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e-Skills – a foundation for Human
Capital Development in South Africa
Building an Information Society and
Creative Knowledge Economies in South
Africa through network partnerships
Network partnerships for e-Skills
Who are we ?
What do we do ?
Why are we here ?
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Network partnerships for e-Skills
 South African Research Network (ResNeS)
 e-Skills Summit
 e-Skills thought leadership seminars.
 Multi Stakeholder Collaboration Program - International Exchanges
 Open and Distance Learning
 Shared Knowledge Centres
 e-Skills Research Funding options
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Network partnerships for e-Skills
Build thought leadership, and active
researchers, officials and practitioners in
South Africa in inclusive Information Society
and Creative Knowledge Economies issues.
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Network partnerships for e-Skills
Issues for communities :
GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE,
BY THE PEOPLE, WITH THE PEOPLE IN CREATIVE
KNOWLEDGE ECONOMIES.
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Network partnerships for e-Skills
HEI’s,
Academia,
Civil Society
Individual
/Community
Business
Government
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Network partnerships for e-Skills
Government, Business,
Academia and Civil Society are
Members
of a network
NOT
levels in a hierarchy
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Network partnerships for e-Skills
Many paths, many stakeholders, great needs
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Network partnerships for e-Skills
 Must allow
others to
fit in and
to SHINE
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The 4x4 Concept
Need to simplify,
need to define a space for all to contribute
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e-SI addresses 4 categories of e-skills:
 IT/IS developer – the traditional technical skills area
 Organisational User – users of developed approaches
in work based situation
 ICT management – organisational strategic leadership
in future positioning
 Societal; individuals, groups and communities – peer to
peer, user to organisations
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Sectors
 e-SI seeks to co-ordinate e-skills development &
delivery in 4 sectors of society:
 Corporate, Business, Industry
 Academia: HEIs, FET Colleges – curriculum and
research
 Civil society, NGOs, community organisations
 Government: national, provincial and local
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4x4 Matrix
Corporate
IT/IS developer
Academia
Civil Society
Government
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Organisational
User
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ICT
management
Societal –
individuals,
groups &
communities
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WHERE TO FROM HERE ?
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So, Where ? How ? What ?,
We are looking for network
partnerships for the journey
e-Skills – a foundation for Human
Capital Development in South Africa
Building an Information Society and
Creative Knowledge Economies in South
Africa through network partnerships
Developing a path to e-skills summit
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e-Skills Action Plan
What are the main issues that policy makers
need to understand?
How do we strengthen the role of all
stakeholders sector groups?
ANSWER: We build an inclusive approach that
engages all stakeholder groups in developing
an e-Skills Action Plan
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E-Skills Summit SA 2010
Summit philosophy
It is about providing a ‘playing field’ where more
people/agencies can meet their e-Skills objectives by being
more
• accountable,
• measurable,
• demonstrable,
• engaged
• collaborative (MSP’s)
• visible, and
• exciting.
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Three major components
1. Path to the Summit
a. public dialogue, key areas, seminars, workshops,
‘in-house’
2. The Summit itself
a. theme & focus area plenary sessions
b. Inform, demonstrate debate
c. delivery, policy, integration, impact, evaluation
3. e-Skills Exposition
a. display, demonstrate & present
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Targeted participants
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High level govt & SOE reps - e-skills
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Business, Corporates – e-skills
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Policy makers – e-Skills
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Civil society, NGO’s etc – delivering e-Skills
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Higher Education, FET, DE & private providers
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International agencies – UNESCO etc
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International funders
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Researchers
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Friends of Africa
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E-skills summit
All with legitimate interests are welcome.
The Summit will be positioned in a way that
allows all stakeholders to demonstrate their
contribution to the e-Skills agenda.
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e-Skills Summit - The Plan
Needs a
Plan
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E-Skills Summit
Needs to be
communicated
well
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E-Skills Summit
Needs to
focus on
the right
targets !
Not our
friends
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What we have done
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Developed concept under a mandate
Engaged sectoral interests
Established a structure
Started a process for the Path to the
Summit
 Call for papers – academic, business,
policy, community case studies etc
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Current e-SSSA Ambassadors
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Dr Tatiana Ershova; Director General the Institute for the Information
Society, Russia & high level advisor to the Global Alliance on ICT and
development; Editor in Chief of the Journal Information Society.
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Professor Nara Kulathuramaiyer (PhD), Dean of the IST Faculty
UNIMAS, Sarawak, Malaysia; responsible for the e-Bario Project and the
Centre for Rural Informatics which has a RM 4 M project to develop 4
community based e-Bario clones across Malaysia.
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Professor Stewart Marshal (PhD), UNESCO Chair in Educational
Technologies, Director, Academic Division, The Open Campus The
University of the West Indies; Editor in Chief "International Journal on
Education and Development using ICT".
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Current e-SSSA Ambassadors
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Dr Susan Crichton, University of Calgary, Canada. A research leader in
educational research for development with a focus on developing areas
especially Bhutan and Dar es Salam.
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Dr Andy Williamson, Director of Social Engagement, The Hansard
Society, London. He has a well developed reputation in processes of
societal engagement in government policy development, service delivery
and evaluation in many situations but particularly in the UK and New
Zealand.
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Professor Greg Hearn (PhD), Institute of Creative Industries, Queensland
University of Technology (QUT). He is an internationally recognised
research leader in the use of ICT for creative industries.
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Current e-SSSA Ambassadors
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Dr Klaus Stoll. CEO Chasquinet – a NFP based in Quito, Ecuador. He
specialises in e-skills development in many Latin America countries in
South America as well as working with underserved Latin- American
communities in the USA.
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Dr John Dada. CEO of Fatsuam a NFP organisation that focuses on micro
finance approaches for women and youth in rural Nigeria.
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Professor Bruce Muirhead (PhD). CEO Eidos Institute. Eidos is a
research coordinator and deliverer in evidence based public policy research
involving an amalgam of nine universities.
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Current e-SSSA Ambassadors
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Professor Yong Bum Cho.
Konkuk University(www.kunkok.ac.kr) in
Korea. He has participated various projects for ICT skill development for
developing nations
Professor Hyun Joo Kim. Myunggi College(www.myunggi.ac.kr) in Korea.
His strength lies in the program development for cooperation between ICT
training institute and industry and articulation of ICT training between high
school and University.
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What you can do
1. Develop in-house, client & collaborator forums, workshops etc
to develop inputs into the e-Skills Summit & the development
of a National e-Skills Action plan.
2. Apply your technology, resources to e-facilitate the Summit
and the events around it e.g. Tele-presence
3. Travel for speakers, communities (national, African &
international), ambassadors etc to the Summit and the Path to
the Summit to widen discussion.
4. Proof of concept activities with Communities and Universities
5. Host Shared Knowledge Centres with Universities including
Multi-Stakeholder Collaborator Projects with international
exchanges
6. Fund ongoing activities for the Research Network for e-Skills
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Engagement Opportunities
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Venue
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Keynote attendees
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Gala dinner
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Lunches, cocktails, tea breaks
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Disadvantaged groups/communities
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Computers & Internet access etc
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Video bridges
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e-Skills Exhibits – Company & disadvantaged civil society
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Support field visits before and during the e-Skills Summit week
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In summary:
The
e-Skills Summit will be A SUMMIT that
involves a widely considered preparatory
process :
• It will not be a conference.
• It will allow DoC, its SoE’s and its
stakeholders to ‘Shine’.
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It will be action and outcome based.
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Closure
Thank you for joining us on this journey.
Look forward to your participation.
e-Skills Summit
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