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What is the ICT vision of your polity?

Submitted by Tropology on Thu, 12/02/2004 - 15:59.

What are the elements of an ICT policy? What should be a part of our vision for community networking?

I'm presenting the following as a rough draft for your consideration and input.

To begin: What is missing? What could be better phrased?

Elements of an ICT plan for your Polity (Working Draft)

  • Digital Literacy

  • Workforce Development/Career Lattices
  • Digital Entrepreneurship/Investment
  • Access
    • Connectivity (Local Infrastructure)

    • Hardware for the People
    • Accessibility for those with disabilities and functional limitations
  • Backbone/Broadband Deployment
    • Management of Public Resources

    • Right of Way
    • Open Access? Open Platforms?
  • e-Government
    • Service Delivery & Coordination

    • Open Government
    • Government Efficiency & Cost Savings
  • Health Informatics & Telemedicine
    • Personal Health Information Management

    • Service Provider and Support Information Networks
  • Civic Particpation and Protections
    • Identity Protection

    • Community Access Media
    • Communication Rights
    • Equitable Inclusion and Opportunity
    • Consumer Protections - Service Rights
  • Bleeding Edge
    • Grid and High Capacity Computing

    • New Technologies


I'd like your help in organizing the items, and in identifying gaps. What else should be included?

This draft is taken from the following workspace.

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CDS Principles of Good Practice

Submitted by Tropology on Fri, 12/03/2004 - 06:27.
  • Promote active and representative participation toward enabling all community members to meaningfully influence the decisions that affect their lives.
  • Engage community members in learning about and understanding community issues, and the economic, social, environmental, political, psychological, and other impacts associated with alternative courses of action.
  • Incorporate the diverse interests and cultures of the community in the community development process; and disengage from support of any effort that is likely to adversely affect the disadvantaged members of a community.
  • Work actively to enhance the leadership capacity of community members, leaders, and groups within the community.
  • Be open to using the full range of action strategies to work toward the long term sustainability and well being of the community.

I've borrowed this from the Community Development Society's website.

How would these principles influence a redrafting of the above elements?

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