infoDev and the IICD are pleased to announce that this year's quest for
the best stories using ICTs for development is now on!
The ICT Stories Project 2001 Competition
Enter today and win a trip to the Global Internet Summit: INET 2001 in
Stockholm, Sweden
Deadline for Entry is April 15th, 2001
HOW TO ENTER
To enter, come to the Stories website (http://www.iicd.org/stories/) and enter
your project experience using our online form.
Alternatively you may email your stories to stories@iicd.org.
To receive an entry form by email send a request to pstreet@worldbank.org.
REQUIREMENTS
All stories must be written about an active or completed project involving
information and communication technologies as applied to social and economic
development. The Story Writer should be someone who is or has worked directly on
the project. Judges will be looking for stories that not only describe their
project but that convey lessons learned that can be applied to similar types of
projects. Creativity is encouraged. Stories should not exceed 1500 words.
You may use this suggested outline to write your story:
Background of the project:
Why and when did your project begin?
What is your project trying to accomplish and how is your project involving
ICTs?
(It may use basic ICTs in a creative way, use state-of-the-art technologies, or
use a combination of ICTs and traditional media.)
Results of your project up to today:
How is technology fulfilling community needs?
How has it improved participation and quality of life for the citizens and
communities involved?
Have you undertaken an evaluation of your project's impact? What have been the
results?
Describe the methodology used to measure the development impact of your project.
Lessons learned and advice:
What were the major barriers or challenges to your project?
What changes would you make to project design and implementation if you were to
do it again?
What is your advice to other who are interested in starting a project like this
or involving similar technologies?
Describe the adjustments made along the way to accommodate user needs.
Development aspects of the project (or potential for):
Please tell if and how your project has used ICTs to directly impact
social and economic development. Has it been useful to the fight against
poverty? How? Who have been the main beneficiaries?
What have been the main benefits for them?
If it has not, describe how the project or lessons learned from this
project can be applied for development.
For more ideas, come to the website to read the winning stories from the
past two competitions.
DEADLINES
All entries must be submitted by April 15, 2001 to be eligible.
All entries submitted after the deadline will be automatically entered into the
next round of competition.
Finalists will be announced on April 22, 2001. Winners will be announced on May
1, 2001.
RULES
- Each person may submit one story per project per contest period.
- Updates of projects submitted in previous rounds of competition are permitted
but should stand on their own.
- Multiple authors are permitted but only one person from each winning story
will be sponsored by the Stories Project to attend INET 2001.
- Entry in this contest authorizes infoDev and the IICD to use the writer's name
and story in the promotion of the Stories Project. A list of Winners will be
posted on the website.
MORE INFORMATION
The ICT Stories website http://www.iicd.org/stories/
The Internet Society's INET 2001 will be held in Stockholm, Sweden from June
5-8, 2001. Information can be found at http://www.isoc.org/inet2001/
The Information for Development Program (infoDev) of the World Bank
http://www.infodev.org
The International Institute for Communication and Development
http://www.iicd.org
CONTACT
Pamela Street of infoDev or Lisette Gast of the IICD:
Pamela Street, infoDev
Washington, DC
pstreet@worldbank.org
+1-202-458-7654
Lisette Gast, IICD
The Hague, The Netherlands
lgast@iicd.org
+31-70-311-7311
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