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CONTENTS

THE GLOBAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE: A SCORECARD 4

OPERATIONSWork Program 13

Pooled Projects 18

infoDev Conference Scholarship Fund (iCSF) 19

Y2K Initiative 20

External Activities 20GOVERNANCE, MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION

Donors' Committee 21

Management & Administration 21

Technical Advisory Panel 22

Private Sector Commission 22

Partnerships 23

Evaluation Process 23FINANCES

Funding For Fiscal 1998 25

Project Funding By Region 26

Expenses 26

Cash Position 27ANNEXES

Annex 1 infoDev Web Site 29

Annex 2 infoDev's Year 2000 Web Site 30

Annex 3 Donors' Committee Meeting Communiqu6 31

Annex 4 Creation of the infoDev Conference Scholarship Fund Press Release 32

Annex 5 infoDev Initiative To Address The "Millennium Bug" Press Release 33

Annex 6 Private Sector Commission Report 34

Annex 7 Evaluation Forms 37

Annex 8 Disbursement For Projects Approved Through June 30, 1998 40

Annex 9 Evaluation Status Of infoDev Proposals 42

Contents copyrightt 1998 The World Bank

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'T'he infoDev program saw significant growth during the fiscal year under review in this report. The government of Colombia

became the newest donor to infoD ev. and the government of El Salvador indicated its intention to becomc a donor. ibfoDev's

funding base, excluding finding for the Y2K Initiative (described below), increased f-rom $3.1 million to $6.3 million; its port-

folio of active projects expanding from fourtcen projects to thirty-four by the end of the fiscal year.

Since its inception in 1995. infoDev has followed a grass-roots, demand-driven approach for generating projects to be funded.

Trhis has ensured that the program addresses the needs and developmental priorities of countries and regions. I'his fiscal year,

as approved by its Donors' Committee and in parallel with its "traditional" bottom-up approach, infoDev began implementing

several "flagship" projects in the three priority areas identified by the donors: connectivity in Africa, regulatory environments

for the information age and education.

With the approach of the millennium, there has been increasing global concern that countries are not adequately prepared to

address the computer-related problems resulting from the "Millennium Bug" or Year 2000 Problem (Y2K), particularly. it was

felt that developing countries and economies in transition did not have the technical and/or financial resources necessary to

address the problem. During the fiscal year, with a commitment of £10 million by the government of the United Kingdom,

infoDev launched its Y2K Initiative to help developing countries address the Y2K problem.

During fiscal year 1998, a Private Sector Commission met to review the conditions for infoDev partnerships. The Commission

made recommendations on how to improve private sector participation in infoDev through more flexible resource mobiliza-

tion mechanisms. 'I'he following report gives more details on the recommendations of the Commission, as well as on infbDev's

operations, including its work program and Y2K Initiative, organizational structure and financial situation.

THE GLOBAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE: low-cost telecommunications everywhere. This new trading

A SCORECARD and working environment would empower the developing

world, opening new opportunities for sustainable development.

Over the period covered by this report (July 1997 -June 1998), These opportunities would come from electronic job creations

the construction of the global information infrastructure con- and service trade. Developing countries, by connecting to the

tinued to evolve. On the regulatory front, two important mile- global information infrastructure and using innovative ICT

stones were reached: the beginning of concerted liberalization applications, would be able to leapfrog stages of infrastructure

in the European Union on January 1, 1998 and the World development, thus reducing their "knowledge gap" vis-a-vis

Trade Organization's (WTO) Basic Telecommunications industrialised nations and increasing their capacity to address

Agreement, encompassing seventy-two nations, that became some of their most urgent social needs in areas like education,

effective on February 5, 1998. Efforts to reform the interna- health and environment monitoring.

tional telecommunications accounting rates regime, to clarify

the protection of intellectual property rights in cyberspace and In the 1995 vision, the usage of ICT was ultimately to provide

to establish new governance rules for domain names in the the foundations of a new economic structure-a "tele-

Internet were also intensified during this period. In the area of economy" based on global electronic trading in goods and ser-

infrastructure, investments made by mobile satellite service vices. Widespread ICT use also implied a different population

providers brought us closer to the era of universal access to tele- distribution. As people could work remotely the pressure for

phony. Moreover, spending in information and communica- urbanization would ease. The 1995 paper also discussed the

tion technologies (ICT) remained strong despite financial two pre-conditions for such environments to develop: firstly a

disturbances affecting the world economy. And the Internet progressive trade liberalization and secondly the arrival of very

"explosion" continued unabated with innovative applications low cost telecommunications services under global governance.

in areas like education, environmental monitoring and elec- According to the paper, the cost of telecommunications would

tronic commerce proliferating both in developed and devel- be driven down by:

oping countries. * The adoption of regulatory policies that would foster com-

petition through use of alternative infrastructures and pro-

Three years ago, infoDev commissioned a report [Simon Forge, mote the dismantling of barriers to entry of new operators.

The Consequences of Current Telecommunications Trendsfor the * ICT, unleashed by the competitive environment, would

Competitiveness of Developing Countries] which presented a become ubiquitous and shape a new cost model for a net-

vision of the future of developing countries against a scenario of worked economy. Much of this cost model was based on

ever falling telecommunications prices over a ten to fifteen year three elements:

period-arguing that tariffs might sink to 'near-zero' levels, (1) radio based communications of all kinds in the local

causing the usage of ICT to expand significantly. In what fol- loop (reducing the share of the local loop in the total call

lows, we look at how far along we are with this vision, and cost, and reducing also the importance to own the local

review some recommendations for attaining it: What mile- loop as a barrier to entry) and eventually the use of satel-

stones have we passed? How have our views changed? Are lite-based low-earth orbit (LEO) mobile satellite systems

there new applications not considered before? Most impor- (MSS);

tantly, we ask whether there should be new actions added to the (2) fibre optic developments for long distance, for trans-

infoDev agenda? port at ultra low cost; and

(3) terminal technology development-with terminalWhat was the essence of the vision in 1 995? becoming more and more sophisticated, even equivalent

The premise of the 1995 paper was that a world of networked to switching-while the network would become simpler

markets and distance working was in the making, based on very and cheaper. The new technologies would not just build

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a new infrastructure, they would promote infrastructure content, consumer and data protection, privacy, encryption and

competition, as they would allow competition among dif- standards for electronic commerce-are still being discussed and,

ferent infrastructure media (radio and fixed communica- in most cases, the participation of developing countries in the

tions, each of several kinds) or over the same media, for fora (e.g., Organisation for Economic Cooperation and

instance services sharing the same fibre, radio channel or Development, OECD) where these discussions are taking place

copper cabling, but belonging to different service is limited.

providers.

Economic turmoil in financial markets, spreading from Asia toAccording to this view, new technology combined with com- other regions, has also affected the emergence of a tele-

petition would gradually create a bandwidth glut, so that economy. It has highlighted the downside of globalization,

scarcity rents would no longer inflate pricing. Bandwidth, even especially in those cases where the national economy is still

in the local loop, would be so abundant that tariffs would sink hampered by socio-political and institutional weaknesses or

to very low levels. Developing countries able to adopt and when risky investments, rather than productivity gains, have

implement proper regulatory environments would be better been the motor of economic expansion. A new set of rules for

positioned to benefit from these trends. Needless to say, con- the global financial system is also emerging, largely endorsed by

nectivity was considered a necessary, but not a sufficient condi- the G7 community. These rules will play an important role in

tion for these countries to fully exploit the opportunities of the shaping the options for financing the global information infra-

information age. structure.

Where are we now? The creation of an ultra low-cost telecommunications platform.

What has happened since 1995? Has the vision been proved This is also a work in progress: certain areas have developed

false? Have we progressed at all? In a nutshell, the gist of the more rapidly than expected. New issues, opportunities and

vision still holds true. However, progress has been uneven. options have also arisen in market reform and technologies.

The successes, failures and unchanged areas may be examined On the pro-competitive regulatory reform front, at least three

across two key drivers: hundred new operators have entered the global market since

* agreements for trade and governance of the global informa- 1995, due to privatisation and the licensing of second tier oper-

tion infrastructure - i.e., the rules-of-the game for the for- ators, often in mobile, sometimes in a reseller position.Privatization of state monopoly incumbents has increased inboth the developing world and the OECD community.

* the creation of an ultra low-cost telecommunications plat- However, progress has been slow in some areas, especially

form, with innovative services for education, trade, health where international revenues and telecommunications profits

and corporate operations on a global basis. represent an important part of the government's budget. Andin one major market, the USA, new regulations under the 1996

Governance of the global information infrastructure. The move Telecommunications Act have arguably increased the power of

toward a common environment for global electronic trading has incumbents, at least in the short run.

proceeded in a jagged way. As already pointed out, significantdroevelopments fosterin liberAalzation pofietelcommutsniicantis Technological advances at the level of satellites, fibre optics, radiodevelopments fostering liberalization of the telecommunicationsinfrastructure both at global and regional levels were achieved systems and terminals:over the last three years. However, agreement on some old * The prediction that satellites would become important new

issues-such as moving the pricing of international telephony players for mobile is broadly on target. The first MSS sys-

from a cartelized setting to a competitive environment-have reis based on LEGs should become operational in the next

been slow. Moreover, the rules of the game-concerning issues twelve months and, as new less expensive launch systems

like taxation, intellectual property rights, treatment of illegal develop, more competition is expected. The business modelof such initiatives, however, will continue to be debated.

* In fibre optics, Ultra Dense Wave Division Multiplexing use of the electrical power mains to transport telephony and

(UDWDM) offers over 10 million voice channels per strand Internet: up to I Mbps has been proven in trials in the UK;

and terabit links are now becoming operational. To put this * LMDS (Local Multipoint Distribution System) - broadcast

into perspective, in 1998 two fibre optic strands can now (non line-of-sight) microwave at 17 to 45 GHz using reflections

carry the entire long distance traffic in the USA and Canada from buildings for dense urban centres, for telephony, TV and

[FT June 10, 1998 supplement]. Retrofitting ins talled fibre Internet; and

with the new UDWDM technology can today increase the * HALES (High Altitude Long Endurance Systems) - lower cost

capacity of existing networks by eight to a hundred times. In than LEOs, with stratospheric bases for mobile communica-

other words, a bandwidth glut in certain segments of the tions stationed above major cities, carried on aircraft or helium

market is technologically feasible despite the fast growth of dirigibles; the first special aircrafts are under testing.

the Internet traffic.

* Radio systems usage via cellular mobile has also grown enor- Last but not least, packet-switched networks continue to pro-

mously. Growth has been spearheaded by European coun- vide the most dynamic component of the global information

tries with Global System for Mobile Communication infrastructure. The Internet is emerging as the network of

(Groupe Special Mobile, or GSM), led by Italy which went choice for the new economy: lowering barriers to market entry,

from a market penetration of 5% to around 25% in three stripping out layers in the distribution chain and contributing

years using off-peak pricing below fixed rates. Major growth to increase the tradability of services across borders. In this

has been seen in some developing countries (e.g., China, environment, employment, wages, taxation and productivity

Thailand, Poland) with markets in the four largest will be increasingly influenced by the new economics of dis-

economies in Latin America growing from 2.2 million sub- tributed information. By the year 2001, the Internet will have

scribers in 1995 to around eight million by the end of 1997. allowed the creation of a single market of 300 million com-

Wireless local loop growth has also been rapid and a next puter-literate consumers world-wide. Electronic commerce

generation cellular system, UMTS, promises fast Internet will become a common activity, transforming traditional busi-

access and video, once the standards squabbles end. ness and life patterns as both the size and location of a firm

* Technology of terminals for mobile cellular services has per- become less relevant.

haps advanced the fastest. Miniaturization and more pow-

erful digital signal processing technology has been As a consequence of technology and competition, telecommu-

complemented by integration with the palm-top computer, nications prices have fallen significantly in certain markets.

to produce portable combined computing and communica- Where competition bites, prices fall. With rising international

tion devices. Equally important, but less noticeable, is a great competition from companies such as MCI/WorldCom, inter-

advance in battery technology over the last three years. national simple resellers and others on transatlantic circuits,

Globally, mobile terminal prices have fallen constantly by tariffs have fallen by 10% to 20% each year since 1995.

over 20% per year during this period. The electronic and Monopolies are being eroded. One can even monitor tariffs

software sophistication is now such that many network fea- falling each month for the twenty most used routes on the web-

tures can be implemented within the terminal, promoting site of Band-X, a market-maker in communications, which

the goal of a simpler lower-cost network. publishes monthly indices of telecommunications costs from

the UK and the USA (www.band-x.com). Over the first five

Furthermore, some new low cost local loop technologies have months of 1998, for example, the UK index has fallen by 6%,

appeared since 1995, suggesting that increased alternative a 13% annual rate of decrease. In contrast, wherever competi-

infrastructure competition will become a reality in the near tion does not thrive-often the case in the developing

future: world-the incumbents reign and prices stay high.

Electronic commerce is taking off in industrialized countries: example, Hewlett-Packard has the assembling of its inkjet

E-commerce today represents about 0.2% of the Gross printers outsourced to Selectron, with electronic links, and

Domestic Product in the United States, starting from almost retains control of design and marketing. Thus, verticaliza-

nothing in 1995 [Business Week, August 31, 1998] except for tion is withering and outsourcing is progressing.

limited Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) systems. Growth of

e-commerce of all kinds has accelerated, attracting significant The effects of electronic commerce on work migration, most

media attention. The largest corporations have embraced and notably in developing countries, are still incipient. New

expanded e-commerce: all now have web sites and take the web working patterns, however, are being established as teleworking

and Internet seriously as tools for business. Initially, most busi- expands. Some well known examples are the following:

nesses saw the web as a way to reach retail customers, via cat- * Ireland has built an educational surplus underpinning jobs

alog style sales. Business-to-business transactions, however, in insurance processing, multilingual call centers and software

overshadow retailing, representing more than 80% of I nternet- development. For the first time in its modern history, migra-

based e-commerce. From early use of the web as a platform for tion flows are being reversed, as educated and gifted workers

e-catalog retailing, businesses have innovated in ways that give return home to fill the demand for qualified personnel.

glimpses of the future tele-economy: The Madras Indian Software Initiative has spread over the

* A major European telecommunications carrier has imple- last three years to other Indian states and has seeded a whole

mented a large intranet procurement system for its $1 billion industry with over $500 million in revenues.

of IT and office supplies and expects efficiencies of at least * Latin America has also entered the market for remote soft-

5% from the web-based business process. ware development. Peru, for example, has software factories

* E-commerce is spreading to small enterprises: in California, contracting for the United States and Europe.

a thousand restaurant suppliers use a virtual order desk to

take and track restaurant purchases; order value has grown In summary, the report card shows that some drivers, like pure

from $180 million in 1997 to $1 billion in 1998. In the technology innovation, are on schedule. But others are moving

developing world, grass-roots initiatives, as the ones related slowly, such as changing the power of the incumbents

to PeopLink (see below), are proliferating. (although this was expected) with regulation. As a consequence,

* The most well-known development in retail e-commerce of the level of pricing is still high where competition has failed to

the last three years is Amazon.com. Two figures highlight enter. Have we begun to provide the platform for work migra-

the economic efficiencies. Amazon.com offers some three tion and job creation and so enhance the position of devel-

million titles, whereas the conventional operation of a large oping countries? On this key question, three years have not

bookstore typically offers 175,000; yet Amazon's stock levels been enough to show a clear trend.

are a mere 2% of its conventional rivals. Annual sales per

employee in the virtual bookstore are $240,000 versus What new views and directions have appeared since

$100,000 on average in more conventional operations. 1 995 in technologies and key applications?

* E-markets are becoming serious contenders to conventional The surprise is perhaps in the thrust of Internet Protocol-based

markets, as the transaction costs are far lower to connect (IP) telephony as the low cost platform for voice carriage. It

sellers and purchasers. Freemarkets On-Line Inc. has advanced far more than expected in 1995. Most impor-

(Pittsburgh) auctioned $500 million of steel, circuit boards, tantly, the technology is now taken seriously, even being seen as

and other industrial products in 1998, a 500% growth over a threat by the incumbents. In response to the challenge, in

1997. Small and midsize gas suppliers sell via an e-market September 1997, Deutsche Telekom announced a pilot IP tele-

run by Energy Marketplace. phony service for 1,000 business customers, with IP transat-

* Electronic supply chains are forming, principally in lantic calls at 14 US cents per minute compared to its then

advanced high-tech industries such as computing. For business rate of 80 US cents per minute. New technology for

carrying IP voice traffic more efficiently is appearing not just nical issue is now attracting the attention of policy-makers both

from the router vendors such as Cisco and 3Com, but in spe- in developed and developing nations. It can be characterized as

cialist IP voice operators themselves. the first systemic crisis of the information age. Its complexity-

particularly in terms of the managerial skills required to reme-

Data growth has finally happened-this is not a surprise, but diate the systems affected-demands significant resources.

more of a confirmation. While voice traffic grows typically by Coping with the "Millennium Bug" has become a top priority

5% to 10% per year, data of all kinds now grow by over 35% in countries that look upon their information infrastructure as

per year, mostly IP traffic, so much so that over half of the the backbone of their future development.

traffic on the US Public-Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)

is now data for IP connections, mainly in the local loop. What barriers to progress remain?

