and Ownership One Village One Portal (OVOP) g Grameen Communications & Kyushu University Global Communication Center (GCC) Grameen Communications & Kyushu University (C) 2011 GCC & Kyushu University
NPO Media etc NPO, Media etc. – Remains unreached to the rural people themselves in their needs – Rural people themselves doesn’t have ownership p p p • Rural People Can Produce Their Own Information – Bringing ownership to them – Opening opportunity to broadcast themselves – Creating source of employment and income Generation • Necessity Social Information Infrastructure (SII) – Became a social need for developing countries now a days – Web technology can help realizing this dream (C) 2011 GCC & Kyushu University
portals GramWeb (Platform) – Supports 85000 village portals – Provides Villager Friendly templates and CMS for village portals – Hosted and maintained by GCC Worldwide Access Internet Visitors Hosted and maintained by GCC • Village Portals Produce information OF THE Access Village Information Upload Internet – Produce information OF THE VILLAGERS – Generated BY THE VILLAGERS – Ownership FOR THE VILLAGERS VIE with Telecenter – Ownership FOR THE VILLAGERS VIE with Telecenter CMS: Content Management System (C) 2011 GCC & Kyushu University
the Village Portal the Village Portal • Aims to Cover Maximum Possible Social Information • Divided into 3 Major Parts (Index, Detail and Custom Contents) ( , ) • Arranged by 15 Major Categories Having 78 Sub-Sections Under Them g • Guides the Content Generation and Update Process (C) 2011 GCC & Kyushu University
∑ Villages ∑ Upazilas ∑ Districts Division Summary Union‐2 Summary Summary Summary Upazila‐2 Summary x6 x64 x508 x4484 District‐n Summary Union‐3 p Summary Upazila‐n Summary Summary Union‐n p Summary - Update of village level information reflects up to country level information Can play an important role for achieving MDG # 8 Union n Summary - Can play an important role for achieving MDG # 8 (C) 2011 GCC & Kyushu University
External Entity (EE) VIE subscribes for a website $ EE places info/ads $ subsc bes o a ebs te EE buys info EE places info/ads on multiple websites at a time $ $ $ VIE gets training $ GramWeb posts info/ads $ Visitor buys info $ Visitor buys advertised products $ VIE: Village Information Entrepreneur (i.e. subscriber of the village portal) (C) 2011 GCC & Kyushu University
• Contribution in National Development Planning. p g • Opportunity Enhancement Between Local and Global Market. • Intermediary Intervention Reduction in Market Access. • Employment Opportunity Creation for the Villagers. p y pp y g • Information Transparency Enhancement. • Find Out Hidden Treasures at the Villages Find Out Hidden Treasures at the Villages (e.g. village prides, talents, resource, special product s etc.) CSR: Corporate Social Responsibilities (C) 2011 GCC & Kyushu University p p
(Ekhlaspur and Anihola) CC – 2 Trial VIEs worked using 2 VCCs • Researchers Participation – 6 Union websites under Matlab Upazila by Japanese student researchers – 6 Union websites under Matlab Upazila by Japanese student researchers worked under IROP • Collaborated Initiatives 28 U i b it d H bi j Di t i t b KDKS – 28 Union websites under Habigonj District by KDKS – 22 Union websites by PRDP2 of JICA-BRDB • Public Participation – 99 Union websites through an open free trial subscription announcement • My Village My Pride Competition – Compete over content building skill, best 6 will visit Japan Compete over content building skill, best 6 will visit Japan (C) 2011 GCC & Kyushu University
Inst., Professionals, etc.) • Data collection • Knowledge transfer program • Survey • Technical R&D • Business development and innovation • Business Partners • Business Partners (Business Enterprises, Manufacturers, Investors, etc.) • Sponsoring VIE • Device equipment supply • Connectivity support • Tele center establishment • Connectivity support • Tele-center establishment • Social Development Organization (CSR Practitioners, NGO/NPO, Govt. Agencies, Media, etc.) (CSR Practitioners, NGO/NPO, Govt. Agencies, Media, etc.) • Training • Survey • Data collection • Promotion CSR: Corporate Social Responsibilities (C) 2011 GCC & Kyushu University p p