Communities of Expertise

Communities of Expertise (CoEs) are networks convened by GAID to bring together motivated and capable actors to address specific, well-defined ICTD problems in a results-oriented manner and to identify and disseminate good practices

List of CoEs by GAID Focus Area

Education

Beyond Distance Research: E-learning and distance learning
ICT Competencies for Teachers: Improve the training of new teachers in the use of technology
ICT Integration and Pedagogical Engineering: Open and distance teaching and learning methodologies, blending and integrating traditional distance education technologies with consolidated ICT
ICTs in education: Maximize the effectiveness and sustainability of Education Initiatives.
Global Alliance for Enhancing Access to and Application of Scientific Data in Developing Countries: Strategy on policy and practice with ICTs focused on preservation of and access to scientific and technical data in developing countries

Entrepreneurship

Enterprises' competitiveness through the use of ICTs
ICT Policy and Finance for Social, Community and Public Entrepreneurship

Governance

eGovernance for Development: Global knowledge broker on eGovernance.
E-services for development: Study of how different hardware, software and related services for development can cooperate.
Information and Communication Technologies for Peace

Health

ICT for Country Health Information: Improve the foundation for ICT for the health sector in developing countries

Cross-cutting Themes

Youth

Youth Social Technopreneurship: Information Society policy engagement of young people, especially in the field of social technopreneurship

Joint ITU and G3ict Global Forum 2008

Start: 21/04/2008 - 09:00

End: 21/04/2008 - 18:00

Joint ITU and G3ict Forum 2008 on “The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Challenges and Opportunities for ICT Standards"

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is one of the fastest human rights treaties ever adopted. It was developed with the active participation of country delegations and NGOs representing persons with disabilities, and includes a number of detailed mandates related to accessible and assistive Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs).

Location(s)

ITU Headquarters

Rue de Varembé 2

Geneva

Switzerland

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VIII Infopoverty World Conference: “Low Cost-Smart Technologies to fight poverty and save the planet”

Start: 16/04/2008 - 09:00

End: 18/04/2008 - 17:00

The 8th Infopoverty World Conference: "Low Cost-Smart Technologies to fight poverty and save the planet" will be held on April 16-18, 2008 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. It will be a multi-conference event connected with Milan (Politecnico and the European Parliament Office), Paris (UNESCO), Madagascar (Sambaina Village), and other locations.

Location(s)

United Nations Headquarters

First Avenue at 46th Street

New York, NY, 10017

United States

See map: Google Maps

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Science, technology and innovation

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International Taskforce on Women and ICTs Annual Leadership Meeting Report, 9 – 10 December 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The International Taskforce on Women and ICTs (ITF) held their annual leadership meeting in December 2007 in Kuala Lumpur bringing together a small number of high-level leaders to move forward on the outcomes of the Paris meeting hosted at UNESCO in November 2006.

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Gender

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Report of the Strategy Planning Workshop of the Feminist Network on Gender, Development and Information Society Policies

A strategy planning workshop of the Feminist Network on Gender, Development and Information Society Policies (GDISP) was held on October 5-7 2007 in Bangalore, India, co-organised by IT for Change, the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), the International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC) and Isis International – Manila.

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Summary Report of e-SDDC Launch Meeting

Submitted by admin on Tue, 11/09/2007 - 11:58.

The Global Alliance for Enhancing Access to and Application of Scientific Data in Developing Countries (e-SDDC) of the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID) was launched on 7 May 2007 in Atibaia, Brazil.

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Science, technology and innovation

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Strategy Planning Workshop of the Feminist Network on Gender, Development and Information Society Policies

Start: 05/10/2007 - 09:00

End: 07/10/2007 - 17:00

Taking stock of the challenges to, and opportunities for, gender equality in the information society context, and articulating a Southern perspective on gender is a significant feminist project whose time has come. Such insights connect on the one hand to critiques of concepts, such as 'digital divide', 'access to ICTs', 'local ownership', and "ICT appropriation" – the meanings of which need to be unpacked in relation to existing policies and practice. On the other hand, the macro-political context of international geo-politics and global governance also needs to be better understood.

Location(s)

Hotel Capitol, White House conference hall

Raj Bhavan Road

Bangalore, 560 001

India

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Representatives of the Burundi Youth Training Center meet with the President of Burundi, H.E. Pierre Nkurunziza

Submitted by admin on Fri, 24/08/2007 - 16:42.

Representatives of the Burundi Youth Training Center, a member of the UN GAID CoE on Youth Social Technopreneurship, and the Korea Internet Volunteers Program of the Korean Agency for Digital Promotion and Opportunity recently met with the President of Burundi, His Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza, to report on their month-long training of rural youth on basic ICT skills as a two-pronged strategy to strengthened their employability and encourage them to set up small, ICT-based social enterprises.

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CPA Uganda gets four South Korean ICT Interns

Submitted by admin on Fri, 10/08/2007 - 13:27.

As part of CPA Uganda's continual work with regard to the WSIS Tunis 2005 Outcomes/Action Plan we have received four KIV's for a period on forty days (40) 25th July - 30th August 2007 to help in the facilitation of IT training for young people in Uganda in the area of Micro/Social Technopreneurship.

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Applications for new Communities of Expertise (COEs)

The Global Alliance secretariat will issue an annual call in the first quarter of each year for COE applications falling within GAID's defined areas of focus (education, entrepreneurship, governance and health) or cross-cutting issues (content, gender, youth and rural development). Prospective applicants are first encouraged to familiarize themselves with the area of work of existing COEs, as applications that duplicate or overlap the work of existing communities will not be approved.

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Connectivity and Access

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Criteria to assist the selection and monitoring of the ongoing contribution of Communities of Expertise

The leadership of each Community must be composed of one or more lead organizations, plus a minimum of two other partner organizations.
The lead organization(s) must demonstrate recognized expertise and influence, and research and analytical capacity

The Community as a whole must:

Demonstrate value, benefit and alignment with GAID (including its selected focus areas)
Have significant scope
Build on and add value to existing activities, work and/or experiences
Engage in a specific task or tasks

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