Internet latecomers are expanding rapidly from tiny bases. There are still some major barriers to progress toward the vision

Europe is growing fast today, with the faster growth being in of a tele-economy. There has not been a widespread take-up of

countries previously behind (Spain and Belgium). These trends electronic trade in the developing world. Cost barriers and con-

may be indicators for the developing world. nectivity remain significant impediments. We see some

promising steps, though-electronic mail is being increasinglyMobile IP is the next growth area for the tele-economy plat- used, even in countries in Africa, while many Latin American

form. For some key applications, however, progress has been countries are now rife with cybercafes and innovative

limited. Substituting telecommunications for travel has so far e-commerce initiatives at the grass-root level. But, the dimen-

had a lower impact than expected. Personal and group video- sions of the change are still timid.

conferencing technology is still not priced low enough, and a

low bandwidth video technology has not yet taken root, while Incumbent Public Telephone Operators (PTO) will not allow

internationally accepted standards have been slow to form. cheap pricing wherever they control the local loop. Their

There is a need for a new switching/transmission technology model of higher priced communications for a limited penetra-

with high IP capacity at low cost, to cope with the traffic. tion still hold sway. The idea that price decline will open up

the market is resisted by those tied to a copper wireline/centralEducation, as a key network offering, is now better accepted office exchange/switched circuit view that communications

than in 1995. Products and services are advancing with pri- usage must be limited by price to stop network overload. In

vate industry taking much more interest than three years their view, the core offering remains the connectivity itself, not

ago in vocational training as well as scholastic education, the services carried over it. A new operator model of lowest

"Edutainment", a combination of education and entertain- cost telecommunications must be introduced-and that

ment products, are appearing. But, much more still needs requires competition. To expect this situation to have pro-

to be done in creating educational content and researching gressed greatly in three years is not realistic. It will take at least

into the most efficient forms of distance learning (including another five years for major changes in this area.

in-depth immersion and use of multi-user shared environ-

ments) before global distance learning can become widely The world financial turmoil has also been a barrier to progress.

available and effective. An acceptance effort is needed, in Business advance and technology take-up in Asia and other

particular, at the level of teachers. areas have slowed since 1997. The real issue, however, is that

financial markets in a global networked economy are particu-A major development over the last twelve months has been the larly sensitive to malpractices (corruption, nepotism, over-

growing concern with the potential implications of the Year lending, real-estate speculation) and contamination can easily

2000 computing problem for the global information infra- spread and amplify the turmoil globally. The strengthening of

structure. A problem that was originally approached as a tech- global governance in the financial area is a work in progress.

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Connected with the above is the need to progress on global However, some new initiatives have gained additional urgency

agreements for intellectual property, consumer and data pro- in the process of promoting access of developing countries to

tection. Governance sttuctures to enforce the security of the global information infrastructure.

e-trades of all forms, from shares to bartered grain, and to pro- * We need to further study and undersrand the implications of

mote convergence of standards are also fundamental. global electronic commerce for developing countries. In

Associated with this is the need for progress at the level of particular, infoDev should support the participation of

industry players (such as the card issuers and banks) for global developing countries in the process of setting the rules-of-

electronic payment systems. the-game for global e-commerce.

The implications of the Millennium Bug for developing

Even more daunting barriers from the perspective of devel- countries require special attention.

oping countries are the difficulties in transiting toward an edu- Efforts to provide access to low-income populations (e.g., via

cational surplus. Remote working without the skills, the rural telephony and community information centers) should

intellectual capital created via education, is not possible. So, be intensified as a mechanism to combat economic diver-

the pressure is on to build advanced high quality educational gence.

systems and to accelerate the progress in distance learning sys-

tems. These key progresses for educational systems in turn In short, there is a growing recognition that telecommunications

depend on and Internet access are no longer luxuries for developing coun-

* "near-zero" telecommunications costs and ubiquitous access, and tries, but rather strategic factors of development and poverty

* demonstrator programs to hasten acceptance. reduction that need to be integrated in development strategies

more prominently and systematically. There are, however, many

Actually, concerns about economic divergence between indus- challenges for developing countries to fully benefit from the new

trialized and developing countries, if anything, have increased development opportunities generated by ICT.

as connectivity continues to evolve in an unbalanced manner.

Africa's share of Internet host sites (excluding the Republic of

South Africa), for example, has actually declined between 1997

and 1998.

The Road Ahead

We can now see, more clearly than in 1995, that several of the

original recommendations hold truer than ever today. We

must continue to act to:

* Reduce monopoly PTO pricing power-encourage compe-

tition, fostering lower telecommunications tariffs, to make

services affordable, thus spreading work and wealth;

• Promote global governance for telecommunications and

help consensus building on how to address critical bottle-

necks (e.g., the accounting rates regime);

* Support Internet expansion, in particular, access for busi-

nesses to promote electronic markets; and

* Invest in education through enhanced ICT-based educa-

tional programs.

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OPERATIONS

The Information for Development Program (infoDev) began in

September 1995 with the objective of addressing the obstacles

facing developing countries in an increasingly information-

driven world economy. A global program managed by the

World Bank, infoDev provides grants to a wide spectrum of

organizations-supporting efforts that use technology to

improve education and health; reduce poverty and mitigate the

exclusion of low-income countries and social groups from the

benefits of information and expertise; promote the protection

of natural resources; help create market-friendly environments;

and increase the efficiency, accountability and transparency of

governments.

The infoDev program focuses on four ways to achieve these

goals:

* Consensus-building and awareness-raising activities

* Telecommunications reform

* Information infrastructure strategies

* Pilot or demonstration projects.

Since its inception, infoDev has received a total of 291 project

proposals. As of June 30, 1998, it has provided grants to forty-

six of them. The infoDev work program has grown rapidly over

the past fiscal year, from a portfolio of fourteen active projects

to thirty-four at the end of the year, of which thirty-two were

accepted during the fiscal year; it completed twelve projects

during the year. The portfolio of active projects at the end of

the year represents about $18.2 million in ICT activities, with

infoDev funding representing about $6.5 million of the total.

The figures below show the distribution of the 78 proposals

received during fiscal year 1998 and of the 291 proposals

received during the entire life of the program, by project cate-

gory, proponent and beneficiary region. As the figures demon-

strate, although there has been some shifting between

categories, in general there has been a relative consistency in the

make-up of the proposals being submitted for evaluation.

Figure 1infoDev Proposals by Category

Information infrastructure Telecommunications Information infrastructure Telecommunicationsstrategies 17.9% reform 5.8% strategies 1 1.5% reform 6.4%

Pilot project 41.2% Pilot project 37.2%

Consensus building and Consensus building andawareness raising 35. 1% |. - awareness raising 44.9%

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September 1995 to June 1998 (291 proposals) July 1997 to June 1998 178 proposals)

Figure 2infoDev Proposals by Type of Proponent

Academic/research 26% International organizations 1 7% Academic/research 24% Internotional organizations 1 8%

NGOs 25% World Bank Group 5% NGOs 33% World Bank Group 3%

Government 8% Government 5%

Private Sector 19% g Private Sector 17%

September 1995 to June 1998 (291 proposals) July 1997 to June 1998 p78 proposals)

Figure 3infoDev Proposals by Beneficiary Region

Sub-Saharan Africa 26.8% Middle East and North Africa 4.8% Sub-Saharan Africa 32.1% Middle East and North Africa 7.7%

South Asia 3. 1% South Asia 5. 1%East Asia and Pacific 9.3% East Asia and Pacific 3.8%

North America 1% Europe and North America 3.8% Europe andCentral Asia 6.2% Central Asia 7.7%

Multiple regions or Multiple regions ornon-region-specific non-region-specificbeneficiary 26.8% beneficiary 25.9%

Latin Americaand

Latin America and the Caribbeanthe Caribbean 22% 10.3%

September 1995 to June 1998 (291 proposals) July 1997 to June 1998 (78 proposals)

infoDev Portfolio Proyccto Conexiones: Developing and Evaluating New

Learning Environments in Basic Education in Colombia;

The infoDev portfolio represents a broad mix of subject areas

and approaches consistent with the evolutionary nature of ICT Physician-Based Sentinel Surveillance System for EmergingHealth and Disease Problems in the Caribbean;

development, particularly in developing countries. infoDev

launched or had continuing endeavors in all of its major objec- Jamaica: Partnership for Technology in Basic Education;

tive areas during the year. These included the following areasIncreasing Electronic Connectivity between Strategic Allies

and associated projects: in the HIV/AIDS field in South East Asia; and

Improving Education and Health Demonstrating in Indonesia a Generalizable Model for

Networking for Innovation in Technology and Teacher Introducing Technologies to Expand and Strengthen National

Training; Reproductive Health Training and Service Delivery Systems.

Regional Distance Learning Network for Information Reducing poverty and exclusion of (ow-income coun-Technology;

tries or social groupsInteractive Workshop and Conference, Emerging Global African Empowerment Network in Information Technologies;

Electronic Distance Education;

Linking Poor Producers to Global Markets;Cyberschool Africa: Internet-based educational services

(Senegal Health) Informatisation du Systeme d'Information Information Systems for Rural Development (a demonstra-

ades fins de Gestion (SIG) du Ministere de la Sante Publique tion project in Cajamarca Department, Peru); and

infoDev Health Information Training Center; Connectivity Information & Training Center for Internet,

Cameroon (Internet CITI Cameroon).

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Promoting protection of the environment and natural Toward a National Informatics and Telecommunications

resources Policy for Russia.

The Environment and Information: Building Capacity inCentral America for the Management of Electronic By the end of the fiscal year, the following twelve projects hadInformation; been completed:

African Virtual University Feasibility Study;Wise-Dev (Web Integrated System for Environment andDevelopment); Telematics for African Development;

Second Annual BALLERINA Meeting: Support to CIS and Economic Tool-kit and Workshops for Internet ConnectivityCEE Participation (Baltic Environmental Conference); in Africa;

China's Industrial Pollution Projection System (CIPPS): New The National Information Infrastructure of Mexico: TheInformation Tools for China's Environmental Agencies; and Environmental Link;

Workshop on Information Dissemination for Sustainable Support to International Telecommunication Operators inDevelopment of Industrial Minerals Resources and Emerging Economies to Make Adjustments Necessitated byEnvironmental Constraints. the Inevitable Reduction in International

Telecommunication Settlement Revenues;

Creating market-friendly environmentsToolkit for Addressing the Y2K Problem in Developing Program to Enhance Participation of Emerging EconomiesCountries; in WTO Telecommunications Negotiations;

Development of Web Site and Online Services for the Sixth ITU Regulatory Colloquium: Regulatory ImplicationsInternational Telecommunication Union (ITU) Regulatory of Telecommunications Convergence (funding of prepara-Colloquium; tion and dissemination of Briefing and Chair's reports);

Business Plan Development for Telecommunication/ Seventh ITU Regulatory Colloquium Scholarship Facility:Information Centers in Ghana; Transforming Economic Relationships in International

Telecommunications;Africa Global Connectivity Conference;

Establishment of Cybercafes at the Sixth Annual Conference

The Baltic Sea Information Society Project-Start up: on Telecommunications, Informatics and Broadcasting;Northwest Russia;

The Internet Society 1997 Workshop on NetworkEconomic Toolkit and Workshops for Internet Connectivity Technology for Countries in the Early Stages ofin Africa; and Internetworking;

Rural Telecommunications Field Trial and Commercialization African Global Connectivity Conference; andPilot.

Second Annual Ballerina Meeting: Support to CIS and CEE

Increasing the efficiency accountability and trans- Participation.

parency of governmentsInformation for Collaborative Planning: Global Knowledge- Work ProgramActivity Information Management System (GK-AIMS); Although the work program covers a wide range of applica-

tions, this versatile mix of projects represents a concerted

Urban Policy Analysis; attempt at using ICT to improve the life and well being of cit-

izens of the developing world. The span of the work programAssistance to Emerging Economies to Participate in the recognizes that no single solution can achieve this goal, and no

'XWTO Telecommunications Market Liberalization; single bottleneck prevents achieving it. Rather, the program

Promotion and Development of Telematics in the Public implicitly acknowledges that progress must be made throughSector in Ghana; and the innovative applications of ICT in developing countries

across four main categories. These are the development of the In Ghana, infoDev is working with UNESCO on a project for

information infrastructure, ICT policy reform, stronger appli- the Promotion and Development of Telematics in the Public

cations of ICT to the problems of the developing world and Sector. Many governments lag behind the private sector in

improvement in the human resource capacity for ICT both networking and connecting to the Internet. The project

in Ghana is expected to provide valuable lessons on how toThe Information Infrastructure assist governments operate on-line.

The information infrastructure is the foundation for growth of

an information-based economy in the developing world. It is In Kenya, the infoDev project for Rural Telecommunications

the prerequisite for applications of ICT. Major questions arise, Field Trials is examining the improvement of technology to

however, over the specific type of infrastructure best suited for provide the local loop, or the "last mile" of the telecommuni-

a country or application, how this infrastructure will be cations network to isolated populations. Together with plans

financed, and how it will be managed. Several infoDev projects for privatization and encouraging the emergence of local

during the past year have addressed these issues. telecommunication operators, the Kenya government is exper-

imenting with several technologies for fixed wireless telecom-

As noted above, at the end of 1997, many came to realize that munications in rural areas. The information from this project

the extent of the Year 2000 computing problem was still being should provide guidance on extending access to telecommuni-

under-estimated or ignored by a significant number of devel- cations to underserved areas both in Africa and elsewhere.

oping countries. infoDev has provided a major impetus for

developing country governments to address the Year 2000 In addition to work in telecommunications and Internet con-

problem in the public sector. A special infoDev initiative was nectivity, infoDev has been developing the knowledge base

started with the support of the British government. The needed for efficient use of the infrastructure. One project, the

approach employed by infoDev acknowledges that the enormous Economic Tool-kit and Workshops for Internet Connectivity

scope of the problem and the short time until 2000 requires a in Africa, provides insights on how to extend the reach of the

risk management approach to the issue. Those areas representing Internet. Although focused on Africa, the tool-kit contains

the greatest threat to safety and the economy must be addressed information that could be applied in any area where access cur-

first, and contingency plans formulated for other areas where rently is limited. Another project, to design a Business Plan

failures will occur. This issue promises to continue to be a major for Telecommunications/Information Centers in Ghana, is

emphasis for infoDev for the next two years. By the end of the developing a model of sustainable community information

fiscal year, several donors indicated their willingness to support centers in underserved areas.

infoDev's Y2K Initiative.

It is important to note that the information infrastructure goes

The African Global Connectivity Conference, co-sponsored beyond the "pipes" used to transfer information and must

by infoDev together with the World Bank, the United Nations include the organizations needed to generate the data that a

Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the ITU and the network carries. Several infoDev projects contribute to the

African Development Bank, brought together industry, gov- construction of this institutional infrastructure. One of the

ernment and consumers in Addis Ababa in June 1998 to most successful projects in contributing to the construction of

examine the options for connectivity in Africa. Discussions at an institutional infrastructure was Linking Poor Producers to

a ministerial level, and with major telecommunications Global Markets. Working with PeopLink, a US-based non-

providers covered several options, including satellite tech- governmental organization (ngo) which markets artisans prod-

nology and undersea cables. The momentum from this con- ucts in developed country markets, the project produced a

ference has resulted in planning and discussion at the national tool-kit of how to build and maintain these international mar-

level in several African nations. kets. The project Connectivity Information & Training

Center for Internet, Cameroon (Internet CITI Cameroon), is proceedings of the meetings and related materials, as well as

creating an Internet access center to link scientific institutions electronic space for virtual debate on regulatory practices.

and universities in Cameroon. In Peru, the Information

Systems for Rural Development project will be instrumental One major issue rapidly coming to the front of the debate in

in expanding access to modern communications in rural and international communications concerns the impending col-

low income regions of the country. lapse in the current method of charging for international tele-

phone calls, a system known as the Accounting Rates Regime.ICT Policy Reform This system has not adapted to changes in the technology of

Policy reform for ICT is often a difficult and costly endeavour telecommunications, and is under increasing stress. infoDev

involving many partners, including government and highly contributed to the knowledge base for this with the project

specialized experts. infoDev does not have the capacity nor Support to International Telecommunication Operators in

resources to engage in major and complex policy reforms. Emerging Economies to Make Adjustments Necessitated by

However, the program has been instrumental in facilitating the the Inevitable Reduction in International Telecommunica-

reform process by improving both the quality and quantity of tion Settlement Revenues, in close cooperation with the ITU.

information available about the options and the consequences

of policy issues, insuring a more informed debate. Expanding the regulatory and policy debate is the principal aim

of the infoDev project, Toward a National Informatics andOne major initiative has been infoDev's assistance to devel- Telecommunications Policy for Russia. This project promotes

oping countries to facilitate their participation in the Basic a high level dialogue between Russian policy makers and inter-

Telecommunications Agreements of the World Trade national experts, engaging members of the Russian Duma and

Organization (WTO). infoDev provided its assistance through other key officials in the debate.

two projects, the Program to Enhance Participation of

Emerging Economies in WTO Telecommunications Sector Applications of ICT in Developing Countries

Negotiations, and the follow-on project: Assistance to The application of ICT in addressing development issues is a pri-

Emerging Economies to Participate in the WTO mary focus of many infoDev projects. Results from these pro-

Telecommunications Market Liberalization. These projects jects have demonstrated that applications of ICT in such areas as

have provided developing countries with the information they education, health care and environmental issues can yield impor-

need to structure their commitments to the WTO accords, and tant economic and social benefits to developing countries.

to put in place the legal and regulatory measures necessary to

meet those commitments. Education

Education projects have been an early priority for infoDev, and

Another series of projects has focused on the expansion of the continue to be such. Some of the earliest education projects

knowledge base of telecommunications regulatory issues included the Jamaica Partnership for Technology in Basic

through sponsorship of the ITU's Sixth and Seventh Education, and the African Virtual University Feasibility Study.

