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The world is littered with ICT failures 80% failure rate . Trends. E-gov M-gov E-governance E and ICT in Citizen Engagement Citizen media …?. ~3.5 Billion Mobile Phones in the World = 50% tipping point in 2009. People with Internet access: 1,407,724,920 (March 08). The Hype-cyle.
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Trends • E-gov • M-gov • E-governance • E and ICT in Citizen Engagement • Citizen media • …?
~3.5 Billion Mobile Phones in the World = 50% tipping point in 2009
1. Pioneer 2. Breakout 3. Consolidation 4. Maturity Phases of Markets
What is • A global volunteer network of NGOs, activists, technologists, academics, media • A peer network for knowledge and skill sharing • An online how-to resources on mobiles for social impact • An innovation channel to disseminate ideas and information about mobiles for social impact
What are mobiles used for? • Disease surveillance • Patient management • Public health education (HIV, TB) • Election monitoring at polling stations • Citizen reporting • Human rights monitoring • Supply management (drugs, food) • Early warnings • Urgent alerts • Environmental monitoring • Constituency engagement • Legislative advocacy • Mobilization • Information dissemination • Payments • Trading and more efficient buying/selling
SMS Info Channels Text "cc" and then the name of the company to 3064. You’ll receive the climate index for that company.
M-Government Philippines • TXTGMA • TXTCSC • citizen complaints, suggestions or inquiries and as a citizen’s weapon against corrupt and inefficient bureaucracy; • TXTCSC is a building block for PSDA (Public Service Delivery Audit) where government agencies are rated on how quickly and efficiently they deliver public services • DETxt • Education ministry SMS channel
Some observations • Much is anecdotal and episodic • Significant capacity issues (NGOs and Gov) • Lack of capable intermediaries • Small scale/early market • Little knowledge of what works in what setting • Data alone may be largely useless unless it provides the right information delivered through the right channel in the right form at the right time.
Observations cont. But… • 20 years of experience with ICTs • Transferable knowledge -- we know what CSFs are for IT projects • New opportunities • Web 2.0 and all that entails • Mobile • Standards ==> data/presentation layers
Towards a framework • Additive versus transformative • Contextual and user-focused • Sustainable (unsolved) • Driven by demand • Build it and they will come does usually not work • Localized but shareable • Built on open standards? • Built on existing knowledge
Applicable channel? • In what context? • Successes? • Failures? • Critical success factors?
Some Ideas • Targeted (and outsourced) R&D • Innocentive • ICT innovation marketplaces • Mobile Mandi -- a marketplace for mobile innovations • Venture funds and PPPs • Strong intermediaries • IT, mobile, data, information visualization, etc • User adoption studies and contextual research • Nokia and Microsoft • Better topographies (and case studies)