Building E-Community Centers for Rural Development Workshop
Agenda

Opening Ceremony:
Welcome Remarks [PDF 75KB | 3 pages] by Ja-Kyung Yoo, Chief ICT Applications Section, UNESCAP
Opening Remarks [PDF 70KB | 3 pages] by Raymond Renfro, Director CBT, ADBI
Election of Officers
Group Photo Session

Introduction to the Workshop and of Participants and Resource Speakersby Mr Jeoung-Keun Lee, Senior Capacity Building Specialist, ADBI

Overview of Community e-Centers in Asia and the Pacific by Ja-Kyung Yoo, Chief, ICT Applications Section, UNESCAP

• Presentation: Overview of Community e-Centers in Asia and the Pacific [PDF 226KB | 50 pages]

Country Reports of Cambodia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka (Chairperson)

Country Reports of Bangladesh, Bhutan, People's Republic of China, Fiji, India, Thailand, Uzbekistan, and Viet Nam (Chairperson)

Use of Satellites for Rural Development
Resource Person by Eui Kon Koh, President, Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC)

• Presentation: Use of Satellites for Rural Development [PDF 960KB | 38 pages]

Connecting People in Rural Communities through ICT: Grameen Telecom Experience by Rezwan Alauddin, Head of IT, Grameen Telecom

• Paper [PDF 726KB | 16 pages]
• Presentation [PDF 342KB | 5 pages]

Social Capital and the Network Effects: Implications of China's e-Learning and Rural ICT Initiativesby Alexander G. Flor, Dean and Professor, Faculty of Information and Communication Studies, UP Open University, Philippines

• Paper [PDF 216KB | 19 pages]
• Presentation [PDF 155KB | 8 pages]

Economics of Satellite-based e-Community Network by Adi Adiwoso, Chief Executive Officer, ACeS

• Presentation: Economics of Satellite-based e-Community Network [PDF 617KB | 28 pages]

Digital Inclusion: Public and Private Partnership by Akhtar A. Badshah, Senior Director, Community Affairs, Microsoft Corporation

• Paper [PDF 276KB | 2 pages]
• Presentation [PDF 1MB | 37 pages]

e-Learning in Rural Community through e-Community Centers by Kyohsuke Yoshimura, Learning Solution Executive, IBM Asia Pacific

• Presentation: e-Learning in Rural Community through e-Community Centers [PDF 1MB | 23 pages]

Southeast Asian Needs Assessment for a Global Open Agriculture and Food Universityby Alexander G. Flor

• Paper [PDF 161KB | 12 pages]
• Presentation [PDF 117KB | 13 pages]

Developing a Business Plan for e-Community Center: Operations and Management by S. Senthilkumaran, M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, India

• Presentation: Developing a Business Plan for e-Community Center: Operations and Management [PDF 458KB | 25 pages]

The Rice Knowledge Bank: What is it and can e-Communities Benefit? by Mark Bell, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

• Paper [PDF 100KB | 8 pages]
• Presentation [PDF 981KB | 42 pages]

Stakeholder Partnership for ICT in Rural Communities by Sahdev Singh, Assistant Executive Secretary, Asia-Pacific association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI)

• Paper [PDF 482KB | 21 pages]
• Presentation [PDF 189KB | 13 pages]

A Survey of Rural Kiosks in India by Karishma Kiri, Microsoft

• Paper [PDF 927KB | 10 pages]
• Presentation [PDF 706KB | 13 pages]

From a Small Beginning to a Mass Movement: National Alliance for Mission 2007 by S. Senthilkumaran

• Presentation: From a Small Beginning to a Mass Movement: National Alliance for Mission 2007 [PDF 1.1MB | 34 pages]

Models of e-Community Centers for the Poor by Wimal Gunarwardena, Chairman, TEAMS

• Paper [PDF 154KB | 9 pages]
• Presentation [PDF 305KB | 25 pages]

How to draft Action Plans by Kyeong Ae Choe, Senior Project Specialist, ADB

• Paper [PDF 93KB | 4 pages]
• Presentation [PDF 181KB | 25 pages]

Break

Economic Analysis of e-Community Centers by Hyunjung Lee, Economist, ADB and Jeong-Dong Lee, Associate Professor, Seoul National University

• Paper [PDF 54KB | 3 pages]
• Presentation [PDF 271KB | 39 pages]

Local Knowledge Management through e-Community Centers by Sahdev Singh

• Paper [PDF 161KB | 9 pages]
• Presentation [PDF 254KB | 15 pages]

Study Tour

Harmonizing ICT with Integrated Community Development: The Sarvodaya Experience in Sri Lanka by Vinya Ariyaratne, Executive Director, Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement

• Paper [PDF 317KB | 12 pages]
• Presentation [PDF 922KB | 28 pages]

Korea's Effort to Build Telecenters as a tool to close Digital Divide by Cheung Moon Cho, Director, Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO)

• Presentation: Korea's Effort to Build Telecenters as a tool to close Digital Divide [PDF 1MB | 41 pages]

Conducive Environments for Promoting e-Community Centers by Jonathan Kushner and Peter Chong, Microsoft

• Presentation: Conducive Environments for Promoting e-Community Centers [PDF 999KB | 25 pages]

e-Health in Rural Community through e-Community Centers by Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

• Presentation: e-Health in Rural Community through e-Community Centers [PDF 1MB | 32 pages]

Presentation of Group Work on Information Needs Assessment

Evaluation and Monitoring of Performance of e-Community Centers by Wimal Gunawardena

• Paper [PDF 148KB | 9 pages]
• Presentation [PDF 288KB | 23 pages]

Technological Options for e-Community Centers by Rezwan Alauddin, Head of IT, Grameen Telecom

• Presentation: Technological Options for e-Community Centers [PDF 471KB | 17 pages]

Marketing and Types of Services Provided Through e-Community Center by Ashok Jhunjhunwala

• Presentation: Marketing and Types of Services Provided Through e-Community Center [PDF 533KB | 42 pages]

Presentation of Action Plans (KyeongAe Choe)

Presentation of Action Plans (KyeongAe Choe)

Finalization of the Action Plans and Workshop Evaluation (Jeoung-Keun Lee)

Recommendations of the Workshop

• Paper: Recommendations of the Workshop [PDF 91KB | 2 pages]

Closing Ceremony

Closing Remarks [PDF 100KB | 4 pages] by Jeoung-Keun Lee
Handing Out Certificates
Vote of Thanks by Participants