[huridocs-tech] KnowNet Mapping Project -- Southeast Asia

[***Originally posted on the Global Knowledge for Development listserv, 
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Greetings of solidarity from Manila!

We are doing a quick mapping of innovative Knowledge
Networking/ICT4Dev/Community Networking projects/stories in Southeast
Asia prior to designing a regional workshop in Manila in late
November/early December 2002.

This project springs from the basic idea that Knowledge Networking,
through both traditional methods as well as via the critical
appropriation of the new ICTs, must be examined as an important
component of popular empowerment. In particular, it also assumes that it
is in multi-stakeholder arrangements that Knowledge Networking can be
maximized as an enabler of development.

The project seeks to initiate a strategic discussion on Knowledge
Networking for CSOs in Asia, by providing venues for dialogue and the
exchange of ideas by CSOs and different development stakeholders from
the Philippines and other Asian countries. The focus will be on
clarifying the key concepts, evolving a common paradigm, and presenting
working models of how Knowledge Networking can engender development. It
will particularly examine how CSOs are engaging and interfacing
traditional information and communication systems as well as the new
ICTs.

This will be done through a regional workshop by practitioners to be
held in the Philippines, with Asian CSO innovators and resource persons
providing additional inputs to the process. This will be supported by a
preliminary research initiative to map existing efforts, and will be
sustained via continuing online dialogue and discussion. To be embedded
in the project will be a clear learning agenda in Knowledge Networking
that can hopefully be relevant both to Asians and non-Asians alike.

We would appreciate it if those in the list could share their
stories/learnings. For those interested, please email me so that I can
furnish more details.

Thanks!


Anne Lim
Foundation for Media Alternatives
Philippines




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