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Where do people access information? What do they need? What venues provide access at low or no cost? CIS is spearheading an 18 month comparative analysis of 24 countries to identify community information needs and to inventory local access points to communication and information resources, such as libraries, telecenters, cybercafés and other “public” venues.
Enormous resources have gone into ICTD programs over the last 15 years. What difference have they made? What are the social and economic impacts, both positive and negative? CIS will serve as lead researcher in a longtiudinal, multi-country study to answer these questions.
Promoting economic viability at the bottom of the pyramid is an important goal for ICT programs worldwide. The ways that ICT training programs promote employability, income generation and economic self-sufficiency however are not always direct or obvious. This research explores the impact of ICT skills in this area.
Success stories offer powerful testimony of ICT impact. Are these stories reliable? Can they be generalized? Evidence Narratives are a methodology and story series that attempt to ground the rhetorical power of storytelling in representative analysis and examples of effective programming that transform anecdotes into evidence.
Community Technology Centers operate at the cutting edge of ICT diffusion into underserved communities. They require highly localized training programs and face substantial sustainability challenges. CIS is studying the dimensions of effective access in these localities and developing tools to evaluate and promote financial and cultural sustainability.
Selected Past Projects...
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Thierno Oumar Baldé, A Humphrey fellow at the Evans School of Public Affairs is working with CIS in the area of ICT training and Employability as part of his Professional Affiliation.
This workshop featured research partners in our landscape study of public access in 24 countries to plan the research design for Phase II of fieldwork. April 14-16.
Follow Maria Garrido as she goes through Poland and Latvia doing field research in community technology centers
Special issue on ICT skills and employability for Information Technologies and International Development
Deadline: March 31
New 2008 Evidence Narratives
Using the Evidence Narrative methodology, CIS has produced new stories that detail the impact of Microsoft supported ICT training programs in Colombia, Turkey and the Czech Republic.
CIS at GK3
Thanks to Microsoft and our NGO partners that made the sessions in Malaysia so successful. We are processing video from several sessions and will post it soon.
CTC Evaluation Toolkit
The Evaluation Toolkit is a resource for Microsoft Unlimited Potential CAMs, grantees, and local researchers.
Click here to access the modules.
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