raul enrique
| Organization type | Private Sector (Commercial Companies) |
|---|---|
| Country | Nicaragua |
Ing. forestal trabajando en la unidad coordinadora de proyectos telcor.
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Forum Communication for Development, community media and ICTs for family farming and rural development
Question 5 (opens 2 October)
good colleagues and friends day
mates will see some forum where memory is now translated into a document the main issues addressed by the participants more
success certain prerequisites are necessary.
If you want to get the best results, apply a systematic approach. Communication achieved its objectives when part of the basic strategy which seeks to establish priorities for development and planning, implementation and evaluation of programs, and the best of training at all levels.
Communication achieves its goals when planning in the context of an overall strategy. Research is needed, set clear objectives, identify different groups of listeners, formulate messages and channels to choose carefully and to follow up and information exchange. The joint use of multiple media, using different channels of communication, coordination and mutual support criterion, produce excellent results. By contrast, the "communication component" that is added to the project budget at the last minute, often limited to being only a contribution to develop advertising materials for the project or to produce some audiovisual elements, and is neither efficient or profitable.
For communication to take effect a critical mass of personnel, equipment and activities that are necessary continuity.
After clearly identifying the objectives, needs and capacity of local infrastructure, it may be necessary to acquire a communication device. It is necessary to ensure proper servicing local and trained to use the equipment personally.
How to integrate communication in national development policies?
The starting point should be making policy decisions and executive development that address the real needs of the population and involves it in all stages of the process.
Once they took the decision at the highest level and it is recognized that it is necessary to use communication to strengthen and sustain the development process, we must address several policy issues more practical in order to determine the scope of communication action, establish an institutional framework and to meet their operational needs.
The ideas presented below are based on the experience it has acquired the FAO in the past two decades helping members use communication in the service of development.
In order to clarify its role in development should develop a national communication policy. This policy prodría require, for example, communication and participatory planning processes help to establish priority needs and leads to the formulation of new development proposals, especially those affecting rural communities. A less ambitious policy prodría limited to ensure the systematic use of activities and media to guide and promote its objectives.
In any case, communication for development should be conceived as an already existing, such as information, education and cross-sectoral planning, similar to others, and cover those disciplines in which popular participation, such as agriculture, farming is necessary, forestry, environment, fisheries, demography, integration of women, health and nutrition. This national policy should establish intersectoral communication mechanisms in order to prevent each ministerial department executes its communication and outreach activities separately, resulting wasteful, and create confusion.
You may need to enact a new law, under which it is established, for example, a service of rural radio stations that include private and community stations where local people think and disseminate their own programs.
Also, it may be necessary to regulate the functions and relationships of the various ministries, institutions and NGOs in the field of communication. For example, the Ministry of Information should devote more time to the mass media to social and educational programs or meet the needs of the rural population. Similarly, should make the granting of licenses to radio and private television channels to devote a portion of emission development programs. In some countries, although the stations are state ministries are expected to pay a contribution to make to the development program linked so new financial relationships within government are established. To cover communication activities and training can also consider resorting to sponsoring companies.
An institutional framework that provides a logistical structure to support communication activities is necessary. The major development programs are arranged at times own communication services, consisting of planners, researchers, teachers and producers and endowed with the ability to use multiple media. In other cases it has turned to a member of the technical ministry concerned central unit, such as the infrastructure of the Ministry of Information.
Could a programming service and communication policies for development, in a public body created. This service is responsible for translating national policies and development objectives in terms of communication and establish the priorities of the activities in this sector. The main function of the service is to guide and support ministries to the various institutions involved in development, grassroots organizations and other participants in the process of developing the plan, implement and evaluate their work in communication.
This service would ensure coordination between all stakeholders involved in the development process, avoiding the public receives mixed messages. It could permanently analyzing the results, reactions, problems and opportunities posed by the communication process and inform the competent authorities. The service should have a small staff but high-quality professional and should also establish a regulatory framework to give him the prestige necessary to enable it to perform its functions of planning and coordination
Question 4 (opens 30 September)
Policy and regulatory frameworks.
Policy and regulatory provisions in many countries are still far from the potential of ICT we have presented. Government regulations often overlook the possibilities offered by ICT. A number of developing countries still controls access and protects incumbents. In other countries, a few operators tend to agree on prices and services, thus preventing competition.
While reform of the sector in some countries has increased access to basic communication, especially mobile phones, the underlying policy objective of providing affordable access to the population has not been performed in most countries. The race for the privatization of inefficient operators has not yielded the expected results due to the lack of other elements of reform, such as competence and efficient regulation. Similarly, the enthusiasm for the development of national ICT policies and e-strategies in order to overcome the digital divide did not generate the expected digital opportunities, excessive emphasis on bureaucracy and less attention paid to the institutional possibilities , resources, markets and levels of governance and policy coordination in each country. E-strategies aimed exclusively at national level activities have also been one of the main obstacles to investment in key areas such as training, infrastructure and community based innovation.
There were also significant differences between sector reform agendas and efforts to develop national ICT policy in recent years. Efforts to reform the sector failed to recognize the implications of integrated ICT policy while national ICT strategies failed to capitalize on the efforts of creating competitive environments to generate affordable access. The deviation between the two paths and the failure to integrate policy objectives of affordable access to applications and content was one of the main problems faced by political processes over the last decade.
