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D.NetDevelopment Research Network

About D.Net

D.Net is a non-profit research organization

Implementing research and action programmes in the areas, where information and knowledge can contribute to poverty alleviation, economic growth and peace.

Started in January 2001

Goals Knowledge generation

and sharing for broader constituency

Thriving to play a visible role in ICT and development policy

Sharing Best practices in South Asia and beyond

Young and horizontal organization

D.Net has an unwritten

policy to keep the

organization young. We try

to keep average age of our

colleagues within 35 years.

We follow a horizontal

project management

structure to optimum

opportunities and keep the

organization dynamic.

Research and ProgrammeD.Net works with 6 themes

Theme 1: Access to Information and Knowledge Understanding impact of ICTs on poverty and piloting appropriate ICTs for

improving livelihood and employment generation

Theme 2: Enhancing Business Competitiveness for Economic Growth Understanding the role of information in business competitiveness; Analysis of

markets for promoting domestic business and export

Theme 3: Governance and Human Rights Promoting human rights through establishment of rights to information for all

citizens including poor and marginalised

Theme 4: Human Capacity Building for Development Promoting capacity building at the grassroots level particularly for the youth and

women

Theme 5: Institutional Capacity Development Promoting access to information at the grassroots level through support towards

mainstream institutions; develop institutional capacity of the organizations willing to focus research on various issues including on ICD4D issues

Theme 6: Economic and Development Policy Research Contributing to economic and development policy making through research

P A L L I T A T H Y A (www.pallitathya.org.bd)

Exchange of livelihood information for sustainable rural livelihood to contribute to the efforts of poverty alleviation

Why?

Under the theme of ‘Access to Information and Knowledge’

Pallitathya (Let livelihood information reach every door step)

Pallitathya Model

Information and other need identification

The research was conducted in 2003

Funded by Research Initiatives, Bangladesh (RIB)

Participation of grassroots researchers

Developed a taxonomy of livelihood content

Identified other need in the community


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Started in 2004

Identified 10 main categories

Combination of text and picture

Regular update

Internet connection is not required

Funded by

Research Initiatives, Bangladesh (RIB)

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF)

International Development Research Centre (IDRC)


Multimedia content

JEEON-IKB : Moni The Mobile Lady

JEEON-IKB, 3 Animation CD on Agriculture

JEEON-IKB : Image and text based content on 8 livelihood areas

Offline channels

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CD based Jeeon Information and Knowledge Base


Mobile phone based Helpline

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Funded by Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP)


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Online channel


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Face-to-face discussion (issue based camp)


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October 23, 2005September 17, 2005

Mongla,Bagerhat

Rouha, Netrokona

October 16, 2005

Babrijhar, Nilphamari

November 26, 2005Year of 2005

Ownership tested in model

• Local organisation

• Union Parishad

• Community management

• Central management


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Benefit on Investment concept

Traditional evaluation system like

ROI or cost benefit analysis focuses on

the return entrepreneur get against an

investment

But in case of social enterprise like

information centre the benefit goes to

the community people not the

entrepreneur

To asses this initiative we

introduced Benefit on Investment

(BOI), which monetize the benefit

community people get and consider

during calculation.

D.Net evaluated its 4 telecentres

using this concept and found that

the total benefit was 4.64 times

higher. Which means if you invest

£1 the community will get benefit

of £ 4.64.

Statistics since September 2005

Total beneficiaries from Pallitathya Kendra: 145,008

• Female 48 per cent & Male: 52 per cent

Livelihood Information recipients: 73 per cent

• Health: 43 per cent

• Agriculture: 18 per cent

• Education: 17 per cent

• Law and human rights: 10 per cent

• Government service: 4 per cent

• Non-farm activities: 4 per cent

• Awareness: 2 per cent

A number of cases have been developed by the Pallitathya initiatives • Poor farmers are able to save huge loss of crops

• Students benefited from timely delivered education information

• Women benefited from law and rights related information services

• Woman and physically challenged people benefited from the door step services.

• In the recent study, it was found that the benefit to the community people is 18.33 times higher than the investment made for setup and operation of PK (Benefit on Investment exercise).


Visit www.pallitathya.org.bd


Expansion of Pallitathya Model

• 36 Pallitathya Kendras are operating in collaboration with grassroots organisations

• 25 PKs are operating with the financial support of Manusher Jonno Foundation• 13 PKs were established with the financial and software support of Microsoft

• RDRS Bangladesh is replicating PK model in 25 locations named JonoTathya Kendra

• CARE is replicating PK model in Hoar area (Boat based Telecentre)


Current Activities with under Pallitathya program

• D.Net is not implementing Pallitathya Kendra (information centre) directly now.

• Helping interested organizations to replicate the model with training, content and other capacity building activities.

•Setting up hub and spoke model for capacity building.

BORN: Bangladesh Online Research Network (www.bdresearch.org.bd)

Research Information on Bangladesh Now at a Click

Facilitating research on Bangladesh by creating an online warehouse of research information on Bangladesh.

