Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 17:34:06 +0530
From: Subbiah Arunachalam
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From: Geeta Sharma [mailto:geeta.sharma@oneworld.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 4:40 PM
To: Information Society: Voices from the South
Subject: [is] OWSA and MSSRF launch e-discussion on InfoKiosks
Dear Friends,
We have the pleasure of inviting you to join a discussion list on
"Information Kiosks in every Indian village by 2007 - a myth or reality?" (
http://www.dgroups.org/groups/infokiosks/
http://www.dgroups.org/groups/infokiosks/ )
The need for accelerating the pace of ICT enabled interventions in helping
achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the Indian context makes it
imperative to look closely at their potential to cover over six lakh
villages in the country within a short span of time.
Towards this end OneWorld South Asia and MS Swaminathan Research Foundation
are hosting this online discussion over the next six weeks. The major themes
for this email and web-based discussion are: Scalability, Sustainability and
Collaboration. The Sectoral focus within each of these themes would be on
Education, Health and Livelihoods.
A summary of the discussions would be shared at two separate national
workshops on technology and policy issues on the ICT4D initiatives. These
workshops are tentatively scheduled to be held in Delhi, towards the end of
June and early July 2004.
This is an open debate, so any one can join. We would specially like to
invite groups, individuals and organizations, policy planners and
practitioners interested in technology, ICT and development issues to join
us in these discussions.
HOW TO SIGN UP
Joining this discussion list is very easy!
Just send a blank message to: join-infokiosks@dgroups.org
On successful sign-up, you will receive an email giving you a password and
other relevant details.
Please note that messages to the list should be sent to:
Infokiosks@dgroups.org
Messages sent to the above address will be sent out to all participants in
the discussion.
If you encounter any problems, please contact the administrator of this
dgroup by sending an email to
Infokiosks-owner@dgroups.org
We look forward to you active participation in this discussion list.
Contact Us:
This discussion list will be co-moderated by stakeholders working on ICT4D
issues.
The moderators for the initial phase include Nikhil Raj
(nikhil.raj@oneworld.net) from OneWorld South Asia, Osama Manzar
(Osama@manzar.info) of the Digital Empowerment Foundation, Senthil Kumaran,
M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (senthil@mssrf.res.in) and Jitendra Shah
(jitendras@vsnl.com) VJTI, Mumbai. As the discussions proceed, we would
invite more experts to lead the debate as moderators.
Thanks and regards
Geeta Sharma
ICT Advocacy Manager
OneWorld South Asia
http://southasia.oneworld.net http://southasia.oneworld.net
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