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Category: e-governance

ICTs and post2015 Broadband Comission Session

9 September 201413 April 2017
Raul Zambrano
e-governance
The Administrator has been asked to chair the first session of the upcoming Broadband Commission meeting which will take place in New York on 21 September. The session will focus on ICTs in the post215 development agenda. It seems some Read more

Knowlege Management and Innovation in UNDP: Looking Ahead

4 September 201413 April 2017
Raul Zambrano
e-governance
Knowledge to master innovation, innovation to augment our stock of development knowledge 1. Earlier this year UNDP approved a new KM strategy which has 6 pillars: Organizational Learning and Knowledge Capture; Knowledge networking; Openness and public engagement; South-South Cooperation and Read more

Draft think piece on Gender and Participation

17 August 201424 December 2014
Raul Zambrano
e-governance
How can the new technologies empower women in politics and political situations and help them be active participants in policy and decision-making processes that directly affect their lives? Latest ITU data inform us that while global Internet penetration is close Read more

UNDP and Open/Big data

12 August 201413 April 2017
Raul Zambrano
e-governance
Got an unexpected request from BDP to quickly provide one sentence on the role of UNDP on the above. Here is what I drafted in a rush. Forgot to ask though what was this for… As big data continues its Read more

Panama and Open Government

30 July 201424 December 2014
Raul Zambrano
e-governance
We  received an unexpected and urgent email from UNDP Panamá requesting advice and help on Open Government. Apparently, the Ministry of Government of the newly elected government was asking UNDP to help in setting up ICT platforms that foster transparency Read more

BPPS Staff Data Analysis Report

22 July 201424 December 2014
Raul Zambrano
e-governance
A recent report indicates that we are now creating 2.5 quintillion (1 followed by 18 zeros) everyday thanks to the explosion of new technologies and mobile devices. This is what now is known as big data.  The big issue with Read more

More on UN's Cybersecurity paper

16 July 201424 December 2014
Raul Zambrano
e-governance
Late last week I got a short notice request from both BoM and ITU to join an impromptu e conference call to discuss UNDP’s contribution to the inter-agency paper we are drafting. As I was unavailable in such notice, we Read more

Concept note for BBComm Gender Working Group (GWG) Report

7 July 201413 April 2017
Raul Zambrano
e-governance
Unlike last year, the GWG has set more modest goals for the annual Broadband Commission NY which usually precedes the opening of the UN General Assembly. This is probably the result of two things: 1. The upcoming change of the Read more

Case Studies Outline for ICTs and Gender

2 July 201413 April 2017
Raul Zambrano
e-governance
The Broadband Commission Working Group on Gender has agreed to produce a short digital report for the upcoming meeting in New York on 21 September. Below is the draft outline I shared with the thematic cluster leaders who are supposed Read more

Interview with Motorola's Aid Connect Magazine

23 June 2014
Raul Zambrano
e-governance
Here is the final version of the interview I did for the above. The final text was edited by Aid Connect staff. A pdf version of the magazine that contains the interview is here. Tell us about your background and Read more

More clouds in Cape Town

18 June 201413 April 2017
Raul Zambrano
e-governance
After a few long weeks of silence, I got an unexpected message from the innovation center asking me if there was any chance that they could drop the participation element from the overall e-governance framework we shared with them during Read more

UNDP statement at WSIS 2014

10 June 201424 December 2014
Raul Zambrano
e-governance
As it is now customary, we will be participating in this years’ WSIS review gathering in Geneva.  But this time it seems to be a very especial occasion for three reasons: 1. UNGIS, led by ITU, is pushing hard to Read more

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