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Ongoing discussions

here we have some internal notes on the status of the activities

Kenya

Kenya: Business mission with Innovation Norway and Norwegian African Business Association (NABA)

  • Brenda is with the business mission in Kenya
  • Hackathon as part of AHERI conference - meeting entry???

Uganda

  • Contact with the government - travel on 24-26Feb2020 - Brenda - meeting???

Rwanda

  • collaboration with Iris Hub, see DigI:Villages - xx follows up
  • Connecting 3-5 schools together with Iris Hub (Benjamin) in Spring 2020
  • CMU Carnegie ... University in Kigali, interest for collaboration and connections to the government.
  • University of Rwanda - some initial contacts
  • EAC Internet Society - contact via Brenda

Tanzania

  • Hackathon DigI:TZ-Hackathon_Feb2020 - Josef, Christine, Brenda has joined
  • Call for action launched on "Apply now: Tanzania Digital Health" - who?
  • Shipment of equipment - Rashid, ... - suggest to ship via Muhas
  • UCSAF: Proposal for 10 schools connectivity - driven by Catherine R. Kimambo

Myanmar

  • Monastic School have their own programme
  • Telenor is interested in buz cooperation for connecting 20 schools
  • Adra Norway follows up with "educational collaboration" involving Zabai, Telenor and Gov.

6G (Beyond5G)

  • Sudhir and Josef commenting on the White Paper WG1 on "6G and the SDGs"

6G conference in Levi in the middle of March2020 - Sudhir organises a session on Digital Inclusion

  • Sudhir is currently (3Feb2020) in India for the 5GHuddle with 3 talks
  • Collaboration with IIT Indore on digital and financial inclusion

Proposals

Review:

  • deadline
  • idea of a core objective
  • Company: we will involve a company // Foundation: us to lead // NGO: collaboration with Red Cross, Kirkens nødhjelp, Plan - African Child // Academic: University of Oslo....

ICT works

https://www.ictworks.org/apply-now-500-million-for-covid-19-digital-response-from-isdb-group/#.Xp7TmFNfhhE

ISOC Foundation

https://www.isocfoundation.org/2020/04/announcing-our-new-emergency-response-grant-programme-with-focus-on-covid-19

  • with Joseph Bishi

UNICEF: COVID-19 Response

As part of the COVID-19 response, the DPG Alliance is committed to accelerating support to and scale up of digital solutions that support the prevention and response to COVID-19 and help young people and their communities continue learning and working.

The Alliance will prioritize technical and financial support for the deployment of Digital Public Goods in the following areas:

Foundational literacy and other learning resources and platforms Job skills Health Financial services and inclusion The Alliance can provide seed funding and support through the UNICEF Venture Fund for local companies and initiatives to look at future job skills, entrepreneurship, and fintech to prepare for the rebuilding after COVID-19. See http://www.unicefinnovationfund.org for eligibility criteria and further details.

Norad (Gerdi to distribute work)

https://norad.no/en/front/funding/

  • Gerdi has performed an analysis

Cooperation on Framework Conditions / Strategic Partnerships - 14 August 2020 - 13.00 CET

3 yr project: 10 mio NOK, 6yr project: 15-20 mio NOK https://norad.no/en/front/funding/private-sector-development/cooperation-on-framework-conditions/

The grant scheme aims to stimulate to a business climate that promotes private sector development in the developing countries, including strategic partnerships with private enterprises and non-commercial organisations. strengthen higher education, Better qualified workforce, Applied sustainable solutions and practices, Evidence-based policies, Enhanced gender equality and inclusion Outcome a.o.: Improved institutional small-scale infrastructure,equipment for education+research Main focus: fish & agriculture (ICT in agriculture) - asked by Norad

  • Kirkens nødhjelp(?) - Food & water project - climate

DONE - Innovation Norway - Covid-19 - KATHE & LINDA

https://www.innovasjonnorge.no/no/tjenester/utlysninger/visjon-2030/

  • 2 pager submitted - 27. or 28Apr2020 ("først man til mølla")

Skissen (maks to A4-sider) må gi informasjon om både bedrift og prosjekt, og bør inneholde:

  • Kort beskrivelse av bedriften, med nøkkeltall og kontaktinfo
  • Kort beskrivelse av prosjektet og hvordan dette kan hjelpe utviklingsland med å løse utfordringer innen helse i COVID-19-pandemien
  • I hvilken grad vil løsningen kunne bidra til å løse både kortsiktige og mer langsiktige problemer som oppstår som følge av pandemien

Marked (land) og målgruppe for løsningen

  • Samarbeidspartnere eller potensielle samarbeidspartnere
  • Hovedaktiviteter med tidslinje og kostnader i et eventuelt prosjekt

School Connectivity in Ethiopia - 1Mar2020 - JOSEF

  • Eye Networks - Adra Norway, IBA Ethiopia, BasicInternet,....
  • connecting 500 schools - 4.82 Million USD
  • Ministry of Education has asked for connecting 3500 secondary schools for a total of 35 Million USD
  • Desta (Africa Innovation Weeks) is organising with Norad and Innovation Norway for financing
  • open issues:
    • Adra Norway (Jonathan to lead) - most suitable
    • Norad funding (Kari Moe Jacobsen - education... )

Cooperation on Framework Conditions / Strategic Partnerships - 14 August 2020 - 13.00 CET

https://norad.no/en/front/funding/private-sector-development/cooperation-on-framework-conditions/

The grant scheme aims to stimulate to a business climate that promotes private sector development in the developing countries, including strategic partnerships with private enterprises and non-commercial organisations. Main focus: fish & agriculture (ICT in agriculture) - asked by Norad

  • Kirkens nødhjelp(?) - Food & water project - climate


Rights of minorities of faith and belief - Deadline (?) Amount (?)

