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Getting beyond the Global Digital Divide: A Reality Check, Progress Report and Workshop Introduction

Getting beyond the Global Digital Divide: A Reality Check, Progress Report and Workshop Introduction. Thomas Ruddy, Workshop Co-Chair Solothurn University of Applied Sciences, Olten. Workshop Overview. Recent changes on the international scene and their effects on digital divide programs

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Getting beyond the Global Digital Divide: A Reality Check, Progress Report and Workshop Introduction

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  1. Getting beyond the Global Digital Divide: A Reality Check, Progress Report and Workshop Introduction Thomas Ruddy, Workshop Co-Chair Solothurn University of Applied Sciences, Olten

  2. Workshop Overview • Recent changes on the international scene and their effects on digital divide programs • What the big players have been doing and say should be done • What our speakers‘ organizations are doing, and what we think should be done thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch

  3. The Story of Ali and his Crank-up Radio thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch

  4. Ali heard about McDonald‘s hamburgers and Levi‘s jeans. thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch

  5. Ali‘s friend replies: “Ali, those are all lies:” [materialism, enlightenment ideals of freedom of expression, democracy, education, human rights] thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch

  6. Ali‘s Friend “Ali, You are part of our collective metaphysical phantasy...“ [only a small part] thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch

  7. Ali‘s Friend “...and I am your hero.“ thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch

  8. Globalization issues: • Envy, globalization backlash • How can we reconcile: • the differing levels of cultural sophistication (“readiness“) among nations • with the current pervasion of our economic /technical globalization everywhere? thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch

  9. The global digital divide SIA applied to int‘l co-op on ICT reveals social problem called global digital divide 5 billion“have-nots“ 1 bn “haves“ thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch

  10. 2000 = “the year of the digital divide“ per http://www.globalcentres.org • the global study group (G-8) • the global gateway (World Bank) • the international special fund (IFC/Softbank) • the private sector (http://www.digitaldividends.org) 2001 = beginning of the “War on Terrorism“ thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch

  11. What lies “beyond the digital divide“? • An older civilization divide? • An even more fundamental human-rights divide? Declaration of Universal (?) Human Rights • Speakers involved in countries: • Malaysia - GKP (Indonesia), with Islamic fundamentalists in population • Tunisia - ITU World Summit 2003/ 2005 • Japan - two speakers • Philippines - special guest thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch

  12. Data securityissues • Philippine hackers • Swiss TV series “CyberCrime“ thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch

  13. Data securityissues The digital divide may become a moat around a fortress “protecting“ the “haves“ (privacy?)... ... from the “have-nots“ ? (French fossé = moat) thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch

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  15. Action Plan of the G-8's DOT Force 2001 includedper Sir N. Bayne, G8 Research Group: thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch

  16. World Summit on the Info. Society 2003should focus on per ITU: thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch

  17. Priority work areas • Of course education is important. • But how much education can we provide? How fast? • Needed as preparation for economic/ technical globalization. thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch

  18. Websites http://www.hsw.fhso.ch/ruddy/Workshop_2.htm http://www.hsw.fhso.ch/ruddy/chrono.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/infosoc4all/ thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch

  19. Tripartite partnerships • Most speakers‘ organizations are partnerships. • Work in such a partnership is done by: • government, • private sector • civil society • None is able to solve the global digital divide alone. thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch

  20. Conflicting partners? • But partners have different interests. • Can the partnerships deal better internally with the conflicts of interest among partners than partners could deal with the conflicts by themselves? thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch

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