Full Coverage: Internet

31.08.2006 The internodium.org portal reported last week that US NGOs CHF Montenegro (Community, Habitat and Finance), International Relief and Development (IRD) and the Academy for Educational Development announced the implementation of “Montenegro Connect” project for establishment of wireless network on the whole territory of Montenegro.

23.08.2006 The MOST Centre for Cultural Development and Information started its Odjek civic information portal, dedicated to the NGO sector in Montenegro.

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ICT4D

This article discusses the link between national Information and Communications Technology (ICT) policy in developing countries and the effectiveness of ICT for development (ICT4D) initiatives at a community level. This research project, currently in progress, which has the primary goal of determining determine whether, by adopting a Community Informatics (CI) approach to community based ICT4D projects, which leverages existing social capital in the communities, the sustainability of such projects can be significantly improved so that ICT4D is more inclusive in reach and its overall contribution to development is enhanced. The research has a secondary goal to develop a framework for national ICT policy which is anchored in this social paradigm as distinct from the purely techno-economic paradigm that currently prevails. This article reviews the current policy paradigm and framework as reflected in the literature, elaborates on the central research question relating to CI, social capital and sustainability, and hypothesises on what an alternative ICT policy development framework might look like.

01.08.2006 The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) which is based in New Delhi is undertaking an e-Governance project to digitalise all processes and procedures related to administration and admission.