Policy and management capacity
There is a significant lack of political and managerial skills in developing countries, which often leads to ICT projects poorly planned and worse executed. On the one hand, lack of evidence of the benefits offered by ICTs to solve basic problems of development. On the other hand, has been much emphasis on pilot projects that failed to generate a long-term impact. This has been exacerbated by the lack of participation of poor groups and groups in favor of the poor in public policy processes and decision-making. As attention focuses on ICT solutions by experts / as in technologies, information and knowledge that arise in poor communities are often ignored.
The lack of adequate funding is another challenge for ICT access for the poor. Donors have been the main source of funding for ICT initiatives in most countries, but only a few donor-funded projects were self-sustaining once the external support (financial and material) was completed.
Question 3 (opens 26 September)
Hello everyone
some barriers in the use of ICT and its tools:
- Internet access difficulties or technological support tools in general, both by the absence in its immediate neighborhood as its high cost
- Fear of change, they may perceive a threat to their health
- Lack of conditions for the exchange or wrong way to arrange that hinder the adoption of new processes and practices.
Question 2 (opens 24 September)
Hello everyone
ICT is a relatively new instrument in the struggle for the elimination of
hunger and poverty. The World Bank, in its Strategy Paper TIC2 year
2002 states that 'information technology and communication are an item
key to growth and economic development. They provide opportunities for
global integration while retaining the identity of traditional societies. ICT
may increase the economic and social welfare of the poor and empower individuals and
communities. Finally, ICT can improve the effectiveness, efficiency and
transparency of the public sector, including the provision of social services. '
One lesson that usually emanates from the initiatives that use ICT for development
is that success is possible but that this program should be designed and
implemented carefully. Premature enthusiasm and conviction that
ICT prove to be the panacea to development problems has
led to a number of failed attempts to have a bad reputation in ICT
major development circles. 'After years of debates in the field of development
about rusty tractors or failed projects and infrastructure after years of
accumulated in participatory communication, it seems that experience are repeating
same errors and weaknesses in the race to make the benefits of new
information technology and communication available to all. abound
stories about government-sponsored telecenters or NGO that
are empty, with its abandoned or stolen or being used only for equipment
those who have money to pay. There are even theories developed participatory
decades ago, issues arising from a similar scenario, albeit with different
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Question 1 (opens 22 September)
Hello everyone.
Lately, there has been increasing interest in empowering the poor through the provision of information technology and communication (ICT) inexpensive. This requires policies and regulatory frameworks for the poor to generate an environment conducive to the development of adequate and affordable ICT infrastructure in unserved areas; phased implementation of such initiatives to provide services accessible and affordable to the poor in general; sustainability of projects through adequate financing, ownership and commitment; the allocation of sufficient human resources to keep them; and providing relevant content, useful for the poor to improve their income and quality of life. This study provides an overview of the emerging opportunities and challenges that arise in implementing innovative technological options in community projects, particularly the poor, marginalized and underserved communities.
Equitable access is achieved rarely initiated by a single institution or ministry, nor can be considered the exclusive domain of utilities, or large private telecommunications operators - the effort required to reach markets unattractive (usually the most remote and poor areas) is too large in most cases, and the financial return is insufficient for traditional telecommunications service providers. This makes an approach on behalf of the poor in order to reach the most disadvantaged sectors of developing societies needed. You can find a more detailed needs of this type of approach in the module on policies and regulations of this analysis toolkit.
Implement projects for ICT access in poor and marginalized communities face several challenges involved: lack of access to ICT infrastructure; lack of energy sources to operate ICT equipment; lack of capacity and human resources to develop, install and maintain technologies; lack of access to financing for projects; lack of public awareness of the benefits of access to ICTs; through the local bureaucracy; and little political and regulatory enabling environment. In addition, gender inequalities are generally evident in ICT access, requiring specific interventions to address this problem.
ICT refers to a wide range of old, new and emerging technologies including radio, television, voice and data landline and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and lately, the rapid development of new technologies and emerging mobile telephony as well as a number of wireless technologies. The latest developments in ICT and the possibilities arising from the combination of technologies like Internet and mobile technology have jeopardized the traditional ("old") media, which resulted in a reduction in public consumption. This has led to said means happen to use mobile and internet applications to reach their audience, and allow the public to contribute by sending content, which increases the degree of interaction available to the public.
The choice of technologies can play a central role in defining what are appropriate ICT for the poor. In general, radio remains the most accessible of all technology and community radio have played a key role in the supply of locally relevant information to poor communities.
Hello everyone.
very true from my point of view what we share christiane dimitra, ICTs must be seen as a means not an end to achieve progress towards integrated development of personas.a the time these people take ownership of the technology.
Thank you Alice.
Dear colleagues, dear participants
There is a growing consensus on the important role that family farmers and small farmers in reducing rural poverty and ensure food security for all. Now, more than ever, communication, community media and ICT are promoters of social change in rural areas, providing access to timely information to improve agricultural production and encouraging the participation of farmers in the rural development process.
Here in Nicaragua we have not much experience of ICT in rural areas, even in these moments you are restoring rights to the less blessed people and through these projects are going to improve their living standards both economic, social and cultural