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African CSOs in a Netted World GSI Assembly London 2-3, December 2008

African CSOs in a Netted World GSI Assembly London 2-3, December 2008. Jalal Abdel-Latif UNECA/GPAD: CSO Section Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Jabdel-latif@uneca.org. Global WWW Trend. Rapidly & constantly changing products and applications Plethora of digital e-initiatives

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African CSOs in a Netted World GSI Assembly London 2-3, December 2008

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  1. African CSOs in a Netted WorldGSI AssemblyLondon 2-3, December 2008 Jalal Abdel-Latif UNECA/GPAD: CSO Section Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Jabdel-latif@uneca.org

  2. Global WWW Trend • Rapidly & constantly changing products and applications • Plethora of digital e-initiatives • Number Africa oriented projects • E.g. UNECA, Information Society • From W site – W portal - KM • Standards: Open vs. com • Rapidly changing biz model

  3. Philanthropy Today • World of Givers : 300B in the US • Aid Industry: 35B for Africa • Convergence • Asking the same question • Tracking (fiduciary) • Impact: Making difference, saving life, improved livelihood • Putting the human face to it • Both Experiences

  4. The Digital Age: Impact on Africa • Reinvented Government • Impact of connectivity • Vertical Structured – Horizontally integrated Interface • Fascinators and brokers • Impact • Deepening and improving social contract • ECA function • Tran planter of ideas, knowledge and technology

  5. The Africa NPO portal: design & deployment • Perceived Gap • Knowledge site: Gatekeepers • Data Site: Data depositors • Associational site: Community Mobilizes • Felt Gap • Independent portals • Challenge: • How to balance? • Medium of what? KX + • How do we evaluate: Qlty & or Qunt. • Not the pioneers

  6. State of e-Collaboration • Goal: supporting electronic NGO networks is to foster more effective civic engagement • encourage co-operation, mutual trust and information exchange • Aiming at to further develop regional electronic networking

  7. Afri Guide Star: Functionality

  8. Principles • Collaboration and transparency • Coalitions with demonstrated reasonable level of alliance building • Have greater potential for leveraging partnership • E-readiness: Data & Information exchange & capacity building • Focus on electronic information networks, raise their capacity to use modern information technologies, and engage in international development partners • Direction: Country – Sub regional - Continental

  9. Components: • STRATEGY: • Degree to which the site has met stated objectives concerning its target audience or market. ARCHITECTURE • The structure of the website and the logic by which the pages interconnect. (navigability) • TECHNOLOGY: • Quality of the code and the appropriateness of any technologies used. • Assesses relation to how accessible and available • STYLE: • appearance of the website and issues around the layout and display of text and images. • CONTENT : • Quality, authority, readability, relevance and timeliness of text and images, and the degree to which userinteraction is supported. • •MANAGEMENT: • Human and financial resources that the site has at its disposal.

  10. DATA SETS • Institutions • Contents

  11. CSO Typology • Orientation: Secular vs. Faith based • Legal Status: Formal vs. informal • Local vs. International • Governance vs. service delivery • Membership based vs. non-membership • Self-help and mutual associations • Support Organizations: CBOs

  12. African networks distribution • Geographic • Sector-focused • Issue based • Passive • Active

  13. Outcomes • Expanding civic and citizenry space: Engagement • Increasing Aid flow: Responding to service delivery • Donor grant management changing: • Seeking info, data, knowledge • I4M: Critical • Mandate: ECA serving as the vehicle

  14. CSOs Centrality in Public Policy • Growth of nonprofit organizations as service providers in developed market economies • Vehicles of developmental and humanitarian operations in developing countries • Intermediaries for good governance in transitional democracies • Primary contractors in post conflict R & R settings • Instruments of government reform in former socialist countries • Make the central to the public policy agenda

  15. Africa Guide Star

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