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Rationale

The Vision: Develop an Internet-based legal information infrastructure for Bosnia, to promote the free flow of information to enhance a rule of law. Rationale. Peace requires Rule of Law Rule of Law requires functioning legal institutions Legal institutions must exchange information, but

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Rationale

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  1. The Vision:Develop an Internet-based legal information infrastructure for Bosnia, to promote the free flow of information to enhance a rule of law

  2. Rationale • Peace requires Rule of Law • Rule of Law requires functioning legal institutions • Legal institutions must exchange information, but • no libraries • few printing presses • Compensate by building Internet-based information infrastructure - strengthen free press - encourage wide exchange of ideas - broaden citizen participation

  3. Rule of law/press/democracysymbiosis LEGAL COMMUNITY press PRESS THE PEOPLE

  4. Connection to the World Wide Web Banja Luka Tuzla Zenica Sarajevo INTERNET INTERNET Mostar

  5. Server Connects Users in Banja Luka to a Intranetvia the Telephone System and then to the Internet • Dial-up access to Internet Server in Banja Luka • Internet Server provides connection to users in other Bosnian cities via Intranet • Internet Server provides connection to the World Wide Web Internet

  6. The Bosnian Information Intranet:Connecting Republika Srpska SERVER SERVER Sarajevo Mostar Free Press Tuzla Individuals Zenica` Media Legal Community Intranet or Internet

  7. Dial-up ISP access in Banja Luka cellular or terrestrial public telephone system SERVER INTERNET Internet INTERNET press ROUTER modem pool & dial-up lines media Internet Service Provider (ISP) individuals

  8. Making the Vision Real - Phase I • Collection/Delivery/Connection of PCs • Collected and shipped 53 computers to legal institutions in the cities of Sarajevo, Tuzla, Zenica and Mostar • Purchased and connected10 Pentium computers for Justices of the Constitutional Court and other members of the Bosnian legal community • Installeda Server in Sarajevo with physical dial-up connection • Beyond hardware • Arrangedfor and received monetary and other resources from World Bank, US Government, and Soros Foundation for Bosnian legal institutions • Completedtraining in March 1997; IRIS contract training for 2 dozen

  9. Making the Vision Real - Phase II • Establishing Press Intranet in Republika Srpska • Internet Server donated by Sun Microsystems • Find resident location in Banja Luka for Internet Server • Server to benefit free and independent press • Allow flow of unbiased information thus reducing propaganda’s impact • Make government information available to media • Allow legal communities and individuals in Bosnian cities to interact • Promote individual participation in restoring Rule of Law

  10. Bosnian Legal InformationInfrastructure Through the Internet Internet VILLANOVA INDIVIDUALS CHICAGO-KENT INTERNATIONAL NEWS AGENCIES MEDIA REUTERS INDEPENDENT PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS INTERNAL BOSNIAN LEGAL COMMUNITY EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

  11. Infrastructure is Infrastructure • Internet infrastructure also • allows the free flow of information to and from the country • function as global newsroom for international communities • provide Bosnian citizens with up-to-date accurate media reports from outside • allows trade and investment promotion • provides basis for electronic commerce

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