3C Model (Cooperation, Coordination, Collaboration)

for ICT Development.Azerbaijan Case Study.

NATO Advanced Networking Workshop

The Fourth CEENet Workshop on Network Management

October 8-11, 2004                    

Chisinau, Moldova

Vice-President Dr. Elchin Aliyev

www.azrena.org

elchin@azrena.org

“Digital Divide”

New measuring of poverty line - Digital Divide - has been introduced by UNDP in 1997.

"Digital Divide" is the global problem, related to non-uniform distribution of information technologies at different levels: international, interethnic, inside the country, region, etc.

The leading countries combine their efforts to create information society and eliminate Digital Divide. At the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) these problems were discussed and the countries agreed to coordinate their efforts on the way of creation the information society.

In the modern society, the information is the base of development of the countries and the regions and unequal access to the information could create financial and social breach between developed and developing countries, breach between rich and poor people and etc.

Solving of the problem could be reached by further development and extending of the national communication infrastructure, which is obtaining by means of combining of the efforts of each interested parties (3C Model).

"Cooperation is progress" is reached, when different participants of the process, by executing its own tasks at the same time cooperate and supplement between each other. Such cooperation exists in Azerbaijan that is why high index of the progress by 2008 could be forecasted.

Solving of the “Digital Divide” problem

Role of AzRENA in the Regional ICT Development

AzRENA together with Governmental and International Sectors participated in International ICT Events:

1. In WSIS: December 2003, Geneva

2. PrepCom 1: June 2004, Tunisia, Hammamet

3. Consultations on the Establishment of the WGIG September 2004, Geneva4. In Global ICT Conference: November 2004, Baku

AzRENA participate in:

1. Development of State Program of ICT2. STM 1 Connectivity to EU Internet Backbone3. Creation Virtual International Distance Center4. Cost-sharing with UNDP, OSI, Gov-t of Azerbaijan5. AZ-cc:TLD administration

Role of AzRENA in the Regional ICT Development

Establishing ICT Priority to the Country as a Main Result

“Convert Black Gold to Human Gold” Speech of the President of Azerbaijan in WSIS in Geneva on

December 2003

International Organizations

Private Sector

Civil SocietyNGO

Governmentof Azerbaijan

Main Stakeholders

3-C Model of all Stakeholders activity on ICT Development.

Azerbaijan is an example of a successful 3-C Model implementation for ICT Development

Stakeholders:

- Government of Azerbaijan

- NGO

- UNDP

- NATO

- European Union

- OSI-AF & other

- IREX/IATP

- RELIEF International

- Public Affairs Department of USA

«Internet Access and Infrastructure Development for Research Educational and Civil Society Development Purposes»: Government of Azerbaijan (Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies), UNDP, AzRENA & OSI-AF

The Project of Distance Education of USA Program of Partnership between Indiana University and AzRENA – IU/AzRENA

NATO “Virtual Silk Highway”, NIGs

Project Harmony “Azerbaijan School connectivity Program”

Project of Ministry of Education “Equipping by ICT the general education schools” 2005-2007 (4521 schools, 50000 computers)

Project of Azerbaijan Government and UNDP “E-Government Network Initiative”

The project of education field development with World Bank assistance (2003-2012)

Existing Projects as a result of 3-C Model

Project between Government of Azerbaijan (Ministry of Communication Project between Government of Azerbaijan (Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies), UNDP, AzRENA & OSI-AFand Information Technologies), UNDP, AzRENA & OSI-AF

This Project is directed on amplification, expansion and formation of the conditions for the further steady development of national academic, research and educational and public (community) informational networks in Azerbaijan.

The purposes of the Project are coordination of efforts of all parties, interested in the given question on all country, including organizations, which work in educational field, science, ICT, civil society and also the noncommercial and profitless public sector of ICT.

The Project will facilitate and give opportunities on an exchange, training and co-operation between schoolchildren, students, teachers, research and academic society in Azerbaijan with their foreign colleagues on worldwide.

““Internet Access and Infrastructure Development for Research Internet Access and Infrastructure Development for Research Educational and Civil Society Development Purposes”Educational and Civil Society Development Purposes”

Parties Contributions for AZNET Project

AzRENA – 350.000 USD

UNDP – 350.000 USD

OSI-AF – 600.000 USD

Government of Azerbaijan on behalf of Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies provides free of charge all the required infrastructure including connectivity Backbone capacity and last mile.

NATO approved NIG for year 2005 in amount 100.000EuroIATP/IREX, RELIEF International and others donationsProject of Ministry of Education “Equipping by ICT the general

education schools” 2005-2007 (4521 schools, 50000 computers).Specially President Contribution: 20 million USD for School

Connectivity Program and Content.

In the framework of the project, the further content inland development is stipulated.

It is planned to increase the number of institutions connections to 36, 54 universities, 102 schools, 12 libraries and 10 NGO in the framework of the Joint Project.

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ZyXEL DSLAMIES-1000

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IU/AzRENA partnership has 4 major goals:

Develop Azerbaijan faculty instructional design and IU global E-learning expertise;

Develop Web-based courses to support Azerbaijan faculty professional development program focused on DE design and implementation;

Develop and deliver a Pilot online course demonstrating DE application in the local educational context;

Scaling up the initial DE experience to other Azerbaijan higher education institutions.

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AzRENA – Base Regional Center of DE

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Distance coursesfor institutions

E-LC of AzRENA

ASEU

AzTU

BSTCOther

Institutions

BSU

AzRENAstaff of E-LC

ALU

E-Learning Partnership Program PerspectivesE-Learning Partnership Program Perspectives

NATO Silk Distance Education Workshop as the example of 3C Model

Distance Education: Organizational, technology and pedagogical bases,which was successfully held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from September 20 to September 25, 2004.

The Seminar was organized for the representatives from the country-participants of the NATO Project “Virtual Silk Highway” and for the representatives of educational institutes from Azerbaijan.

AzRENA Future Actions

The Global ICT Conference in Baku “Digital Divide and Knowlrdge Economy: Problems and Solutions”

25-28 November, 2004 Baku, Azerbaijan www.global-ict.mincom.gov.az

Participation in WSIS Prepcom2 in February, 2005

Organizing Global Distance Education Conference Powered by UNESCO in Baku , Year 2005

Participation in WSIS Prepcom3 in July, 2005

Participation in WSIS in Tunisia in November, 2005

THANKS FOR ATTENTION!THANKS FOR ATTENTION!

Vice-President Dr. Elchin Aliyev

www.azrena.org

elchin@azrena.org

NATO Advanced Networking Workshop

The Fourth CEENet Workshop on Network Management

October 8-11, 2004