Module 1

THE LINKAGE BETWEEN ICT APPLICATIONS AND MEANINGFUL DEVELOPMENT- SESSION 4: APPLICATIONS OF ICTs IN DEVELOPMENT–ADDRESSING SPECIFIC MDGS (cont.)

Author: Prof. Usha Rani Vyasulu Reddi

MDG 7: ICTs and the Management of Natural Resources

Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability Target 9: Integrate the principles of sustainable development

into country policies and programmes to reverse the loss of environmental resources

Target 10: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to drinking water.

Target 11: By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers

ICTs and Natural Resources

For environmental surveillance and reconstruction

Disaster warning, prevention, relief and rehabilitation

For mapping climate change

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TEWS

MDG 8

Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for developmentTarget 12. Develop further an open, rule-based,

predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system Includes a commitment to good governance,development, and poverty reduction — bothnationally and internationally

Target 13. Address the special needs of the least developed countries Includes: tariff and quota free access for least

developed countries’ exports; enhancedprogramme of debt relief for HIPCs and cancellationof official bilateral debt; and more generous ODAfor countries committed to poverty reduction

MDG 8

Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development Target 14: Address the special needs of landlocked

countries and small island developing States Target 15: Deal comprehensively with the debt

problems of developing countries through national and international measures in order to make debt sustainable in the long term

Target 16: In cooperation with developing countries, develop and implement strategies for decent and productive work for youth

MDG 8

Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development

Target 17: In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries

Target 18: In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications

ICTs, Government and Governance

Governance is the outcome, while is the formal apparatus for administering system effectively

E government is the application of ICTs for providing services to citizens

E governance is a broader term which encompasses a wide range of relationships between government and the citizenry

Mongolian Taxation Authority

The Right to Information Act, India

ICTs and Peace

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Relief Web

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To Sum Up

Discussion organized in terms of sectors; however

An Integrated approach is critical The recognition and development of

integrated approaches to applicationposes huge challenges

Practical Exercise 3

Form region specific groups. Each group will choose any one sector of development and discuss how this relates to other development sectors. Identify a specific programme you will develop. Elaborate in terms of overall programme aims and specific objectives that the programme will use to achieve its objective. Will ICTs help/hinder the programme planning and implementation? Defend your decision to other participants at the workshop

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