landscape, not architecture maximising ict in development dan mcgarry, cto pipp
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Dan McGarry, CTO PiPP
LANDSCAPE, NOT ARCHITECTURE
Maximising ICT in development
Dan McGarry, CTO PiPP
What’s it all about?
• Technology, fundamentally, is a means, not an end in itself
• Technologists, therefore, need to think more like engineers than architects
• Architects work within their environment• Engineers adjust their environment…• … making life easier for architects
Dan McGarry, CTO PiPP
ICT Policy Efforts in Vanuatu
• National ICT policy– ICT for everyone– Emphasis on education (reflects capabilities as
well as interest)– WSIS definition of multi-stakeholderism– ‘Policy as a process’– ‘Pragmatic’, ‘private’, based on best practices
Dan McGarry, CTO PiPP
ICT Policy Efforts in Vanuatu
• Cybersecurity Policy– Develop organisational structures (i.e. Vanuatu
CERT or equivalent)– Define mandatory technical standards– Build legislative/regulatory framework– Improve awareness, understanding– Improve international cooperation
Dan McGarry, CTO PiPP
ICT Policy Efforts in Vanuatu
• Universal Access Policy– By 1 January 2017 98 percent of the Vanuatu
population shall have (and continue having after this date) access to:• Voice• Narrowband• Broadband (42/23 Mbps)
– Minimum quality standards
Dan McGarry, CTO PiPP
Building an environment
Dan McGarry, CTO PiPP
From the bottom up…
• Seeding network effects• ‘Get your eyes on the prize’• Help people see what’s NOT there
Dan McGarry, CTO PiPP
Build outward, not upward
• ‘Shared understanding’, especially around the edges• Emphasis on informal, explicit, specific learning• Applies to ‘experts’ almost more than others
Dan McGarry, CTO PiPP
School (as in fish)
• ‘Understanding’ in detail• Emphasis (again) on informal, explicit, specific learning• Includes ‘soft’ (i.e. informal) as well as technical education
Dan McGarry, CTO PiPP
Little Red Hens
• Statements of principle are great, but useless alone• Commitment is the application of money, means and will• Commitment happens at all levels
Dan McGarry, CTO PiPP
Case study #1
Dan McGarry, CTO PiPP
Case study #2