Regulatory Colloquiums. These colloquiums allow partici- In the past year, infoDev projects in education have taken two

pants to focus on issues fundamental to international telecom- tracks: (i) the testing of specific applications of technology in

munications policy. The information from these meetings is of education, and (ii) the consolidation of lessons learned about

high value to governments and telecommunication operators in new applications in education.

developing countries. To disseminate this information to as

wide an audience as possible, infoDev has agreed to fund the

Development of Web Site and Online Services for the ITU

Regulatory Colloquium, which will provide free-of-charge the

Education in developing countries faces a number of problems for Emerging Health and Disease Problems in the Caribbean

in which technology can help provide solutions. With limited represents an advance in the epidemiology of the region relying

infrastructure and a large population of under trained teachers, on ICT monitoring of disease outbreaks. Improving the per-

one of the most important areas is teacher training. The pro- formance of family planning activities is the focus of the

ject Networking for Innovation in Technology and Teacher infoDev project Demonstrating in Indonesia a Generalizable

Training, establishes a network of ten countries for case studies Model for Introducing Technologies to Expand and

on innovative approaches to training teachers more efficiently Strengthen National Reproductive Health Training and

by using technology, and in training teachers to use computers Service Delivery Systems.

and the Internet as tools for enhancing learning in classrooms.

Environment

The project Regional Distance Learning Network for In the area of environmental protection, The National

Information Technology facilitates training in information Information Infrastructure of Mexico: The Environmental

technology for professionals in the Arab region, using a dis- Link, completed during fiscal year 1998, offered Internet

tance education approach through networking with local insti- training for environmental groups, developed training mate-

tutions. The Cyberschool Africa project is being develop ed by rials in Spanish and improved access to environmental infor-

a South African firm to provide on line tutoring, testing and mation. A direct outgrowth of that project was a subsequent

other educational materials for South Africa's rapidly project in Central America, The Environment and

expanding Internet. The Proyecto Conexiones is an attempt in Information: Building Capacity in Central America for the

Colombia to bring modern technology into classrooms in Management of Electronic Information. Two other projects

schools in the region. In Finland, a group is working to bring worked to improve the reporting and use of environmental

together major stakeholders in distance education from devel- data: the WVise-Dev (Web Integrated System for Environment

oping countries and economies in transition in an Interactive and Development) in Francophone Africa, and China's

Workshop and Conference on "Emerging Global Electronic Industrial Pollution Projection System (CIPPS): New

Distance Education". Information Tools for China's Environmental Agencies.

Health Care Expanding Human Resource Capacity

Improving the quality and reach of health care in developing Expanding the infrastructure and providing applications of

countries is also a major priority for infoDev. During the past ICT are important components of the infoDev approach.

year, five projects in this area have been accepted into the work However, it is clear that these efforts will fall short without sig-

program. Increasing Electronic Connectivity between nificant increases in the human capacity to use ICT. For this

Strategic Allies in the HIV/AIDS Field in South East Asia, reason, infoDev has embarked on a number of projects

establishes information support services and an electronic com- intended to increase this capacity.

munication network among strategic allies fighting AIDS in

South East Asia. The info Dev Health Information Support One major development during the year was the creation of the

Center is operating out of Kenya to provide East African coun- infoDev Conference Scholarship Fund (iCSF), created in the

tries with testing, training and support for satellite-based ICT recognition that information exchange is absolutely vital for

applications in health. In Senegal, the Informatisation du the growth of ICT in developing countries (see page 16 for

Systeme d'Information a des fins de Gestion (SIG) du details). The iCSF provides scholarships through qualified

Ministere de la Sante Publique project works on unifying all conference organizers to bring developing country participants

the information flows in the health field for a coordinated to major international meetings on any aspect of ICT. The

management and health information system. In the iCSF was itself an outgrowth of the project: The Internet

Caribbean, the Physician-Based Sentinel Surveillance System Society 1997 Workshop on Network Technology for Country

in the Early Stages of Internetworking.

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A collaboration between infoDev and several other develop- tors. Several factors contribute to the utility of such coalitions.

ment institutions resulted in the creation of the Information In developing countries, the private sector is often more

for Collaborative Planning: Global Knowledge-Activity dynamic and capable of implementing change, yet the public

Information Management System (GK-AIMS). This activity sector remains a major part of the economy. Changes in public

intends to create a large database of information about projects policy allowing new uses of ICT are thus often easier for

in ICT areas. infoDev is not only providing funding for this pro- public-private partnerships. In addition, private sector opera-

ject, but is also contributing its own knowledge to the database. tors often perceive investment in ICT in developing countries

as risky. When the public sector accepts that reality, the privateSeveral other projects in the infoDev portfolio also contribute sector is more inclined to commit to projects.

to the knowledge base for human capacity building. These

include The Baltic Sea Information Society Project-Start Up: Eapansion of access to modern communications can be done

Northwest Russia, focusing on ways to integrate the region rapidly and effectively in developing countries, but the appro-

into the Global Information Society. The UrbanDataLink priate conditions and incentives must be in place. Demand for

project which is being conducted by UN Habitat, develops a access is growing throughout the developing world, and

comprehensive urban indicators database. The African when the policy environment allows it, modern technology

Empowerment Network in Information Technologies is can spread rapidly. One example is the rapid growth of com-

working to develop a better understanding of the special con- munity information centers in several countries.

ditions for using ICT in Africa. It plans to increase human

capacity by using a participatory process allowing Africans to infoDev projects that have significant local, 'grass roots" sup-

use ICT in ways consistent with the cultural context. port are the most effective and sustainable. Such projects do

not have to originate from the field, but the logic of the pro-

Lessons from the Portfolio ject approach must consider why and how the project's out-

Change rarely comes easily, and change involving new tech- puts will be used. For example, building databases without

nologies is no exception. General conclusions from the direct input from the users of the information typically cre-

infoDev experience include the following: ates an unsustainable project.

The human resource demands for ICT innovation in devel- Many of the ICT applications tested or demonstrated in

oping countries are significant. Technology could be intro- infoDev projects exemplify the "leapfrogging" of technology.

duced into these countries much more rapidly, should the Developing countries can skip some technological phases

ability to use it be greater. Conversely, knowledgeable groups and capitalize on the "latecomer's advantage" because newer

or individuals are able to make rapid progress in use of ICT. technologies tend to be as easy to use as older technologies,

and the price structure for most equipment in the computer

ICT is not used in developing countries to replace human efforts and telecommunications sector makes older technology

but rather for tasks that previously were difficult to accomplish. much less competitive. For example, the infoDev field trial

For example, experiments in distance education are looking for rural telecommunications in Kenya will use fixed wireless

into upgrading the skills of teachers and making them more technology to deliver services.

effective, not envisioning them as a partial replacement for

teachers. This approach is not surprising in an area where Many of the lessons discussed here are being learned in a

labor is inexpensive and technology relatively more expensive. rapidly changing environment where many of the key stake-

holders are moving at different speeds. In many countries, lib-

The most effective projects often involve coalitions and net- eralization of ICT markets is in full bloom, but in others

working of organizations from both the public and private sec- (notably in Africa) privatization and opening up of telecom-

munications and other information technology markets is lag- Strengthening Electronic Communications Capacities of

ging. Recent economic downturns have also made many Asian Women's Organizations in Africa, proposed by ABANTU

nations favour a more gradual process of liberalization. The for Development ($250,000);

result is that ICT growth has been uneven across the developing Telemedicine in Ethiopia, proposed by Mr. Jaroslav Liska,

world. Most governments are now serious about encouraging Czech Republic ($18,000);

movement into the world information economy, but they often * Trade Information Network (TIN) of the Chambers of

need good examples of how this is done. The legacy of infoDev Commerce and Industry and Assimilated Institution, pro-

project experiences is intended to help with that transition. posed by Global Management Center ($250,000); and

The U.S./Russia Child Health Care Telemedicine

Pooled Projects Network, proposed by the Vishnevskaya-Rostropovich

infoDev continues to serve as a clearinghouse for new ideas and Foundation ($250,000).

projects. After completing the independent evaluation process,

proposals that are approved become part of a pool from which infoDev Conference Scholarship Fund (iCSF)

projects are chosen for funding. In addition, other organiza- In April, infoDev officially announced its Conference

tions, including research institutions, private companies, and Scholarship Fund (iCSF). The Fund assists individuals from

other multinational donor agencies, recognizing the high-level developing economies ("fellows") to participate in conferences

of integrity of the infoDev evaluation process, use this pool as on information and communication technology for develop-

a resource for selecting ICT-based projects to fund. Promising ment by providing scholarships of up to $50,000 to conference

proposals now in the pool include the following: organizers. Following the conference, the infoDev fellows par-

* Conducting a Series of Demonstration Project-Workshops ticipate in an Internet-based discussion of the conference

on Telecommunications (Internet, Computer Networks, results and on ways to apply these results in their countries or

Information Creation, Utilization/ Management) in Georgia, regions. Please see Annex 4 for additional information.

proposed by ITIC (International Telecommunications and

Information Center, a not-for-profit NGO ($44,727); The first round of awards was dedicated to the memory of

- From Accounting to Accountability: Managing Accounting Mrs. Gloria Knight. Throughout her life, Mrs. Knight was

Records as a Strategic Resource, proposed by International steadfasdy devoted to shaping children's futures through the

Records Management Trust ($245,749); powerful tool of information technology. She played an instru-

* InterNeg: Decision-making and Negotiation for mental role in launching one of infoDev's first projects,

Development on the World Wide Web, proposed by Center Jamaica: Partnership for Technology in Basic Education.

for Computer-Assisted Management ($245,000);

* Mediterranee On-Line, This project helps individuals and Conferences receiving scholarship funding from infoDev in this

organizations involved in commercial activities around the first round included these:

Mediterranean, who have access to the electronic market * The First International Conference on Rural

place, to buy and sell products and services on the Internet, Telecommunications, sponsored by The National Telephone

proposed by l'Association Tunisienne de la Communication Cooperative Association (NTCA);

(ATUCOM) ($500,000); * The 12th Annual Conference of Asian Association of Open

* MetaBase de Dat6s: Improving Public Access to Central Universities: The Asian Distance Learner, sponsored by

America's Bibliographic Resources via the Internet, pro- The Open University of Hong Kong;

posed by Fundaci6n Acceso ($249,920); * Internet Society Network Technology Workshop for Latin

* SOLARIS: Solidarity Information System, Enhancing the America and Caribbean, sponsored by Rede Nacional de

capacity to assess and debate environmental and develop- Pesquisas (RNP);

mental policies, proposed by Solagral Montpellier ($250,000);

hjf,)Dcv 1998

* Commsphere Africa 98, sponsored by the African of national plans for remediation and contingency. The

Telecommunications Observatory; and Initiative also provides guidelines for managing the problem

* Executive Conference on Integrated Information Systems, and, where appropriate, its rectification. Grants for remedia-

sponsored by Black & Gorman. tion and testing will complement these efforts

infoDev Y2K Initiative SeminarsThe Year 2000 problem (Y2K), or "Millennium Bug", arises To raise the awareness of government ministers and other key

from the common practice of computer program designers to officials, infoDev launched a program of eighteen national and

store dates as two digits (97) rather than four (1997) both in regional seminars, covering more than 120 developing coun-

computer software and in the chips. This was dictated by the tries. In partnership with international organizations, such as

desire to save then expensive computer memory. A representa- Intelsat, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the

tion of "00", however, may not be interpreted in the program ITU and the Bank for International Settlements, infoDev is

as the year 2000, causing systems to fail or behave in unpre- also participating in other international efforts to raise aware-

dictable ways. This is a significant problem for business and ness about the Y2K problem. The infoDev seminars stress the

government operations throughout the world and if left importance of the potential consequences of the Y2K com-

untreated, it may seriously disrupt government and private puter problem to national economies, and highlight the types

sector operations at all levels. of decisions which governments need to make and the priori-

ties that need to be established at the strategic, tactical and

There have been increasing concerns that developing countries operational levels.

are not aware of the extent of the potential problems which

may arise, nor are they able to mobilize the resources necessary The first of these seminars was held in El Salvador on

to begin working on the modifications or the conversion of June 18-19, 1998. Seven countries participated with a total of

information systems and hardware to avoid the "Millennium sixty-seven participants. Countries attending the seminar

Bug". In February, infoDev issued a request for proposals for included Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador,

the development of a toolkit on how to assist and stimulate Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.

developing countries take a more proactive approach in dealing

with the Y2K problem. Twenty-three proposals were received The two-day seminar began with sessions targeted to high

in response to this request; the grant was awarded to level decision makers. These sessions focused on Y2K aware-

Consiel, S.p.a. of Italy. ness raising, national Y2K programs and a presentation by a

representative of each participating country of their respective

Contribution by the United Kingdom Y2K activities planned to date. Mr. Carlos Guedes, Chief

To further enhance the impact of the infoDev tool-kit, the UK Information Officer from the IDB, gave a summary of the

government, through the Department for International Y2K activities in Latin America, and presented a proposed

Development, contributed £10 million to enable infoDev to Y2K loan instrument from IDB.

expand its assistance to addressing the Y2K problem.These sessions were followed by a presentation of the infoDev

The UK contribution allowed infoDev, in partnership with "Year 2000 Toolkit" and discussions on developing a Y2K

departments in the World Bank, to launch a major initia- national plan. The participants worked in breakout groups and

tive-infoDev Y2K Initiative-to disseminate the toolkit to presented in a plenum session the Y2K priorities for the coun-

key stakeholders in the developing world. The infoDev Y2K tries in the region, main obstacles and actions to follow up.

Initiative provides grants to developing countries to identify

their problems, assess its scale and assist with the preparation

Grants

In addition to the awareness-raising seminars, countries can

apply to infoDev for planning grants of up to $100,000 for

developing national action plans outlining the country's inter-

vention strategy and implementation grants up to $500,000

for implementing those plans. The emphasis for allocating

these grants is placed on IDA countries .

Additional assistance is expected to be provided by the infoDev

Y2K tool-kit targeted to public sector organizations. This tool-

kit should assist them in developing national strategies to

respond to the problem. The creation of a Y2K help desk,

anchored at the infoDev web page, will provide a mechanism

for continuing information exchange and monitoring of activ-

ities in progress. (See Annex 2).

External ActivitiesThe dissemination and sharing of information is an important

component of the infoDev mandate. In a continuing effort to

promote the benefits of ICT for development and to provide

information about the program, infoDev representatives

attended and participated in many conferences and seminars

during the year. These included the ITU's Africa Telecom '98

conference in Johannesburg, South Africa; the annual meetings

of the Global Information Infrastructure Commission (GIIC)

in Cologne, Germany; the European Telecommunication

Network Operators conference in Prague, Czech Republic; the

Second ITU World Telecommunications Policy Forum in

Geneva, Switzerland; the Asociaci6n Hispanoamericana de

Centros de Investigaci6n y Empresas de Telecomunicaciones

(AHCIET) Information Society conference in San Jose, Costa

Rica; and the Second Telecommunications Development con-

ference held in Malta.

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GOVERNANCE, MANAGEMENT AND Donor Committee MembershipORGANIZATION The development objectives of infoDev has benefited signifi-

cantly from the technical and financial resources that theDonors' Committee public-private partnership brings to the program. Likewise,In fiscal 1998, the government of Colombia, through iiifoDev has been a strategic partner in the development of

Colciencias, became the newest member of the Donors' investment opportunities in the emerging markets of Africa,

Committee. The government of El Salvador, through its Asia, Latin America, and Eastern and Central Europe. The

Ministry of Finance, also announced its intention to become enormous development potential created by this partnership,

an infoDev donor. however, has been constrained by the guidelines under which

infoDev operates. In recognition of this, infoDev reduced theThe Donors' Comnmittee held its Annual Meeting on entry level the private sector to the Donors' Committee toNovember 3, 1997, at the NWorld Bank's European Office in $100,000 per year to the core fund.

