PAN L10n Wiki: Introduction

Introduction

We are going to implement PAN Localization Phase-II Project in 5 different Access point, of Myagdi, Kaski, Chitwan and Rasuwa Districts of Nepal. For this purpose we have selected three government schools in Nepal wireless project (NWP), one community library and one community based telecenter. Among these centers 4 are supported by E-Network Research and Development (ENRD) and run by Himanchal higher school, Nangi and one is supported by Rural Education and Development (READ-Nepal).
The main objective of this PAN Localization Phase- II project is to introduce localized based ICT tools to the rural people, which will directly increase digital literacy and their livelihood. The mission of the program is to train 155 end-users in the 5 different centers. Each participants of this project will be taken as ICT leaders in these respective areas. Our vision is to handover ICT leadership to the community who can locally plan and design ICT based project.
To identify the projects impacts and outcomes this project will run under the framework of Gender Evaluation Methodology and Outcome Mapping methodology.

Program Framework

Vision Statement

The community people women, farmers, teachers, students and youths use localized computing technology more efficiently in the various fields they are involved to receive social services delivery system. The community groups have enough technical capacity to generate and use locally relevant content to improve their living standard and make their life more enjoyable. Such benefits of technology is accessing by equal participation of gender, marginalized community and ethnic group. The model, the experiences and the techniques and methodologies developed by the project are replicating in other villages of country.

Mission Statement

The project will focus mainly on building the capacity of local community people from 5 different groups to use and deploy the localized computing technology in their daily activities. The program will encourage equal participation of community and organizations accessing the technology and generating locally relevant content and display them in internet in local language

Boundary Partners 1: Farmers

PAN Phase II program wants to see to enhance the capacity of farmers to use localized computing technology. They need to build their capacity to use ICT in their local language and local content. They are able to generate culturally relevant content and also share among their circle in digital format. The trained and competent ICT users from farmers group will form a viable network among their colleges of different PAN Phase II Project sites that are capable of exchange and share of lesson learns, success stories and important tips from their web based portals. At least 30 farmers would be digitally literate and build their

Boundary Partners 2: Women

PAN Phase II program wants to see to enhance the capacity of women to use localized computing technology. They need to build their capacity to use ICT in their local language and local content. They would able to share their knowledge and skills of local contents using localized computing technology. They are able to generate culturally relevant content and also share among their circle in digital format. The trained and competent ICT users from women groups will form a viable network among their colleges of different PAN Phase II Project sites that are capable of exchange and share of lesson learns, success stories and important tips from their web based portals. There are at least 30 women from different five tele centers who are capable to use and share digital knowledge in their local content.

Boundary Partners 3: Youth

The PAN Phase II project intends to see youths community equally participating for accessing and use of localized computing technology in their daily activities such as communications, online business, information and knowledge sharing by relevant content in different themes. Youths have enough skill to use and access of the localized computing technology. They are able to generate culturally relevant content and also share among their circle in digital format. The trained and competent ICT users from youths group will form a viable network among their colleges of different PAN Phase II Project sites that are capable of exchange and share of lesson learns, success stories and important tips from their web based portals.

Boundary Partners 4: Students

PAN Phase II program wants to see to enhance the capacity of students to use localized computing technology. They need to build their capacity to use ICT in their learning process with local language and local content. They are able to generate culturally relevant content and also share among their circles to collect and impart their knowledge in digital format. The trained and competent ICT users from students groups will form a viable network among their colleges of different PAN Phase II Project sites that are capable of exchange and share of lesson learns, success stories and important tips from their web based portals. There are at least 30 students from different five tele centers who are capable to use and share digital knowledge in their local content.

Boundary Partners 5: Teachers

PAN Phase II program wants to see to enhance the capacity of Teachers to use localized computing technology. They need to build their capacity to use ICT in their teaching and learning process. They would able to share their knowledge and skills on local contents using localized computing technology. They are able to generate culturally relevant content and also share among their circle in digital format. The trained and competent ICT users from women groups will form a viable network among their colleges of different PAN Phase II Project sites that are capable of exchange and share of lesson learns, success stories and important tips from their web based portals. There are at least 30 women from different five tele centers who are capable to use and share digital knowledge in their local content.

Progress Markers

PAN Phase II program wants to see local people to recognize the importance of and engage in to encourage citizens to use the localized computing technology, gathering the contribution and establishing the partnership with other community members within their area. They are able to demonstrate and influence their digital skills on localized computing technology so that they can contribute for expanding similar program around the area. Identifying ICT as important component in the community development local authorized bodies' priorities and plan the ICT sectors in their annual development activities.

Expect to see – Local People (Farmers, Women, Youths, Students and Teachers)

1. Participate in the regular PAN Phase II project meetings in local level to identify opportunities for students, teachers, youths, women and farmers in use of localized Technology.
2. Acquiring the new concept for participating in the ICT development program
3. Contributing the minimum resources to run ICT capacity building training and deploying ICT in their daily activities.
4. Establishing structures for equal participant of the students, teachers, youths, women and farmers from the community level in the PAN Phase –II ICT training program.

