
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2008 |
ICT e-Business Expert
Economic Empowerment of Small Farmers (rural women) in
Asia through Green Cooperative Entrepreneurship
Asia Pacific Women’s Information Network Center (APWINC) |
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2008 |
Impact Assessment for the Last Mile Initiative Activity
in Vietnam. “Supporting Digital Opportunities Objectives
within USAID Mission Programs” |
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2008 |
E-Inclusion Advisor and Coordinator for Asia's
Indigenous Peoples Initiative, UNDP Regional Centre
Bangkok. |
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2007 |
e-Inclusion and Media for Asia’s Indigenous Peoples at the
3rd Global Knowledge Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 11-13
December 2007 |
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2007 |
The e-Bario
Knowledge Fair and
UNDP
Workshop on e-Inclusion and Media for Indigenous Peoples,
Bario, Sarawak, Malaysia, 6-8 December 2007 |
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2007 |
Rural ICT
Development - Reaching The Unreached In The Globalization Era.
Keynote presentation at the
Rural ICT Development
Conference 2007 (RICTD '07) Executive Development Center (EDC),
UUM, Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia, 21 November 2007
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2007 |
Telecentre Evaluation
in the Malaysian Context, presented at the
5th International
Conference on IT in Asia, 10-12 July 2007,
Hilton Hotel, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia |
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2007 |
Community e-Centres: from Pilots to
National Programmes; Implications for e-Learning and Knowledge
Sharing.
UNESCAP
Regional Workshop on Knowledge Sharing through Community-based
E-Learning Facilities in Rural Areas, Xining, China, June
11-13, 2007 |
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2007 |
Stories from e-Bario.
Living the Information Society.
Renaissance
Hotel,
Makati City, Philippines. April 23-24, 2007 |
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2007 |
e-Community-Based Tourism.
1st UNCTAD
Asia Pacific E-Tourism Conference, 13-14 March 2007,
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. |
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2007 |
ICT
Capacity Building for Remote Communities.
Asian and Pacific Regional Forum on ICT
Capacity Building
The Asian and Pacific Training Centre for
Information and Communication Technology for Development (APCICT),
Incheon, Republic of Korea 5-6 March 2007 |
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2007 |
Telecentres for National e-Inclusion in Malaysia.
Asian Telecentre Forum
2007. e-Asia Conference,
Putrajaya International Convention Centre, Malaysia, 6-8
February, 2007. |
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2007 |
Global Knowledge Partnership
- East Asia
Regional Meeting.
Manila, Philippines, 15-16 January 2007 |
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2006 |
Asian Development Bank.
Rural e-Development in Asia and the Pacific |
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2006 |
"Bridging the Digital Divide - Access, Adoption, Value."
United Nations Development Programme, Malaysia, and the
Economic Planning Unit of the Prime Minister's Office,
Government of Malaysia.
Policy dialogue in Kuala Lumpur, 5th December 2006
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2006 |
3rd Knowledge Exchange Conference for Community
e-Centres. 27-29 September 2006 at the Cebu White
Sands of Maribago Beach Resort, in Mactan, Cebu,
Philippines. Presentation on Malaysia’s National
Strategic Framework for Bridging the Digital Divide |
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2006 |
ICTs for
Governance and Poverty Alleviation: Scaling up the
Successes.
A Study
of ICT Projects in
India.
Presented at the
Indian Telecentre Forum, Delhi 23-25 August |
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2006 |
National
Seminar on Emerging Opportunities in Andaman & Nicobar
Islands - Post Tsunami Context |
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2006 |
Pre-Feasibility Study by Asian
Encounters on the application of e-Community Based
Tourism for the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka |
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2006 |
International Workshop on Entrepreneurship
and E-business Development for Women (for Rural Poverty Alleviation), UNESCAP, Seoul, 3-8 July 2006.
E-business Applications at Community E-Centers in Rural Areas |
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2006 |
UNESCAP Information, Communication and Space Technology
Division.
Policies, Programmes and Projects for e-inclusion.
Meeting of Eminent Experts in Preparation for the Third
Ministerial Conference on Space Technology Applications
for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific,
2007, 3-4 August 2006, Bangkok |
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2006 |
Panel presentation on Social Enterprise at the
Global Knowledge Partnership International Forum, "Creating
Prosperity through Innovation: ICT at Work in Development”,
Colombo, Sri Lanka, 8-9 May 2006 |
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2005 |
Resource person; UNESCAP Regional Meeting on
"Effective
Design and Delivery of Rural Community ICT Services",
at the Malaysian National Institute of Public
Administration (INTAN), Kuala Lumpur from 28 to 30 November
2005 |
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2005 |
Proposal for the APEC
Digital Opportunity Centre
E-commerce forCommunity-Based Tourism in Papua New
Guinea |
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2005 |
E-Commerce for Community Based Tourism: e-CBT.