Paris. At the meeting, donors confirmed their support for the

expansion of infoDev, as had been discussed at a special Management and Administrationmeeting in June 1997 in Toronto. When infoDev was launched, the World Bank was asked by the

infoDev donors to provide secretariat functions. As originallyThe Committee encouraged infoDev management to continue structured, the secretariat functioned out of theits efforts in attracting new donors from developing and devel- Telecommunication and Informatics Divisioni of the Worldoped countries and economics in transition. Donors called for Bank, with the chief of the division serving simultaneously as

new forms of cooperation with a greater number of private infoDev program manager. This fiscal year, the secretariat was

entities to be investigated with the objective of forming a pri- separated from the division, becoming a separate administra-

vate sector donor base that reflects the broad diversity of oper- tive unit within the Energy, Mining and Telecommunications

ations and products in information and communication Department of the World Bank.

technologies. To that end, the donors endorsed the proposal by

IBM to form a short-term commission to review infoDev's rela- The infoDev program manager, currently a senior staff member

tionship with the private sector. of the World Bank, oversees the secretariat functions and pro-

vides day-to-day management of the program. These functionsThe Committee also encouraged infoDev to strengthen its include liaising with donors, the initial screening of proposals

effort to disseminate more widely the lessons of its experiences before they are sent to the outside evaluator(s); assistance to theand to become more proactive in assisting proponents of pro- project proponent in dealing with the Bank's procedures; mon-

jects to improve the quality of these projects. It was recom- irorin onevtin poalsnandt projects anddrawing

mended that an independent evaluation of the whole infoDev lsons and whin b used in otheprogram be conducted.~~ ~~~~ lessons le-arned which can be used in other development pro-

program be conducted. .grams; preparing calls for proposals in the context of "flagship"

initiatives; and disseminating information about infoDevThe concept of flagship projects (those in which infoDev isdirectly involved in developing of the proposal) was also among a wider net of potential donors, other partners and ben-

eficiaries. The program manager is assisted by the inifoDev coreendorsed by the Committee as a means for strengthening

team and by taski managers for individual projects.infoDev's involvement in global telecommunications reforms

and increased connectivity for poverty alleviation and educa- On July 1, 1997, the infoDcv program manager and head of

tion programs, particularly in Africa. (See Annex 3 for com- the World Bank's Telecommunications and Informatics

plete meeting communiquL6.) Division, Mr. James Bond, was promoted to the position of

Director of the Energy, Mining and Telecommunications

Department of the World Bank. Mr. Carlos Primo Braga, for- Human Resources Department in the Africa Region of the

merly infoDev's work program administrator, was appointed to World Bank. Ms. Dubow brings to infoDev a worldwide expe-

succeed Mr. Bond and confirmed as program manager during rience in international development with a focus on education

the Donors' Committee meeting in November. and health.

Mr. Braga's former responsibilities as work program adminis- In December 1997, Mr. Christophe Petit, who served as secre-

trator are now being assumed by Larry Forgy. Mr. Forgy came tary to the Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) and assisted in the

to infoDev in July 1997 to assist in the evaluation, monitoring, monitoring and supervision of projects in the work program

and supervision of the work program. Before joining infoDev, under an in-kind contribution by the French government,

Mr. Forgy worked as a consultant with the World Bank's accepted a new position with the World Bank's Private Sector

Poverty and Social Policy Division, assisting in the writing of a Development department. Marysue K. Shore, program coor-

best-practices paper on how to most effectively structure gov- dinator for infoDev, was asked to act as TAP Secretary until a

ernment expenditures to alleviate poverty. Previously, Mr. replacement for Mr. Petit joined infoDev.

Forgy spent four years as an economist in the USAID regional

office in Nairobi, Kenya. Technical Advisory Panel (TAP)The TAP held telephonic conferences during the year to review

In parallel with the growth of the program, the infoDev team projects in the infoDev work program, analyzing their impact on

expanded significantly during the fiscal year. The administra- development. In addition, TAP members met in January in

tive capacity of the program was strengthened when Ms. Ellie Paris, revisiting their original mandate and discussing how they

Alavi joined the infoDev team in September 1997. Formerly a could best provide infoDev with the guidance necessary to take a

program research analyst within the Office of the Science leading role in harnessing the opportunities for development

Advisor at the United States Agency for International offered by ICT and providing a leadership role in building the

Development (USAID), Ms. Alavi is assisting the work pro- global knowledge society.

gram administrator in the evaluation of proposals and the

monitoring of projects, drawing upon her expertise in grant During the year, Mr. Masanobu Suzuki, executive vice president

program administration. of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, withdrew

from the TAP for personal reasons. Another of its members, Mr.

As part of Colombia's participation in infoDev, Colciencias Andile Ngcaba, director general of South Africa's Department of

helped to identify and select Dr. Rafael Hernandez Rios to join Posts and Communications, was unable to actively participate on

the infoDev team in early 1998 as an information management the TAP because of overwhelming professional demands.

specialist. Prior to joining infoDev, Dr. Hernandez was an

information specialist with Colciencias and technical director The initial mandate of the TAP members was for a two year

of Corporaci6n Inter-Red. In addition, he ran a medical prac- period ending in April 1998. In light of the external review

tice in Cajica, a village outside of Bogota, Colombia. Dr. requested by the Donors' Committee, which will include an

Hernandez brings to infoDev his expertise in the deployment examination of the role of the TAP, the remaining four mem-

of large scale Internet networks and applications such as bers-Mr. Philippe-Olivier Rousseau, as coordinator, Mr.

telemedicine and virtual libraries. Hisham El Sherif, Mr. Ahmed Laouyane and Mr. George

Sadowsky-were requested to continue to serve on the TAP until

Ms. Jacqueline Dubow joined infoDev in January 1998 to the Annual Meeting of infoDev's Donors' Committee in

enhance the program's capacity in processing funding for December 1998. TAP members agreed to extend their mandate.

approved projects. Before joining infoDev, Ms. Dubow

worked in the Economic Development Institute and in the

inf,Al)evt 1998 aA l

Private Sector Commission annual meeting in December 1998. A copy of the final report

The participation of the private sector in infoDev remains an is attached as Annex 6.

essential component of the program. infoDev has benefited sig-

nificantly from its interactions with donor companies such as PartnershipsIBM, Telecom Italia and Motorola, and from numerous con- Inaugurating a new era of partnerships, infoDev is cooperating

tact with other potential donors in the private sector. with donors, project proponents, and developing countries in

the area of ICT. A comprehensive evaluation process, devel-

To maintain and strengthen its partnership with private sector oped with the International Development Research Centre

companies, a short-term committee comprising representatives (IDRC) of Canada, is in place. In addition, infoDev is working

from the private sector and infoDev management was proposed with the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit

by IBM and accepted at the Donors' Committee meeting in (GTZ) in providing technical assistance to infoDev-related

November. The goal of the Commission was to review the state activities. infoDev is also developing with the International

of the relationship of infoDev with the private sector and make Institute for Communication and Development (IICD), based

recommendations on how to mobilize private sector interest in the Netherlands, on setting up a practical method for dis-

and forge a stronger partnership. seminating, through an internet web page, lessons and instruc-

tive case study materials from information and communication

Toward that end, the Commission held a "brainstorming" technology projects.

meeting on December 10, 1997. In addition to representatives

from infoDev management and its Technical Advisory Panel, Evaluation Processparticipants included IBM, Telecom Italia, Motorola, MCI, Proposals for infoDev funding are evaluated in a two-stage

Oracle, and Siemens. The Commission met again on February process. Time-sensitive proposals are evaluated in a separate

12, 1998. Discussions centered around the paper resulting process, called "fast-track evaluation". The criteria used to

from the December meeting. The final recommendations of evaluate proposals were established by infoDev donors and

the Commission were circulated to donors in June 1998, and management.

will be considered by the Donors' Committee during their

Table 1Evaluation Process

Nlonth 0 f\4onth1 I Nlonth 2 Mlonrh 3 N'lonth 4

Proposal First stage evaluation If clarification: SSE: technical evalua- Legal, trust fund

Submitted tion clearance

Proponent responds If approved by SSE:

to clarification Pool of Approved

request Proposals Country clearance

If approved fi Grant Agreement

finding.-Send for departmentcomnment

Send to govemment

for non-object

The time fra,e of the process is contingent upon external factors, including response time of proponents and receipt of dearances from the country.

First Stage B. Feasibility

infoDev evaluations are a two-stage review process. In the first 1. Does the project have political, institutional, and tech-stage review, the infoDev secretariat obtains three outside nical feasibility?

reviews for all proposals. This first stage screening of proposals 2. Does it represent a cost effective way of achieving the

identify those judged as requiring second stage evaluation or planned result?

requiring revisions, clarifications or technical assistance. 3. Is the project sustainable?

4. What is the level of risk that the project will not achieve

Second Stage its planned results?

IDRC from Canada was instrumental in implementing 5. Does the project have sufficient financing?

infoDev's rigorous evaluation process and in providing second C. Proponent Qualifications

stage evaluations since the launching of the program. 1. Does the project have appropriate staffing?

2. Is the proponent capable of executing this project?This review is intended to be much more extensive than the 3. Does the proponent show evidence of commitment to

first stage. The external reviewers contracted to conduct the the project?

review employ professional expertise in the relevant field to 4. Do the project partners show evidence of commitment?

evaluate the substantive aspects of a proposal, as well as evalu-

ating the ability of the proponent to successfully execute the Based on comments on these criteria, the second stage evalu-

project. To evaluate these proposals, the second stage evaluator ator recommends to reject or to approve the proposal. The

is asked to provide a report based on the following criteria: evaluator may also recommend to keep the proposal under

A. Development impact consideration if it has potential but needs further development

1. What is the impact on infoDev goals? before being approved.

2. Is the project new and innovative (i.e. does it produce an

uncommon result)? Technical Assistance

3. Is the project replicable and likely to serve as a model else- If additional development is recommended, infoDev manage-

where? ment may decide to provide technical assistance to a proposal

Figure 4Evaluation Status of All Proposals Received as of June 30, 1998

First-stage evaluation 3.5%

Project completed 3.5%'. Pool of highly ranked proposals 4.9%

Final clerance For funding in progress 3. 1% Second-stage evaluation 5.5%

Postponed 17% Clarification reqested 6.2%Other 0.7%

I ~~~~~~Funded 10.4%Rejected 41.5% Fuded 1 9%

W drawn 19%

;$t,rI)e>v I998 ..

team. This can include assistance to a proponent in developing toring; evaluation of proposals; overall supervision of ongoing

further specific areas and/or points in a proposal. activities; dissemination of results; and general promotion of

the Program.

Request for Proposals for Second-Stage Evaluators

During the fiscal year, infoDev invited qualified organizations to All donors continued their support of the infoDev. A new

submit proposals for contracts to provide the second stage evalu- agreement was signed between the Instituto Colombiano para

ation of the proposal evaluation process and, in selected cases, to el Desarollo de la Ciencia y la Tecnologia "Francisco Jose de

provide technical assistance services to groups involved in the Caldas" (COLCIENCIAS). The United Kingdom, through

submission of infoDev proposals. Proposals were due, and a deci- DFID, made a pledge of £;10.0 million (nearly US$17 million)

sion would be made, during the first quarter of fiscal year 1999. to help address the Y2K problem in developing countries. A

first tranche of £5.0 million (about US$8.5 million) was

FINANCES received from DFID during the fiscal year. The World Bank,

In its second full year ofoperation, infoDev continued in good in addition to its in-kind contribution supporting most of

financial standing. Total disbursements rose from $2.23 mil- infoDev management and administrative costs, provided a $3.0

lion to $5.35 million. Table 2 summarizes the cumulative million cash contribution from the Development Grant

financial contributions received by infoDev at the end of fiscal Facility (DGF). The DGF contribution from the World Bank

year 1998, and the applications of these contributions since the corresponds to a core contribution, as it is allocated primarily

inception of the program in September 1995.

Table 2:intfoDev Finances as of June 30, 1998 (US$ million)

Cumulative contributions Pledged Paid in dl Committed Disbursed

Unrestricted 9.44 7.97 7.21 5.29

Corefrom donors 644 497 4.21 2.29

World Bank DGF 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00

Remstricted 10.31 9.91 1.01 0.06

Y2K 8.52 8.52 0.08 ---

Otbers 1.79 1.40 0.93 0.06

In kind 2.70 2.96 2.96 2.96

World Bank 2.55 2.90 290 2.90

Other donors 0.15 0.06 0.06 0.06

'TOTAL 22.45 20.85 , 11.18 8.31

at Paid-in amount arc Oct of cost recovery fees and accutoalated earnings on inestcmcts

Funding for fiscal 1998 for grants to infoDev projects and is not earmarked for any the-

France and the World Bank provided in-kind contributions in matic or geographic priority (See Table 3).

the form of staff services (and, in the case of the World Bank,

overhead expenses as wMell). These contributions support

infoDev's general operations, covering some of the costs associ-

ated with the program's governance, management, and moni-

I !ht,tt& v 1998 i V;., . i 998 .iow1'A ippw

Table 3Funding as of June 30, 1998 {US$000)

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250 250 122 122 122Denm¢r ^I[ 250 250 500 500; 500 250

Eu~~aUnioi~ 250 250tit;}ifffiiiftftfffi d250 440 690 250 440 690 460

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0 Xeratio?Wiiie 194 300 494 194 253 447!t!::

ii: fr~~4ff#~> 75 78 153 75 78 153130 130 260; 114 114;l; 114

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Moatorol ffffffffff ;100 100 200 100 100 200 200

fid0>rlands0fXtffifffff 250 250 250 750 250 250 500 500ff4f8 denifii fffi ft 450 450 900 227 200 427 142

S ffW0&it z r l IO 11,238 251 1,489 1,238 251 1,489 1,489f 'Th0|fIey if f 0 f ffff 250 250 250 250 250

100 100' 100 300 100 100 200 200

8,516 8,516 8,516 8,516

3,000 3,000 3,000 3,0 300

kind lffi fffl llll649 8999 1,000 2,548 649 899 1,349 2,8

4,274 4,356 13,822 22,452 3,324 3,053 14,804 21,182 8,185

Note: Figures are adjusted for thc ,o,t recent fluctuations in exchange rates.

Project funding by Region ExpensesDuring fiscal 1998, the Program received contributions During the fiscal year, total project costs, including disburse-

totaling $14.8 million (of which $8.5 million was for the Y2K ments on grants, increase by 214%. (See Annex 8 for disb urse-

Initiative), bringing the total donor contributions received ments by projects). Management and overall monitoring cost

through June 30, 1998, to $21.2 million. Excluding the Y2K went up by 17% during the same period, and the cost of eval-

Initiative, contributions received increased by 50%, from uating new proposals increased by 36%. The governance cost

$3.1 million to $6.3 million. This healthy increase enabled the decreased by 59%, due mainly to the reduction in cost of the

Program to support thirty-two activities this year with infoDev TAP and to the fact that there was only one regular Donors'

grants totaling $5.4 million. See Annex 8 for further details on Committee meeting during the fiscal year. The amount spent

the infoDev portfolio to date. on dissemination was also reduced substantially, by 64%. It

should be noted that no infoDev symposium took place during

the last fiscal year. In fact, infoDev symposia took place imme-

inlt)Ae 1998:,. 5Table 4Fiscol 1998 Project Funding by Region

Region Number of projects Percentage of total ftinding

Sub-Saharan Africa & 30.1Asiai dPacific 2 5.1Latin America 5 19.1Eastern Eirope and Cenral Asia 2 5.3Middle East and North rica 1 4.7Global/lMdriple Regions 14 35.7

TOTAL 32 100

Table 5Expenses, Fiscal 1996-1 998 (US$ '000)

lypc of expense lf1996 Yl1997 11Yl998

PMrect Cost? 36 1,405 4,405.0

of which Y 2Initiative 200.0Program Managerneut & Monitoring 435 443 520.0ofwhyich travel 62 49 33.0

Evaluation of nevw proposals 45 102 139.0G;overnance ---- .-

Donor Committee Meeting 31 14 5.0Tecnical Advisory Panel 27 40 17.2

Dissemination and internet si e* 119 43.3General administraivd "costs't 123 107 221.0

Total 697 2,230 5,350.5

lncludes direct monitoring and supervision costs

"lncludes cost of infD-ny symposium

-tOfflce occupancy, corn-nLcati-s and internal computing

diately preceding and immediately following fiscal 1998. The for the Y2K Initiative, and $0.47 million in restricted funds).

substantial savings achieved last year on these two budget items At the end of fiscal year 1998, ten projects were in the pipeline

(governance and dissemination) are unlikely to be realized in that had been successfully evaluated; prospective funding com-

future fiscal years. Other administrative costs, related mainly mitments for these projects totaled $2.1 million.

to office occupancy, computing, and telecommunications,

increased by 107%, thus reflecting the need to maintain a

growing infoDev staff to administer the overall program. Table

5 shows expenses for the 1996-98 fiscal years.

Cash PositionAs of June 30. 1998, cash resources in infoDev trust fund

accounts totaled $9.7 million($0.8 million in core funds, $8.4

in;fil0ev 1998 ~.,1e>

Annex 1 infoDev Web Site

The following is a summary of the infoDev web site which can be accessed through the World Wide Web at

http://www.worldbank.org/infodev

About infoDev

Background about the infoDev program, frequently asked questions, staff profiles, and quarterly and annual reports available to

download.

Funded infoDev Projects

A list of projects that infoDev has funded, Proponent information, and final reports.

infoDev's Year 2000 Initiative

A resource for countries to address the Year 2000 problem. Includes regional seminar information, infoDev's Y2K Tool Kit and

information on applying for Y2K grants.

How to Submit Project Proposals

Provides guidelines and applications for those interested in submitting their projects for infoDev funding.

Proposal Database

Search engine to find a proposal by country, region, sector, or status.

Electronic Discussion

There is an e-mail discussion forum for discussion amongst stakeholders concerned with information and communication tech-

nology (ICT) for development. It is open to anyone with an interest in infoDev and ICT for development.

Annex 2 in[oDev's Year 2000 Web Site

Information on infoDev's Year 2000 initiative can be found on the World Wide Web.