Like to see – Local People (Farmers, Women, Youths, Students and Teachers)

5. Involve in the process of building ICT infrastructure in their localities.
6. Encouraging the female and marginalized citizens to participate in the capacity building training program of PAN Phase-II.
7. Develop a concept and build a network to sustainable run this process in future.
8. Coordinating and expanding the joint work to deployment of localized computing technology in every day activities of the local people.
9. Involving in the process of deploying the technology to manage own system. Such as website development, upload, document drafting and saving , using internet and email services through localized computing technologies etc.
10. Identifying the opportunities for providing ICT capacity building training to the Women, Farmers, Youths, Students and Teachers from marginalized community.
11. Producing and disseminating concrete example of benefits arising from the ICT training program in their local content through localized computing technologies.
12. Requesting new opportunities for increasing participation in the training program of localized computing technology.

Love to see – Local People (Farmers, Women, Youths, Students and Teachers)

13. Playing a leading role in using localized ICT technology in the daily activities of in their community level.
14. Sharing lessons and experience through website with others and encourage other to deploy the ICT.
15. Influencing community level programme for formulating policy on prioritizing ICT as important component and making concentrate ICT development policy in the area.

Strategy Map- Community People

STRATEGY	CAUSAL	PERSUASIVE	SUPPORTIVE
	I-1	I-2	I-3
Aimed at Boundary Partner - Community People (Farmers, Women, Youths, Students and Teachers)	Contribute human support to PAN Phase –II program	Actively participate in the end user training program on localized computing technology	To provide the suggestion and recommendation building self initiative e-club among trainers who are participating in the training.
	E-1	E-2	E-3
Aimed at Boundary Partner - Community People (Farmers, Women, Youths, Students and Teachers)	Support and coordinate to manage the space, electricity and planning the localized computing training in the area.- Innovatively support to involve Farmers, Women, Youths, Students and Teachers from marginalized community and ethnic group in the PAN Phase-II training program. - Support to conduct layer 3 (end user ) training.	- Publish Activity report and disseminate them by web sites and hard copy - Participate in the discussion forum for sharing the experience.	- To extend the program in other area through building a network of between different ethnic group, marginalized community, and women for sharing the knowledge and study materials

Design Worksheet 4: Organizational Practices

NO.	PRACTICES	KEY ACTIONS
1	Practice 1:Prospecting for new ideas, opportunities, and resources	-Using maximum benefits of technology in communication: Program staffs frequently do meeting in web and use internal wiki for generating every day report of their activities. Study of related literature: Program staffs search as much sources of information on related issues. Programs staffs involve in discussion with citizens, groups, or organizations to identify new relations and opportunities.
2	Practice 2:Seeking feedback from the key informants	-Program members actively involve in gathering the views , options and suggestion from the CC, CCL, RC and funding agencies to receive the key conceptual information and feedback by e-mails and meetings. Conduct baseline survey from the 5 selected area of the project and frequently communication with it’s boundary partners to identify the existing situation, ongoing program impacts and attitude of the target users.Program members actively involve in e-mailling, face to face discussion program and sometimes filling questionnaires to find out the people who are unsatisfied by the program and receive the key information from them on their dissatisfaction. Program members involve in the meeting with governmental and other line agencies to get the feedback and key information of the program in the area.
3	Practice 3:Obtaining the support from next highest power of organization	Program members present the update of the activity to the board members of the organization. Simultaneously program members present and regular update the finding of the study and activities done in the project are to the CC, CCL and RC .Program members involve in presenting all the progress, challenges and lesson learns of the programs to the related government agencies and collect feed back and suggestion from them.
4	Practice 4:Assessing and re-designing products services, and procedures	Project members involve for taking interim survey and feed back from boundary partners of the program. On necessity the training manual, training plan or methodology will be modified accordingly. Project staffs involve in the interacting with senior experts, CC, CCL and RC to review, re-designing the training manual, training materials and training methodology.Project members involve in the discussion to re-design the procedures for generating culturally relevant content from boundary partners of the program. members.
5	Practice 5:Checking up on those already served to add value	Programs staffs involve in the discussions to explore the duplication in training manual, training materials and training plan and avoid those duplication in future program.
6	Practice 6:Sharing your best wisdom with the world	Project members identify conferences and workshops on localized computing technology and rural ICT and delivers papers and seminars on the experience and lesson learnt in the program nationally and internationally
7	Practice 7:Experimenting to remain innovative	Project members involve in the discussion with existing boundary partners on exploring new boundary partners for new activities to take the program to height.
8	Practice 8:Engaging in organizational reflection	Program members are seriously curious to know the intervention coming in the program and continuously make an effort to learn from each intervention.

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