Presentation to The
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
Subregional Workshop on
E-business Development Services for Enterprise Support
Agencies, Hanoi, 17-19 August 2005 |
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2005 |
Rural
ICTs: Scaling up the Successes. Presentation to a
Seminar on Leveraging Private Investment for Rural ICT
Development,
5-7 July 2005, Chiang Rai, Thailand,
jointly organised by the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity and the
World Bank |
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2005
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2006 |
A National Strategic Framework for Bridging the Digital
Divide. United Nations Development Programme,
Malaysia, and the Economic Planning Unit of the Prime
Minister's Office, Government of Malaysia. May 2005 to April
2006. |
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2005 |
APEC
Telecenter Training Camp, January 24 to 29, 2005, Taipei.
APEC Telecenter Development Program under the APEC Digital
Opportunity Center. Building Telecenter Services &
Innovations for Telecenter Sustainability |
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2004 |
E-commerce for Community-Based Tourism (e-CBT) in Sapa, Viet
Nam. Pre-feasibility study with SNV (Netherlands Development
Organisation) |
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2004 |
Project Support to the Public Administration
Reform Programme in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development Viet Nam; Monitoring Research on Rural Pilot
Telecentres. |
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2004 |
Study
on Increasing ICT Access in Rural and Peri-urban Areas of Nepal
for the Ministry of Information & Communications. World Bank. |
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2004 |
UNDP & the National Development
Planning Agency (BAPPENAS). Partnership Towards Information
and Communication Technologies for Human Development and
Poverty Reduction in Indonesia |
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2004 |
Presentation
and panel discussion, The Internet via Satellite for Poverty
Reduction, Satcom Asia 2004. Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel, Hong
Kong |
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2003 |
Presentation
on Rural Telecentres; International
Experts Forum on Universal Access to Telecommunications, Lima,
Peru. Followed by a site
visit to two rural telecentres in Combayo and Llacanura. |
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2003 |
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) Expert
Group Meeting on Government Policies and Strategies on
Information and Communication Technology for Rural
Poverty Reduction in Asia and the Pacific
Region |
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2003 |
United
Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN HABITAT). Assessing the Feasibility
of ICT as a Development Instrument for Rural-Urban Linkages in
Nepal |
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2003 |
Telecentre
Program Development and Assessment. e-Sri Lanka Development
Project. The World Bank |
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2003 |
UNCTAD-UNDP Global Programme for Globalization, Liberalization
and Sustainable Human Development.
eLangViet.net; e
Vietnamese Village. Sustainable Human development through the
Grassroots Using Information and Communication Technologies in
Rural and Mountainous Areas of Viet Nam |
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2003 |
UNDP Viet
Nam. Pilot Project on ICTs For Rural Development and
Poverty Alleviation In Viet Nam. Feasibility
Mission |
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2003 |
Viet Nam
National Consultations on ICT for Development First
Roundtable: Paving the Road for Viet Nam's Digital Strategy:
ICT for rural Poverty Alleviation |
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2003 |
Conceptualizing ICTs for rural development with
UNDP and the Vietnamese Government. ICT Assessment Methodology
for Viet Nam. |
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2003 |
Rural
ICTs for Community-Based Tourism, with An Giang University,
Viet Nam. |
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2002/3 |
E-Bario
- A Telecentre in the Remote Interior of Borneo.
Commissioned Study for the PANOS Institute
London. |
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2003 |
Government
Policies and Strategies on ICT for Rural Poverty Reduction in
Asia and the Pacific Region: Review and Analysis. For the UN
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
(ESCAP). |
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2003 |
International
Workshop on the Models of Poverty Alleviation through
Information and Communication Technologies - Challenge and
Prospective of Bridging Digital Divide in China Rural Areas.
UNDP China |
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2002 |
Asian
Regional Consultation on Rural Women in the Knowledge
Society: ICTs for Rural Development: An Asian
Perspective. UN Food and Agricultural
Organization |
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2002 |
Asia-Pacific
Development Information Programme (APDIP) Workshop for UNDP
ICT Programme Officers/Focal Points in Asia-Pacific. ICT and
Poverty Alleviation: A Proposed Framework. |
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2002 |
Chairman/Moderator:
Benefits To Citizens And Society: Internet For Development.
ITU Telecom Asia 2002, Hong Kong. |
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2002 |
The
Regional Consultation Meeting on the Preservation of Digital
Heritage for Asia and the Pacific, National Library of
Australia, Canberra. Digital Heritage of Rural
Communities in the Developing
World. |
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2002 |
e-SilkRoad.
Exploring E-commerce in the Isolated Communities of Western
China and Central Asia that were Formerly Part of the Silk
Road. |
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2002 |
Asian
Regional UN ICT Task Force Network Conference New Delhi.
Understanding the Relationship Between ICTs and
Development. Observations from the Field.
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2002 |
UNDP
Nepal - ICTs for developmen Programme Design |
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2002 |
Feasibility
study into the use of ICTs by Village Development Committees
in Syangja District of Nepal. UNDP South Asia Poverty
Alleviation Programme. |
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2001 |
The
E-rural Symposium on ICTs for Rural Development. Malaysia |
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2001 |
IDRC Project
Evaluation:
Place of hope : connecting people and organisations for rural
development through multipurpose community telecentres in
selected Philippine Barangays; a learning evaluation. |
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