Below are examples of the pages that are available from the main Y2K page:

http://www.worldbank.org/infodev/y2k/y2kinit.htm

http://www.wor1dbank.org/i nfodev/y2 k/seminars. htm

http://www.worldbank.org/infodev/y2k/seminarlIist.htm

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Annex 3

Donors' Committee Meeting Communique The Donors' Committee welcomed Colombia as a new donor to

infiDev. The donors encouraged infoDev management to continue

The third annual meeting of thie Donors' Committee of the its efforts in attracting new donors from developing and developed

Information for Development Program (infoDev) was held on countries and economies in transition and stressed that the activities

November 3, 1997, at the European Office of the World Bank in which injoDev supported should reflect the needs of recipient coun-

Paris. T'he meeting was chaired by Mr. Jean-Fran*ois Rischard, Vice tries as expressed through an active involvement in the process on their

President for Finance and Private Sector Development, World Bank part.

and moderated by Mr. James Bond, Director, Energy, Mining and

Telecommunications Depart-ment, World Bank. The Donors' The Donors' Committee recognized, however, that any expansion

Committee reviewed infoDev achievements during Fiscal Year 1997 would only be possible in infoDev succeeded in attracting new donors

(uly 1996-June 1997) and discussed its prospects for Fiscal Year 1998 from both the public and private sector. New forms of cooperation

and beyond. with a greater number of private entities, including corporations andfoundations, should be investigated with the objective of forming a

In its second year of operations, infoDev saw significant growth, par- private sector donors base which reflects the broad diversity of opera-

alleling the global expansion of information and communication tech- nons and products in the information and communication technolo-

nologies. Ten new projects were added to its work program and there ges. To that end, a suggestion by IBM, supported by Telecom Italia,

are now activities on-going in all regions-ranging from raising the to form a special short-term committee to recommend strategies for

awareness of the implications of information and communications stronger private sector involvement in infrDev was welcomed.

technologies, to providing technical assistance, to participating in

telecommunications negotiations, to initiating pilot projects in dis- The Donors' Committee endorsed the introduction of projects bytelecommumcauons~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~nfDe management, to strengthe its involvemen in the area o

tance education and environmental monitoring. The last fiscal year inDev management to strengdien its involvement in the areas of

also saw growth in active support for the program, with five new global telecommunications reforms, increased connectivity for poverty

donors-Brazil, Germany, Italy, Motorola and Telecom Italia- alleviation and education program, particularly in Africa. infoDev

joining the Donors' Committee, and Finland and the World Bank should also strengthen its effort to disseminate more widely the lessons

increasing their contributions. of its experiences and become more proactive in assisting proponentsof projects to improve the quality of these projects. It was recom-

After hearing program reports from the Technical Advisory Panel and mended that an independent evaluation of the whole infoDev pro-

from infoDev Management, the Donors' Committee confirmed their gram be conducted before the end of its third fiscal year.

support for the expansion of infoDev as discussed at a special meeting

in June 1997 in Toronto. It was emphasized that infoDev priorities The following donors were represented at the meeting in Paris: Brazil,

should continue to focus on innovative approaches in using informa- Colombia, European Commission, Denmark, Finland, France,

tion and communication technologies for development purposes and Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland,

that in#vDev should complement rather than duplicate other pro- Telecom Italia, the United Kingdom, and the World Bank.

grams. Particular attention should be paid to ensuring that infoDev Representatives of the Aga Khan Development Network, the

activities are followed up by appropriate actions to make the use of Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Intemational Institute for

information and communication technologies for development pur- Communication and Development (IICD) and the United Nations

poses self-sustainable. It was further emphasized that infoDev would Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO) were

not succeed without a strong and effective participation from devel- observers to the meeting. The infoDev Donors' Committee will meet

oping countries again in about one year.

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Annex 4

Creation of the infoDev Conference Scholarship *Policy and regulatory advancements in the communications

Fund and First Awards and information sectors, as well as improvements in govern-ment efficiency, accountability, and transparency;

The Information for Development Program (infoDev) has just * The economic development potential of communications

announced the establishment of the Conference Scholarship and information systems to reduce poverty, particularly in

Fund (iCSF) to facilitate the participation of individuals from applications in education and health services; and. . * ~Use of ICT for protection of the environment and natural

developing countries in conferences fostering the utilization of

modern information and communication technologies (ICT) resources.

to address development problems.

The first round of scholarships will be offered in memory of

Mrs. Gloria Knight. Mrs. Knight sponsored one of infoDev's

first projects, "Jamaica: Partnership for Technology in Basic

Education". Until her death at the end of 1 997, she played an

important role in promoting the use of technology to broaden

the reach of education.

iCSF resources will be used only to support expenses of devel-

oping country participants, or iCSF Fellows. Applications for

iCSF fellowships will be accepted only from conference orga-

nizers, and only to support of groups of participants.

iCSF Fellows will be selected for their potential contribution to

the development of the national information infrastructure in

their country. iCSF Fellows are expected to be come important

sources and disseminators of information. They will be

expected, after their participation in conferences as iCSF fel-

lows, to take part in Internet moderated conferences, under the

infodev-L listserve.

infoDev is a global program managed by the World Bank which

assists developing economies fully benefit from ICT. infoDev

shares worldwide experience with, and disseminates best prac-

tices to key decision-makers, both public and private. More

detail on infoDev can be found at the web site:

http://www.worldbank.org/infodev. infoDev is especially inter-

ested in:

* The creation of market friendly environments for ICT, including

privatization, liberalization, and competition in the communica-

tions and information sectors in developing economies;

;;i33oDv 1998 , i

Annex 5infoDev Initiative to Address the "Millennium regional workshops. Such plans will identify the highest pri-

Bug" ority problems from an economic and a social perspective, andassist in providing targeted solutions. The regional workshops

and the first remediation and testing grants funded by infoDevThe Information for Development Program (infoDev) is

will begJin to be implemented byvJune 1998.launching a special initiative to help address the so-called w r t

"Millennium Bug" or Year 2000 (Y2K) problem in developing The infoDev initiative is supported by a grant of £ 10 mil-countries

lion-equivalent to about US$16.7 million-which was

recently announced by British Prime Minister Tony Blair.The Y2K problem arises from the common practice of com-

infoDev is inviting other donors to participate in this impor-puter program designers to store dates in programs as tWO tn fotadt ac h rts otiuin

digits ("98") rather than four ("1998"). This was dictated by

the desire to save computer memory which used to be quite The Y2K initiative is a major milestone for the infoDev pro-expensive. (The cost of computer storage has declined by more

than 1,000,000% over the last three decades.) As a result, rep- g andelecamglobations adm ent of the WorldMining and Telecommunications Department of the World

resentation of "00" may not be interpreted in the program asBank, was launched in 1995. Since then, infoDev has been a

the year 2000, causing systems to fail or behave in unpre-pioneer i n the p romotion and use of inform ation and commu-

dictable ways. The problem applies not only to computers, but pion theomoto and uselofmintioancmu

also to "embedded systems" found in power stations, building

management systems and process controls. This is a significant

problem for business and government operations throughout

the world and, if left untreated, may seriously disrupt govern-

ment and private sector operations at all levels. The precise

dimensions of the Y2K are not known. However, the global

cost for addressing the problem is often estimated in the hun-

dred of billions of dollars.

Solutions to the Y2K problem are not technically challenging.

But given the lack of proper documentation, they can become

complex, time consuming and expensive for developing coun-

tries. There are increasing concerns that developing countries

are not aware of the extent of the potential problems which

may arise, nor are they able to mobilize the resources necessary

to begin working on the modifications and conversion of infor-

mation systems to avoid the "Millennium Bug".

In coordination with other World Bank departments, infoDev

will disseminate a tool kit for key stakeholders in developing

countries on how to deal with the Y2K problem. The strategy

includes the provision of technical assistance to build national

plans for addressing the problem, as well as the organization of

Annex 6

Private Sector Commission Report to infoDev infoDev has been established as the main donor coordination

Donors' Committee mechanism for ICT at the World Bank. As such, it is in a posi-tion to assist private organizations to explore partnerships

Advancements in information and communication technolo- within the World Bank Group, as well as with other multilat-eral and bi-lateral organizations. This not only leverages the

gies are continuing to change the way we live and do business.strengths of each organization in the rapid dissemination of

As we move from industrial, labour-based societies to ones

dependent on the sharing of information and the provision of information technology to developing nations, but also pro-,, ~~~~~~~~vides an integrated and coordinated approach to promoting the

services, a new "social contract" between the public and privateuse ICT applications for development in emerging economies.

sectors must be developed. infoDev provides the mechanism

for forming these "smart" partnerships, mobilizing intellectualWhile companies will continue to provide some resources

and financial resources for economic and social development intoward development by practicing good corporate citizenship

the information age.globally, they are constrained in the extent to which they can

Commission Objective address the basic requirements of developing countries.

A Private Sector Commission* was established to review theexisting infoDev I private sector relationship and recommend The Commission has identified several areas in which infoDev

options to improve infoDev's ability to mobilize skills and can play a critical role in alleviating some of these constraints.* They include:

resources from the public and private sectors-enhancing itsability.to.promote the application of information and communi- Providing valuable assistance in addressing issues facing busi-

ability to promote the application of information and communi-nesses in developing markets.

cation technologies (ICT) for social and economic development. *inf oDev facilitates policy development and reform-cre-

ating fair, competitive environments which lead to theThe Role of the Public & Private Sectors in infoDev development of dynamic, growing markets in telecommu-

infoDev was established in 1995 with the objective of dissemi- nications and information technologies.nating information about and promoting the use of ICT appli- *inf oDev can help mitigate risks which are often associatedcations to improve education, healthcare, environmental with investments in developing countries. For example,protection, etc. in developing countries. The private sector can * Product/service risk (e.g. awareness-raising about issues

provide valuable resources and experiences, including tech- associated with the "millennium bug" problem);nology, financing, skills training and infrastructura. develop- .Country risk (e.g. building support for telecommunica-

tions rates re-balancing).ment, assisting infoDev in fully meeting its objective.

* Removing some of the burdens of market development &

Countries which are in the greatest need of development fre- market entry.*jnf oDev provides valuable assistance in the research &

quently offer the greatest risk to companies in terms of regulations, Developm en vative produta llowin thedevelopment of innovative products-allowing for themarket infrastructure and financial credibility. Given the financial field-testing of new ideas and discerning what works, what

and political risks inherent in demanding developing country envi- doesn't and promoting the replication of successes.ronments, infoDev, by leveraging resources and products from its . Facilitating skills training, technology transfer andpartners, can help reduce the risks associated with investments in human resource development.information technology and telecommunications. . Facilitating relations with the World Bank and spear-

heading new World Bank approaches.

*The commission was proposed by IBM and approved at the Annual Donors' committee meeting in November 1997.

;ilf'Oe- I199B 8sta -,

*inf oDev serves as the main donor coordinating mechanism Recommendations

for the World Bank in ICT. In this role, it can assist in the

mobilization of Bank-wide support for project initiatives. Membership*inf oDev serves as an incubator for new ideas which can, It is proposed that there be greater flexibility with regard to

the guidelines for participation by the private sector on theafter field-testing, be incorporated into the World Bank's

Donors' Committee.operational work program. 1. Reduce the financial level of entry for full participation on

Tactical Considerations & Recommendations the Donors' Committee. The Commission proposes thata minimum annual contribution of $100,000 be accepted

Current Structure of Private Sector Participation for full membership to the Committee.Thecurentproedues *nduidc ioDev eab- 2. Allow private organizations to "earmark" their contribu-

The current procedures and guidelines which znfoDev estab g

lished in 1995 were put intd place to avoid any conflict-of- tions to support themes which address specific issues (e.g.

interest concerns and eliminate the perception that private electronic commerce, encryption, telecommunication

sector donors might have privileged access to the World Bank. accounting rates, etc.).

After three years of operating under this structure, there is some 3. Allow participation on the Donors' Committee for privateorganizations which co-finance flagship mroeets. For ascope to review the current set of guidelines, allowing for gagsp p

greater flexibility, and encouraging greater participation by minimum of co-financing equivalent to $250,000, anboth small and large companies in infoDev. organization would receive Observer status on the

Committee for the duration of the project. An organiza-

According to the current rules, financial contributions from tion would be accepted as a full member if, in addition to

private sector donors are only accepted into the "core fund". providing co-financing within the last two years, they

Contributions to the core fund are made in cash, in freely con- contributed a minimum amount of $50,000 per year to

vertible currencies and are untied to the provision of specific the core fund.

services and cannot be earmarked for any particular project. 4. Allow Observer status to private organizations which pro-

Resources comprising the core fund are freely usable in accor- vide in-kind contributions (e.g. exchange of staff) to the

dance with the infoDev work program and financial plan program or to specific projects, and a minimum of

approved by the Donors' Committee. $50,000 per year to the core fund.

As mandated in infoDev's Operational Guidelines, to be a The aggregate of past contributions made by infoDev's current

"full" member of the Donors' Committee, a private organiza- private sector members-IBM, Motorola and Telecom Italia-tion must contribute a minimum of US$250,000 per annum. would, when feasible, be considered as advanced contribu-Amounts below this threshold can be accepted, but the con-tributing organization is only invited as an Observer to the ind-openingumembesh

under the new guidelines.Donors' Committee.

Project initiativesAlthough the private sector considers infoDev as a strategic Pnorer toicrates

parter fr deelopent,privte cmpanes cntine to In order to create Jobs, build wealth and Implement sustainablepartner for development, private companies continue tO

economic growth, there is a need for greater infrastructureexpress reservations in participating actively in the program in

development, technology transfer and in some cases, financiallight of present modalities for partnership. The existing guide- investment. wog y with infome to identify

lines are viewed as being too rigid, discouraging active partici- andemlmentBy working more closely with infoDev to identifypation b the priate sectr in theprogram.and implement project initiatives, there is greater incentive and

pation by the private sector in the program.greater feeling of "inclusiveness" for private organizations to

commit resources toward these initiatives.

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1. Private sector representation on infoDev's Technical efforts in the use of information technologies for development,

Advisory Panel (TAP) should be strengthened. There is cur- beyond the clearing-house function of projects directly sub-

rently no representative from the private sector on the TAP mitted to the program. Similarly, infoDev should take a more

2. An informal working group of private sector representa- proactive role in forging innovative operational partnerships

tives should be formed which would identify and review between the initiatives of the World Bank Group (IFC, IBRD,

areas of strategic mutual interest. This working group MIGA) and key players in the information technology and

would convene as needed, and would propose new telecommunications sector. This would include:

approaches for infoDev to reach its developmental goals, 1. Identifying possible project links with on-going or pro-

taking into account the latest technological advances and posed World Bank Group projects.

current business practices. 2. Mobilizing partnerships between Multilateral

Development Banks (e.g. Inter-American Development

Coordination Bank, Asian Development Bank, etc.) and public and pri-

There is room for infoDev to play a more active role as a focal vate sector organizations.

point, within and outside the World Bank, for coordinating

Modalities for Private Sector Participation

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Annex 7

Evaluation Forms First Stage Evaluation

Both the first stage and the second stage evaluations will be The first stage evaluation form consists of two pages. The first

based on the twelve selection criteria listed in Part 1, but the page will be for the internal review of infoDev staff. On the second

process and level of scrutiny will be different. page, the reviewer will be asked to address his or her remarks to the

proponent direcdy. Electronic submission is preferred.

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Gcneral Rcvicw Components: Scorc 1-5 (I -poor. 5C..eiIenlct)

A. How important is the problem or opportunity this project is addressing?

Comments

B. Is this project a good approach to the problem or opportunity?

Comments

C. What type and magnitude of impact do you expect this project will have?

Comments

D. Does the project have general or replicable results?

Comments

E. Do the proponents appear to be capable of executing this project?

Comments

Rcconinncrdd,tiotn:

A. Reject the project as either inadequate or inappropriate.

B. The project has potential, but needs revision and/or technical assistance.

C. Good project, but requires other funding instrument (e.g. WB loans or credits.

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What are the strengths of this proposal?

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Second Stage Evaluation Report nent capabilities and evidence of financial support. The evalu-

ator may contact the proponent with questions about the pro-

Second Stage Evaluation posal, but is not required to do so. In the event of contact, the

The second stage evaluation form will explicitly address all of evaluator will attach any written correspondence to and from

the Ranking and Selection Criteria listed in Part 1. The second the proponent to the evaluation report.

stage evaluation report would have short sections addressing The second stage evaluation report will provide a rating and

each of the twelve criteria, as well as their findings on propo- commentary on each item:

Project Title

Project ID Number

Evalua,ltion Critcria 0cor' (1-poor, 5-e ICx'cIIc t)

1. What is the likely impact on infoDev goals?

Comments:2. Is the project new and innovative, or does it produce an uncommon result?

Comments:3. Is the project replicable and likely to serve as a model elsewhere?

Comments:4. Does the project have political, institutional, and technical feasibility?

Comments:5. Does it represent a cost effective way of achieving the planned result?

Comments:6. Is the project sustainable?

Comments:7. What is the level of risk that the project will not achieve its planned results?

Comments:8. Does the project have sufficient financing?

Comments:9. Does the project have appropriate staffing?

Comments:10. Is the proponent capable of executing this project?

Comments:11. Does the proponent show evidence of commitment to the project?

Comments:12. Do the project partners show evidence of commitment?

Comments:

Ovcrall Rccommnendation:

1. Reject the proposal.

2. Proposal has potential, but needs additional work.

3. Approve the proposal.If recommendation #2, provide a draft Terms of Reference describing in detail the additionalwork required on this proposal.

