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Donor coordination meeting
"Information Communication Technologies for Development"
February 14, 2001
Under the initiative of the UNDP Ukraine, a Donor Coordination Meeting "Information Communication Technologies for Development" was held at United Nations House on 14 February 2001. Representatives of the State Committee on Communications and Informatisation, Ukrtelecom, Donor Organizations and Embassies were among active participants of the meeting. The meeting was aimed at information sharing on government and donors' activities in ICT sector. This was done productively and resulted in the commitment of the participants to establish regular meetings.
Gender equality Turning information into incomeş
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With the initiative of UNDP Ukraine, a team consisting of Mr. Douglas Gardner, UN Resident Coordinator in Ukraine, representatives from the Soros Foundation, Ukrtelecom, and the State Committee on Telecommunication visited the community of Zgurivka in the Kiev oblast on January 30, 2001. "The aim of the visit was to listen and learn directly from the people of rural areas about their needs regarding information technology. The group, consisting of people from different organizations and different perspectives, were most interested in cooperating with the community. Developing these types of partnerships will bring about a real impact in Ukraine," stated Mr. Gardner. The UNDP project on providing women farmers with information technology is active in 8 oblasts. "We have seen very concrete ways how women farmers turn information into income. This is the nature of informization," commented Mr. Gardner after visiting the information center.
CURRENT STATE OF INFORMATIZATION IN UKRAINE
Detailed report in ICT in Ukraine http://www.un.kiev.ua:8080/dis_ukr/inf_ukr.htm
Ukraine Development Gateway
http://www.ukraine-gateway.org.ua/gateway/gateway.nsf/LevelV1/index?OpenDocument
Background of the Ukraine Development Gateway Project
The Internet-related technologies have become significant engines for
economic growth and productivity and are opening new opportunities for
various aspects of learning, the social life and public policy. Adoption
of these technologies entails higher living standards and better quality
of life. However, in the meantime the richest countries are enjoying the
vast majority of these benefits. World Bank has initiated the Global
Development Gateway project, aimed at creating the network of national
development gateways.
It involved several organizations, such as World Bank Group, UNDP, Governments of participation countries and corporate sector representatives. This group of partners is creating the network of national portals under the Global Gateway network umbrella. The goal of the Gateway network is to encourage the distribution of wide array of knowledge about the developing countries and to boost the development and use of the Internet in these countries.
By this time, the number of countries (such as Ukraine, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Moldova and Romania) has joint the initiative and are at the beginning stages of developing the web portals. Ukraine Development Gateway Project (from herein UDG) is an integral part of the Global Development Gateway Project. From March 2000 the group of Ukrainian companies and organizations is preparing for the development of the national Gateway. As a result, a Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Ukraine, Ministry of Economy, UCER&PSD, the World Bank Group and the United Nations Development Program was signed regarding cooperation on ³Global Development Gateway² project.
According to the Memorandum, the project will include creation and support of the wide-scale web site Gateway Ukraine, with the main objective of presenting comprehensive and adequate information about Ukraine, disseminating information about Ukraine. The demo site of the Gateway Ukraine was launched on July 5, 2000. The site will be actively developed and would provide many services topic and user ³guides,² online training modules, best practice analyses, case studies, product reviews, news, jobs, and directories, etc.
Ukrainian Distance Learning System
http://www.ukraine-gateway.org.ua/gateway/gateway.nsf/levelv1/training?opendocument
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