net critique blog by Geert Lovink
By sabine, June 17, 2005
Maartje OpdeCoul (One World, NL) Maartje is talking about the importance of civil society organizations evaluating their own role. She has been active of One World’s pilot projects, for instance tele-centers in development countries. These activities were partly set up to be monitored and researched, so lesson could be take out from them. If a [...]
blogged by Timi: Loe Schot (HIVOS, NL) World citizenship and global civil society were two key concepts in Loe’s presentation that generated a lot of reaction. Not exactly a surprise since these terms are pregnant with meanings, and therefore charged terrains of discussions. Some participants questioned the notion of world citizens, considering it a romantic [...]
By sabine, June 16, 2005
Multistakeholderism needs evaluation, often this happens in focus groups. The session is build up as a focus group, a discussion on the issue of Multistakeholderism. Below some statements that were being made during the session…
(APC, South Africa) Final Statement
(One World, Kenya): Mobile technology – A tool for Development?
(University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Internet in the Slums. Discussion with Geert and Tracey.
(African Civil Society for the Information Society, Nigeria): The mirage of South – South cooperation in ICT4D
By sabine, June 15, 2005
(Sarai New Media Initiative, India) Forgetting Development: Cybermohalla Practices and Information Networks.
Welcome by Tracey Naughton who is the chair of this opening session. She is announced as a WSIS media critic and presents herself as a free lance development worker which specializes in communication from development. Partha Pratim Sarker unfortunately could not be here tonight.
