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“Bridging the Digital Divide: Lessons from South East Asia and the South Pacific”.

“Bridging the Digital Divide: Lessons from South East Asia and the South Pacific”. Internet to Equinet An Equitable Internet for the Next Billion. Outline of Workshop. Welcome by Chaitanya Dhareshwar Introduction of the Workshop [1 min] Video Presentation [32: 32 min]

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“Bridging the Digital Divide: Lessons from South East Asia and the South Pacific”.

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  1. “Bridging the Digital Divide: Lessons from South East Asia and the South Pacific”. Internet to Equinet An Equitable Internet for the Next Billion

  2. Outline of Workshop • Welcome by Chaitanya Dhareshwar • Introduction of the Workshop [1 min] • Video Presentation [32: 32 min] http://youtu.be/wnCNIH2MpgU containing perspectives from SE Asia and the Pacific • Panel Discussion [7 min per panelist] • Interactions

  3. Panelist Speakers • Mr. Chaitanya Dhareshwar, Head Technologist and Adviser at Doctor on Call and Pasifika Nexus Think Tank Member • Ms.Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro –President of South Pacific Computer Society, Member of SEARCC ExComm, Manager ICT Center, University of the South Pacific, Founder of Pasifika Nexus (Remote) • Mr. Satish Babu, Director, ICFOSS, India • Ms. Noelle de Guzman, Regional Programme Coordinator, APAC, ISOC • Mr. Benjamin Matthews, Alcatel Lucent and Pasifika Nexus (Remote) • Mr. SakaioManoa, USP ICT Outreach Coordinator (Remote)

  4. Rural Schools in Indonesia

  5. Digital Divide: By Definition • The Digital Divide is the difference between those who have Access and those who DO NOT have access to: • Infrastructure • Telecommunications networks • Internationalised domain names (IDNs) • etc • Services eg. ATMs, internet, educational material

  6. Underlying Factors of the Digital Divide • Lack of Infrastructure • Limited Access • High Cost • Poor energy grids • Poor Transportation • Inadequate Speed • Lack of Knowledge • Challenges in channelling investments into underserved regions

  7. Asia Pacific has a stark Digital Divide in various levels • Urban and Rural • Old and Young • Men and Women • Rich and Poor • Persons with Disabilities and Those without Disabilities • Literate and the Illiterate • Access toPolicy Development Processes

  8. ICT is an Enabler for Development. • ICT empowers and transforms communities through revolutionizing access to: • Health care services eg. Telemedicine; • Education and Libraries and Research Networks; • Monitoring Climate Change Impact and Predicting Weather patterns, Tsunamis etc; • Enabling Businesses and Economies to accelerate trade; etcetcetc

  9. ICT is Universal in its impact

  10. Digital Divide: Perspective • “In Asia and the Pacific, what we call the ‘digital divide’ is in fact an income divide, a gender divide, an education divide and a knowledge divide,”  • saidNoeleenHeyzer, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), which released the maps jointly with the UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

  11. Digital Divide: Perspective • The "digital divide" has wider links and implications into our social structures, culture, education, knowledge, socio-economic factors, governance. • Our perspective needs to evolve towards one that futuristic, entrepreneurial, developmental so that benefits the people in our nation.

  12. The need to ENGAGE

  13. New World of Digital Opportunities

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