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Technology for All Bridging the Digital Divide in Central and Eastern Europe

Technology for All Bridging the Digital Divide in Central and Eastern Europe. Jerome Simpson Head, Information Programme. ICT and Environmental Democracy WSIS/‘Aarhus’ Convention Side Event. Wednesday 10th December 2003. Jsimpson@rec.org.

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Technology for All Bridging the Digital Divide in Central and Eastern Europe

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  1. Technology for AllBridging the Digital Divide in Central and Eastern Europe Jerome Simpson Head, Information Programme ICT and Environmental Democracy WSIS/‘Aarhus’ Convention Side Event Wednesday 10th December 2003 Jsimpson@rec.org

  2. The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe: Building Environmental Democracy • • Head quartered in Hungary, with 9 Programmes, 15 country offices, established 1990, >30 donor countries • • A mission driven, not-for-profit organisation promoting regional cooperation and local dialog between diverse stakeholders • An Information Programme focused on providing and promoting access to information

  3. REC: Bridging the Digital Divide • Collaboration with EC/DG Information Society showcasing ‘ISTs’ for data collection/storage • In South Eastern Europe funding national environmental information system development and e-networking of NGOs • Founding the ‘Aarhus’ Electronic Tools Task Force to share ICT experience on information access at pan-European level • Following ‘Kiev,’ transferring ‘lessons learned’ to Turkey and the EECCA region Jsimpson@rec.org

  4. Technology: Bridging the Digital Divide Tools at our disposal… & Best practices… Jsimpson@rec.org

  5. The Future: Bridging the Digital Divide Key challenges (e-governance) Key solutions • Transferring national best practices to the local & rural level • Clearly defining all institutional responsibilities • Updating legislation, protocols • Education, training, staff-exchange, site visits • Financing • E-governance • NGO networks • Mobile society? • Libraries (for environment) Jsimpson@rec.org

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