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Annex 8Disbursements for Projects Approved by infoDev through June 30, 1 998

FY96

1 African Virtual University 250,000 248,000

2 Telematics for African Development 250,000 250,000

3 Sixth ITU Regulatory Colloquium 145,000 121,000

4 Jamaica: Partnership for Technology in Basic Education 500,000 421,000

FY97

5 Rural Telecommunications Field Trial and Commercialization Pilot 250,000 50,000

6 Linking Poor Producers to Global Markets 158,400 86,600

7 Connectivity Information & Training Center for Internet, Cameroon

(Internet CITI Cameroon) 120,152 61,000

8 Increasing Electronic Connectivity between Strategic Allied in the

HIV/AIDS field in South East Asia 224,000 140,000

9 Establishment of Cyber Cafes at the Sixth Annual Conference on

Telecommunications, Informatics, and Broadcasting (AFCOM) 25,000 25,000

10 Toward a National Informatics and Telecommunications Policy for Russia 250,000 213,000

11 The National Information Infrastructure of Mexico: The Environmental Link 250,000 250,000

12 Program to Enhance Participation of Emerging Economies in WTO

Telecommunications Negotiations 233,000 211,000

13 Economic Tool-kit and Workshops for Internet Connectivity in Africa 193,300 137,000

14 The Internet Society 1997 Workshop on Network Technology for Countries

in the Early Stages of Internetworking 50,000 50,000

FY98

15 Information for Collaborative Planning: Global Knowledge-Activity

Information Management System (GK-AIMS) 250,000 175,000

16 Toolkit for Addressing the Y2K Problem in Developing Countries 250,000 170,100

17 The Environment and Information: Building Capacity in Central America

for the Management of Electronic Information 250,000 175,000

18 Networking for Innovation in Technology and Teacher Training 250,000 125,000

19 Development of Web Site and Online Services for ITU Regulatory Colloquium 101,065 50,533

20 Interactive Workshop and Conference on "Emerging Global Electronic

Distance Education" 100,000 75,000

21 Business Plan Development for Telecommunication/Information Centers in Ghana 55,000 44,000

22 UrbanDataLink 249,750 124,875

23 Assistance for Emerging Economies to Participate in the WTO

Telecommunications Market Liberalization:

Caribbean Telecommunications Union 63,443 63,443

Asia Pacific Telecom. 72,600 36,300

Telecom Forum of Africa 107,996 53,998

Wissenschaftliches Institut 86,500 43,250

h1f,DevrT9 .r,6 8 p-.

24 Cyberschool Africa 70,910 56,728

25 African Empowerment Network in Information Technologies 250,000 130,357

26 (Senegal Health) Informatisation du Syteme d'Information a des fins

de Gestion (SIG) du Ministere de la Sante Publique et de l'Action Sociale

(MSPAS) de la Republique de Senegal 250,000 175,000

27 The Baltic Sea Information Society Project-Start up: Northwest Russia 250,000 100,000

28 Information Systems for Rural Development (A demonstration project in

Cajamarca Department, Peru) 247,885 123,943

29 Wise-Dev (Web Integrated System for Environment and Development) 228,600 60,000

30 Workshop on Information Dissemination for Sustainable Development of

Industrial Minerals Resources and Environmental Constraints 88,780 44,390

31 infoDev Health Information Training Center 287,504 100,000

32 PROYECTO CONEXIONES 250,000 125,000

33 Promotion and Development of Telematics in the Public Sector in Ghana 250,000 125,000

34 Physician-Based Sentinel Surveillance System for Emerging Health and Disease

Problems in the Caribbean 248,407 161,465

35 Demonstrating in Indonesia a Generalizable Model for Introducing Technologies

to Expand and Strengthen National Reproductive Health Training and Service

Delivery Systems 248,572 174,000

36 Support to International Telecommunication Operations in Emerging Economics

to Make adjustments Necessitated by the Inevitable Reduction in International

Telecommunication Settlement Revenues 70,000 70,000

37 ITU Seventh Regulatory Colloquium, ITU, Headquarters, Geneva 8,140 8,140

38 Second Annual Ballerina Meeting: Support to CIS and CEE Participation 36,750 36,750

39 Africa Global Connectivity Conference 250,000 37,400

40 Commsphere Africa '98 50,000 50,000

41 Executive Conference on Integrated Information Systems (Cesii) in Florida 48,054 48,054

42 Internet Society Network Technology Workshop for Developing countries,

July 12-24, 1998 in Geneva 50,000 50,000

43 12th Annual Conference, Asian Association of Open Universities: "The Asian

Distance Learner" 21,645 21,645

44 Regional Distance Learning Networks for Information Technology 250,000 125,000

45 First International Conference on Rural Telecommunications, Washington,

D.C. held on November 30-December 2, 1998 48,030 48,030

46 Internet Society Network Technology Workshop for Latin America & Caribbean,

July 13-18, 1998 in Rio deJaneiro 30,000 30,000

Total 8,275,421 5,301,000

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tikme of Aci@ dty§g> Or9anizatj||||p Total Aol 8 i tat i

Support to International Telecommunication Commonwealth $70,000 $70,000 ProjectOperators in Emerging Economies to Make Telecommunications CompletedAdjustments Necessitated by the Inevitable OrganizationReduction in InternationalTelecommunication Settlement Revenues

ITU Seventh Regulatory Colloquium, ITU Friedrich Ebert Stiftung $8,140 $8,140 ProjectHeadquarters, Geneva Completed

Second Annual BALLERINA Meeting: United Nation Enviroment $36,750 $36,750 ProjectSupport to CIS and CEE Participation Programme/GRID-Arendal Completed

Establishment of Cyber Caf6s at the Sixth AFCOM International Inc. $25,000 $25,000 ProjectAnnual Conference on Telecommunications, CompletedInformatics, and Broadcasting

The Internet Society 1997 Workshop on McGill University $795,000 $50,000 ProjectNetwork Technology for Countries in The CompletedEarly Stages of Internetworking

Program to Enhance Participation of International Institute of $293,000 $233,000 ProjectEmerging Economies in WTO Communications CompletedTelecommunications Negotiations

Sixth ITU Regulatory Colloquium Latham and Watkins, $507,000 $145,000 ProjectAttorneys at Law Completed

The National Information Infrastructure of Consortium for $650,000 $250,000 ProjectMexico: The Environmental Link International Earth Completed

Science InformationNetwork

Africa Global Connectivity Conference BMP International Ltd. $600,000 $250,000 ProjectCompleted

Economic Tool-kit and Workshops for Africa Internet Forum IAIF) $211,300 $193,300 ProjectInternet Connectivity in Africa Completed

Telematics for African Development Telematics for Africa, $626,500 $250,000 ProjectDevelopment Consortium Completed

African Virtual University The World Bank, AFTHR $990,900 $250,000 ProjectCompleted

Information for Collaborative Planning: Bellanet International $341,100 $250,000 FundedGlobal Knowledge-Activity Information SecretariatManagement System (GK-AIMS)

Toolkit for Addressing the Y2K Problem in Consiel, S.p.a. $250,000 $250,000 FundedDeveloping Countries

The Environment and Information: Building Asociaci6n de $500,000 $250,000 Fundedcapacity in Central America for the investigaci6n y EstudiosManagement of Electronic Information Sociales (ASIES)

Networking for Innovation in Technology Institute for International $406,000 $250,000 Fundedand Teacher Training Education (IIE)

Development of Web Site and Online Analysys Ltd. $155,805 $101,065 FundedServices for ITU Regulatory Colloquium.

Interactive Workshop and Conference on University of Tampere, $250,000 $100,000 Funded'Emerging Global Electronic Distance Hypermedia LaboratoryEducation"

Business Plan Development for VITA (Volunteers in $86,000 $55,000 FundedTelecommunication/Information Centers in Technical Assistance)Ghana

Name of Adivity Organization Thtctl Cost Funding Request Present Stotus

UrbanDataLink United Nations Centre for $467,750 $249,750 FundedHuman Settlements(Habitat)

WTO 2: Assistance to Emerging Asia-Pacific $353,581 $353,581 FundedEconomies to Participate in the WTO Telecommunity, TelecomTelecommunications Market Liberalization Forum of Africa,

CaribbeanTelecommunicationsUnion, WissenschaftlichesInstitut fuerKommunikationsdienste

Cyberschool Africa Cyberschool Africa $125,970 $70,910 Funded

African Empowerment Network in Fondation du Devenir $550,000 $250,000 FundedInformation Technologies

(Senegal Health) Informatisation du Syteme (Minist6re de la Sante et $2,660,000 $250,000 Fundedd'Information 6 des fins de Gestion (SIG) des Affaires Sociales)du Minist6re de la Sant6 Publique et deI'Action Sociale (MSPAS) de la R6publiquedu S6n6gal.

The Baltic Sea Information Society Project - Eurofacts Oy $250,000 $250,000 FundedStart up: Northwest Russia

Rural Telecommunications Field Trial and Kenya Posts and $775,000 $250,000 FundedCommercialization Pilot Telecommunications

Corporation

Linking Poor Producers to Global Markets PEOPLink $261,600 $158,400 Funded

Information Systems for Rural Development Intermediate Technology $267,885 $247,885 Funded(A demonstration project in Cajamarca Development GroupDepartment, Peru) (ITDG)

Connectivity Information & Training Center United Nations Institute $174,652 $120,152 Fundedfor Internet, Cameroon (Internet CITI for Training & ResearchCameroon) (UNITAR)

Wise-Dev (Web Integrated System for ORSTROM Laboratoire $2,200,000 $228,600 FundedEnvironment and Development) ERMES

Toward a National Informatics and The Freedom Channel $370,000 $250,000 FundedTelecommunications Policy for Russia

Workshop on information Dissemination for British Geological Survey $90,000 $88,780 FundedSustainable Development of IndustrialMinerals Resources and EnvironmentalConstraints

infoDev Health Information Training Center SatelLife $317,504 $287,504 Funded

PROYECTO CONEXIONES Universidad EAFIT $1,320,494 $250,000 Funded

Promotion and Development of Telematics United Nafions Educational $342,800 $250,000 Fundedin the Public Sector in Ghana Scientific and Cultural

Organization (UNESCO)

Physician-Based Sentinel Surveillance PAHO/WHO Caribbean $433,357 $248,137 FundedSystem for Emerging Health and Disease Epidemiology Centreproblems in the Caribbean (CAREC)

Jamaica: Partnership for Technology in Jamaica Computer $1,500,000 $500,000 FundedBasic Education Society Education

Foundation

Increasing electronic connectivity between South East Asia HIV/AIDS $224M000* $224000 Fundedstrategic allies in the HIV/AIDS field in ProjectSouth East Asia

Regional Distance Learning Network for Regional Information $330,000 $250,000 FundedInformation Technology Technology and Software

Engineering Center -RITSEC

Demonstrating in Indonesia a Johns Hopkins University $248,572 $3,055,614 FundedGeneralizable Model for IntroducingTechnologies to Expand and StrengthenNational Reproductive Health Training andService Delivery Systems

China's Industrial Pollution Projection Foreign Economic $412,900 $249,900 Final ClearanceSystem (CIPPS): New Information Tools for Cooperation Office, for Funding inChina's Environmental Agencies National Environmental Progress

Protection Agency ofChina

Developing user-friendly data products for Centro lnternacional de $1,008,478 $241,489 Final Clearancesale and distribution to agricultural data Agricultura Tropical for Funding inusers in Central America & the Caribbean Progress

Info Caf6 -Rescue Mission Planet Earth The Foundation for the $676,966 $249,535 Final ClearanceInfo(rmation) Cafe Future of Youth for Funding in

Progress

The Establishment of a Technical, National Mapping & $168,800 $88,800 Final ClearanceOperational & Legal Framework for the Resource Information for Funding inManagement of Geographic Information in Authority (NAMRIA) Progressthe Philippines

Reference Model for Government Treasury IBM Corporation $250,000 $250,000 Final ClearanceSystems for Funding in

Progress

A Demonstration Project with the Global GEF/United Nations $466,000 $140 000 Final ClearanceEnvironment Facility (GEF) to Create an Development Programme for Funding in"International Waters Learning Exchange (UNDP) Progressand Research Network (IW LEARN)"

Project SITA (Study of Information Jawaharlal Nehru Centre $200,000 $120,000 Final ClearanceTechnology Applications): Computer Skills for Advanced Scientific for Funding inTraining For Low-income Women in India Research Progress

Autonomous System for Interactive AEDAR Corporation $600,000 $250,000 Final ClearanceElectronic Commerce (ASIEC): Phase 1 - for Funding inComputerized Mobile Bank (CMB) - Ghana Progress

Telemedicine In Ethiopia Mr. Jaroslav Liska (Czech $125,925 $18,000 Pool of Highly-Republic) Ranked Proposals

Conducting of Series of Demonstration International $61,707 $44,727 Pool of Highly-Project-Workshops on Telecommunications Telecommunications and Ranked Proposals(Internet, Computer Networks, Information Information Center (ITIC)Creation, Utilization/Management) inGeorgia

The Environment and Information: Building CGecFnEirrenalfnion $500,000 $250,000 Pool of Highly-Capacity in Mexico cnd Cau*cil cfNAth Ranked Proposals

AmHia PCE

Metabase de Datos: Improving Public Fundaci6n Acceso $282;470 $249,920 Pool of Highly-Access to Central America's Bibliographic Ranked ProposalsResources Via the Internet

Strengthening Electronic Communications ABANTU for Development $500,000 $250,000 Pool of Highly-Capacities of Women's Organizations in Ranked ProposalsAfrica

* Does not inclued UNAIDS financial comm-imen,,.

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Name of Activity Organization TItal Cost Funding Request Present Status

InterNeg -Decision Making and Center for Computer $404,200 $245,000 Pool of Highly-Negotiation for Development on the World Assisted Management Ranked ProposalsWide Web

Tobacco-Free World: Enhancing Global Center for $1,132,187 $258,118 Pool of Highly-Communication, Awareness, and Action Communications, Health Ranked Proposals

and the Environment(CECHE)

SOLARIS -Solidarity Information System Solagral Montpellier $750,000 $250,000 Pool of Highly-Ranked Proposals

The U.S./Russia Child Health Care Vishnevskaya- $3,350,322 $250,000 Pool of Highly-Telemedicine Network Rostropovich Foundation Ranked Proposals

Education and Training (Internet and other Sall Consulting, The $650,000 $250,000 Pool of Highly-Online Services) Latimer Group, & SICOR Ranked Proposals

(SLS)

Establishing National Fora for Telecommunications $515,350 $515,350 Pool of Highly-Telecommunications and Information Foundation of Africa Ranked ProposalsServices INFTs) Across Africa to AssistSector Strengthening.

Development of a Medium Resolution World Resources Institute $160,000 $160,000 Pool of Highly-Demographic Database for Africa Ranked Proposals

Computer Assisted Instruction for Rural University of the West $1,000,000 $250,000 Pool of Highly-Educational and Training Development Indies Ranked Proposals

The Development of a Regional Digital University of the West $98,900 $98,900 Pool of Highly-Spatial Database for the Eastern Indies Ranked ProposalsCaribbean Region

From Accounting to Accountability: International Records $274,806 245,749 Pool of Highly-Managing Accounting Records as a Management Trust Ranked ProposalsStrategic Resource.

Trade Information Network (TIN) of The Global Management $684,488 $250,000 Pool of Highly-Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Center Ranked ProposalsAssimilated Institution

Business Plan of a World Institute for Canadian International $100,000 $90,000 Pool of Highly-Telecommunication and Development Development Agency Ranked Proposals

(CIDAI

Networking for Economic Prosperity in Centre for the Promotion $450,961 $234,461 Second StageDeveloping Francophone Countries of International Trade Evaluation

(DFAIT)

Planning and feasibility study for telecom- The Knowledge Initiative $400,000 $250,000 Second Stagemunications resource center in South Africa Evaluation

FORWARD -a pro ect to FOsteR a Wide CSELT $400,000 $248,750 Second Stageand Rational Development of EvaluationTelecommunication Infrastructures

Workshops on Electronic Commerce in Confederation of Indian $200,000 $150,000 Second StageDeveloping Countries: Pilot Project - India Industry (CII) Evaluation

Stories Exchange NET Institute for EastWest $429,000 $100,000 Second StageStudies, Prague Center Evaluation

Enhancing Transparency in Local Applied Research and $344,010 $250,000 Second StageGovernment: Management Information Communications Fund EvaluationSystem for the Municipality of Sofia (ARC Fund)

Information Management Generic Commonwealth $593,000 $296,000 Second StageFramework Secretariat Evaluation

N~~ivi~ of Act~4ty Organ z~ton MMMMfCfl t$ Prp~t tau

Program to Coordinate Regional Policies, Association of Latin $5,434,000 $250,000 Second StagePromote Standardization of Technology American Evaluationand Implement an Accessibility Plan in TelecommunicationsTelecommunications for Disabled and Enterprises and ResearchElderly People in Latin America, CentersSpecifically for Deaf People.

ORAP RURAL CONNECTIVITY - To provide Organization of Rural $594,710 $245,335 Second Stagedirect communication between the rural Associations For Progress Evaluationcommunities of Western Zimbabwe. ORAP (ORAP)Info Cafe' and the world at large.

