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= Notes from the meeting = | = Notes from the meeting = | ||
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+ | == Follow-up == | ||
+ | # follow-up on [[Reports]] for<br/>a) value perspective towards the government of Norway on how to make digital inclusion happening <br/>b) innovative business models for access<br/>c) Yeboo village portal - a potential for Open Source development | ||
+ | # common project proposal to UNICEF https://www.unicefinnovationfund.org/apply/child-online-safety-solutions | ||
+ | # collaboration on rural development | ||
+ | # collaboration on basic digital skills | ||
+ | |||
+ | === About Basic Internet Foundation === | ||
+ | Vision: Our vision is to improve the life of every human through free access to information on the Internet. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Our solution is two-fold; First, we reach out to areas where there is no Internet. Second, we provide Internet Lite, the freemium model for access. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BasicInternet 1.0 - The '''access to Internet''' in areas | ||
+ | * Providing Internet "[[InfoSpot]]s", which are Wifi Spots using the mobile network | ||
+ | * Promoting ''free access to information'' | ||
+ | * The InfoSpot is based on a mobile network receive antenna, a local network control centre (LNCC) and a village server | ||
+ | * Reaching out to more than 20 km, as e.g. [[DigI:Selela|Selela]] where the mobile tower is about 22 km away, and Izazi, a village "behind the hill" https://basicinternet.org/it-only-takes-90-min-to-connect-izazi/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | BasicInternet 2.0 - '''skills, regulations and inclusion''' | ||
+ | * [[National Knowledge Portal]], answering the need for '''trusted information''' - http://NationalKnowledgePortal.net | ||
+ | * Addressing skills through courses, e.g. health information, see prototype on http://Yeboo.com | ||
+ | * Regulation and Inclusion, promoting '''free access to the National Knowledge Portal''' (as first (and easy) step towards "free access to information" | ||
+ | |||
+ | === About Fontes === | ||
+ | * Create IT-skills education through a 4-step progress | ||
+ | # intensive 3-month program on programming and soft skills | ||
+ | # Bootcamp for specific challenges posted by companies, (see village portal development). ''Note: typical costs USD 10.000 for 4 pupils'' | ||
+ | # Last mile programming, together with Laboremus | ||
+ | # Job preparation program | ||
+ | * In the foundation, see the need for online learning and basic digital skills - with challenges being electricity and network | ||
+ | * Have experienced that only 2 out of 30 members of online courses had a smartphone | ||
+ | * involved in rural-development projects, e.g. water in Western Uganda | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Other topics === | ||
+ | * feedback to NORAD/UD - see [[Norad_innspillsmote_virkemidler_for_norsk_naeringslivet]] | ||
+ | * Collaboration with Digital Skills Foundation on basic digital skills, see https://www.digitalskillsfoundation.org | ||
+ | * Accreditation, e.g. through ISCO https://www.internetsociety.org/tutorials/wireless-community-networks or ITU https://its-wiki.no/wiki/BasicInternet:DTC_workshop_for_development_at_ITU | ||
== Next Meeting 7Dec2020, 1100-1200h Oslo Time == | == Next Meeting 7Dec2020, 1100-1200h Oslo Time == | ||
using http://zoom.BasicInternet.no or https://uio.zoom.us/j/2313898139 | using http://zoom.BasicInternet.no or https://uio.zoom.us/j/2313898139 |
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BasicInternet:Fontes-BasicInternet-Sana Nov2020
Title | BasicInternet:Fontes-BasicInternet-Sana_Nov2020 |
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Place | ITS@Kjeller |
Date, Time | 2020/11/23, 1000-1200 |
Contact Person | Sanjay Maharaj |
Participants | Josef.Noll, Lucrezia Biteete, Sanjay Maharaj |
related to Project | BasicInternet |
Keywords | Uganda, Digital Skills |
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Notes from the meeting
Follow-up
- follow-up on Reports for
a) value perspective towards the government of Norway on how to make digital inclusion happening
b) innovative business models for access
c) Yeboo village portal - a potential for Open Source development - common project proposal to UNICEF https://www.unicefinnovationfund.org/apply/child-online-safety-solutions
- collaboration on rural development
- collaboration on basic digital skills
About Basic Internet Foundation
Vision: Our vision is to improve the life of every human through free access to information on the Internet.
Our solution is two-fold; First, we reach out to areas where there is no Internet. Second, we provide Internet Lite, the freemium model for access.
BasicInternet 1.0 - The access to Internet in areas
- Providing Internet "InfoSpots", which are Wifi Spots using the mobile network
- Promoting free access to information
- The InfoSpot is based on a mobile network receive antenna, a local network control centre (LNCC) and a village server
- Reaching out to more than 20 km, as e.g. Selela where the mobile tower is about 22 km away, and Izazi, a village "behind the hill" https://basicinternet.org/it-only-takes-90-min-to-connect-izazi/
BasicInternet 2.0 - skills, regulations and inclusion
- National Knowledge Portal, answering the need for trusted information - http://NationalKnowledgePortal.net
- Addressing skills through courses, e.g. health information, see prototype on http://Yeboo.com
- Regulation and Inclusion, promoting free access to the National Knowledge Portal (as first (and easy) step towards "free access to information"
About Fontes
- Create IT-skills education through a 4-step progress
- intensive 3-month program on programming and soft skills
- Bootcamp for specific challenges posted by companies, (see village portal development). Note: typical costs USD 10.000 for 4 pupils
- Last mile programming, together with Laboremus
- Job preparation program
- In the foundation, see the need for online learning and basic digital skills - with challenges being electricity and network
- Have experienced that only 2 out of 30 members of online courses had a smartphone
- involved in rural-development projects, e.g. water in Western Uganda
Other topics
- feedback to NORAD/UD - see Norad_innspillsmote_virkemidler_for_norsk_naeringslivet
- Collaboration with Digital Skills Foundation on basic digital skills, see https://www.digitalskillsfoundation.org
- Accreditation, e.g. through ISCO https://www.internetsociety.org/tutorials/wireless-community-networks or ITU https://its-wiki.no/wiki/BasicInternet:DTC_workshop_for_development_at_ITU
Next Meeting 7Dec2020, 1100-1200h Oslo Time
using http://zoom.BasicInternet.no or https://uio.zoom.us/j/2313898139