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ICT - Poverty. Onno W. Purbo [email protected] A Common Indonesian. Disclaimer. I am a trained Engineer, not an economist nor a social scientist I tend to simplify things & may be wrong Some thought may be too extreme Consider this as an on going research work. Acknowledgment. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Disclaimer .. I am a trained Engineer, not an
economist nor a social scientist I tend to simplify things & may be
wrong Some thought may be too extreme Consider this as an on going research
work
Acknowledgment .. Thank you IDRC Thank you to my friends Basuki
Suhardiman, Donny BU, Bona etc .. Who work hard to help the community.
Lots of stories in Indonesia .. Conglomerates economy
collapse .. Leaving US$ billion debt & corrupt
gov’t Informal sector & SME based
economy ICT is one of the media to speed up
transactions ..
After 10+ Years … 4+ Million Indonesian Internet Users 2500+ WiFi outdoor installations 2000+ CyberCafes 1500+ schools on the Internet 1000+ Community Radio
Not much gov’t funding & support No World Bank, no IMF funding Mostly self-finance
Keywords for Success Education! Education! Education .. Encourage knowledge producer Knowledge Sharing
To Make Things Difficult No Money, Self-Finance .. Sustainable Process Bottom up Community based Development
Knowledge Cycle
Surfing
Publish
Packaging Disseminate
Feed Back
Stereotyping Poor Communities
The Typical ICT Technology
CommunityRadio
The Typical ICT Technology
Internet &Computer
Some Real Examples
Community Radio Network in Indonesia Farmer’s Voice Radio Network
(JRSP) Fishermen’s Voice Radio Net (JRSN) Worker Voice Radio Network Ina’ Community Radio Net (JRKI)
West Java Jakarta
Community Radio Policy Build their Own Radio (FM) Collect money together to
build their radio The Gov has released the
act/regulation no 32 year 2002 for broadcasting Community radio has been included Only 3 channels allocated
Farmer’s Radio Network (JSRP) Start on 1999 Mostly on West Java Region Lead by Mrs. Ida Hidayat (shown in Fig. With Mr.
Dadang owner of Radio Citra Utami FM Cianjur) 600 community radios Using FM radio with
Height of antenna max 30 meter Max power 100 watt ERP Max bandwidth 350 Khz Max 36 Km2 coverage area (6Kmx6Km)
Typical content Information Education Entertainment
Used Equipments
Children Happy …
We do more .. Give free talks on Internet in schools Currently 1500+ schools on Internet
24.000+ high schools in Indonesia Mostly Self-Finance
Some support Vocational School Director MoE Investment US$2000-US$4000/school 50 cents/student/month – RoI ~1 Year Movement for WiFi City WAN for School in 5 Cities.
We are looking at million Indonesian Future Generation ICT Literate Self-Finance
Community Based WiFi + VoIP Infrastructure
Cost …. 24 Hour Connected to the Internet Ref: http://sandbox.bellanet.org/~onno/
Neighborhood Net Infrastructure Investment US$80-100/house Operating US$15-30/house/month
VoIP Infrastructure US$25-35/handset vs. US$1000/handset by Telco. Operating US$15-25/month unlimited (including
unlimited long distance calls)
What you can do .. Education! Education! Education ..
Encourage knowledge producer in local lang. Facilitate Knowledge Sharing
Make Sure Stop Gov’t Repressive Actions Liberate more channels for community radios Liberate Community TV Liberate WiFi bands Liberate Community ICT Infrastructure Liberate VoIP
Note that most implementation & operations can be community based + self-finance
The catch .. Partnership with Informal (sometimes
underground) Visionary Leaders in the country / area.
WARNING: It would be difficult to find one through formal channels.