ICT for Indigenous Peoples Development

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ICT for Indigenous Peoples Development
Robert Valantin Development Gateway March 26,
2003 rvalantin_at_worldbank.org
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Development Gateway
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What is the Development Gateway ?

• An Internet portal to information, knowledge and
  dialogue for poverty reduction and sustainable
  development
• A virtual space for interaction, networking, and
  transactions within the development community.
• Partnership Approach of the public and private
  sectors, donor agencies, indigenous
  organizations, governments, civil society and the
  private sector

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Key Objectives

• Contribute to poverty reduction and sustainable
  development through knowledge and ICT
• Build on existing knowledge networks
• Strengthen capacity for knowledge sharing
• Support the development of local content
• Leverage indigenous knowledge
• Improve transparency (AIDA, dgmarket.com)

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Indigenous Peoples Program
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Main Activities

• Indigenous Peoples Portal- facilitate information
  exchanges among indigenous organizations, donor
  agencies, governments and civil society
• Training Program- strengthen capacity of
  indigenous organizations in using ICTs (2
  regional and 2 national training workshops in
  2001/02)
• Country Gateway Program-support 12 locally-owned
  and managed ICT projects in Latin America, which
  are helping address the digital divide at the
  local level
• Indigenous Dialogues-facilitate in partnership
  with Rigoberta Menchu Foundation, URACCAN, Fondo
  Indigena a series of dialogues among indigenous
  leaders on issues key to indigenous peoples

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1) Indigenous Peoples Community Portal

• Objectives
• provide practical information, capacity-building
  tools, and access to knowledge
• Strengthen capacity of indigenous organizations
  to make use of the Internet
• Leveraging indigenous peoples voices to influence
  global policy debates
• Promoting information exchanges among indigenous
  peoples

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Partners

• Fondo Indígena,
• Rigoberta Menchu Foundation
• Coica
• URACCAN (Nicaragua)
• Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
• ILO (Central America office)
• Cooperating Organizations
• 25 indigenous organizations, OEA Inter
  American Commission on HR, Univ. de Juju, FICI,
  PAHO, UNESCO etc.

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2) Indigenous Peoples Training Program

• Supported 2 regional training workshop (Central
  America/ South America) organized with URACCAN in
  Nicaragua and Fondo Indigena in Ecuador.
• Supported 2 national training workshops
  (organized by the Fondo Indigena in Ecuador and
  Bolivia )
• Training Program for the Andean Region-Escuela de
  Gobierno (joined program with key indigenous
  organizations, government agencies, Fondo
  Indigena and World Bank in Venezuela, Colombia,
  Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia) more info Fondo
  Indigena
• Produced learning material on how to make use of
  the Internet (CD-rom, training manuel)

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URACCAN- Nicaragua

• Indigenous University at Atlantic Coast
• Training Program in remote areas
• Support in developing of local content
• Technical assistance (technology)
• Regional Capacity-Building Workshop
• Facilitated Funding (Gateway Ford Foundation)

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3) Country Gateway Program

• Locally owned and operated initiatives for
  knowledge-sharing, exploring the use of ICT for
  development
• Facilitate and catalyze innovative and effective
  use of the Internet and other ICT tools in civil
  society government and business, to reduce
  poverty
• Typically implemented by coalitions from civil
  society, government, and the private sector
• Partnerships with Indigenous Organizations (Peru,
  Bolivia, Venezuela)

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Status of LAC Country Gateways





Dom. Rep

Dom. Rep

Jamaica

Honduras

Guatemala

Grenada/OECS

Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Venezuela

Costa Rica

Guyana

Colombia

Co
lombia

Ecuador

Ecuador

Peru

Brazil

Peru

Bolivia

Bolivia

Chile

Moving into Implementation

Chile


Uruguay

Finished Planning

end FY01

Argentina

Planning


Initiation

Preparation
Priority FY02


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Country Gateways in LAC
Multi-sectoral Foundation
Civic NGO
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Country Gateways in LAC
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4) Indigenous Dialogues

• Make technical facilities of the World Bank
  available to indigenous peoples
• Partnership with indigenous organizations is
  central
• Promote participation of indigenous leaders in
  international events (WSSD, World Conference
  against Racism, WSIS)
• Support Distance Learning program for indigenous
  leaders (Combine Indigenous Community Portal with
  Distance Learning)

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Opportunities for Partnerships

• Continue Indigenous Dialogues (7 events in 2002)
• Indigenous Peoples Portal- platform available to
  facilitate collaborative projects in the region
• Indigenous Peoples Training Program
• Country Gateway Program- linkages with indigenous
  organizations
• Combine Internet with Community Radio Programs
  (ERBOL in Bolivia)
• gt OPEN to NEW IDEAS from YOU !!

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For more information please go to

• http// www.developmentgateway.org/
• http//www.developmentgateway.org/indigenous
• http//www.dgfoundation.org
• Contact Information
• Sören Gigler bgigler_at_worldbank.org
• Tel [phone]