S6minaire sous r6gional Regulation et UNITAR $105,292 $31,842 Second StageCoordination des domaines de l'Internet, EvaluationAfrique de l'Ouest (SRC-AOj.

Online Journals for Africa: Pilot Project AAAS Sub-Saharan $290,000 $247,462 Second StageDissemination of Development Related Africa Program EvaluationInformation Through Rural Information Community DevelopmentResource Centre (RIRC) Library (CDL) $246,000 $220,000 Second Stage

Evaluation

Community Information Technology Centers Applied Information $250,000 $250,000 Second Stage(CITC) Management Evaluation

Mediterran6e On Line Association Tunisienne de $4,400,000 $500,000 Second Stagela Communication Evaluation(ATUCOM)

Increasing use and accessibility of World Wildlife Fund - $201 733 $149,000 Second StageBiodiversity Databases for Protected Area United States EvaluationManagers and Conservation Planners inIndochina.

Knowledge Network for Augmenting Indian Institute of $11,500,000 $250,000 Second StageGrassroots Innovations Management Evaluation

Humanity CD-ROM Project - CD-ROM and Humanity CD Ltd $2,245,000 $250,000 Second StageNetwork Library for Sustainable EvaluationDevelopment and Basic Human needs forDeveloping Countries

Rural Roads Information System Ministry of Transport, $300,000 $150,000 Second StageVietnam Evaluation

Implementing a Global E-Commerce PEOPLink $429,840 $249,840 Second StageNetwork of Artisan Groups Evaluation

Conference Information Technology in Universiteit van $468,928 $234,464 ClarificationDevelopment Amsterdam Requested

Development of a World Wide Web Site Social Science and $595,250 $71,809 Clarificationand Online Services for SOMA-Net Medicine Africa Network Requested

(SOMA-Net)

Interactive Contextual Environmental Union of International $2,049,930 $250,000 ClarificationPlanning Tool for Developing Countries Associations Requested

Interactive, Intelligent Spatial Information International Management $375,579 $302,769 ClarificationSystem (lISIS) for Managing Environmental and Development Institute RequestedRisks: A Planning Project for the Czech (IMDI)Republic

Conference on "Assistance to emerging Asia-Pacific $90,000 $90,000 Clarificationeconomies of Asia-Pacific region on Market Telecommunity RequestedLiberalization"

Global Health Network Knowledge Bank University of Pittsburgh $361,239 $361,239 ClarificationRequested

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Name of Activity Organization Totol Cost Funding Request Present Skttus

The Mobile Clinical Services and Yale University School of $1,136,880 $601,380 ClarificationInformation Deployment Vehicle Project Medicine Requested

Demonstration project for the field imple- Regional Delegation for $500,000 $250,000 Clarificationmentation of a volunteer information and Southern Africa, Requestedcommunications system for selected Red International FederationCross Red Crescent National Societies in of Red Cross and RedSouthern Africa. Crescent

Information Access for Regional Southern African $129,886 $129,886 ClarificationDevelopment Research and Requested

Documentation Centre(SARDC)

Information Exchange Network for Core Direction de la $343,100 $256,000 ClarificationCompetencies Program Prospective et des Requested

Statistiques

WISE-HYDRO: Web Integrated System for ORSTOM, France $951,000 $300,000 ClarificationEnhanced Hydrometric Data Release and RequestedObservation

A SADC conference/workshop to plan Southern African $204,000 $204,000 Clarificationregional [CT and AISI projects. Development Community Requested

(SADC), Culture,Information and SportsSector (SACISS)

Africa Internet Course on Health and Office of Global and $561,000 $250,000 ClarificationEnvironment in Sustainable Development Integrated Environmental Requested

Health, World HealthOrganization

Expo Site Model (Urban Cultural Heritage) Instituto Internacional de $73,900 $63,900 ClarificationMedio Ambiente y RequestedDesorrollo - IIED -America Latina

Independent News through Television in Internews Middle East $248,173 $248,173 ClarificationPalestine Requested

The WANIS Project: ICT capacity building The 1990 Trust $230,950 $230,950 Clarificationin West Africa Requested

Argentina Government Shared Information $35,000,000 $243,000 First StageExchange Network Evaluation

International Development $269,820 $241,820 First StagePan-infoDev: Strengthening of infoDev Research Centre (IDRC) EvaluationProposals and Activities

National ICT Roundtable Programme International Institute for $175,000 $70,000 First StageCommunication and EvaluationDevelopment (IICD)

Strategic Support for Grameen Telecom Grameen Bank, Dhaka, $204,500 $152,000 PostponedBangladesh

Feasibility Study for Information The World Bank, IECDD $120,000 $100,000 PostponedInfrastructure Project: The Public VisaSystem for Vital Statistics and OtherStrategic Information

Information as a Strategic Asset in International Records $249,735 $249,735 PostponedAdministrative Reform and Sustainable Management TrustDevelopment in West Africa

An Examination of Issues for the UN IDRC $1,200,000 $400,000 PostponedCommission on Science and Technologyfor Development (UNCSTD)

Internet Training to Help Build the National Consortium for Earth $400,000 $250,000 PostponedInformation Infrastructure in South Africa Science Information

Network

Instituto Latino-Americano do Som (ILAS) ILAS (Latin-America Sound $459,400 $238,780 Not AcceptedInstitute)

Project Esculape. A system to collect statis- Pierre Genevier $321,600 $295,050 Not Acceptedtical data in real-time from CCE/NIS coun-tries to international organizations usingInternet and Java

Emerging Telecommunications and Kengal Hanumanthaiah $128,935 $50,000 Not AcceptedInformation Technologies for Socio- FoundationEconomic Development to be held inSeptember 9th - 1 Ith, 1998 at Bangalore- India

Demonstration Video Course Production of MUCIA $523,870 $250,000 Not AcceptedBasic Knowledge of Computers and BasicKnowledge of Network

Development of multimedia production Marfitech Ltd. $380,000 $200,000 Not Acceptedknowledge and capacity in Costa Rica

Global conference on economic literacy for Development Innovations $176,715 $150,000 Not Acceptedgrassroots communities in Africa and Networks (IRED)

Zimbabwe A-Level School Science Teachers SEITT, Science and $6,487,866 $5,000,000 Not AcceptedNetwork (ZimSciNet) Mathematics Education

A Documentation Network Federating the Planim (Planning & $710,000 $225,000 Not AcceptedPublications of Research Centres in Human Information/Mediterranean)Sciences and Data Banks Related to theMiddle East and North Africa.

Golden State University: Executive Master's Golden Gate University $451,755 $249,668 Not AcceptedDegree Program in Public Administration(EMPA) for Pacific Islanders

Workshop on Sustainability of Non- John Snow, Inc. USI) $248,979 $248,979 Not AcceptedGovernmental Organizations (NGOs) inProviding Health and Family Planning

Program for Teacher Training and Staff Tecnol6gico de Monterrey $1 568,400 $250,00 Not AcceptedDevelopment Virtual University

30 Internet Community Internet and multi- METISSACANA $460,000 $250,000 Not Acceptedmedia Telecentres in 30 rural villages andplaces of Senegal

Training Grassroots Television Reporters in Worldview International $881 ,265 $250,000 Not AcceptedAsia - New TV technology to empower Foundationpeople for action on issues related toSustainable Development

The Year 2000 Problem: implications for Center for International $462,926 $250,000 Not Acceptedinformation Technology Systems in Telecommunications PolicyDeveloping Countries (CITP)

Communications Data Infrastructure Baui Communications $2,541,092 $2,541 092 Not AcceptedDevelopment Programs designed to bring Corporationvoice, data, Telecos/cable, Internet,SONET, and LAN\WAN technologies tomany Africa countries

Specialized Tropical Agriculture BDPA, Direction $252,000 $220,000 Not AcceptedDeveloppemrent

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Name of Acfivity Organization Tool Cost Funding Request Present Stotus

PLANET Africa - People living with AIDS $164,500 $110,000 Not AcceptedNET work of Africa PLANET Africa

Information Systems for the Assessment of $324,255 $213,630 Not AcceptedVulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Clark Labs forChange: Capacity Building for Uncertainty Cartographic TechnologyManagement and Decision Making & Geographic Analysis

(Clark Labs)Wireless Communications: Feasibility $248,971 $248,971 Not AcceptedStudy for the Commercial Sector in Africa Richard M. Westebbe

Bagamoyo TechCentre 1-a Community $250,000 $250,000 Not AcceptedInformation Centre for Coast Region TECHNOTAN LTD(Pwani), Tanzania

Feasibility Study for the Establishment of $232,700 $212,700 Not AcceptedGovernmental Information Systems (GIS) African Training &for Decision and Policy Making, Good Research Centre inGovernance and Economic Globalization Administration for

DevelopmentPre-Feasibility Study of "Operation INCAS - $500,000 $250,000 Not AcceptedMeasuring and Analyzing Information SEBORG CONSULTCausalities (INCAS)

Modernization through Information and $250,000 $250,000 Not AcceptedCommunication Technology (ICT) in African Science andUganda Technology Exchange

(ASTEX)Development of the Caribbean Climate $545,000 $230,000 Not AcceptedAdaptation Information Network: Secretariat General of theCapacity Building and Training Organization of

American States(GS/OAS)

External Debt Monitoring and Control $458,140 $246,640 Not AcceptedSystem (EDMaCS) Fund of Informatisations

of the Republic of BelarusMetropolitan, Mega-city Transport System $322,260 $197,760 Not Accepted((Mi)2TraS) Ministry of Transport and

Communications of theRepublic of Belarus

International Pediatric Chat (IPC), an $429,900 $174,300 Not AcceptedInternet chatline for pediatric health care Julius Edlavitch, M.D.professionals.

Participation in IIC information for develop- $100,000 $50,000 Not Acceptedment conference in Sydney, Australia from International Institute of28 September to 2 October 1997 Communications (IIC)

Ludom6tica: Information and $2,238,000 $250,000 Not AcceptedCommunication Technologies as applied to University of Los Andesenhance Children under "Protection" withLudic, Creative and Collaborative LearningEnvironments

Caribbean Demonstration of Effective $180,000 $140,000 Not AcceptedMultilingual Electronic Conferencing and Fundaci6n Redes yRelated Services Desarrollo (FUNREDES)

Internet Access - DITOF, Moyen d'acc6s 6 $750,000 $250,000 Not Acceptedl'Internet par le Terminal Minitel frangais INFORCO SA

(Telecom Africa) Feasibility Study for $400,000 $250,000 Not AcceptedAfrican Telecommunications Applications, Okpaku CommunicationsManufacturing, Research and DevelopmentProject

Southeast Asia Country Telecom Business and Government $150,000 $150,000 Not AcceptedOwnership and Regulatory Assessment and Strategies Intl. (BGSI)Regional Forum Potential

NM M~M Or antzmtionTtog

Internet Cultural-Ecological Information Colorado School of $281,922 $249,713 Not AcceptedNetwork: A Cooperative Pilot Project for MinesMuseums and Universities in CentralAmerica

Global Health Information Access Health Canada $4,308,000 $500,000 Not Accepted

Experimentation of Multimedia Data Aupelf $425,000 $175,000 Not AcceptedProcessing Technology for ScientificDistance Formation and Application to theField of Environmental Sciences

Red Nacional de Informatica Agraria y Promotora del Campo $1,348,025 $634,630 Not AcceptedMercadeo Infoagro" (PROCAMPO)

Caribbean Tourism Network in Market- Caribbean Tourism $600,000 $250,000 Not AcceptedFriendly Environment Representation

Automated Bio-monitoring International Institute of Biology and $300,000 $240,000 Not AcceptedNetwork (ABIN) - the new Information Inland Waterssystem for integral early warning and trenddocumenting of industrial stresses inaquatic ecosystems.

Automatizaci6n del Instituto Nacional de la Instituto Nacional de la $309,616 $249,616 Not AcceptedVivienda Mediante Una Reingenieria de Vivienda (INVI)Procesos y Un Sistema de Monitoreo conBase en Un GIS

Automatizaci6n del Instituto Dominicano de Instituto Dominicano de $567,803 $250,000 Not AcceptedSeguros Sociales, En Areas de Suministro, Seguros Sociales (IDSS)Recaudacion, y Recursos Humanos, AsiComo Un Sistema de Monitoreo MedianteGIS

ITU World Development Conference and Telemalta Corporation $3,680,000 $245,000 Not AcceptedPolicy Forum in Malta, March 1998

Electronic Network for Economic and Middle East and North $350,000 $247,000 Not AcceptedScientific Development Africa (MENA) Economic

Summit ExecutiveSecretariat

Global Communication and Database American University $348,531 $266,746 Not AcceptedInfrastructure for the International Instituteof Health Promotion

Development of the Social Applications of Informatica $250,000 $250,000 Not AcceptedSatellite Capacity in Latin America

Converting Heterogeneous Administrative Department of the Interior $275,000 $250,000 Not Acceptedand Statistical Data into Homogeneous and Local GovernmentInformation Objects to Support Decision-making in Community-based DevelopmentPlanning

Global Lecture Hall (GLH) Multimedia University City Science $248,995 $248,995 Not AcceptedInteractive Video Conference: Toward CenterEstablishing a Model City

Manufacturing Information Network for International Structures, Inc. $565,500 $249,999 Not AcceptedSmall and Medium Size ComponentSuppliers

Reinforcement of SINACYT's Information Consejo Nacional de $250,000 $250,000 Not AcceptedInfrastructure for the Purpose of Promoting Ciencia y Tecnologiathe Application of Scientific and (CONCYTEC)Technological Research Conclusions

iJol)ev 1 998 $ino Flep, |

Name of Activity Organization Total Cost Funding Request Preent Status

Wilberforce Information Networking South Wl.N.-S.A. Ventures $1,600,000 $250,000 Not AcceptedAfrica (WI.N.S.A.) -Northern ProvincePilot Project

Guiding NGOs Towards Sensible Use of TOOLnet Foundation $245,000 $245,000 Not AcceptedInternal e-mail (GNSI)

Foisi Broadcasting Network, Inc. (FBN) Foisi Broadcasting $500,000 $250,000 Not AcceptedNetwork, Inc.

Development of a Translation Browser for Sail Consulting, The $1,500,000 $250,000 Not Acceptedthe Internet and Other Online Services Latimer Group, & SICOR

(SLS)

Implementation of an Online Service Sall Consulting, The $1,038,000 $250,000 Not Accepted(Emerging Markets Online) Latimer Group, & SICOR

(SLS)

A Feasibility Study for Implementing an Association of Canadian $200,246 $171,686 Not AcceptedElectronic Information Network With Community CollegesAccess to the Internet, for theCommonwealth Association of Polytechnicsof Africa (CAPA)

VOLSierra Leone Project: An Initiative to SIERRAnet $154,357 $151,500 Not AcceptedIntroduce IP Connectivity to Sierra Leone

The Trinidad Human Resource Information Tourism and Industrial $70,000 $70,000 Not AcceptedSystem - TATHRIS Development Company of

Trinidad and Tobago(TIDCO)

The Trade Agreements Database -TRAG Tourism and Industrial $64,500 $64,500 Not AcceptedDevelopment Company ofTrinidad and Tobago(TIDCO)

Desertification Information Network and UNITAR $416,000 $250,000 Not AcceptedSystem (DINS) in Africa in the Frameworkof the Implementation of the Convention toCombat Desertification (CCD)

Providing Technical Assistance to Enable BCV International Inc. $328,725 $249,850 Not AcceptedData Telecom Ltd. to Continue Assisting the Project On Line AfrikaGhana Government Implement a NationalPublic Data Network.

RAPIDE - R6seau Africain pour l'Int6gration Agence Panafricaine $5,000,000 $500,000 Not Acceptedet le Developpement d'information (PANA)

Distributed Processing Network for Intitut National de $745,000 $745,000 Not AcceptedModeling and Management of Water Recherche enResources in Drylands. Informatique et en

Automatique (INRIA)

Study to Evaluate the Comparative Joanne Capper Not AcceptedEffectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of aMulti-Media Based Approach toDisseminating In-Service Teacher Trainingin Developing Countries

Towards the Establishment of an Interactive The Research and $326,700 $250,000 Not AcceptedInformation Technology Mechanism for Development Forum forScience-Led Development in Africa Science-Led Development

in Africa

Connectivity Information and Training UNITAR $170,580 $124,920 Not AcceptedCenter for Internet (Internet CITI)

*Proposals where no budget was provided.

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Applying Information Technology for Stockholm Environment $240,000 $240,000 Not AcceptedSustainable Development in Latin America Institute

Developing Human Resources for Consortium of Agricultural $412,000 $250,000 Not AcceptedSustainable Agriculture in South East Asia Universities of Vietnam

Biomedical Electronic Resource Centers Faculty of Basic Medicine $250,000 $250,000 Not Acceptedof Moscow StateUniversity

Guidelines for the Compilation Analysis British Geological Survey $250,000 $250,000 Not Acceptedand Deployment of Minerals Information inDeveloping Countries

Geographical Information System for British Geological Survey $200,000 $150,000 Not AcceptedNatural Resources and Environmental (Geochemistry Group)Protection

Putting African Science on the Internet African Science and $111,550 $111,550 Not AcceptedTechnology ExchangeIASTEXI

An International Business Information ICT International, Inc. $250000 $20,000 Not AcceptedProcessing System Facilitating On-lineTrading, Targeting Potential Markets, andProviding Current Socioeconomic News.