  • Disbursement Requests  ?

https://norad.no/en/front/funding/minorities-of-faith-and-belief/

Grants provided through civil society are intended to promote freedom of religion and belief, with particular emphasis on minorities of faith and belief. The support can include both targeted and inclusive interventions.

The Norwegian Climate and Forest funding to civil society - 19 May 2020 (13h EST)

funding for civil society organisations - projects 2021-2025, 5yr project, above 20 mio NOK projects that contribute to goal: reversed and reduced loss of tropical forest contribute to a stable climate, protect biodiversity and enhance sustainable development. Project addresses population groups in developing countries that depend on tropical forests for subsistence, as well as all other population groups from these countries that will benefit from reduced greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. Indigenous peoples, local communities and environmental defenders .

Norhed - 26June2020 - JOSEF

https://norad.no/en/front/funding/norhed/ - directory 2020Norhed on owncloud

  • Maurice (FCI) & Christine Holst
  • UiO will apply - digital health education involving minorities
  • Tanzania and Malawi (as part of shortlist), and suggest an East Africa Council (EAC) collaboration
  • Empowering Youth - Universities as Innovation hubs
  • See the full call in MFA/Norad’s Grants Portal (since 20 March 2020).
  • For a detailed outline of NORHED II, see Programme Document.
  • The application deadline is extended to Friday 26 June, 2020, at 13:00 CET.
  • Norad aims at signing agreements by the end of 2020 for projects to begin early 2021.

COVID-19 video

  • not submitted - CovidInfo full call 31Mar2020 - outline 16March, see owncloud = 2020CovidInfo-NFR

Botnar - Phase 2: - DANICA

Phase 1: delivered 1: 14Apr2020 15:00h
Fit for the Future call: Foundation Botnar https://www.fondationbotnar.org/fit-for-the-future-call/

  • 400 applications submitted
  • see owncloud = 2020Botnar-FitForFuture
  • Partners
    • Digital Skills Foundation (Annemijn) - course
    • Kortex - National Knowledge Portal
    • Basic Internet - connectivity
    • African Child - contacts and courses - "train the trainer"
    • Temeke network - 24 sites - >1000 students
    • MUHAS - Municipial contact, (Muhas, African Child: scale up to 5.000 students)
    • UiO - Digital Health
    • Content from MINDS (and upscaling) - https://minds-africa.org/youth-program-on-elections-and-governance/

Youth Technology - d

DEADLINE?: 10 Million CHF Grant Funding for Youth Technology

ICT-58

  • Invite ourselves as partner - International partnership building between European and African innovation hubs - ID: ICT-58-2020

https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/ict-58-2020

ICT57-2020

An empowering, inclusive Next Generation Internet - ID: ICT-57-2020

NATO Partnership for Peace - DANICA

NATO Partnership for Peace

  • digititalisation - infodemics (see Kenya, Covid-19)

EU-Serbia - DANICA

  • Serbia EU membership
  • rural connectivity - Ministry
  • National Knowledge Platform - digital skills courses

Other organisations

All-Digital.org

  • funding

Trello

see cards under: https://trello.com/c/OYi1Fy8c

Africa50 - BRENDA

Africa50 and Africa Innovation challenge, see https://africa50innovationchallenge.com/#steps

  • JOSEF has written a proposal to get us known
  • Focus is on business growth, not our connectivity

Business partnership

Business partnership is based on share your Internet

  • Kathe develops the business package

Identify business of Basic Internet - KATHE

  • Need to buy connectivity: UNHCR, Red Cross, ...

Sustainable Business models for Access to Digital Public Goods https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wm5YE_XLQfJsi_aJUpPoIsRwc7k5GVl4vv_c_pUSbfw/edit?usp=sharing

Paket with access to schools - funds required "we will provide as a loan".

Innovation Norway

  • Deadline 28Feb2020 with FAIR and others

Norec proposal

  • with Kenya and Uganda, Brenda develops
  • Proposal submitting on Wednesday (12Feb2020), still discussing if UiO is partner or just supporting

Technology

we finally solved the challenge of ordering. Thanks to EET.no and EyeNetworks we have a direct ordering process. Delivery to ITS@Kjeller, bill goes to EyeNetworks, and ITS will send order to EyeNetworks.

Transport:

  • UiO has transport agreements - will test

  • "reconsider", looks like a social dating site?
  • introduce an antenna?

Events & Publications

If you know where we are involved, create a meeting:

  • Internet Governance Forum in Nov2020 in Poland - Catherine has asked for a booth and a panel - concept note to be written
  • ITU Digital Transformation Centres - 11-13Feb2020 in Geneve - Invitation to Danica and Josef to give a presentation'. Danica will talk on digital literacy skills for the DTCs and Josef will talk about....?'

Book chapter

Papers

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