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Private & Confidential© Global Knowledge Partnership 2005

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Sharing Knowledge & Building Partnerships Globally in ICT4D

14.12.05

Rinalia Abdul RahimExecutive Director, Global Knowledge Partnership

[email protected]


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1. Objective of this meeting

2. GKP - Who are we?

3. Who are our members?

4. Examples of our Projects/Programmes

5. Our guiding principles.

6. Our Strategy to 2010

7. Opportunities for Collaboration

8. Where shall we go from here?

Structure of this Presentation


3Objective of This Meeting

1. Share Information About the Global Knowledge Partnership

2. Explore Opportunities For Enhanced Engagement & Collaboration


4About the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP)

• GKP is a global network of organizations committed GKP is a global network of organizations committed to ICT4Dto ICT4D

• GKP was established in 1997GKP was established in 1997

• GKP champions Knowledge for Development (K4D)GKP champions Knowledge for Development (K4D)

• GKP facilitates Knowledge Sharing in ICT4DGKP facilitates Knowledge Sharing in ICT4D

• GKP advocates joint-action by and through mutual GKP advocates joint-action by and through mutual learninglearning

• GKP builds multi-stakeholder partnershipsGKP builds multi-stakeholder partnerships


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ExecutiveCommittee

GKPSecretariat

MembershipCommittee

ClustersClusters

RegionalRegionalThematicThematic

INTERNATIONALINSTITUTIONS

INTERNATIONALINSTITUTIONS

INTERNATIONALNETWORKS

INTERNATIONALNETWORKS

CIVIL SOCIETYORGANIZATIONSCIVIL SOCIETY

ORGANIZATIONSPRIVATE SECTOR

COMPANIES PRIVATE SECTOR

COMPANIES GOVERNMENT

AGENCIESGOVERNMENT

AGENCIES

GKP promotes and builds MSPs to meet development challenges

First Global Multi-Stakeholder Partnership (MSP) in ICT4D

GKP Network Structure


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GKP is able to cultivate South-South and North-South collaborations across sectors regionally and internationally

Diverse Representation

16%

8%

11%

21%2%11%8%

5%11% 7%

International Africa Asia - East Asia - South Central & Eastern Europe Europe Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa North America Oceania


7Overview of GKP Members 2005


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Collaborate in knowledge-sharing and

learning activities to spread good practice

and innovation

Build strategic alliances to strengthen programme

innovation and implementation

Contribute to joint resource mobilisation

efforts

Propose concrete programmes and form partnerships

for implementation

Roles of Members


9Member Profile : Digital Divide Data (DDD)


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Regional,Thematic& GlobalActivities

Building Partnerships

Sharing Knowledge

Partnerships - Research- Advocacy- Pilot- Scale-up - Innovation

Multi-Stakeholder Action/Resource

Mobilization

Exchange of multi-stakeholder

perspectives, experiences,

and knowledge

Peer-to-Peer & Cross-Sector learning

and analysis Capacity BuildingCapacity Building

Learning By DoingLearning By Doing

GKP Learning Cycle


11GKP Knowledge Products

o “Internet Governance – Issues, Actors & Divides”o “Up-scaling Pro-poor ICT Policies & Practices”o “ICT for Development: A Sourcebook for Parliamentarians”o “Issues of Bridging the Digital Divide” - GKP Recommendationso “Facing the Screen: ICT in Latin America and the Caribbean - A Visual Journey” o “PARTNERS” bi-monthly newsletter o “Beyond Tunis” - GKP@WSIS Knowledge Product (mid-2006)

• Media & the Information Society • Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships• ICT for Development Success Stories • ICT for Poverty Reduction in Asia

Knowledge for Development (K4D) Publication Series


12GKP Global Platforms

ICT4D PlatformDecember

2003

GKIII2007GKII

March2000

GK97June1997

GKP@WSIS

November 2005


13GKP @ WSIS - Convening Global ICT4D Stakeholders

GKP EveningCelebrating MSPs

GKP@WSIS Plenary

GKPForum

BBC WorldTV Debate

“Digital Dividends”

GKP@WEMF II

GKPPavilion

Highlights from Tunis 2005

• 2005 Collaborative Awards: Gender & ICT; Global Media; Youth; & Media for African Journalists

• Launch of Telecentres.org $21m initiative to support telecentres

• Launch of GKP publication “Access, Empowerment & Governance: Creating a World of Equal Opportunities with ICT”. ‘Hands-on’ ICT4D experts advocate harmonization, leapfrogging, and tangible measurement of the impact of ICT4D.

• Mission 2007 – India, potentially the largest scaling-up programme in the history of ICT-enabled development.

• Special Session on ‘Financing Knowledge in Africa’ with the President, African Development Bank; the Exec Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Africa; and several African Ministers.




GKP@WSIS Plenary

GKPForum

BBC WorldTV Debate


GKP@WEMF II

GKPPavilion

GKP Pavilion showcased 100 member institutions - innovators in ICT4D from every sector and every region.




