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Empowering Indonesian civil society through ICTs

This presentation by Shita Laksmi, Director of Hivos Regional Office in Southeast Asia, discusses the role of ICTs in empowering Indonesian civil society. It explores stories from the ground, including the Jalin Merapi integrated information system, and highlights the strategic use of ICTs in development. The presentation also delves into the challenges and opportunities of scaling up ICT initiatives. (500 characters)

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Empowering Indonesian civil society through ICTs

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  1. Empowering Indonesian civil society through ICTs Shita Laksmi Director, ad interim, Hivos Regional Office, Southeast Asia

  2. Structure of the presentation • About Hivos • Briefly about the mandate • Stories from the ground • Discussion

  3. Hivos, in brief Hivos, the Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation, wants to contribute to a fair, free and sustainable world. Together with local organisations in developing countries, Hivos strives for a world in which all citizens – both men and women – have equal access to resources and opportunities for development. Hivos programs: Rights and Citizenship, Expression and Engagement and Green Entrepreurship

  4. The mandate, in ICT ICT seen as part as strengthening the platform for the free expression of ideas about development of democratic and plural society  Strategic Use of ICT

  5. The way we work • Scanning initiatives • Partnership (financial support, cooperation, advocacy) • Tailor made technical assistance • Facilitating, networking

  6. Stories from the groundICT and Social Media http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxplPEPiGQg

  7. Stories from the groundJalin Merapi Jalin Merapi is an integrated information system in response to the Merapi eruption. Integrated: community radio, phone, SMS, twitter, facebook, instant messenger

  8. The web

  9. The web

  10. Jalin Merapi Significant components of JalinMerapi • Shared values • Community radio stations • 800 volunteers • Coordinated efforts • Mobile infrastructures, connectivity and social media

  11. Stories from the groundICT Trajectories Trajectory: this program offers long term capacity building activities. ICT Trajectories which focus on three different points: Information Management, Communication Strategy and Technology

  12. ICT Trajectories LKIS: LembagaKajian Islam danTransformasiSosial • Identity • Brought up the need to have systemized way of communication • Programs: • Scale up the web • Database management

  13. Discussion • ICTs, whether it is Internet or social media is influencing the way civil society organizations works • The term ‘strategic use’ (and use the technology without reservation)

  14. Discussion • Difficult to scale up  tailor made approach is unique • The engagement, the relevance are important variable for success

  15. Thank youTerimakasih s.laksmi@hivos.or.id March 2011

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