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LANDSCAPE, NOT ARCHITECTURE

Explore the critical role of ICT in development through the insightful perspective of Dan McGarry, CTO of PiPP. Learn about ICT policy efforts in Vanuatu, including cybersecurity and universal access policies, and the importance of building an environment that fosters technological advancement from the ground up.

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LANDSCAPE, NOT ARCHITECTURE

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  1. LANDSCAPE, NOT ARCHITECTURE Maximising ICT in development Dan McGarry, CTO PiPP

  2. What’s it all about? • Technology, fundamentally, is a means, not an end in itself • Technologists, therefore, need to think more like engineers than architects • Architects work within their environment • Engineers adjust their environment… • … making life easier for architects Dan McGarry, CTO PiPP

  3. ICT Policy Efforts in Vanuatu • National ICT policy • ICT for everyone • Emphasis on education (reflects capabilities as well as interest) • WSIS definition of multi-stakeholderism • ‘Policy as a process’ • ‘Pragmatic’, ‘private’, based on best practices Dan McGarry, CTO PiPP

  4. ICT Policy Efforts in Vanuatu • Cybersecurity Policy • Develop organisational structures (i.e. Vanuatu CERT or equivalent) • Define mandatory technical standards • Build legislative/regulatory framework • Improve awareness, understanding • Improve international cooperation Dan McGarry, CTO PiPP

  5. ICT Policy Efforts in Vanuatu • Universal Access Policy • By 1 January 2017 98 percent of the Vanuatu population shall have (and continue having after this date) access to: • Voice • Narrowband • Broadband (42/23 Mbps) • Minimum quality standards Dan McGarry, CTO PiPP

  6. Building an environment Dan McGarry, CTO PiPP

  7. From the bottom up… • Seeding network effects • ‘Get your eyes on the prize’ • Help people see what’s NOT there Dan McGarry, CTO PiPP

  8. Build outward, not upward • ‘Shared understanding’, especially around the edges • Emphasis on informal, explicit, specific learning • Applies to ‘experts’ almost more than others Dan McGarry, CTO PiPP

  9. School (as in fish) • ‘Understanding’ in detail • Emphasis (again) on informal, explicit, specific learning • Includes ‘soft’ (i.e. informal) as well as technical education Dan McGarry, CTO PiPP

  10. Little Red Hens • Statements of principle are great, but useless alone • Commitment is the application of money, means and will • Commitment happens at all levels Dan McGarry, CTO PiPP

  11. Case study #1 Dan McGarry, CTO PiPP

  12. Case study #2 Dan McGarry, CTO PiPP

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