GKP@WSIS Plenary

GKPForum

BBC WorldTV Debate


GKP@WEMF II

GKPPavilion

Ideas that arose in Tunis from Partnership Facilitation Workshop

Resource MobilisationA new area for GKP. Beyond simple fundraising, about engaging MSPs to ensure financial sustainability:

• A Sustainable Partnership for Up-scaling and Replicating IT-Enabled Services Businesses

• How to engage the private sector in development

• Micro-credits for micro-projects using ICT4D• Tapping donor funds & mobilizing MSP

resources

Access to KnowledgeAmong 50% of GKP members with ‘Knowledge’ as one of their core activities:

• Knowledge Sharing in Geographical Information between Africa & Asia

• Sharing appropriate Local Content, at both a macro and micro level

• Sharing gains of ICT projects & learning from other like-minded partners

• Sharing Knowledge and Building Partnerships programme in MENA

EducationPotential partnerships among 58 members in education-related work:

• On-line Education Road-Map• ICT support in schools in Pakistan• School exchange in MENA• Public education quality

improvements in LAC • LAC, South Asia schools e-

exchange

Poverty AlleviationProposals:

• Creating an online community for rural & peri-urban women

• Understanding the effectiveness of multi-stakeholder partnerships at global and grassroots Levels

• Sustainability & up-scaling• Action Research:measuring ICT

impact


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Our VisionA world of equal opportunities for all people to have access to and use knowledge and information to improve their lives

Our Mission GKP shares knowledge and builds partnerships to realise the transformative potential of knowledge, communication, and information technologies to improve lives, reduce poverty and empower people.

GKP Vision & Mission


17GKP Bridges Knowledge & Plugs Resource Gaps

CHANNELING

MULTI-STAKEHOLDER

KNOWLEDGE ASSETS

Perspectives

Concrete Experiences

Learning, Good Practices

Analysis

Resources

HorizontalSouth-SouthAcross RegionsAcross Themes

Vertical LinkagesNorth-South

Grass Roots-Policy


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• Sustainable & equitable development a core responsibility of every sector

• Unique and complementary sectoral contributions

• More holistic perspective and approach to (using ICT for) development and for nurturing Knowledge Societies

Government Business

Civil Society

Alliance/Partnership

GKP - Promoting Cross-Sector Partnerships


19GKP - Potential of Partnerships

Strong Partnerships

• Strategic aggregation of resources and competencies

• Build on principles of equality, shared risk, shared contribution and mutual benefit

Partnership Assets

• pooled knowledge and resources

• capacity-building (mutual learning by doing)

• diversity-driven innovation

• extended reach & impact

• enhanced effectiveness & efficiency

• enhanced accountability

• enhanced ability to address complexity and scale-up of development initiatives


20GKP Working Principles

• GKP is a membership organization driven by shared values and

mutual respect-members are independent, autonomous and equal.

• GKP upholds the following principles and guidelines in its work to

enable the growth of trust-based relationships:

– Inclusion

– Innovation

– Capacity-building

– Gender & Social Equity

– Accountability and Transparency

– Multi-stakeholder Partnerships (MSPs)

– Participation, Empowerment and Ownership

– Advocacy for human rights (rights-based approach)


21GKP Strategy 2010

1.Convene knowledge sharing events with products and innovative solutions

2.Broker multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) for knowledge sharing and increasing effectiveness of ICT for development initiatives

3.Promote innovation in the use and appropriation of ICT for development initiatives and knowledge sharing

4.Facilitate mobilisation of investments in ICT for development at local, national, and global levels

5.Influence policy, regulatory frameworks and public opinion

5 CoreActivities

• Education

• Poverty Reduction

• Access to Knowledge

• Resource Mobilisation

4 Themes


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• GKP Youth Social Enterprise Initiative – Launch

(24 March, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

• GKP International Forum on Cross Sector Partnerships:

“Creating Prosperity Through Innovation: ICTs at Work in Development”

(8-11 May, Colombo, Sri Lanka)

• Capacity Building Workshops

– Resource Mobilization Training

– Facilitating Successful MSPs

– Innovative Knowledge Sharing Techniques

– Outcome Mapping

– Gender Evaluation Methodology

– Nurturing ICT Social Enterprises Among Youth

• GKP@Asia Media Summit 2006

(29-31 May, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

GKP Events: January - June 2006


23GK III - 3rd Global Knowledge Conference

Working Theme:

Alternative Knowledge Societiesand

Economies of the Future

Autumn 2007


24Possible Opportunities for Collaboration

1. GKP International Forum (Sri Lanka)

2. ICT4D Practitioner / Project / Partner Match-making

3. Consolidating database information for ICT4D


25Next Steps

Discussion:

WB engagement in the GKP as: member, knowledge

contributor, program/project partner, partnership builder


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14.12.05

Thank You

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