1.5 Principles of M ulti-Sector ICT Partnerships
A series of principles for the formulation and evaluation of multi-stakeholder partnership principles are discussed and presented below. These should be considered as work-in-
progress.
1.5.1 Know ing W hen To Partner
In the previous section it was proposed that the complexity of interaction between ICTs and sustainable development, combined with the wide range of resources and
competencies needed to find solutions, means that multi-stakeholder partnerships are likely to become a common feature of the application of ICT to sustainable
development. It will take time for this proposition to be proven. In the interim, how do governments,
companies and civil society groups know where to place their efforts in developing partnerships? Drawing on a number of sources
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lists some of the persistent challenges facing the application of ICTs to sustainable development.
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• i ncr ea si ng ICT comp eti ti on such tha t i t d r i ves d ow n p r i ces
• esta b li shi ng the necessa r y b a ckb one a r chi tectur e for w i r eless communi ca ti on
• keep i ng p a ce w i th d ema nd s for tr a nsmi ssi on ca p a ci ty i n or d er to p r event
b ottlenecks tha t a f fect e-d ep end ent p ub li c ser vi ces a nd b usi nesses •
r eg ula ti ng the b ur g eoni ng g r ow th i n ser vi ce p r ovi d er s •
a li g nment b etw een the p a ce of p r i va te sector i nvestment i n ICTs a nd the ca p a ci ti es i n soci ety to exp loi t new ICT ser vi ces a nd ICT-r ela ted p r od ucti vi ty
g a i ns
Sustainable Environment and Resource M anagement
• d ecoup li ng economi c g r ow th fr om the d ep leti on of non-r enew a b le na tur a l
r esour ces, e. g . thr oug h tr a nsp or t sub sti tuti on, electr oni c commer ce, sub sti tuti on of p r od ucts w i th ser vi ces,
• r esour ce ef fi ci ency w i thi n the ICT sector, e. g . thr oug h ‘ li g ht w ei g hti ng ’
• a d d r essi ng concer ns over the hea lth i mp li ca ti ons of electr oma g neti c fi eld s
Social Inclusion and Pro-poor Development
• p r o-p oor r eg ula tor y fr a mew or ks a nd ICT tr a nsa cti ons
• a f for d a b le ICT a ccess i n r emote r ur a l r eg i ons a nd ur b a n slums
• customi sed ICT d eli ver y tha t exp loi ts the va r i ety of communi ca ti on technolog i es
• w i d eni ng a ccess to non-Eng li sh sp ea ki ng p eop les a nd ma i nta i ni ng li ng ui sti c
d i ver si ty •
cha nnelli ng i nfor ma ti on cr i ti ca l to susta i na b le li veli hood s.
Principle 1 –
Knowing when to apply a multi-sector ICT partnership approach is about recognising the confluence of the following three features:
those aspects of the sustainable development agenda to which ICT can act as an enabler;
the persistent challenges to the deployment of ICT as an enabler of sustainable development, in particular, cases where the design of solutions by single parties
in society or by contractual relationships have failed; those persistent ICT4D challenges that, because of their complexity, require the
strategic alignment of resources and competencies from across business, government and civil society.
1.5.2 Drivers of Partnership
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