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Subject: The ICT Stories Competition 2001 - Enter Today!
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Date sent: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 17:49:13 -0500
infoDev and the IICD are pleased to announce that this
year's quest for the best stories using ICTs for development
is now on!
The ICT Stories Project 2001 Competition
Enter today and win a trip to the Global Internet Summit:
INET 2001 in Stockholm, Sweden Deadline for Entry is April
15th, 2001
HOW TO ENTER
To enter, come to the Stories website
(http://www.iicd.org/stories/) and enter your project
experience using our online form. Alternatively you may
email your stories to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To receive an entry
form by email send a request to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
REQUIREMENTS
All stories must be written about an active or completed
project involving information and communication technologies
as applied to social and economic development. The Story
Writer should be someone who is or has worked directly on
the project. Judges will be looking for stories that not
only describe their project but that convey lessons learned
that can be applied to similar types of projects.
Creativity is encouraged. Stories should not exceed 1500
words.
You may use this suggested outline to write your story:
Background of the project:
Why and when did your project begin?
What is your project trying to accomplish and how is your
project involving ICTs? (It may use basic ICTs in a creative
way, use state-of-the-art technologies, or use a combination
of ICTs and traditional media.)
Results of your project up to today:
How is technology fulfilling community needs?
How has it improved participation and quality of life for
the citizens and communities involved? Have you undertaken
an evaluation of your project's impact? What have been the
results? Describe the methodology used to measure the
development impact of your project.
Lessons learned and advice:
What were the major barriers or challenges to your project?
What changes would you make to project design and
implementation if you were to do it again? What is your
advice to other who are interested in starting a project
like this or involving similar technologies? Describe the
adjustments made along the way to accommodate user needs.
Development aspects of the project (or potential for):
Please tell if and how your project has used ICTs to directly impact
social and economic development. Has it been useful to the fight against
poverty? How? Who have been the main beneficiaries? What have been the
main benefits for them? If it has not, describe how the project or lessons
learned from this project can be applied for development.
For more ideas, come to the website to read the winning
stories from the past two competitions.
DEADLINES
All entries must be submitted by April 15, 2001 to be
eligible. All entries submitted after the deadline will be
automatically entered into the next round of competition.
Finalists will be announced on April 22, 2001. Winners will
be announced on May 1, 2001.
RULES
- Each person may submit one story per project per contest
period.
- Updates of projects submitted in previous rounds
of competition are permitted but should stand on their own.
- Multiple authors are permitted but only one person from
each winning story will be sponsored by the Stories Project
to attend INET 2001.
- Entry in this contest authorizes
infoDev and the IICD to use the writer's name and story in
the promotion of the Stories Project. A list of Winners will
be posted on the website.
MORE INFORMATION
The ICT Stories website http://www.iicd.org/stories/
The Internet Society's INET 2001 will be held in Stockholm,
Sweden from June 5-8, 2001. Information can be found at
http://www.isoc.org/inet2001/
The Information for Development Program (infoDev) of the World Bank
http://www.infodev.org
The International Institute for Communication and Development
http://www.iicd.org
CONTACT
Pamela Street of infoDev or Lisette Gast of the IICD:
Pamela Street, infoDev
Washington, DC
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+1-202-458-7654
Lisette Gast, IICD
The Hague, The Netherlands
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+31-70-311-7311
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Patrick O'Beirne B.Sc. M.A. FICS. Software consultant
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