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<font face="Comic Sans MS">Hello all,<br>
I must congratulate all those whose bright idea this was. I am very
pleased to be in this group.<br>
My name is Florence Etta currently working as a project co-ordiantor of
an ICT Policy Project in Kenya the project.<br>
The Kenya ICT Policy project commenced in October 2003 initially as a
12-month project but now extended March 2004 and it is funded and
directed by the Acacia and Connectivity programme initiative of IDRC the
international Development Research Centre.<br>
The Projects seeks to: Support the implementation of the National ICT
Policy, research the social, technological and institutional structures
required for successful ICT policy implementation, support the creation,
institutionalization and application of indicators and parameters for
monitoring progress, document, measure and share the learning in the
development and implementation of the National ICT policy.
Telecentres are a popular tool through which developing countries are
hoping to provide Universal Access. So the policy dimension is very
critical.<br>
I have been working with IDRC’s Acacia Initiative since 1999 in a variety
of capacities on ICTs for development as a researcher,
knowledge and an evaluation analyst and programme officer concerned
with ICT project appraisal, development, monitoring and evaluation. I
co-ordinated a five-nation study of 36 telecentres in Africa which report
was edited into a book and first presented during WSIS in Geneva last
year.<br>
Cheers all,<br>
FE<br>
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<font face="GoudyHandtooled BT"><i>Florence Etta<br>
Co-Ordinator, Kenya ICT Policy Project<br>
International Development Research Centre <br>
Liaison House, State House Avenue<br>
P.O. Box 62084, 00200, Nairobi, Kenya<br>
Tel: +254-20-2713160-1<br>
Fax: +254-20-2711063<br>
E-mail: fetta@idrc.or.ke<br>
Web:http//
<a href="http://www.idrc.ca/acacia" eudora="autourl">www.idrc.ca/acacia</a><br><br>
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