Transcript ICA Chicago, keynote

infoDev’s work and future
directions
Valerie D’Costa, infoDev Program Manager
infoDev Annual Symposium, 9 June 2010
About infoDev
infoDev’s partners
Donors, Interest
Groups and
Stakeholders
WB Group
Agencies
Int. Development
Organizations
Innovate. Connect. Transform
Three horizontal themes provide a broad
framework for infoDev
Innovate: Facilitating the start-up and growth of
innovative technology-enabled businesses
Connect:
Enabling affordable access to ICTs and
providing policy advice to governments and regulators
Transform:
Using ICT to increase efficiency and
effectiveness in sectors like agriculture, disaster relief and
education
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Innovate. Connect. Transform
Brazil (MCT) Technology for
Inclusion, Innovation and
Sustainability
Connect:
Canada (CIDA)
Entrepreneurship Program for
Innovation in the Caribbean
Finland / Nokia Creating
Sustainable Businesses in the
Knowledge Economy
Korea ICT for Development
Trust Fund
innovative businesses
UK (DFID) Climate Technology
Porgram
Individual programs and activities
cut across all these themes
Innovate: Enabling the start-up and growth of
Enabling affordable access to ICTs and policy
advice to governments and regulators
Transform:
Enabling use of ICT to increase efficiency
and effectiveness, esp. in agriculture, disaster relief,
education and governance
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Innovate. Connect. Transform
infoDev’s Value:
•A trusted source of analyses, reports, best
practice guides and knowledge resources
•Communities of practice: south-south networks;
large, global grassroots innovation and
entrepreneurship communities
•Public-private technology partnerships:
working with a variety of partners in ICT4D
•Cutting edge ICT4D research and pilots:
leveraging the network of business incubators
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A trusted source
72% of policy-makers,
regulators, the telecom industry
and consumers surveyed say the
toolkit is important, highly
important, or imperative to their
work
42% use it daily, weekly or
monthly to
• Improve understanding
• Influence policy reform and
debate
• Train regulators and others
iDISC supported trainings of 1,800
people in 25 countries on all
continents
80% ranked iDISC as important,
highly important, or imperative
to the development of their
SME program.
91% rated iDISC as good, very
good, or superior in Quality
Active communities of practice
infoDev’s incubator network
www.edutechdebate.org
• Started 2Q-2009
• In one year, readership grew
from zero to 3,200 visitors per
month
• 92 expert-authored posts
• Gained 900 active members
• Generated 560 comments
Linking over 300 incubators and
20’000 SMEs in 80+ developing
countries
A web-enabled infoDev
infoDev.org
Visitors per day (2001-2010)
ICT in Education
Toolkit
infoDev Newsletter Subscriptions 2001-2008 (by year)
Newsletter subscribers (2001-2010)
14038
2009
13957
iDisc.net
2008
2007
13372
2006
12678
2005
9799
2004
9099
2003
6379
2002
2001
ICT Regulation
Toolkit
4015
1980
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Redefining infoDev
Y2K, G8
Okinawa
Summit
WSIS
New infoDev
business model
With its new business model and a focus on
technology entrepreneurship, enterprise
creation and grassroots innovation, infoDev is
targeting to achieve its highest ever donor
contributions in FY2010, with several new
donors joining or re-joining the program
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2010-2012 Work Program
Innovate:
Connect:
Incubating innovative SMEs
and start-ups
Clean Tech Innovation Centers
Women and Youth
Entrepreneurs
SME Technology Financing Gap
Global Forum on Innovation
and Tech Entrepreneurship
ICT Regulation Research
Broadband for development
Mobile applications and
mobile social networking
The Development Potential of
the Virtual Economy
ICT Regulation Toolkit
Transform:
ICT for education, including
edutech debate
ICT in Agriculture and rural
development
Using GIS to measure
development outcomes
ICTs for disaster risk
management
Cross-cutting “vertical” programs
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infoDev-Finland-Nokia Program
Creating Sustainable Businesses in the Knowledge Economy
•Track 1: Mobile Applications
– Regional mobile applications labs in Africa, Asia and ECA
– Social networking communities for Africa, Asia and ECA
– Competition and capacity-building in ECA
•Track 2: Innovation and Entrepreneurship through Business Incubation
– The first global co-incubation program
– Working groups on agribusiness and ICT business incubation
– Policy-makers summit on innovation and entrepreneurship
– Regional programs in Africa, ECA and Mekong
– SME Technology Financing Showcase
– Country programs in Cambodia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nepal, Tanzania, Uganda
and Vietnam, and in selected ECA countries
•Track 3: infoDev Global Forum on Innovation and Technology
Entrepreneurship, Finland, 2011
•Supporting Track: Agriculture Sourcebooks
– ICT in Agriculture and Agricultural Innovation Systems
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infoDev-DFID Climate Technology Program
• Assess the feasibility for establishing Climate Innovation
Centers (CICs) in three developing countries to:
Feasibility
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1.
2.
3.
Accelerate the development and transfer of locally relevant
technologies for mitigation and adaptation of climate change
Support green growth through private sector and SME development
for job and wealth creation
Promote the commercialization and deployment of innovative
climate solutions for use by the BOP
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Implement
2
• Based on the outcomes of the feasibility studies,
implement CICs in each country over a 4-5 year period
Network
• Innovation Centre Analytical Report with UNIDO
• Network centers internationally to
promote south-south learning,
business linkages and exploit
synergies.
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infoDev – Canada EPIC
Entrepreneurship Program for Innovation in
the Caribbean (CD $20M)
• Component I:
– Support and expand the Caribbean Network of business
incubators, including establishing 6 new business incubators
in the region
• Component II:
– Provide job related skills upgrading for incubator managers
and resources for policymakers
• Component III:
– Develop a regional MSME Seed Fund
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Looking ahead
Broaden
Deepen
•Mainstream ICTs in disaster relief and
recovery and in agriculture and rural dev.
•BOP technology solutions
•Access to Finance program for technology
entrepreneurs
•Expand the mobile applications
labs
• Expand the climate innovation
centres
• Expand the SME
internationalization program
• Capacity-building and new
communities of practice
Retain
Focus
•Trusted Source
• Inclusive growth
• South-south networks
• Cutting edge research
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infoDev Symposium
Clean, Green and Mobile
Making Technology Work for the Poor
June 9 2010