Restructuring the Accessibility, Sequoyah International $230000 $230,000 Not AcceptedControllability and Presentability of The RestructuringTourist Information for the Market ofZimbabwe.

Information as a Strategic Asset in International Records $249,735 $249,735 Not AcceptedAdministrative Reform and Sustainable Management TrustDeveloping in East and Southern Africa

Harvard International Medical Library, Ltd. The Picower Institute for $20,000,000 $240,800 Not AcceptedMedical Research

Re-engineering of an Information System Management Information $200,000 $100,000 Not AcceptedWhich is Targeted for any Government SystemsFinancial Institution.

Use of Aerial Video to Assess the Impacts World Resources Institute $120,000 $100,000 Not Acceptedof Natural Resource Management PolicyProjects in Niger

EDUBASE Coral Graphics and $190,500 $190,500 Not AcceptedSystems Supply CompanyLimited

An assessment of the existing information George Mason University $167,805 $167,805 Not Acceptedinfrastructure in West Africa

infoDev Learning Center IILC) University of Grenoble $260,000 $260,000 Not Accepted

Helsinki Conference on Emerging Global The Global University, Not AcceptedElectronic Distance Education USA

The Global Hospital Health on the Net $3,400,000 $1,200,000 Not AcceptedFoundation

Electronic Handbook on Trade Facilitation UN Economic Commission $895,500 $350,000 Not Acceptedand UN/EDIFACT for Europe (UNECE)

Information based standards in support of UNECE-Trade Division $767,700 $500,000 Not Acceptedefficient markets in the former SovietUnion: UN/EDIFACT and Trade FacilitationWorkshops

Name of Aclivity Organizotion Tolat Cost Fvurting Request Presernt Status

UnIMaCS: University Information United Nations $360,000 $240,000 Not AcceptedMonitoring and Command System University/ International

Institute tor SoftwareTechnology (UNU/IIST)

CaVlaR: Tourism and Leisure Industry UNU/IIST $360,000 $240,000 Not AcceptedInfrastructure

RoManS: Road Management Systems UNU/IIST $360,000 $240,000 Not Accepted

RaCoSy: Railway Computing Systems UNU/IIST $540,000 $330,000 Not Accepted

MoFIT: Ministry of Finance Financial UNU/IIST $540000 $330000 Not AcceptedInformation and Decision Support System

M12CI: Manufacturing Industry Information UNU/IIST $540,000 $330,000 Not Acceptedand Command Infrastructure

WHeC2S: Health Care Computing & UNU/IIST $540,000 $330,000 Not AcceptedCommunications System

GAD2IS: Global & Distributed, Geo- & UNU/IIST $540,000 $330,000 Not AcceptedDemographic Information System

ABC'2000: A Study of the Information UNU/IIST $360,000 $240,000 Not AcceptedInfrastructure of an Airline with Respect toOperations and Economics.

Extension of the planned Country-wide GTZ GmbH $225,500 $225,500 Not AcceptedEducational Institutions Network to IncludeNecessary Infrastructure at Faculty Level

Overseas Resource Database Development Tourism and Industrial $325,000 $250,000 Not AcceptedProgramme. Development Company of

Trinidad and Tobago(TIDCO)

The Open World - A CD-ROM on Gateway Ventures Ltd. $173,000 $173,000 Not AcceptedOpportunities in the Information Economy

Increasing the Impact of Statistics on Policy Economic Commission for $473,300 $250,000 Not AcceptedFormulation and Monitoring in the OECS Latin America and theCountries. Caribbean, Subregional

Headquarters for theCaribbean

International Seminar on the Wireless The World Bank, IENTI $180,000 $140,000 Not AcceptedRevolution

A Quickstart" Toolkit for Knowledge Park Open World Partnership, $220,000 $185,000Development. c/a Gateway Ventures

Ltd.

Establishment of an Information System for Elizabeth W. Mannette, $150,000 $150,000 Not AcceptedFinancial, Legal and Regulatory Data Esq., Dr. Lester HenryManagement

Databose/Data Communication Systems Microsearch Co. Ltd. $249,733 $249,733 Not Acceptedon Program Planning & ProjectManagement

Virtual Library for the Brazilian Student Escole de Futuro, $292,850 $249,650 Not AcceptedUniversidade de SaoPaulo

Dial-Up Electronic Data Access Pilot Project PAHO/WHO Caribbean $474,573 $246,113 Not AcceptedEpidemiology Centre(CAREC)

I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I"'N ~~ Activity drtj!" ~tion WIdnTeqetlrset$~'

A national community information network, Libraries Division, Office $502,000 $250,000 Not Acceptedto establish public libraries as access of The Prime Ministerpoints to the Internet for Trinidad andTobago

Health Sciences Continuing Education UNISA - Universidade $7,74000 $500,000 Not AcceptedNetwork - Brazil Santo Amero

The National Education and Information Ministry of Education $250,000 $200,000 Not AcceptedNetwork (Ethiopia)

To Develop a New Enhanced Version of INFOTECH Associates $265,684 $155,684 Not AcceptedCredit Union Information System (CUIS), a LimitedFully Integrated Accounting and MembersServices System for Credit Unions.

Project to Connect The University of the Tourism and Industrial $75,000 $75,000 Not AcceptedWest Indies Via a Low Speed Wireless Development CorporationConnection (64kbps) to an Internet Service of T&T, LimitedProvider.

Preliminary Study to assess the costs and Tourism and Industrial $100,000 $100,000 Not Acceptedbenefits of Telecommunications Development Corporationreform/deregulation on Trinidad and of T&T, LimitedTobago

Marketing Study of the North American Tourism and Industrial $85,000 $85,000 Not AcceptedInformation Processing Industry Development Corporation

of T&T, Limited

Development of an Integrated Information Florida Atlantic University $260,000 $190,000 Not AcceptedSystem to Serve the Needs of thePresident, Ministries, Regions, and Peopleof Belarus

Information Networks to Support Water Florida Center for $845,000 $600,000 Not AcceptedManagement Institutions in the Context of Environmental StudiesSustainable Development

The National Information Infrastructure of Consortium for Earth $400,000 $250,000 Not AcceptedChina: The Environmental Link Science Information

Network

Training Node Administrators to Increase Consortium for Earth $245,000 $245,000 Not Acceptedthe Availability of Data and Information Science InformationResources Worldwide Network

Distant Learning at Primary and Secondary GlobeNet $350,000 $350,000 Not AcceptedSchool Levels in Ghana

Project to Build Up Information Services on UN/ECE Trade Division $150,000 $120,000 Not AcceptedTrade, Investment and Privatization-relatedLegislation

Information Technology Training Program AfriTex Informatic $624,000 $250,000 Not Accepted(Namibia) Technologies, Inc.

Info-Net PRO-Advanced $248,000 $248,000 Not AcceptedConsultancy &Technology Ltd.

Scientific and Technological Information Secretary of Science and $991 240 $250,000 Not AcceptedSystem of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Technology, Minas

Gerais, Brazil

Intellectual Property Rights as an Aid to International Intellectual $244,100 $244,100 Not AcceptedCreation and Dissemination of Knowledge Property Alliancein Developing Countries

falf)eXv 1 99g A~n*n< ve. .v

Name of Adivity Organization Totoi Cost Ftinding Request Present Status

Environmental Public Awareness Environmental $100,000 $98,000 Not AcceptedProgramme Management Authority

(EMA)

International and National Electronic Volunteers in Technical Not AcceptedNetworking - A Way for NGOs Within a Assistance (VITA)Country and Internationally to ExchangeInformation

Identification and Inventory of Existing Environmental $124,300 $119,300 Not AcceptedEnvironmental Information: Human and Management AuthorityComputer Resources in the Government (EMA)Agencies/institutions Impacting on theEMA

African E-commerce ISP Steerage Information and $246,605 246,605 Not AcceptedMarketing

Social Policies and Community-Based UNICEF-Costa Rica $400,000 $250,000 Not AcceptedProgrammes for Adolescents: A KnowledgeNetwork for Latin America

infoDev Project for Promoting African CyLibris $343,000 $213,000 Not AcceptedLiterature and Culture: the "CyLibris Africa"Project

The Internet Society 1998 Workshop on Internet Society $28,040 $28,040 Not AcceptedNetwork Technology for countries in theearly stages of Interworking

To Provide Access to Specialist Services Department of Anatomical $378,335 $250,000 Withdrawnand up-to-date Continuing Medical PathologyEducation for Rural Medical Practitioners,and So Equity of Access to Health Care forRural Populations.

Radio Education for Afghan Children The Radio Partnership of $1,906,639 $243,736 Withdrawn[Reach) the International Centre

for HumanitarianReporting (ICHR)

Technical Assistance for Development of Caribbean $139,820 $102,220 Withdrawnthe Telecommunications Sector in the TelecommunicationsMember States of the Caribbean Union (CTU)

RESAFAD-INF -Environment for presence INRIA $425,000 $225,000 Withdrawnand distance training activities targeted totechnicians in the field of computer andnetwork installation and maintenance.

A Partial Funding for the Introduction of the Ministere de l'Education, $1,000,000 $250,000 WithdrawnNecessary Computers. This in the Context Tunisiaof the Core-competencies Program.

Interactive Multimedia Network and Thomson-CSF Corporation $270,000 $230,000 WithdrawnComputer-Based Training DevelopmentTools for an Algerian University (Universityof BLIDA)

India Health Care Project - Use of CMC Limited $375,000 $250,000 WithdrawnInformation Technology for DeliveringQuality Health Care to Rural Population

Telecommunications Development Omnitele Ltd. $149,000 $149,000 WithdrawnProgramme for Electricity DistributionCompanies in C.E.E.

First African Symposium on Strategic Issues Motorola University $246,000 $100,000 Withdrawnin Frequency Spectrum Management andRegulation

Implementation of an Information System Cruz Roba Colombiana $350,000 $:250,000 Withdrawnfor the :SAMU (Emergency and Ambulatory (Cundinamarca y Bogota}M^edical Servicej of the Red Cross inBogota, Colombia

Global Lecture Hall (GLHJ multimedia inter- University City Science $1 37,700 $137,700 Withdrawnactive videoconference: Spreading Global CenterUnderstanding to Every Corner of theWorld

Access on Network to Documented Image INSERM - Department De $400,000 $250,000 WithdrawnData Base Concerning the Human Body to l'Information et de Iathe Purpose of Education - Development in CommunicationPartnership with the Developing Counties

RESAFAD - Reseau Africain de Formation A INRIA $330,000 $50,000 WithdrawnDistance (African Distance TrainingNetwork"

Research in Africa in Computer Science INRIA/IRISA $1,565,000 $775,000 Withdrawn(RESAFRICS)

An Information and Communication System Fundaci6n Social, $250,000 $250,000 Withdrawnfor Grassroots Garbage Recycling ColombiaEnterprises.

Pan-infoDev Support for Collaboration in IT IDRC $209,000 $159,000 Withd:rawnfor Development

IPTEKnet (Science and Technology The Agency for the $6,335,805 $2,753,360 WithdrawnInformation Network) Assessment and

Application of Technology(BPP Teknologig

A National Symposium towards the devel- The Information $50,000 $50,000 Withdrawnopment of a National Information Policy Technology Professionalfor the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago Society of Trinidad and

Tobago

The Global Information Infrastructure and Center for International $20,000 $20,000 WithdrawnAfrican Development Development & Conflict

Management

A strategic Initiative for improving the com- Euroconsult $250,000 $250,000 Withdrawnpetitiveness and the Development of theTelecommunications Sector in Sub-SaharanCountries

DeFning the Additional Training and Sequoya International $110,000 $110,000 WithdrawnEducation Expertise in the Domain of RestructuringTelecommunications, InformationTechnology and Their Fields ofCommercialization During the Pre-projectPhase the Pastuproject Phase and orIndependent.

Attacking Urban Povertyaund Isolation Fundaci6n Social $300,000 $250,000 Withdrawnthrough Community Information Planningand Management Systems.

Information and Telecommunications for IDRC $500,000 $300,000 WithdrawnCommunity Development

Programme de Formation a Distance en CARTEL, Universite de ** o**** WithdrawnTeledetection et aide s Ia Reinsertion des SherbrookeDiplomes dans leur Milieu ProfessionnelLocal

Technical Assistance to Drat Model Laws The World Bonk, IENTI $360,000 $360,000 Withdrawnfor Informatics Services Industries

Name of Activity Organization Tota I Got Funding Request Present Status

Information Infrastructure Development The World Bank, IENTI * * Withdrawn"Tool Kit" for Africa

Telecottages in Estonia The World Bank, AGRAF **** **** Withdrawn

Training for Operators of Bulletin Board The World Bank, IENTI * **** WithdrawnServices

China Telecom Regulatory Study The World Bank, IENTI $150,000 $150,000 Withdrawn

Commercially Viable Rural The World Bank, IENTI $150,000 $150,000 WithdrawnTelecommunications

Community Access Networks Department of * **** WithdrawnCommunication,University of Hawaii atManoa

Information Infrastructure Assessment in The World Bank, IENTI WithdrawnMorocco

World Science Workshop (WSW) through Communication Division, $250,000 $250,000 WithdrawnM-bone UNESCO

The Damam TradeNet Information System Transcom International $368,191 $250,000 Withdrawn(TradeNet)

Decision Support Systems in Government: UNU/IIST $250,000 $200,000 WithdrawnKnowledge Assessment and RequirementsAnalysis

CAT 2000 - Telecurso 2000 Fundagao Roberto $247,000 $247,000 WithdrawnMarinho

Government Revenue and Finance IBM Corporation $25,000,000 $250,000 WithdrawnEnhancement Information System Models

Strengthening of Socio-Economic Planning Library Services Unit, $600,000 $150,000 WithdrawnInformation System Project Ministry of Planning and

DevelopmentV Ministry ofFinance

Suchna Sagar (Suchna=lnformation, CMC Limited $1,100,000 $750,000 WithdrawnSagar=Ocean) - Empowering RuralPopulation Through Information

Caribbean Hospital-Based In jury PAHO/WHO Caribbean $154,810 $80,000 WithdrawnSurveillance System (CHISS) Epidemiology Center

(CAREC)

Information Strategies in Aid of Socio- Institute for Managing $365,000 $210,000 WithdrawnEconomic Decision Making and Policy Development (IMD) Ltd.Formulation.

Management Development in Ethiopia The Open University $2,860,000 $861,000 WithdrawnBusiness School

Caribbean Human Resource Database T.I.N.A. - Telemarketing $120,000 $100,000 WithdrawnProject Info-Systems and

Networking AdvertisingLtd.

The National Trade Database and Network FiberNET $235,000 $175,000 WithdrawnProject (CommerceNET Ethiopia) Communications (MDS

Ethiopia)

National Policy, Information, Training and UNESCO $240,000 $240,000 WithdrawnResearch for Global Interdisciplinary Riskand Crisis Management in Brazil

OI~gnzt Toigp ~ Fudn R`qe Prenrg tafu

Community Information Centers - a Model VITA - Volunteers for $430,000 $212,000 Withdrawnfor Extending the Reach of Information Technical AssistanceServices to Underserved Communities

Workshop on the Deployment of Electronic EDI Chile $51,890 $51,890 WithdrawnCommerce for Trade Facilitation andNational Competitive Advantage

Central Asian Aral Sea Basin Development The World Bank, AGRPW $650,000 $250,000 WithdrawnProgram

Networking Artisan Organizations Indata Com Private Ltd. $50,000 $44,500 Withdrawn

International Knowledge Treasury: Columbia University, New $340,475 $170,500 WithdrawnWarsaw-New York Project York

Integrate Ghana into the Global Health University of Pittsburgh $145,100 $145,100 WithdrawnNetwork

Experimental Environment/Health The World Bank, ASTHR **** WithdrawnEducation Project

Workshop: "Facilitating Competition and Caribbean $76,093 $72,218 WithdrawnInvestment in Telecommunications and TelecommunicationsInformation Processing Union

Marketing Grass Roots Products through PEOPLink $213,700 $213,700 Withdrawnthe Internet

Apoyo a la puesta en practica del Secretaria de Estado de **** OtherPrograma de Informatica Educativa Educaci6n, Bellas Artes y

Cultos

Demonstration and policy workshops on Economic Commission for $249,966 $249,966 Otherextending Internet in Africa Africa

TOTAL $259,327,843 $76,343,822

infoDev Secretariat infoDev Technical Advisory Panel

Carlos Primo Braga Philippe-Olivier Rousseau, TAP Coordinator

Program Manager Member of Conseil Superieur de lAudiovisuel

Paris, France

Henri Bretaudeau

Donor Relations Administrator Hisham El-Sherif

Advisor to the Minister of Administrative Development e'

Larry Forgy Chairman, High- Tech Business Council

Work Program Administrator Cairo, Egypt

Marysue K. Shore Ahmad Laouyane

Program Coordinator Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau

International Telecommunication Union

Margaret Walsh-Fernandes Geneva, Switzerland

Budget Administrator

George Sadowsky

Ellie Alavi Director, Academic Computing Facility, New York University &

Research Assistant Vice Presidentfor Education, The Internet Society

New York City, New York

Aaron Hirsch

Research Assistant e& Web-master

Jacqueline Dubow

Communication Consultant

Rafael Hernandez-Rios

Information Management Specialist

Liesbet Willems

Project Assistant