On 24 - 25th April 2006, the Uganda Rural ICT Partners Workshop was held under the theme ĀBuilding Sustainable Partners for Community Led ICTs for Rural DevelopmentĀ. The workshop which took place at Royal Impala Hotel, Munyonyo, Kampala, was organised by Action Aid International Uganda, SchoolNet Uganda and Ugabytes. Participants, who included practitioners of ICT projects for rural development, ICT policy makers and ICT managers, met to create a roadmap for sustainable national ICT efforts for rural development.
The overall goal of the Rural ICT Partners Workshop was to promote robust and collaborative strategies to enhance and amplify community led ICT development in Uganda. The specific objectives were to:
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Share knowledge and innovations from different rural ICT initiatives.
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Map out major strengths, challenges, gaps and linkages either in current programmes and potential areas of collaboration between projects.
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Map out a common strategic path for consolidating national ICT efforts for rural development.
At the end of the workshop, three main areas were mapped out as priority areas for collaboration. These areas are (1) Knowledge sharing and exchange, (2) Content, and (3) Advocacy, and organisations were identified to spearhead the three priority areas. Together with the Reflect ICT Project (ActionAid International Uganda), WOUGNET was selected to spearhead the Advocacy area.
Report compiled by Janet Cox Achora, WOUGNET Program Officer - Rural Access. For a detailed report, send email to info@wougnet.org.
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