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Knowledge-based Advocacy for Achieving Millennium Development Goals

Knowledge-based Advocacy for Achieving Millennium Development Goals. OneWorld South Asia C-5, Qutab Institutional Area New Delhi-ll0016. HOW………. To take stock of the MDGs progress To share experiences To explore role of ICTs in development To build CoPs around MDGs

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Knowledge-based Advocacy for Achieving Millennium Development Goals

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  1. Knowledge-based Advocacy for Achieving Millennium Development Goals OneWorld South Asia C-5, Qutab Institutional Area New Delhi-ll0016

  2. HOW……… • To take stock of the MDGs progress • To share experiences • To explore role of ICTs in development • To build CoPs around MDGs • Learn to work together with Multi-stakeholder partnership

  3. Current Scenario…….. • Progress has been made to some extent • A few South Asian countries are ahead in some spheres and a few are lagging behind. • MDG goals have been integrated into the government plans and non-government organisations working on development issues. • Development mapping is lacking in relation to contributions made by various sectors.

  4. What is needed……. • Need to strengthen people-centric programmes. • Need for knowledge transformation with need-based communication supported by best possible mechanisms. • Need for transparency, integrity, long-term vision with defined roles of each and every player in the development process including communities.

  5. Way forward …… • Development could only be possible with the bottom-up approach – the journey envisaged should start from Village to State and Nation as a whole. • Need to bridge the gap between rural and urban populations and amenities. • Need to address the roots of development that lie in the rural areas.

  6. Way forward……. • Need for public discourses; public management; public vigilance with public participation. • Good examples are existing, success stories are there, but there is a need for commitment for larger goals, larger plans, and a strong administrative will.

  7. Way forward…….. • Need to strengthen CoPs for promoting and using ICTs cutting across development issues. • Need to sensitize at all levels the use and benefits of ICTs. • Need to address the requirements for promoting and using ICTs : connectivity, content, coordination, care and management and capacity building

  8. How OWSA is doing……….. • Building Communities of Practice through the following programmes at the grassroots level : • Open Knowledge Network programme • (Ek Duniya Gyan Sagar) • Voicing the Voiceless • (Ek Duniya Kayee Kahaniyan • Building Grassroots Broadcasters’network • (Ek Duniya Ek Awaaz) • Providing tools to the community to harness local knowledge and provide global knowledge • (Ek Duniya Sawal Jawab)

  9. Some OKN projects Content dissemination Through community newspaper Content dissemination Through All India Radio http://www.oneworldsouthasia.net/

  10. Contd………. • Having 750 partners on the e-list, sharing the best practices through e-newsletter • Providing a platform to academicians, experts and practitioners to reflect on the development issues through D groups and Mainstreaming ICTs on MDGs • Build research on various voices emanated and try to address the gaps between peoples’ perceptions and policy decisions • Try to bridge the gap between people and policy makers

  11. Partnerships and networking http://www.oneworldsouthasia.net/

  12. Knowledge for Development http://www.oneworldsouthasia.net/

  13. Mission 2007 • Mission 2007 an alliance of government/non-government, public and private organisations supporting the knowledge revolution in the rural areas • Connecting 600,000 villages by 2007 • OWSA is playing a role in understanding the gaps, building their capacity and anchoring their voices at the policy level

  14. MSP Model in promoting and supporting alliance • OWSA as a secretariat for supporting Mission 2007 supporting 100,000 knowledge centers in rural India • Doing NPRA with National Virtual Academy fellows for understanding the knowledge gaps and building their capacity • Prof M S Swaminathan felicitates them and President of India acknowledges their efforts through PURA programme • Telecentre.org (IDRC) initiates for the process of common training programmes and designing the modules for knowledge workers

  15. Setting of the Knowledge Centers through Government/Non-Government initiatives • NYKS is converting YDCs into RITYDCs • CSC established by Government initiatives • Drishtee Foundation • TaraHAAT • TERI • ARAVIS • Datamation • ICTA in Sri Lanka • DigiDAG in Nepal

  16. Various ICT tools promoted by OWSA………….. • Open eNRICH, a website for grassroots, used as a hub and spokes model for harnessing local knowledge and sharing global knowledge • Question-Answer service through telephone • Radio as a tool for addressing MDGs • Discussion groups • My colleagues will demonstrate the use of ICT tools

  17. Thanks

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