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UPDATE:
Empowerment of Women
through ICT-enabled Networks: Towards the
optimum ICT-impact Model by Vikas Nath, Founder, Digital Governance
Initiative [Published in
Hafkin & Huyer (eds.)
Cinderella or Cyberella: Empowering Women
in Knowledge Society. Kumarian Press: Connecticut]
UPDATE:
Breaking the Traditional Perception of Rural India: Information technology
vision for rural India.
By Vikas Nath [Published in Information for Development (i4d) Journal.
Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies. February 2006]
UPDATE:
Connecting Agricultural Sector through Electronic Governance Models and 2
Lessons:
When applied to the Agricultural Sector, electronic governance refers to the
use of ICTs in delivering governance products and services which are of use
to farmers or those working in the
agrarian sector, including livestock breeders and herders, milk dairy
workers, agriculture extensionists, agricultural traders, and NGOs working
in the agriculture sector. And there are a range of governance products and
services that are useful for the agrarian community to fulfil common needs
of all developing countries: enhancing crop productivity, efficient cattle
farm management, providing for national and household level food security,
and conservation of bio diversity.
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UPDATE:
Increasing "Public Value" of Information through E-Governance
Models
There is no doubt that
governments going online through websites has positive utilities. Yet it
would be imprudent to state that -maintaining an online government presence
has significantly enhanced the flow of government information of "value" to
the public. Thus the need to enhance the "Public Value" of information - to
understand the difference between information being provided and information
of "value" to the public being provided by the governments.
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What is DIGITAL GOVERNANCE ?
Digital Governance is often
referred as Egovernance, E-governance or Electronic Governance. In simple
terms, it refers to governance processes in which Information and
Communications Technology (ICT) play an active and significant role.
The role of ICT
in Governance Sphere could be 4 fold:
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Improve quality of
governance products and services being currently provided
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Provide new governance
services and products
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Enhance participation
of people in choice & provision of governance products & services
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Bring new sections of
society under the governance sphere (including those who are most likeable
to remain excluded - namely the poor, the illiterate, the differently abled,
indigenous people, the migrants and displaced people)
In other words, it is WRONG to
equate Digital Governance with simply digitalization, or automation
of governance services. It is much more than that. Digital Governance has to be seen
as a 'tool' for good governance and human development.
UPDATE: KEY LEARNINGS from the DigitalGovernance.org initiative
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In absence of
political will, the impact of electronic governance models will be weak
and may not lead to qualitative change in governance processes. In such
cases, there will be far greater onus on civil society organizations to
build strong citizens movement to either create a political will or to
bring about a change in leadership.
NOTE FROM THE FOUNDER, Digital
Governance Initiative:
Digital
Governance aims to study, design and propagate Electronic Governance (e-governance/ egovernance)
Models.
The focus of the
DigitalGovernance.org Initiative is on developing
countries where ICT can play a significant role in building accountable and
democratic governance institutions. What is required is strategic
application of knowledge and innovative use of available technology to
provide governance services to all sections of the society. And the
focus of electronic governance has to be on those who have mostly been
marginalized of benefits of good governance.
E-Governance models described in
this initiative are simple and suited for
developing countries. They are based on innovative application of
knowledge & technology. The idea is dual:
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bring more people under the governance sphere
and,
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improve the services being provided under the
governance sphere.
Vikas Nath
Founder, DigitalGovernance.org and KnowNet.org
Initiative
Inlaks Scholar (2000-1),
London School of Economics, UK
Email: vikas.nath@gmail.com
or
v.nath-alumni@lse.ac.uk
URL: http://www.vikasnath.org
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