[UgaBYTES] Declaration on ICT for Development: World Congress on ICT for Development, 11 September 2009, Beijing

[NKURUNZIZA Jean Paul]

Thanks a lot Bazlur Rahman for this information !

Sincerely
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> Declaration on ICT for Development
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> World Congress on ICT for Development, 11 September 2009, Beijing
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> The 2009 World Congress on ICT for Development, WCID'09, held Sept. 10-12,
> 2009 in Beijing, was sponsored by the World Federation of Engineering
> Organizations (WFEO) and China Association for Science and Technology
> (CAST), co-sponsored by International Telecommunication Union (ITU),
> United Nations' Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
> (UNESCO), the United Nation's Global Alliance on ICT and Development
> (UN-GAID), and the International Center for Science-Technology-Innovation
> for South-South Cooperation (ISTIC), and organized by the WFEO Committee
> on Information and Communication (CIC). The theme of WCID09 was "ICT for
> Development". A number of issues of significance related to the theme were
> addressed in the Congress and the participants have reached the following
> understandings and agreements.
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> 1, Millennium Development Goal, for Remedying the Unbalancing Boat
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> People, from every corner of the globe have same rights for seeking the
> happier life. We are in fact in a big village and sailing on the same
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> Due to historical reasons, however, people have been in different
> positions, richer or poorer, stronger or weaker, well-educated or
> less-enlightened. Over-unbalance may lead to danger to the mankind.
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> To remedy the situation, the United Nations have set a Millennium
> Development Goal to at least halve the poor population before 2015. This
> is a loyal responsibility for all of us.
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> 2, Information Age, New Stage of Human Society
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> Science and Technology as a whole is the major driving force for the
> development of human society.
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> Material Science and Technology has made it possible for human society to
> advance from nomadic age to agricultural age, Energy Science and
> Technology has driven the society from agricultural age to industrial age,
> and now Information Science and Technology is leading the society from
> industrial age to information age.
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> 3, ICT, Effective Tool for Development in the New Age
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> Advancement of the human society depends on the new tools innovated by
> science and technology.
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> The typical new tool in information age is the information and
> communication technology, ICT, which has two stages to develop: the
> Primary stage and the Advanced stage.
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> The Primary ICT Tool supports the convenience of information sharing among
> people that will make better matches among sectors of the society and thus
> improves the social productivities.
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> The Advanced ICT Tool will support highest efficiency and creativity in
> social productivities and provide equal opportunity for people to use,
> leading the various kinds of gaps existed in society gradually diminished.
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> 4, Education, Key to the Use of ICT Tool
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> To effectively use ICT Tool for making progress in economic and social
> development, people need to acquire necessary kinds of knowledge and
> skills. Education will thus play the most fundamental and indispensable
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> People in information age have the advantage of using ICT for receiving
> education. This has been proved by many appreciable cases presented during
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> 5, Responsibility for Governments and Citizens
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> Government in any country should take on the responsibility to promote the
> national education for all people and place education as the top priority
> on the national development agenda.
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> Government should also take effective measures to encourage all
> stakeholders for building up and maintaining the national infrastructure
> as well as creating the variety of information resources so that people,
> including disabled people, can afford to use ICT Tool for learning,
> working and living.
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> Citizens should well be aware of the importance of learning and people are
> never too old to learn ICT.
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> 6, Responsibility for International Organizations
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> To reduce the unbalance of development among nations, international
> cooperation between developed and developing countries should be
> strengthened. Developed countries have responsibility to provide
> assistance to the developing countries in this regards.
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> The international organizations have obligations to work together for
> promoting various kinds of cooperation among nations. Conference, e.g.,
> WCID'09, is one of the approaches for this purpose.
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> 7, Public Call
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> The participants of WCID'09 strongly appeal to all citizens, professions,
> governments and international bodies to take effective actions in
> promoting ICT for sustainable human, economic and social development.
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> Bazlu
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> AHM. Bazlur Rahman-S21BR
> Chief Executive Officer
> Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication(BNNRC)
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> Member, Strategy Council
> UN-Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID)
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> Post Box: 5095, Dhaka 1205 Bangladesh
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