BasicInternet:APR-BasicInternet info exchange 15Apr2020
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BasicInternet:APR-BasicInternet info exchange 15Apr2020
Title | BasicInternet:APR-BasicInternet_info_exchange_15Apr2020 |
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Place | Gotomeet.me/BasicInternet |
Date, Time | 2020/04/15, 1430-1530 |
Contact Person | Josef.Noll |
Participants | Josef.Noll, Brenda Jimris-Rekve, Carlos Rey-Moreno, Mike Jensen |
related to Project | BasicInternet, DigI |
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Purpose and Outcome
Information exchange and identification of common points of interest.
Outcome:
We established so many commonalities in both our work, that we could only touch upon the topics, and decided to follow-up on 22Apr2020. Points of discussion were:
- How can we foster regulatory frameworks for digital inclusion, including Community Networks?
- inform the communities (through multiplicators, e.g. Internet Governance Forum)
- get governments involved, through suggestion of National Knowledge Portal
- support SDG indicator 4.A.1 on the percentage of schools connected to Internet
- How can we get "digital inclusion" and inclusive community networks on the agenda to SIBA, NORAD, DANIDA, DFID-UK?
- Community involvement and challenges for Community networks, including
- encountering the need
- cost of backhaul, viability of the solution
- upstream capability
- tools for community involvement, local empowerment
- low-cost and open source solutions
- digital skills
- access to devices
- Common international engagement
- UNO ECOSOC, ITU GIGA, Project Connect, Digital Public Goods, Digital Transformation Centres,....
Note: the links we visited during the discussion are listed further down
Next Meeting: 22Apr2020, 14:30h local Paris time
Background information
About APC:
- Main focus is on policies and regulatory frameworks to support community networks
- APChas more than 50 members, working both global and regional
- Working with ITU, accredited members of UN ECOSOC
About BasicInternet:
- Main focus is on "Connect the Unconnected" by promoting Internet Lite and freemium model for access
- Foundationestablished by Kjeller Innovasjon and University of Oslo (UiO) in 2014 at Kjeller, Norway - in the building where Internet reached Europe in June 1973
- Point of Presence in 8 countries, out of which 5 in Africa
Links addressed in the Meeting
- JIO (Indida) tariffs for affordable connectivity: 555 INR (~7,5 €) for 84 days with 1,5 GB/day - https://www.jio.com/en-in/4g-plans
- Common challenges for community networks, as discussed a.o. in the DigI Hackathon with representatives from 5 countries: https://its-wiki.no/wiki/DigI:TZ-Hackathon_Feb2020
- National Knowledge Portal as driver for the "free access to information (on this portal)", see Media:202003_GovMexico_Noll.pdf
- Lightweight Internet (text & pictures) for every Web page, using the AMP standard - see example for BasicInternet https://basicinternet.org/Mission/?amp
- Digital Public Goods (DigitalPublicGoods.org), answering the Recommendation 1B from the High-level panel on digital cooperation - one of the first to mention the work of the Basic Internet Foundation, see https://its-wiki.no/wiki/DigI:Publications#Further_Reading
- Digital Transformation Centres (DTCs) initiative by ITU - https://its-wiki.no/wiki/DTC_workshop_for_development_at_ITU