Besides lacking the basic infrastructure, some of these communities also lack informal professional development support systems that we now see on the Internet. For example, I am yet to see any informal collaborative groups for Open Source Software use or development with roots in Africa. Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There needs to be: 1) Basic Infrastructure 2) Formal Professional Development Support 3) Informal Professional Development Support On 6/22/2004, Gary Garriott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In UNDP we have talked about a "development dynamic" in which a > structured dialogue involving multiple aspects of ICTs takes place > represented by all sectors of society and that this process, once set in > motion, can lead to enlightened and sustainable national policies and > strategies toward the information society <http://www.opt-init.org/>. __________________________ Femi Oyesanya "All reification is a forgetting" ------------ This DOT-COM Discussion is funded by the dot-ORG USAID Cooperative Agreement, and hosted by GKD. http://www.dot-com-alliance.org provides more information. To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd For the GKD database, with past messages: http://www.GKDknowledge.org