Providing user requested information promptly and effectively

Providing information about upcoming publications and events relevant to Bangladesh

Serving as a platform for information-givers and information-seekers to interact


Gunijan: Building a proud heritage (www.gunijan.org.bd)

Largest electronic journal of Bangladeshi eminent

personalities

Information on our best people will inspire the new generations to show their

best as patriots of Bangladesh


Empowering People through Access to Information on

Governance and Human Rights

Abolombon: Law and Human Rights content website

Abolombon Under the theme of ‘Governance & Human Rights’

Global Impact Study

• To understand and map the variety of public access landscapes and models around the world.

• To identify and understand the main social and economic impacts of public access to ICT.

• To deliver preliminary evidence on the magnitude of social and economic benefits of public access, and the costs involved in providing public access.

• To develop a set of rigorous methodologies and test these through focused

field studies in three countries to prepare for the longitudinal study. • To coordinate research activities with the impact assessment teams in

Global Libraries countries and develop a strategy that makes optimal use of

these researchers in relation to this project.

Detail on http://www.globalimpactstudy.org/about/

Research Questions:

What is, if any, the relationship between access to ICTs and community empowerment?

How and to what extent does the use of ICTs affect community empowerment? What are the determining factors for such impact?

Objectives:

• To understand relationship between access to ICTs and community empowerment,

• To analyze how and to what extent does the use of ICTs affect community empowerment

• To understand the determining factors for such effect.

• To draw policy lessons for future interventions in building linkage between ICTs and community empowerment.

Community Empowerment through ICTs: Evidences from Grassroots in Bangladesh

and India

An integrated planning, monitoring and evaluation system that looks at both development results and internal performance

It helps a programme to clarify what it wants to accomplish, with whom, and how

It offers a method for monitoring changes in the boundary partners and in the programme as an organization

It encourages the programme to look regularly at how it can improve its performance

It helps evaluate intended and unexpected results

Evaluation using OM

GEM is a guide to integrating a gender analysis into evaluations of initiatives that use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for social change.

GEM provides a means for determining whether ICTs are really improving women's lives and gender relations as well as promoting positive change at the individual, institutional, community and broader social levels.

The guide provides users with an overview of the evaluation process (including links to general evaluation resources) and outlines suggested strategies and methodologies for incorporating a gender analysis throughout the evaluation process. GEM does not contain step-by-step instructions to conducting evaluations.

GEM is not simply an evaluation tool. It can also be used to ensure that a gender concerns are integrated into a project planning process.

Finally, GEM is an evolving guide! In its practical use we encourage critical thoughts and creative adaptations. Throughout this web site you will find forms where you can submit your comments, suggestions, stories, strategies, or resources.

Evaluation using GEM

Localization of ICTs

D.Net is working with localization of ICTs. By localization we also mean contextualization of ICTs

D.Net localized Joomla CMS and developed livelihood content portal which has more tham 30,000 pages of content in Bangla.

Localization of ICTs

D.Net is running Bangla blog portal for telecenter operators to offer a peer communication platform at grassroots level.

This portal now has about 180 members and most of them are regular writer

Activities to keep ICTs live

Citi Financial IT case competition is an initiative to link ICT industry to the academics.

It provides an opportunity to young talented students to know the demand and develop solutions for them.

http://www.dnet.org.bd/ficc

E-content and ICT for Development Award is an initiative to find and encourage best e-content initiatives in Bangladesh. Visit www.eaward.com.bd for detail.

URLs you might be interested to visitURLs you might be interested to visit

1. More about Pallitahtya: www.pallitathya.org.bd1. More about Pallitahtya: www.pallitathya.org.bd2. Video on telecentre activity2. Video on telecentre activity

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnvjJnscPPsPart 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnvjJnscPPsPart 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3IyuCPyjoAPart 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3IyuCPyjoA

3. School based Computer Learning Program: www.clp.net.bd 3. School based Computer Learning Program: www.clp.net.bd 4. E-Content award initiative: www.eaward.org.bd 4. E-Content award initiative: www.eaward.org.bd 5. Moni, The mobile lady CD1(demo): 5. Moni, The mobile lady CD1(demo): http://dnet.org.bd/KP_Files/KP_Moni_Trailor_Land_Reg.wmvhttp://dnet.org.bd/KP_Files/KP_Moni_Trailor_Land_Reg.wmv6. Moni, The mobile lady CD2(demo): http://dnet.org.bd/KP_Files/KP_Agri_Animation_-6. Moni, The mobile lady CD2(demo): http://dnet.org.bd/KP_Files/KP_Agri_Animation_-1.wmv 1.wmv 7. Moni, The mobile lady CD3(demo): http://dnet.org.bd/KP_Files/KP_Agri_Animation_-7. Moni, The mobile lady CD3(demo): http://dnet.org.bd/KP_Files/KP_Agri_Animation_-2.wmv2.wmv8. Bangla content portal: www.jeeon.com.bd 8. Bangla content portal: www.jeeon.com.bd 9. More about D.Net: www.dnet.org.bd 9. More about D.Net: www.dnet.org.bd

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